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• Festival to celebrate Alan Turing centenary 07/12/09 MANCHESTER is to stage a festival to celebrate 100 years since the birth of genius codebreaker Alan Turing .n The festival, will be held in June 2012, and will centre on a performance of Breaking Read more

• Police patrols stepped up for shoppers 07/12/09 AS CHORLTON'S shops get busier on the run-up to Christmas, police have launched a Christmas streets operation. n Read more

• Whitehall of the north could bring 5,000 jobs 07/12/09 DETAILED plans for a new 'Whitehall of the north' bringing 5,000 civil servants to a huge office complex in Manchester will be set out today.n The 'super campus' of high-tech offices will be set a Read more

• Pedal power at festive bash 07/12/09 A FESTIVE party in Platt Fields harnassed the power of the pedal. Read more

• Santa is the star 07/12/09 MORE than 400 children proved to have been very good all year as they received a present from Santa at the Christmas lights switch-on in Levenshulme. Read more

• Christmas is international in Withington 07/12/09 PEOPLE from across the world gathered together to show they 'love' Withington. Read more

• Tug-of-love mum facing financial ruin 07/12/09 THE mother of a missing toddler is facing financial ruin as she battles to get her daughter back through the Egyptian courts.n Distraught Leila Sabra fears for the safety of her two-year-old daugh Read more

• What recession? Crowds hit the shops 07/12/09 HORDES of Christmas shoppers flocked to Manchester on one of the busiest Sundays of the year.n Huge crowds converged on the city – with the German markets proving popular. Read more

• Festival to celebrate centenary of Turing's birth 07/12/09 MANCHESTER is to stage a festival to celebrate 100 years since the birth of genius codebreaker Alan Turing .n The festival, will be held in June 2012, and will centre on a performance of Breaking Read more

• Eco-MP's Christmas lights confession 07/12/09 AN MP who pledged to cut his carbon footprint has publicly confessed to lighting up his house like 'Blackpool Illuminations' for Christmas.n Andrew Gwynne, Labour member for Denton and Reddish, si Read more

• Climate change MP's Christmas lights confession 07/12/09 AN MP who pledged to cut his carbon footprint has publicly confessed to lighting up his house like 'Blackpool Illuminations' for Christmas.n Andrew Gwynne, Labour member for Denton and Reddish, si Read more

• Olympic theme to lights switch-on 07/12/09 A PAIR of Olympic heroes and a schoolgirl joined forces to turn on Didsbury's Christmas lights. Read more

• Police gesture is a gift for kids 07/12/09 YOUNGSTERS in Burnage are being given an early Christmas present of 16 bikes, thanks to the police. Read more

• Climate crusader MP's lights clanger 07/12/09 AN MP who pledged to cut his carbon footprint has publicly confessed to lighting up his house like 'Blackpool Illuminations' for Christmas.n Andrew Gwynne, Labour member for Denton and Reddish, si Read more

• Festival to celebrate Turing's 100th birthday 07/12/09 MANCHESTER is to stage a festival to celebrate 100 years since the birth of genius codebreaker Alan Turing .n The festival, will be held in June 2012, and will centre on a performance of Breaking Read more