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• Booze rogue caught in M.E.N sting 11/12/09 AN OFF-LICENCE sold cigarettes and alcohol to a schoolgirl MEN spy – just days after having its licence withdrawn for a catalogue of similar crimes.n Dinyaal Choudhary, who runs Star News, in Ru Read more

• Smuggled birds found in luggage 11/12/09 Six live pigeons are found in a passenger's hand luggage by officials at Manchester Airport Read more

• Hospital pays out £50,000 over mum who died 11/12/09 A HOSPITAL has paid out £50,000 to the family of a mother-of-six who died after a string of failings by medics.n Karen Bambrough, 42, should have had urgent surgery when she was admitted to Tames Read more

• Cocaine binge armed robber locked up 11/12/09 A RAIDER who took part in an armed robbery in a suburban bar has been jailed for seven-and-half years.n Casey Shaw, 23, of Fernside Avenue, Withington, had been bingeing on cocaine in the days lea Read more

• Benefit cheat escapes jail after £40,000 fraud 11/12/09 A FORMER hospital worker who fiddled £40,000 in benefits has been ordered to wear an electronic tag.n Fawzia Abdultif, 62, of Laneside Road, East Didsbury, dishonestly claimed income support for Read more

• Drunken night out ends in car carnage and convictions 11/12/09 n A DRUNKEN escapade led to a teenage boy escaping death by a whisker and two cars being extensively damaged a court was told.n Alex Weatherby, 22, from Worsley, Salford, wrecked his pal†Read more

• Yob jailed for shining laser at police helicopter 11/12/09 A 21-YEAR-OLD will spend Christmas in prison after flashing a laser pointer at a police helicopter.n Liam Coe was jailed for four months after pleading guilty to acting in a manner likely to endan Read more

• Ticket's worth the price for Diouf's pizza 11/12/09 FOOTBALLER El Hadji Diouf picked up yet another booking for illegally parking his car – then asked a homeless man to take the ticket off his windscreen.n The Premier League star parked his £420 Read more

• Man jailed for raping vulnerable girl 10/12/09 A MAN who raped a teenage girl with severe learning difficulties has been jailed. David Roberts indecently assaulted the victim and then later raped her in a Stockport alleyway.n Roberts, 31, fr Read more

• Pigeon smuggler caught at customs 10/12/09 A MAN was stopped by customs officials after being caught trying to smuggle six pigeons through Manchester Airport.n The middle-aged passenger was quizzed by staff after getting off a flight fro Read more

• Christmas crime crackdown - 173 charged 10/12/09 The total number of people arrested by Greater Manchester Police as part of a Christmas crime crackdown has risen to 594 - and the force said a total of 173 people have been charged with offences.n Read more

• Plea after pensioner murder 10/12/09 Six years since the horrific murder of a great-grandmother in Manchester, detectives appealing for fresh information. Read more

• Suspects held in raids 10/12/09 Police arrest 576 people and charge 165 in connection with robbery, burglary, violence and theft offences. Read more

• Party ban for bank robber's moll 10/12/09 A GANGSTER’S moll who lived the high life on ill-gotten gains has been barred from late night partying after breaching a suspended sentence for money laundering.n Danielle Bardsley, 30, of Barro Read more

• Asylum family wins 11th hour release 10/12/09 A FAMILY of asylum seekers on the brink of being sent back to Egypt have been saved again, after managing to lodge a judicial review. n Read more