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Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield have been unveiled as the seven shortlisted UK cities to battle it out to host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

A major £1.4m drugs operation was cracked after a dealer's mum was caught 'red handed' sitting on a bed next to a pile of cash.

Three 18-year-old women who 'came from nothing' to 'work their way up' were left 'heartbroken, shocked and upset' after finding their home in east Manchester had been burgled two days before Christmas.

Married At First Sight UK star Tasha Jay found love on the E4 show with boyfriend Paul Liba - however, it wasn't all smooth sailing for the couple. The 25-year-old has revealed to OK! in an exclusive chat that one "horrific" scene didn't make it into the show - in which Paul gave Tasha food poisoning with his cooking. Tasha wasn't the only one struck down by Paul's dodgy cooking however, with their co-stars Rozz Darlington and Thomas Kriaras eating the dodgy dish.

Married at First Sight stars Rozz Darlington and Thomas Kriaras sparked romance rumours on Friday when the couple were spotted enjoying a musical night out together with Rozz’s parents.The couple, who first met on the E4 reality earlier this year, were briefly married as they took part in the relationship social experiment that saw partners selected by a panel of experts rather than conventional dating. However, the couple struggled to gel out in the real world and decided to bring their relationship to an end after failing to gel with their respective families, when Rozz famously voted to “leave” during the final commitment ceremony.

A man has been arrested as police revealed 'up to 60' cars and vehicles were damaged or scratched on a single night in a vandalism spree.

Last week's Married at First Sight saw Rozz Darlington and Thomas Kriaras call time on the marriage during the final commitment ceremony, however, viewers haven't seen the last of pair as they'll soon return to our screens in the show's reunion special. Despite their romance not working out, the pair have remained friends in the six months since filming, although this didn't make the reunion, which was filmed recently, any less emotional.

Police are franticly searching for a missing four-year-old child after he was last spotted in Turkey after leaving the UK.

A boy spoke about blowing up an orphanage online and made remarks described as "abhorrent" by a district judge.

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The Trotters have signed the duo on loan deals until the end of the season. Jackson, 19, has come through the youth ranks at the John Smith's Stadium and has had loan spells at Darlington and Stockport County.Elbouzedi, 22, joins from the Imps for whom he has played for six times so far this campaign and scored twice.Wanderers mnager Ian Evatt said: “Zack is a player who I have monitored for a good length of time.

quiet streets on December 2 when restrictions eased. By the weekend, though, it was a different story, with photos circulating online showing huge crowds on Market Street, in the Arndale, and at the Trafford Centre.

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