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1 hr ago | The Independent

Sonic youth: The high-pitched sound alarm for under 25s

Is Mosquito, the high-pitched alarm only under-25s can hear, a blessing or a bane? Jamie Merrill sounds it out Note: We do not store your email address but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, Greater Manchester County, England, World News, Family, Kids

2 hrs ago | Perez Hilton

Game Of Thrones' Emilia Clarke Dances To The Stone Roses In Spike Island

In her upcoming film, Spike Island , Emilia Clarke sports a pair of dungarees and a grunge do, taking us back to Manchester, England during its 90's rock heyday.

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9 hrs ago | Washingtonian.com

Band Notes: The 1975

Though the first official day of summer isn't until Friday, the airwaves have already been flooded with tunes vying for the coveted title of Song of the Summer.

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Related Topix: Greater Manchester County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Music, Entertainment

11 hrs ago | Knutsford Guardian

Rolex' gang jailed for raids on Knutsford and Holmes Chapel homes

THREE members of a Manchester gang who targeted affluent homes in Knutsford and Holmes Chapel and escaped with a combined haul of more than A 120,000 have been jailed.

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Related Topix: World News, Cheshire County, England, United Kingdom, Greater Manchester County, England,

Tue Jun 18, 2013

The Washington Post

How an e-mail address disrupted plots in Britain and U.S.

In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo, Najibullah Zazi arrives at the federal building for questioning by the FBI in Denver.

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Related Topix: Greater Manchester County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Terrorism, Fort Meade, MD

The Guardian

Letters: Northern museums

We are concerned at the threatened closure of the northern "national" science museums : Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, the National Railway Museum, York, and the National Media Museum, Bradford .

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Daily Mail

Promising rugby player, 16, who fell 40ft to his death from third...

Tragedy: Kyle Winterbottom, 16, fell 40 foot to his death from a third-floor balcony while at a party in Oldham, Greater Manchester A teenage boy who plummeted 40 feet to his death at a party may have had his drink spiked with ecstasy and ketamine - a veterinary drug used to sedate horses.

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Group discusses future Labour government's plans to tackle housing crisis

Labour Housing Group used its annual policy day in Manchester to discuss a 50-point plan to offer positive ways for an incoming Labour government to begin to tackle the housing crisis.

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Related Topix: Greater Manchester County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Labour Party (UK)

Mon Jun 17, 2013

This Is Lancashire

Fire warning after wave of kitchen blazes

THE fire service has issued a warning about cooking-related fires after a series of kitchen blazes in Bolton and across Greater Manchester in on 12-hour period.

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WTVR Richmond

RVA 'hat man' brimming with ideas

Neil Thomas doesn't care what people call his hats, as long as they're buying them from his seven-month-old start up.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

Examiner.com

England: Man fired for offering to buy bacon sandwiches

A British man recently hired to his "dream job" ended up losing it before his first day worked for making an alleged "racist" remark concerning purchasing bacon sandwiches, which are standard English breakfast fare, as reported by The Daily Mai l on June 15, 2013.

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Daily Mail

Serial killer Dale Cregan 'went on the run in Spain and paid Russian...

Police killer Dale Cregan paid Russian gangsters to protect him after he fled to Spain during his 42 days on the run, police intelligence has suggested Police killer Dale Cregan paid Russian gangsters to protect him after he fled to Spain during his 42 days on the run, police intelligence has suggested.

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Daily Mail

Good Samaritan, 24, found hanged hours after stopping to try to save...

Good Samaritan: Sean Lyons, pictured, was found hanging just 12 hours after trying to save the life of Glen Delaney, who was beaten to death during a vicious street attack A Good Samaritan who battled to save a man's life after he was brutally beaten to death in a street was found hanged 12 hours later.

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ContactMusic.com

Money Announces Debut Album 'The Shadow Of Heaven' Out August 26th 2013

About to embark on their first UK tour , the London date of which sold out within a few days, MONEY will be releasing their debut album The Shadow of Heaven on 26th August via Bella Union Records.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

The Guardian

Queen's birthday honours list 2013: Knights

Privy Counsellors, Knights Bachelor, Order of the Bath, Royal Victorian Order, Royal Victorian Medal and Order of Companions of Honour Andrew William Dilnot, CBE .

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Daily Mail

You're on the wrong tracks: Grandmother has to be rescued from her...

Marie Smith, 64, had to be rescued from her Nissan Qashqai after she drove it 200 yards along Manchester's Metrolink.

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UPI

Britain rolls out offshore wind power investment stimulation plan

Britain this week announced the start of an offshore wind investment plan at a time when some are questioning its commitment to developing the industry.

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Coffee-Powered Car Breaks World Record

TIME.com has pretty interesting feature on a converted Ford pickup truck called the Coffee Car Mark 2 which is the world's fastest coffee-powered vehicle.

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Related Topix: Drink, Coffee, Greater Manchester County, England, World News, United Kingdom

The Daily Record

Revealed: One-eyed monster Dale Cregan had ten grenades to take out more coppers

POLICE have revealed cop killer Dale Cregan planned on slaughtering more people after he hide 10 lethal grenades in a drain ready to attack officers who were hunting him.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

BBC News

Hand grenades 'rare but out there'

Dale Cregan's killings of David Short and PCs Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone are the first time hand grenades have been used as murder weapons in Great Britain.

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