12 h. ago LIVE: Major Manchester road CLOSED by police after serious incident

Hyde Road in Gorton is shut with traffic being diverted from the scene

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12 h. ago LIVE: Major Manchester road CLOSED by police after serious crash with two in hospital

Hyde Road in Gorton is shut with traffic being diverted from the scene

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28 h. ago Swedish punks Viagra Boys: ‘It’s freeing for people to see a dude let his gut hang out’

They’ve hauled themselves from the toilet circuit to arenas, as frontman Sebastian Murphy has got over drug addiction – but, he says, they’re still letting their freak flag flySlouched on a sofa in a former cement factory in Stockholm, Viagra Boys’ Swedish-American frontman and lyricist Sebastian Murphy is recalling a low point in his life, several years ago. He points to a tattoo on his heavily inked torso that sums it up. “It says ‘You need me’,” he explains in a tobacco-stained California burr. “When I did this tattoo, I was such a piece-of-shit drug addict who only cared about himself. I thought it was funny. I don’t need you guys – you need me.” It inspired You N33d Me, one of the best tracks on the sax-blasting post-punk band’s electrifying, sort-of-self-titled fourth album Viagr Aboys. Hooked on amphetamines, pills and Valium at various points in his past, Murphy has been, by his own admission, the last person anybody needed around.But the strongest thing Murphy is consuming ...

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1 week ago Seven officers hospitalised after police chase ends in A1 pile

Two people have been arrested over the collision near Denton in Newcastle

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1 week ago Seven officers in hospital after police chase ends in A1 pile

Two people have been arrested over the collision near Denton in Newcastle

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1 week ago Seven police officers in hospital after several vehicles damaged in huge A1 crash

Two people have been arrested over the collision near Denton in Newcastle

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1 week ago A1 crash involving multiple police cars as five taken to hospital and major road closed

The incident took place at around 2:30am on Wednesday in Newcastle upon Tyne

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1 week ago Five in hospital after several police cars damaged in huge A1 crash

The road is expected to remain closed in both directions into the afternoon

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3 w. ago LIVE Road shut and GP practice closed as police cordon blocks street

Officers are at the scene

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3 w. ago Road closed with police at the scene as 'car hits electricity post'

Dozens of homes are without power

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4 w. ago Live updates as caravan crash sees one lane closed 'for some time' in Mumbles Road in Swansea

Police are at the scene of the incident in Mumbles Road, close to the St Helen's rugby ground. South Wales Police has said the road is likely to be closed for some time

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