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The Latest Breaking News from Greater Manchester

Will Andy Burnham stand as an MP and what would a challenge to Starmer look like?

The ‘King of the North’ has thrown his hat in the ring for the Gorton and Denton by-election

The Independent UK

Candidate selection in Burnham’s potential seat will be normal process – Kinnock

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham faces a choice about whether to pursue a return to Westminster.

Evening Standard

Starmer’s allies launch ‘Stop Andy Burnham’ campaign to block parliamentary return

Speculation has spread over whether Burnham will attempt to return to pursue a Labour leadership bid

The Guardian - UK

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Pensioner killed in ‘ritual sacrifice’ was failed on every level, says family

Special needs bus driver Roger Leadbeater, 74, was stabbed multiple times as he walked his dog Max in a Sheffield park in August 2023

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham’s road back to parliament would be a bumpy one

Greater Manchester mayor said to have ‘zero’ chance of NEC selection, but public fuss may just embarrass No 10 enough

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP ‘standing down’ could clear way for Andy Burnham’s Commons return

The Mayor of Greater Manchester has repeatedly refused to rule out challenging for the leadership of the Labour Party.

Evening Standard

‘Manchesterism’ is building a better politics and a strong economy. The whole country should be inspired

We are the fastest-growing city-region economy in the UK, proof that it is possible to use public funds effectively while reducing crisis spending, says Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester

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M6 set to remain shut all day after woman found dead near busy motorway

Formal identification has yet to take place but there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances, say Greater Manchester Police

The Independent UK

Northern Powerhouse Rail plans welcomed but big questions remain

How upgrades will be funded and when they might be completed is still far from clear

The Guardian - UK

New Birmingham-Manchester rail line planned by Government

A previous plan to extend HS2 between the cities was scrapped by the Conservative government in October 2023 to save money.

Evening Standard

Tributes paid to taxi driver with ‘kindest soul’ who died in Greater Manchester crash

Masrob Ali, 54, died after his taxi collided with another vehicle in the early hours of Sunday morning

The Independent UK

Teenagers and taxi driver killed in head-on crash named locally

A Seat Leon collided with a Citroen C4 Picasso taxi in Bolton in the early hours of Sunday, Greater Manchester Police said.

Evening Standard

Teenagers thought to be among victims of Greater Manchester head-on crash

A red Seat Leon collided with a Citroen C4 Picasso taxi on Wigan Road in Bolton in the early hours of Sunday.

Evening Standard

Three teenagers and man in 50s dead after taxi and car collide in Bolton

Crash on Wigan Road in the early hours of Sunday kills drivers of both vehicles as well as two passengers

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Teachers strike at two Greater Manchester primary schools over ‘culture of violence’

NASUWT members at Ravensfield and Lily Lane schools say nine-day stoppage follows ‘almost daily’ attacks by pupils

The Guardian - UK

Oldham child gang-rape suspect later attempted to murder wife

Exclusive: Greater Manchester police ignored claim ‘Offender J’ among men who had abused 12-year-old, paperwork shows

The Guardian - UK

‘They thought we were problem children’: how grooming victims were failed in Oldham

National inquiry on grooming gangs will look at how police ignored girls while officials feared fuelling the far right

The Guardian - UK

Grassroots group’s bank account frozen due to ‘Palestine Action investigation’

Greater Manchester Friends of Palestine, which has no affiliation to direct action group, informed by deputy mayor

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The Guardian - UK

Family pays tribute to daughter, 13, as Greater Manchester police investigate death

Boy, 14, arrested on suspicion of harassment and later bailed after death of ‘one of a kind’ Madison Richardson

The Guardian - UK

‘We refuse to be afraid’: solidarity and vigilance in British Jewish community targeted by IS plot

Life goes on in a vibrant Greater Manchester neighbourhood after a plan for an attack was thwarted

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham apologises for GMP historic failings towards LGBTQ+ people

Peter Tatchell said that the foundation would ‘continue to campaign for a full and formal apology from Greater Manchester Police’

The Guardian - UK

‘My blood is boiling, brother’: the foiled plot to massacre Jews on streets of Greater Manchester

Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein thought ‘zero hour’ had finally arrived until undercover operative thwarted them

Evening Standard

Pair convicted of plotting gun attack on mass gathering of Jews

Counter-terrorism police intervened on the ‘strike day’ of May 8 last year, with more than 200 officers involved.

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham apologises for past police LGBTQ+ discrimination

Greater Manchester mayor acknowledges ‘unacceptable discrimination’ after region’s police chief declined to apologise

The Guardian - UK

Regulator ‘asleep at the wheel’ over University of Greater Manchester investigation, MP says

Office for Students accused of ‘glacial’ response to allegations of fraud, bullying and mismanagement

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