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Spice Girl Mel C and One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson win Northern Music Awards

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Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm and One Direction star Louis Tomlinson led the winners of the inaugural Northern Music Awards.

The event, which will be held in a different northern city each year, took place at the Albert Hall in Manchester to recognise and celebrate the established and rising musical talent across the north of England.

Guest presenters from the region included This Is England actor Thomas Turgoose and former Manchester United football star Gary Neville, as well as musicians Gillian Gilbert and Stephen Morris from British rock band New Order.

Chisholm, known as

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