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Desmond Brady scaled this electricity pylon off Heywood Old Road, Middleton, to steal metal wiring

Thieves risk lives by climbing 165-ft high electricity pylon in Middleton - to steal aluminium wire worth £100

Scrap metal thieves scaled a electricity pylon in Middleton to steal wiring worth just £100 – but caused £100,000 damage. The gang risked their lives by climbing past 275,000-volt power cables to reach the top of the 165ft-tall tower.

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Cuts finally force CAB out of Middleton home

Middleton Citizen Advice Bureau is to close. The Milton Street office will shut in March after funding was slashed.

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Family gathers for moving ceremony in memory of Faith

A grieving couple marked what would have been their daughter's first birthday at a moving family gathering. Faith Elizabeth Halpin died just 21 hours after she was born at North Manchester General Hospital January 13 last year.

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200 homes plan to revive old Vita site

Ambitious plans to breath life into a forgotten corner of Middleton have been revealed. Town hall bosses want to transform land around the British Vita site off Oldham Road into a major new residential and recreation area.

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Family devastated by death of cystic fibrosis girl, aged 18

A fashion conscious teenager with cystic fibrosis died suddenly while in hospital for routine treatment. Paige Holt, 18, fell ill during a regular appointment at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital last Monday.

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Pensioner threatened unless cash handed over for ‘friend’

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School’s glass act is glowing tribute to brave Katie

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Uncertainty over jobs at Middleton's Bonmarche store after firm's collapse

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Health chiefs on red alert as another £13m is slashed from hospitals budget

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Revealed: How Greater Manchester's town halls spent £1.5 BILLION of your money

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Court told of 'Italian heir' £100k con

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Fire crews facing the axe despite high casualty rate

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Drain thieves leave taxpayer £8,000 bill

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