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A largely residential area east of Didsbury village and bordering on Stockport, Burnage is dominated by key commuter route Kingsway. Burnage is famously where Liam and Noel Gallagher grew up, along with actor Max Beesley. The area is also served by the Manchester Airport train line, which stops at Burnage Station off Fog Lane and the Fallowfield Loop cycle track.

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Noel Gallagher blasts BBC Radio 1 and One Direction

The High Flying Birds frontman, was riled after Radio 1 bosses branded his music 'more at home on BBC Radio 2'

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Dog dies after eating herbal tablets ‘thrown in garden by courier’

The owners of seven-year-old Neapolitan mastiff Sasha say she had ripped a parcel apart and eaten more than 50 of Raspberry Ketone tablets.

Fizz Club needs a boost

The Fizz Club aims to bring fun and a change of scene to children in the Fallowfield area

Volunteers save Burnage Library after council cuts threatened its future

A deal has been struck that will see the Friends of Burnage Library group take over its day-to-day running from the end of the month.

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Saved: Reprieve for chemists in deprived areas that faced the axe

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The move has been hailed as ‘great news’ by campaigners who said the closures would have hit local patients hard and had pledged to fight them.

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Angry customers attack travel agent's office and house after visa blow wrecks Hajj pilgrimage

Almost 200 Muslim pilgrims who planned to travel to Mecca had their plans wrecked when the vital visas failed to arrive at the Ashton shop from a London company

Burnage man with severe learning difficulties has benefits cut by £400 a week - over the phone

Ruth Holland, 54, from Burnage, has been told the weekly allowance she receives from Manchester council for her son Paul, 33, is being cut from more than £500 to just £79.

CityLife: What's on in Greater Manchester clubs this week

An afternoon clubbing session might be the answer to those that hate the guilt and tiredness coming from late nights

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Motorists face delays after water main bursts in south Manchester

Fog Lane in Burnage has been closed for several hours in both directions between Parrs Wood Road and Kingsway (A34)

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Greater Manchester school ratings: Burnage Media Arts College

How Burnage Media Arts College ranks and what parents say about Burnage Media Arts College

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Stockport £170k con mum ordered to sell holiday home to compensate former employer

Alison Westley, 61, stole £172,951 from Woodley Health Centre in Stockport over a six-year period.  She disguised the thefts by forging invoices from pharmaceutical suppliers, making it look like the money had been spent on cancer drugs

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Grandmother tells how she lost her 'whole life' after knife-wielding robbers steal all the jewellery she had on

Saida Hussain, 76, was watching TV with her husband Ali, 84, when four men smashed their way through the kitchen door of the home in Burnage where they live alone.

Elderly couple have wedding rings stolen from their fingers at knife point

The pensioners were targeted by four men who broke into their home on Grangethorpe Drive in Burnage

‘Art saved my life’ – pal of Oasis star has brush with success

Withington-born Jay Smith grew up in Burnage with Oasis star Liam but quickly spiralled into drugs, prison, and homelessness.

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Mum took her daughter out of Levenshulme bully row school to teach her at home

Amanda Robins pulled daughter Demitra, now 15, out of Levenshulme High to be home-schooled in 2011 because she was becoming a ‘wreck’.

Picture gallery special: Snaps of your child's first day at school in Greater Manchester

Images of the region's youngsters as they attend school for the very first time or take that big step up to secondary school

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Legal move by footballers who were kicked off school’s pitches

Players have laced up their boots for competitive league games on Tuesday evenings at The Barlow RC High School in East Didsbury for more than two years.

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Jailed: Drink-driver in 80mph police chase through streets of Manchester

Craig Reid, 31, sped down the wrong side of the road over speed bumps as he tried to get away from pursuing officers.

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Greater Manchester buses and trams hit by seven crimes a day

Figures obtained by the M.E.N. show 2,540 incidents were reported to transport bosses over a 12-month period

Greater Manchester midwives are ‘forced out’ in baby boom

Four midwives currently work independently, helping around 60 women in Greater Manchester give birth at home.

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