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The Commonwealth Games baton will come to Wigan as part of the relay

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Thousands of drivers with more than 12 points have been allowed to continue driving

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The Hillsborough tragedy unfolds in 1989

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Coronavirus cases are doubling about twice as fast in the North West, Yorkshire and the West Midlands as for the whole of England, according to the largest Covid-19 study of its kind.

Coronavirus cases doubling twice as fast in North as South – study Joseph Timan

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A box described as a "vampire-slaying kit"

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