John Scheerhout
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Crime reporter at the Manchester Evening News and author of Lured to Their Deaths. Looking over walls so you don't have to
Manchester
Joined June 2009
Criticism of Didsbury of Mosque has been revealed in a Charity Commission 'action plan' drawn up in the wake of the Manchester Arena bomb https://t.co/UI84TqKlJv
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Families urge mosque trustees 'to be transparent and tell us exactly what they’ve done and are doing now to tackle extremism'
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They tell me the road is plagued by speeding drivers and that crashes are a regular occurrence. “It’s really bad. It’s dangerous,” one resident tells me, adding that his parked car was hit and written off in one incident
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Bolton crash: residents here have told me they were woken by the sound of a load bang shortly before 1am
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Bolton crash: police have confirmed four people have been killed in the crash. The MEN understands it was a head-on collision
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Bolton crash: Wigan Road has just reopened and police have left the scene.
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Bolton crash: a major police investigation is continuing here on Wigan Road where it was confirmed earlier six people have been taken to hospital
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Bolton crash: the collision took place right outside some residential properties on Wigan Road
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Bolton crash: Pictures from the scene show a badly damaged Citroen Picasso, which appears to be a taxi. It has been taken away on a low loader
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Bolton crash: six people were taken to hospital. A very long stretch of Wigan Road remains cordoned off
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I’m on Wigan Road in Bolton where last night there was a serious crash
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Bridgewater Canal body: one resident admitted she was left ‘scared’. Police took over one of the gardens as part of their effort and went door-to-door asking for any CCTV overlooking the water, I’m told.
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Bridgewater Canal body: residents of Pennymoor Drive whose back gardens overlook the canal described how police descended in the residential street this morning
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Bridgwater Canal body: one worker described the discovery as ‘terrible’. He described how police mustered on Atlantic Street and accessed the canal via this narrow path.
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Body found in the Bridgewater: the area is popular with walkers and cyclists. A number of businesses are close by on the adjacent industrial estate.
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A piece of police tape on a branch in the water is all that remains of the police scene.
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I’m on Bridgewater Canal near the Atlantic industrial estate in Altrincham where police have confirmed the body of a woman was pulled out of the water earlier today
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Canal death: the cordon has now been lifted and police have left the scene
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Canal death: a resident of the adjacent apartment has told me of his shock. He said at first he thought police were here to remove two cars which he said had been driven into the water. Another said the area was very popular with cyclists and that pedestrians had to be wary.
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Canal death: here is our live blog on this incident.
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Emergency services are at the scene
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Canal death: police forensics experts are at the scene although GMP has stressed that there is no suggestion any ‘third party’ was involved.
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Canal death: a section of the water between two apartment blocks remains cordoned off.
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