Here are more views from Manchester, taken earlier today, as the cleanup continues and the city centre gets back to business.
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The shop where it really kicked off: Miss Selfridge, opposite the west side of the Arndale Centre, still closed and showing significant fire damage. There was still a burning smell.
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What? Yes, even betting shops got trashed: this Ladbroke’s is opposite Piccadilly Gardens bus station.
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The damage to this Maplin Electronics store opposite the BBC on Oxford Road might have been thought to be coincidental ...
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... except the Greggs next door but one also got hit. A Greggs? A Greggs.
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And here is one very popular and very busy bloke. He’s still got plenty of fetching and carrying to do.
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