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Europride is Europe's biggest gay and lesbian festival and this year was being held in Manchester where more than 300,000 people were at Saturday's pride parade

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A huge rainbow flag started and ended the parade, held by hundreds of volunteers

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The flag - a symbol of inclusivity - seemed to stretch the length of the city centre parade route.

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Sir Ian McKellan, who is from Salford, was guest of honour.

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No gay pride event would be complete without the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

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The parade was a colourful celebration...

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... with more than 60 floats and displays

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Thousands of people have descended on Manchester for Europride from across Europe. These lads came from Dublin for the festivities

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All sorts of people were in the crowd, watching the parade, from the youngest...

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...to the oldest