A selection of the defining photographs of 2004. JANUARY: Kitchens rogue Vance Miller nailed by the MEN FEBRUARY: The body of Shafilea Ahmed found on the banks of a Cumbrian River. FEBRUARY: Controversy raged over an alleged attack by a police officer on ex-paratrooper Delbo King MARCH: Chaos hit Manchester when an underground fire led to 130,000 phone lines going down MARCH: Salford-born broadcaster Alistair Cooke died, aged 95 APRIL: A fast-food take-away was raided by police who suspected a terror strike was imminent APRIL: PR girl Rebecca Loos claimed to have had an affair with David Beckham MAY: Bee Gees Barry and Robin Gibb received honorary doctorates in music from Manchester University MAY: Ashton-under-Lyne's historic market hall goes up in flames JUNE: Mum Heidi Georgiou donated her kidney to save son Harry, and watched him recover on the web JULY: Simon and Garfunkel at the Manchester Evening News JULY: Death of John Gray, aged 21-months. Mum Lorna and her lover James McEwan jailed. JULY: Having been missing for six months, the body of Dr Richard Stevens is found in Cumbrian cave JULY: The city is invaded by a herd of fibreglass cows as part of CowParade AUGUST: Madonna wowed the crowds at the MEN Arena AUGUST: Heavy rain and flooding caused chaos on the M60 SEPTEMBER: Wayne Rooney signed for Manchester United SEPTEMBER: Ellie Lloyd born after anonymous donor funded IVF treatment for her parents OCTOBER: Sam Aston, 11, - Chesney in Corrie - won Best Newcomer Award in National Television Awards OCTOBER: Wife Swap star Lizzy Bardsley in court on benefit fraud charges NOVEMBER: The funeral takes place of Bolton steeplejack and TV celebrity Fred Dibnah NOVEMBER: Boddingtons workers on strike at plans to close the historic brewery NOVEMBER: Tiny guns disguised as key fobs found by police in Manchester NOVEMBER: Stuart Bolland from Cadishead became first ever betting shop millionaire DECEMBER: B of the Bang sculpture is completed and lit up for the first time at Sports City, Beswick DECEMBER: A victory of sorts in the campaign to get Metroloink expansion plans back on track DECEMBER: Seven men convicted over the attack which led to death of Frank Buckley
