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Primary schools in Greater Manchester 'run out of spaces' as birth rate soars

Primary schools in Greater Manchester are having to draw up emergency plans to find places for four-and five-year-olds to meet an unprecedented surge in demand.

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Bury stab victims had been chased 'for seven miles' before they were attacked in crashed car

Eyewitnesses have described the horrific moment when three men were attacked and stabbed in their car after it crashed into a tree in Bury.

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Droylsden shooting: Mark Short may have been killed in revenge attack

The shooting of amateur boxer Mark Short at a pub in Droylsden may have been a revenge attack.

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659 million people (that's one in ten of the world's population) support Manchester United, claims Reds survey

Manchester United have claimed that almost 10% of the world's entire population support Sir Alex Ferguson's team.

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Nigerian prince offers £100 reward after bicycle stolen outside McDonald’s

A Nigerian prince living in Manchester had his custom-made chopper bike stolen as he stopped to buy chips in McDonalds.

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Diamond Jubilee: Hospitals call in extra doctors and nurses to cope with surge in drunken patients

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Mario Balotelli: I'll walk off the pitch if racists target me at Euro 2012

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Mum-of-two from Chadderton faces jail after she sold schoolgirl for sex

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Ex-Coronation Street star Phil Middlemiss is declared bankrupt

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Fans walk out of Manchester Arena as Guns N' Roses gig goes on until 2.15am

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Diamond Jubilee: 500 street parties across Greater Manchester to mark Queen's 60 year reign

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'Overcrowded' bee hives mean swarms of activity on Manchester streets

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Yobs vandalise baby boy's grave in Peel Green Cemetery for second time

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Height of bravery: Woman traffic cop dragged motorist from Mercedes hanging over edge of 100ft Barton Bridge

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Anger as party killer who stabbed her boyfriend to death 'tags' his Facebook picture while on day release

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Three men stabbed and beaten as they lay injured in wreckage of crashed car in Bury

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Roads reopen in Manchester after police talk down woman threatening to jump from Arndale centre

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Mapped: 7,000 will be on their bikes for Great Manchester Cycle

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One in five Tameside mums admit they carried on smoking right through pregnancy

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Firefighters free 4-year-old girl who got her arm stuck in Altrincham pub chair

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Droylsden shooting: CCTV reveals killer gunman was in pub for just 24 seconds

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Video: Davyhulme schoolkids are singing for England and Euro 2012

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From Rosie to royalty: Actress Helen Flanagan has a Kate Middleton makeover

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Two arrested over protest at Strangeways prison calling for release of gangster Domenyk Noonan

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Jailed: 71-year-old Rochdale pervert who made video of himself sexually abusing a baby girl

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Pictured in their hospital beds: Two couples aged over 60 knocked down 'like skittles' as they walked home from Eccles cabaret night

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Manchester City training ground to go green with butterflies, bees and dormice living among 6,000 imported trees

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Metrolink bosses consider plans to run trams on train tracks

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Conferences give £822m economy boost

Business | 2 Comments

Patient watchdog puts Tameside hospital on critical list

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Sir Alex Ferguson: France won’t be firing any Blancs with Laurent at helm

Sir Alex Ferguson was an admirer of him as a player – and is just as impressed with Lauren Blanc as manager of a resurgent France.

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Manchester City’s utility player James Milner wants a Euro success to make up for World Cup failure

James Milner hopes England learn the lessons of the 2010 World Cup as they aim for Euro 2012 glory under new head coach Roy Hodgson.

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David Cameron: Police commissioner will answer to you, the people of Manchester

The Prime Minister writes exclusively for the M.E.N. about the new role of police commissioner for Greater Manchester ...

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Makro snapped up by rival Booker

Cash and carry giant Booker today moved to snap up struggling rival Makro in a deal expected to add more than am customers to its books.

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