Summary

  • Results coming in across Greater Manchester and eastern Cheshire

  • Labour win back Rochdale from George Galloway's Workers Party of Britain

  • Esther McVey narrowly re-elected in the traditionally safe Tory seat of Tatton

  • Lib Dems gain Hazel Grove from the Conservatives

  • Labour gains Bolton West and Leigh & Atherton from the Conservatives

  • Labour set to win a landslide victory, according to exit poll

  • Live results and reaction from across the UK

  1. 'Warm' Pope's passion for football rememberedpublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 21 April

    Father Marc Lyden-Smith says Francis brought Sunderland victory after holding the team jersey.

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  2. MP helps police crush illegal bikespublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 20 April

    The vehicles were seized after being used for crime and antisocial behaviour across Manchester.

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  3. Women offered jabs in HIV prevention trialpublished at 08:06 British Summer Time 18 April

    Project leaders are looking for participants in Birmingham, Manchester, London and Brighton.

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  4. Man held after £350k cannabis farm uncoveredpublished at 07:27 British Summer Time 15 April

    The farm contained over 500 plants and had the capacity to raise more than £1m per year, police said

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  5. Jury out in trial of governor accused of inmate flingpublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 8 April

    Kerri Pegg is accused of misconduct in a public office by beginning a relationship with a prisoner.

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  6. Drug dealer who rapped about evading police jailedpublished at 20:13 British Summer Time 31 March

    William Bates penned lyrics about "swerving police" but was "swiftly arrested", officers said.

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  7. Bogus workmen were key to cracking major drugs plotpublished at 07:37 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Eight men have been locked up over a conspiracy police say they have never seen the like of before.

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  8. Fake workmen dug up roads to power cannabis farmspublished at 17:03 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March

    Police say the gang were paid to supply electricity to a multi-million pound cannabis farms network.

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  9. Girl saw alleged abusers as 'friends', court toldpublished at 21:23 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March

    A woman says she did not tell nurses what was happening since she thought the men were her friends.

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  10. Flood defences take shape in £46m projectpublished at 06:29 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February

    New images show the progress of works aimed at protecting thousands of homes in Greater Manchester.

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  11. Shooting sees man held over attempted murderpublished at 14:55 Greenwich Mean Time 15 February

    A man is arrested in Manchester after a gun was fired from a car in Wolverhampton last year.

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  12. Child labelled 'prostitute' in council file - trialpublished at 16:40 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February

    The local council's department for looking after children claimed she was selling herself for sex

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  13. Out-of-fuel plane made to wait to land - reportpublished at 21:20 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February

    The plane finally landed at Birmingham with less than two-thirds of its minimum fuel level.

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  14. Brothers deny assaulting police at airportpublished at 12:02 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February

    Footage of a fracas at the airport's Terminal 2 building in July last year was widely shared online.

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  15. Health minister Andrew Gwynne sacked over messagespublished at 16:55 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February

    Gwynne apologises for the "badly misjudged" messages and is suspended as a Labour party member.

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  16. £2m donation to help cities' homelesspublished at 06:18 Greenwich Mean Time 7 February

    Financial institutions based in Coventry and Manchester donate funding in their home cities.

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  17. Police inspector announces epic charity fundraiserpublished at 13:51 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February

    Jim Jones will cross three countries, two continents, an ocean, a sea and scale two peaks in 24 hours.

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  18. Never underestimate natural beauty, says volunteerpublished at 06:08 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February

    Volunteers help to keep Davyhulme Park free of litter and looking at its best for visitors to enjoy.

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  19. Manhunt: How police caught gang of Wigan killers published at 06:04 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January

    The efforts of Greater Manchester Police to investigate murders and a gun plot are shown in a docuseries.

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  20. Flood-hit towns must get new defences, says MPpublished at 16:31 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January

    A plea for new protection is made as the floods minister visits towns hit by the New Year's Day floods.

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