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A yoga teacher who survived the Southport attack has stepped up her campaign to encourage the introduction of round-ended knives. https://t.co/Mear9IVmzR
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Leanne Lucas began her "Let's Be Blunt" campaign to provide training and call on the public to swap their pointed-tip knives for those with blunt ends. | ITV News Granada
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Who were Viola Beach? The indie band who were lost just as their star was rising https://t.co/VuCQaFgJGv
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All four members of the Warrington band died alongside their manager in 2016. | ITV News Granada
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Jack joined British Leyland after the war and went on to have 6 children with his late wife. He told me what he thinks is among his longevity secrets. He said that, in younger years, “I didn’t drink a lot as I’d no money - six children!” Pix: Simon Higginbottom & Gledhill Family
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Meet the remarkable Jack Gledhill, 102, from Lytham. The WW2 veteran had one thing on his birthday list this year - to see a brass band. The former Royal Engineer helped make the temporary bridges that allowed Allied tanks to get over otherwise uncrossable rivers.
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It was cold and very windy in Littleborough - spare a thought for emergency services and air accident investigators doing their complex work overnight. Thoughts with the two men's families. #Aircraft #crash #Littleborough
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Latest updates after a light aircraft crashes in Greater Manchester with two people feared onboard https://t.co/gQ7XOqpGIB
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Difficult conditions for emergency services at the scene of the light aircraft crash in Littleborough near Rochdale. A large yellow parachute deployed before the crash and is wrapped around an electricity pylon. Latest from the scene @GranadaReports @ITVCentral at 6
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Latest updates after a light aircraft crashes in Greater Manchester with two people feared onboard https://t.co/gQ7XOqpGIB
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ITV Granada Reports
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Gordon McQueen: Heading a football 'likely' to have contributed to death of former Manchester United defender
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Former footballer Gordon McQueen died at his home in North Yorkshire in 2023 from pneumonia. | ITV News Tyne Tees
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A British veteran who lost both of his legs and an arm in Afghanistan has labelled Donald Trump's claim that NATO troops weren't on the front line 'upsetting and disrespectul' Read more:
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Corporal Andy Reid lost both of his legs and his right arm after stepping on an IED plate in Afghanistan. | ITV News Granada
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The nominations for this year’s Brit Awards are being announced in Manchester shortly. The city’s Co-Op Live is hosting the British music industry’s biggest night at the end of next month.
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A 'miracle' six-year-old girl was the only member of her family to have survived Sunday's deadly train crash in southern Spain. https://t.co/tz6xFj4GZI
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The girl's parents, brother and a cousin were killed along with dozens of others in Sunday's crash. She is said to have escaped with minor injuries. | ITV National News
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The judge at Liverpool Crown Court told Mathiyadaranam it was an “exceptionally cruel and brutal murder.” The judge added the killer was “controlled, purposeful and matter of fact” during the attack. He sentenced Mathiyadaranam to life in prison with a minimum term of 28 years.
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The couple’s three daughters were in the shop flat at the time. In a statement to the court, the eldest - aged 17 - said: “[My mum] was my everything. We were best friends. I felt like my Dad stabbed me. If he actually loved us he wouldn’t have done any of this.“
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Mathiyadaranam attacked with such force that the knife tip broke off in Nilani’s skull. He was under a restraining order because he’d previously been violent and had harassed her saying “you will die and I will die.” Mathiyadaranam tried to poison himself after the murder.
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A man who murdered his wife because he wasn’t invited to a family celebration, will serve at least 28 years behind bars. Nimalarajah Mathiyadaranam, 47, from Warrington Rd, Widnes, stabbed Nilani Nimalarajah 18 times at their shop in Bootle last June.
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