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Prime Minister swaps despatch box for Gogglebox bbc.in/4z6Zk0e

Prime Minister Andy Burnham swaps dispatch box for Gogglebox

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is taking part in a Stand Up 2 Cancer Gogglebox special.

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Witness denies 'lying to protect herself' after head teacher dragged to death bbc.in/3U6xgec

Witness denies 'lying to protect herself' after head teacher dragged to death

Gabrielle Debotte has told a jury Simon Richardson knew a cyclist was trapped under the wheels.

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Mayor expects update on underground station plan bbc.in/4sCsUs9

Mayor expects update on Manchester Piccadilly underground station plan

Bev Craig wants more details from the government on the Manchester Piccadilly project by Christmas.

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Tour de France UK stages in detail - where can you watch? bbc.in/4yXWWIY

Tour de France 2027 UK stages in detail: Where will you stand?

The full route for the 2027 Tour de France is announced in Paris, with street-by-street details of the six stages in the UK revealed.

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This City Is Ours stars reject 'glamourising crime' claims bbc.in/3W44s6y

This City Is Ours stars reject 'glamourising crime' claims

Stars of the hit Liverpool crime drama This City Is Ours say the show doesn't glamourise crime.

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Bev Craig on BBC Radio Manchester's Hot Seat bbc.in/4Bj5JXx

Watch mayor Bev Craig on BBC Radio Manchester's Hot Seat

Greater Manchester Mayor Bev Craig takes questions from presenter Mike Sweeney and the audience.

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Wildlife park to welcome six white rhinos bbc.in/4Bh69hf

Wingham Wildlife Park to welcome six white rhinos

The animals are being rehomed from South Lakes Safari Zoo in Cumbria to Wingham Wildlife Park.

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One-hour queues on M62 after crash bbc.in/4iaknaP

M62 crash causes eight-mile queues and one-hour delays

Police say several vehicles were involved in the crash, but no serious injuries are reported.

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Woman, 86, had 'agonising' 30 hour wait in A&E, family says bbc.in/4ixPfmV

Woman, 86, had 'agonising' 30 hour wait in A&E, family says

The family of 86-year-old Joan Jones say she was left in a waiting room chair "rolling over in pain" for more than 24 hours at the A&E unit at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan, Greater Manche...

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Doorman who witnessed racist outburst says abuse 'becoming normal' bbc.in/4z2zyKp

Doorman who witnessed racist outburst says abuse 'becoming normal'

Jawad Ali has spoken out on the issue after capturing a racist outburst in footage shared widely online.

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New Beatles attraction will wow fans, guide says bbc.in/4i2WmCo

Liverpool guide says new Beatles attraction will wow fans

The Beatles Story is due to relocate to the former St John's Market site in Liverpool in 2028.

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More than 100 hopefuls flock to cafe to apply for single job bbc.in/4iaJaf4

More than 100 hopefuls flock to Manchester cafe to apply for job

The manager of the cafe says it "shows how the job market is at the minute".

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Women targeted by police who 'abused the badge' bbc.in/4BkTsSo

Women targeted by police officers who 'abused the badge'

Two women preyed upon by serving police officers describe their ordeals and why they are speaking out.

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Nearly 200 compete in debut games for older people bbc.in/48cyXKc

Over-60s take part in inaugural sports competition in Penrith

Teams from Carlisle, Westmorland and Gateshead competed at the Northern England Better Club Games.

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Attempted murder arrests after boy, 16, attacked bbc.in/3VW7UQJ

Attempted murder arrests after boy, 16, attacked

Two boys aged 15 and 16 were being questioned after the teenager was found injured in Everton, Liverpool.

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New lab to become centre for investigating uplands bbc.in/4ka94SA

Penrith lab to become centre for investigating Cumbria's uplands

The research facility in Penrith will also help train the next generation of environmental scientists.

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Inquest hears of 'great danger' tip-off before fire murders bbc.in/4zDoOSK

Inquest hears of 'great danger' tip-off before fire murders

Social workers were told children were in "great danger" days before a fatal fire, an inquest hears.

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Driver who ignored warnings jailed for fatal crash bbc.in/4yXHP2b

Driver who ignored warnings jailed for fatal Cumbria crash

George Jackson died when his car was struck by Noel Peter Collins' vehicle head-on, a court hears.

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Merseyrail boss defends e-bikes ban bbc.in/4i6HxyL

Merseyrail boss says e-bikes present 'really serious' risk

Merseyrail's managing director defends the network's ban on most e-bikes on board trains and at stations

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Sinkhole revealed 50m mine shaft beneath road bbc.in/4sprv88

Sinkhole revealed 50 metre deep mine shaft uneder road

Part of Alan Turing Way has been closed since March and is expected to stay shut until mid-December.

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