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  Four more teenage boys have been arrested after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed in Rochdale town centre.

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• Rochdale Youth Council leader Daniel Murphy announces immediate resignation

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• Wardle man lends his voice to poetry trail about recovery

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• East Lancashire Railway launches Christmas card competition for children

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• Police appeal for witnesses following death of man in Bury

  Police are appealing for information following the death of a man who was reportedly assaulted in Bury town centre.

• Drug dealer jailed after being shot by police during Whitefield arrest

  A drug dealer who was shot in the arm by police as officers attempted to arrest him in Whitefield has been jailed for six years and 10 months.

• Edgar Wood Academy celebrates first GCSE results

  Pupils at Edgar Wood Academy have received the school's first GCSE results since it opened.