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Richard Wheatstone

Richard Wheatstone

Richard covers Blackley, Cheetham Hill, Collyhurst, Harpurhey, Openshaw, Moston, Newton Heath, Ancoats, Clayton, Gorton and Ardwick for the MEN. He joined the MEN in 2010.

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Mum comes home from holiday – to find her house had been stripped bare

Eastlands Homes threw away clothes, curtains, carpets, a fridge-freezer and a washing machine after emptying the terraced house on Walnut Street, Gorton.

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Mum comes home from holiday – to find her house had been stripped bare

Eastlands Homes threw away clothes, curtains, carpets, a fridge-freezer and a washing machine after emptying the terraced house on Walnut Street, Gorton.

Peter Vincenti

Best yet to come: Vincenti

A comprehensive 3-0 victory over Newport stretched Dale’s fine run of form to six wins from their last seven games in all competitions, lifting them to fifth in the League Two table.

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FC United step in to save under-threat park cafe

The breakaway club will run the Lakeside Cafe at Boggart Hole Clough in Blackley on a temporary basis as town hall bosses search for a new permanent tenant.

Growing demand for shop set up to tackle poverty

The shop was launched in Cheetham Hill by not-for-profit company Big Life Group – and sells goods such as eggs, teabags and breakfast cereal below cost price.

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Cash and jewels stolen from blind woman, 94

Police are appealing for information following the break-in on Brooklands Road, Crumpsall, between midnight and 2am.

Unveiled: Plans for specialist school's new site in Moston

Camberwell Park Specialist School is set to have a new school building constructed at the former Moston Fields Primary School site, on Moston Lane

Police commissioner Tony Lloyd talks to former offenders Tom Kehoe and Gary Conway as they work for the scheme in Moston exclusive

Scheme to hire ex-cons to clean up 'grot spots' leads to big drop in re-offending

The Your Environmental Team (YET) project was launched four years ago and only 19 per cent of former prisoners who take part go on to commit further crimes, compared to the national average of almost 50 per cent.

Custody sergeant and prisoner charged following 'police cell brawl'

Sergeant Tony Isaacs, 47, will appear in court charged with common assault after it is claimed he traded blows with detainee Ali Rashedi, 24, in a cell at Chadderton Police Station

Kieran Crump-Raiswell

Charity celebrates cash donation raised in memory of murdered Kieran Crump Raiswell

The fundraising boost is being used to help youngsters across Manchester and create a lasting legacy for the 18-year-old from Chorlton

Ming Yu

Triad member who called police saying he feared for his safety disappears

Minutes after he was last seen police received several 999 calls from an anonymous man - now believed to be Ming Yu - saying he was near the Aldi supermarket in Gorton and felt he was about to come to harm

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