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Sister 'drank bleach in Pakistan'Shafilea Ahmed

Shafilea Ahmed drank bleach on a trip to Pakistan after her mother told her she would not return to the UK, a court hears.

Sarah SoyeiSchools saw 87,000 racism cases

Oldham has seen a more than 40% increase in the number of racist incidents in schools between 2007 and 2011, the BBC finds.

House fire in RadcliffeMan dies in terraced house fire

A man dies in a house fire in Greater Manchester as a woman and a baby escape.

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