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Sister tells court Shafilea Ahmed drank bleach after being told she would remain in Pakistan

The sister of murdered schoolgirl Shafilea Ahmed told a court how the teenager drank bleach during a trip to Pakistan after her parents tried to make her live there.

Shafilea became seriously ill and her weight dropped to five stone after she swallowed the toxic chemical in a bathroom at her grandparent's house, it was said.

David Cameron rebuked in Parliament after calling Ed Balls a 'muttering idiot'

David Cameron was rebuked in Parliament after calling shadow chancellor Ed Balls a 'muttering idiot' during angry clashes today.

Doctor who injected poison into 4-year-old boy at Pendlebury hospital is found guilty of 'serious misconduct'

Dr Gyorgy Rakoczy, a doctor who mistakenly injected poison into a four-year-old boy at the former Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, has been found guilty of serious misconduct.

'Deadly combination' killed clubber Julian Webster who died outside Pitcher and Piano on Deansgate Locks

The death of a clubber who collapsed after a bouncer held him in a ‘chin-lock’ was caused by a combination of heart disease and the ‘effects of the restraint’, an inquest was told.

The unlikely lads: Manchester crime gang included Cuban athlete, university economics student and a 63-year-old villain

A motley gang of villains who staged break-ins and stole nearly £200,000 of cars were brought down by undercover cops.
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Engineering and project management firm AMEC is in talks with services company Serco over the potential acquisition of its nuclear Technical Consulting Services business, which has its headquarters in Warrington.
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