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. Reeves must revive northern rail project - Osbornepublished at 06:20 British Summer Time

    George Osborne urges Reeves to prioritise rail links between Liverpool and Manchester and universities.

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  2. Van driver who approached schoolgirls jailedpublished at 12:38 British Summer Time 2 May

    Police say van driver Cash McLaughlin made "perverted comments" towards two girls in Blackpool.

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  3. Will railway work affect my bank holiday journey?published at 06:11 British Summer Time 2 May

    Network Rail is planning a multi-million pound set of improvement works over the long weekend.

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  4. Girl, 6, dies after being struck by Range Roverpublished at 11:08 British Summer Time 29 April

    Police say the driver stopped at the scene in Rochdale and no arrests have been made.

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  5. '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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. £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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