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A plane is forced to make an emergency landing after two British women tried to open a cabin door mid-flight.
Moors murderer Ian Brady was taken to a Liverpool hospital after complaining of being unwell.
Four masked men threaten customers and staff during a robbery at a pub in Greater Manchester.
Police appeal for help to trace the car of footballer Emile Heskey's fiancee which was stolen in a robbery.
A police officer is convicted of assaulting a 12-year-old boy at a Manchester police station.
Five fans involved in violence after the Uefa Cup final in Manchester are banned from all Scottish football grounds.
An obese father of two died after suffering complications from weight reduction surgery, a coroner rules.
Thousands of fish who died in a canal were killed by a chemical, an investigation reveals.
A missing climber was warned off a solo attempt on a 20,000ft (6,096m) summit in Pakistan, his sister says.
A Coroner reserves his verdict after hearing a driver whose lorry crushed a car had a sleep disorder.
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