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John Grainger's decapitated body was found on fire in a Stockport car park

Two brothers appear in court charged in connection with 'headless body' murder of John Grainger in Stockport

Anthony Jenkins, 31, of no fixed address, and Joseph Jenkins, 29, of Covent Gardens, Stockport, were remanded in custody until Tuesday when they will appear before Manchester Crown Court.

They were brought to the dock at Stockport magistrates' court separately for the brief hearing this morning and spoke only to confirm their personal details.

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Police: We will solve 'giant jigsaw' of Stepping Hill hospital poison probe

Six patients died after their saline drips were deliberately contaminated with insulin at the Stockport hospital. The deaths are all being investigated by police. The lead detective, Det Supt Simon Barraclough said Greater Manchester Police have thrown everything at the probe.
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Video: Stockport Business Awards organisers promise 'world class' event

The 2012 awards - which will culminate in a black tie awards dinner in October - were officially launched at Adidas in Hazel Grove on Thursday night.
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Sham marriage that lasted three minutes

A mum-of-four attended her partner’s sham wedding before assuming his new wife’s identity in an immigration scam. Esther Ogunrinde, 30, even took her daughter – one of the four children she had with the groom – along to the ceremony.
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Stockport's Liam Broady in Australian Open tennis triumph

Stockport tennis star Liam Broady has won his second major title.
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Moped rider seriously ill in hospital six weeks after crash as police plead for information

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School league tables: GCSE improvement for Stockport

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Theatre scheme to stop offending cost Stockport Council £19k

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Safety fears over £40 fee to have used needles removed

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Cheadle dad’s transplant gives new hope in cancer battle

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Football is universal language in French lessons at Cheadle Hulme school

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Leading Stockport Lib Dem councillor defects to Tories

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Best of Stockport business to be recognised by new awards scheme

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Reddish widow’s heartbreak after husband’s Thailand ‘suicide’

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Hazel Grove club divers show wartime relic from the deep

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Running club flag theft could hit fundraising

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Video: Take note, there’s not many strings at new ukulele club

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Family's tribute to John Beeley, 73, the sixth patient to die in Stepping Hill saline poisoning

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Trio charged with drug offences after death of girl, 16, in Reddish

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Video: Husband of fifth patient to die in Stepping Hill posion probe urges saboteur to 'search their conscience'

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

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Axe attack at Stockport pub after landlord intervenes in brawl

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Motorway slip-road crash near Cheadle causes M60 delays

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I’m no crook, says businessman Arran Coghlan in battle to keep his Alderley Edge mansion

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Network Rail to install CCTV near Edgeley depot to keep an eye on staff driving standards

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