Grounded flights back after snow
20/12/2009 13:35:31
Some flights are allowed to resume at Manchester Airport after all were suspended because of heavy snowfall.
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Shop staff in 'terrifying' raid
19/12/2009 16:17:02
A masked gang armed with firearms and machetes carry out a "terrifying" robbery at a Manchester newsagent.
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Rock beats Phelps but US win Duel
19/12/2009 16:49:18
Stockport's Michael Rock steals a superb victory over US swimming star Michael Phelps at Duel in the Pool.
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Hollins crowned Strictly champion
19/12/2009 22:47:51
Oldham-born actor Ricky Whittle loses out to BBC sports presenter Chris Hollins in the final of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Air traffic control staff to move
19/12/2009 15:05:58
Manchester's 35-year-old air traffic control centre is to close in 2010, with 180 staff moving to Prestwick in Scotland.
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Community pub is reopened
19/12/2009 15:24:38
A Salford pub which was bought by its regulars after the brewery decided to sell-up reopens for business.
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UK soldier killed in Afghanistan
19/12/2009 11:10:40
A soldier from 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment - which recruits in the north west - is killed in Afghanistan.
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Man jailed for wrong-way driving
19/12/2009 11:31:25
A man from Macclesfield who drove the wrong way on a dual carriageway is jailed for eight months.
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10/02/2009 13:00:58
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