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The Latest Breaking News from Greater Manchester

George Galloway may challenge Andy Burnham for Greater Manchester mayor

MP for Rochdale, who has only been in the role for two weeks, would have to resign were he to stand in May election

The Guardian - UK

A Greater Lancastria could help to solve the democratic deficit in city-region governance

Letter: Issues of democratic deficit, area and identity need to be resolved for the region to thrive, says Prof Paul Salveson

The Guardian - UK

Greater Manchester police admit footage of officer dragging homeless man is ‘unacceptable’

Video shot near town hall shows officer deliberately stepping on man’s stomach as he lay on the floor

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Rochdale polls open after election contest dominated by Gaza

Byelection in Greater Manchester town sees George Galloway standing on a pro-Palestine ticket while Labour abandoned its candidate over claims about Israel

The Guardian - UK

Man arrested after alleged death threat to Rochdale byelection candidate

Greater Manchester police investigating video message sent to Simon Danczuk of Reform UK party

The Guardian - UK

Statistician killed in Greater Manchester by man who later stole his dog, court hears

Ian Connell is accused of strangling Donald ‘Prentice’ Patience in a ‘dosshouse’ in Radcliffe

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Alex Batty starts dating and is on the hunt for a 'decent job' after returning to UK

Alex’s alleged child abduction is under criminal investigation by Greater Manchester Police

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‘The ultimate protest against Labour’: George Galloway’s bid to win Rochdale

Labour’s 9,668 majority in Greater Manchester seat challenged by Galloway’s Gaza-focused campaign

The Guardian - UK

Route masters: football’s shortest multi-divisional stadium-spotting trips

Plus: the last time there were no FA Cup fourth-round replays

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Police launch murder inquiry over man who died 15 years after being stabbed

Chris Linton died last year as result of complications believed to be directly linked to 2008 knife attack, say Greater Manchester police

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP Tony Lloyd dies surrounded by family at age of 73

Veteran MP, who revealed last week he had an aggressive and untreatable form of blood cancer, died on Wednesday morning

The Guardian - UK

Greater Manchester Police warn ‘reckoning is coming’ to Rochdale abusers in pledge to failed victims

It comes as a lengthy review reveals multiple failed investigations by Greater Manchester Police into hundreds of youngsters identified as potential victims of abuse in Rochdale

The Independent UK

Police took aborted foetus without telling Rochdale grooming victim, review finds

Failing among those detailed in highly critical report into how GMP and other agencies responded to child sexual exploitation

The Guardian - UK

Sir Jim Ratcliffe opens up on emotion of buying into boyhood club Manchester United

Ratcliffe, from nearby Failsworth in Greater Manchester, said he first came to Old Trafford to support Sir Matt Busby’s team in the 1960s

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‘Supercell thunderstorms’: the rare phenomenon behind the Greater Manchester tornado

Supercells cause some of the most extreme weather phenomena on the planet and are rare in the UK

Evening Standard

Properties damaged by ‘localised tornado’ as Storm Gerrit sweeps UK

Closures on road and rail networks continue after 'supercell thunderstorm' rips through Greater Manchester

Evening Standard

Storm Gerrit: Roofs ripped off homes in tornado and thousands still without power in devastation

'Lamp-posts were swaying, we watched trees topple like dominoes' says resident as 'supercell thunderstorm' rips through Greater Manchester

Evening Standard

Alex Batty: Police launch investigation into 'kidnapping' of British teenager six years ago

Greater Manchester Police have launched a criminal probe after speaking with the 17-year-old

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Alex Batty: Teenager found in France returns to UK to be reunited with grandmother

Police say they are yet to establish whether they will open a criminal investigation into ‘abduction’

The Guardian - UK

Alex Batty back in UK six years after vanishing on holiday in Spain

Teenager whose disappearance, aged 11, sparked an international police hunt, flies home after being found in France

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham rejects clean air zone that would charge drivers in Greater Manchester

Region’s mayor says increasing investment in buses and taxis would cut pollution more effectively

The Independent UK

How one organisation is putting life sciences research on the map

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English National Opera announces Manchester as its new home

Opera company was told by Arts Council England last year that it would lose its £12m of its funding unless it moved out of London

The Guardian - UK

English National Opera announces Greater Manchester will be its new home

The company, which had a shortlist of five cities, had been told funding was dependent on leaving London

The Independent UK

Leaked email reveals Keir Starmer vetoed Thatcher criticism

Exclusive: As the Labour leader faces a backlash over his praise for the former Tory prime minister, a leaked email shows he stopped former frontbencher Sam Tarry from attacking her ‘failed’ transport policies in 2021

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