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manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Damon Wilkinson
Notorious gun-runner Michael Sammon evaded police for years by using fake passports and changing his appearanceMichael Sammon went by many names in his long and lucrative criminal career. His friends called him Mickey the Fish. But for a time in Blackpool he assumed the identity of a dead friend, John Eugene McDonagh, and while hiding out at a caravan park in Portsmouth he was known as Dermot MonaghanBut he would ultimately come to be known as the 'Merchant of Death'.
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Damon Wilkinson
At the time of Anthony Payne's death a warrant for his arrest was outstandingA drunk sex offender died after falling down a flight of stairs the day after he was released from prison. Anthony Payne and his partner were both found unconscious by a member of the public at the bottom of a communal staircase on April 3, 2024. Payne, 66, never regained consciousness and died in hospital five days later, a report into his death by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman said.
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Damon Wilkinson
Was George Orwell inspired by a Salford church's unique oddity? ‘It was a cold bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen’. So begins George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty Four. It’s one of the most famous opening lines in literature. And, as feature writer Dan Thompson discovered, it could have been inspired by Orwell’s war-time stint on the M.E.N.At 1pm every day St Mark’s Church in Worsley strikes 13. It’s thought to be the only clock in the UK that does so.
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3 weeks ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Damon Wilkinson
DJ Pedro lost his two front teeth in match last month - and is now hoping to have his pearly whites fixed in time for the new seasonAfter helping fire Bury FC to promotion ace striker DJ Pedro was all smiles. Or at least he would have been had his two front teeth not been knocked out in a match last month.
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3 weeks ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Damon Wilkinson
Parts of Tib Street and Thomas Street was closed while the woman was brought to safetyPolice cordoned off a road in the Northern Quarter after a woman was spotted on the roof of a building. The junction of Tib Street and Thomas Street were closed at about 9pm tonight (Sunday) as police and firefighters tried to bring the woman down from the rooftop. After about 40 minutes she was brought to safety.
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