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'Several' taken ill at Parklife amid warnings about 'Pharaoh pills'

Warnings have been issued over three identical looking pills that contain substances 'linked to medical incidents' after Parklife festival this weekend.

The festival, which took place in Heaton Park over September 11 and 12, played hosts to thousands of music fans.

But 'several' people were taken ill at the Parklife festival and attended to by event medics, North West Ambulance Service has confirmed.

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