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1. 1. The estate where splits are a way of life

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 15 October 2004 THE Higher Folds Estate in Leigh houses the biggest concentration of divorced people in England. One in six - or 16.02 per cent - of the people in Higher Folds, an estate of 1,200 homes, were divorced by 2001, when the results of the last UK Census were published in summer.

2. 2. Rise in police searches of Asians

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 02 July 2004 POLICE stop and searches under the anti-terrorism law have dramatically increased, with searches on Asians rising by 302%, according to figures published today.

3. 3. Text commentary: Croatia v England

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 21 June 2004 TEXT commentary on tonight's crucial Group B match in Lisbon between Croatia and England - and it's all about that man Rooney...

4. 4. Keegan's record: Transfers

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 16 November 2004 KEVIN Keegan has called on Manchester City's board to release funds for more players in January. Here ManchesterOnline runs the rule over the purchases made by the Blues boss so far.

5. 5. Terror and oil prove a nasty mixture

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 07 August 2004 THE terror alerts in America and the UK combined with new highs for oil prices served a double whammy on the markets this week.

6. 6. Tories back zero tolerance

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 10 August 2004 POLICE have been undermined by political correctness and will receive backing for "zero tolerance" policing under a Tory government, Michael Howard said today. The party leader also revealed that he would scrap a scheme designed to prevent ethnic minorities being unfairly targeted by police on the street.

7. 7. The taxman has just got tougher

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 09 August 2004 THE taxman is taking a harder line against people in arrears - and the clampdown on debtors is likely to get tougher.

8. 8. The Long Ryders @ Academy 3

   CityLife, Monday 05 July 2004 THE Long Ryders rode back into town last night, shook off the dust of the intervening years and took me straight back to a simpler time, the mid-eighties.

9. 9. Halle/ Elder/ Focile @ Bridgewater Hall

   CityLife, Monday 04 October 2004 TIMES change. When the Manchester Guardian's critic of 1850 called on the new conductor of the city's concert hall to play more symphonies instead of "the unmeaning badinage of the Verdi style", he can hardly have expected that 150 years later his successor would be opening a Hallé Orchestra season with an all-Verdi programme.

10. 10. Patti Smith @ Academy 1

    CityLife, Monday 05 July 2004 PATTI Smith is a poet and true rock'n'roll star who fervently believes that the music, with a little help from political activism, really can set you free, and that words can raise us to a higher consciousness.

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