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Manchester rivals Paris as tourist destination

Paris tops the global poll Credit: PA

Manchester, Liverpool and Blackpool are amongst the top ten UK tourist destinations according to a new survey. And on an international level only Paris and New York are more popular world destinations for travellers than London, according to a global poll.

Liverpool also features in the tourism top ten

These were the top 10 UK destinations:

  1. London

  2. Manchester

  3. Glasgow

  4. Liverpool

  5. Belfast

  6. Blackpool

  7. Birmingham

  8. Torquay, Devon

  9. Llandudno, Wales

  10. Bristol

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Mother murdered in Oldham

Murder victim had "previous contact" with police

Greater Manchester Police say the Independent Police Complaints Commission are to be informed and updated with any findings in the investigation into the murder of Farhanda Younis in Oldham.

The force say their Professional Standards Branch has been aware of previous police contact with Ms Younis, and an investigation is currently underway to establish if there are any misconduct matters.

Mother murdered in Oldham

Oldham mum stabbed to death

Jabeen Younis

A post mortem has found that a mother of two from Oldham woman died from stab wounds.

Shortly after 10am on Friday police were called to reports of a concern for welfare at an address on Bamford Street in Chadderton.

Officers found the body of a 30-year-old woman, who has now been formally identified as Farkhanda Younis, known to her friends and family as Jabeen Younis.

Farkhanda had suffered multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.On Saturday 20 a 20-year-old woman was arrested in the Oldham area on suspicion of murder. She has now been bailed pending further enquiries.

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