22 h. ago The tragedy that turned the Manchester ship canal into a 'river of fire'

A massive explosion rang out and rocked houses a quarter of a mile away

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58 h. ago Man killed in 'unavoidable' M60 HGV crash 'sacrificed his life to save the woman he loved'

David Lalgee's car was hit by the HGV after it crashed through a metal central reservation barrier into oncoming traffic

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4 d. ago Tragedy as pregnant woman dies after 'reported medical emergency'

She sadly died at the scene

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7 d. ago Tragedy as dad, 30, found dead by his partner after going to sleep on sofa

Alex Green tragically died

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9 d. ago Tragedy as person dies in incident at Greater Manchester train station

All services were halted as emergency crews attended

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9 d. ago Tragedy of dad dumped barefoot by police four miles from home at 3.50am

A GMP officer has been demoted in rank after Gareth Roper's subsequent death in a hit-and-run smash

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1 week ago Tragedy as man dies after small plane 'crash landed' on runway

The plane crash-landed on a runway in North Yorkshire on Sunday afternoon

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2 w. ago Boy inches from tragedy after 'slipping' while hanging from back of Bee Network bus

"My heart absolutely sank"

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2 w. ago Tragedy as man found dead on M6 as police called to 'concern for welfare'

A stretch of the motorway is closed off this morning

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2 w. ago 'It's just not worth it': Daughters of Greater Manchester mum who died in £20 'skinny jab' tragedy issue heartbreaking warning

Karen McGonigal's family have become the first in the UK to publicly discuss a death linked to counterfeit weight loss injections

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2 w. ago Tragedy of woman, 21, found dead next to Greater Manchester canal

‘Emily died too young and there was no easy way to say it'

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2 w. ago Tragedy of Strangeways prisoner locked in cell 23 hours a day and not let out to eat

The 35-year-old revealed what life in the Manchester prison was really like before marking 'my last day' on his calendar

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3 w. ago Mystery surrounds canal death tragedy of 'Mr Wigan Athletic' Darren Orme

An inquest has heard there was 'nothing to suggest' he had taken his own life but that there was 'insufficient evidence' to shed any further light on what happened

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4 w. ago Police issue 'tragedy chant' warning to football fans ahead of Manchester United v Liverpool clash

'The tragic loss of life is not a subject for tribal point scoring, and this behaviour has absolutely no place in football', the police have warned

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