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CCTV footage of fans attacking police (GMP)
Police release CCTV images of football fans chasing officers and attacking one of them after the Uefa Cup final.

A man is charged over the murders of two men who were shot in Manchester six weeks apart.
A campaigner for women prisoners, whose own daughter died in jail, is found dead.


A helicopter crashes and bursts into flames in a Greater Manchester field but the pilot is unhurt.
Entry requirements for students from poorer backgrounds could be lowered at one of the UK's largest universities.

A man drowns after diving into a reservoir to rescue his girlfriend's daughter.
A 25-year-old man is arrested over the sexual assault of a pensioner in a Stockport park.

A man who falsely claimed he broke his ankle in a hole in the road is jailed for perjury.
A pensioner is treated in hospital after a robber breaks into her home in Greater Manchester.
Hundreds of plane-spotters go to Manchester airport to see Russian jets bringing in fans for the Uefa final.

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