Manchester City are confident veteran midfielder Fernandinho will remain at the club for a ninth season.

People living in parts of Cheshire are being urged to have a Covid-19 test after an "alarming" rise in cases in the area.

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The increase in Crewe and Macclesfield is being largely driven by the so-called Indian variant, now named the Delta by the World Health Organization, Cheshire East Council said., external

Every person over the age of 18 in the two towns are being asked by the authority to have a test, even if they do not have symptoms.

Mobile testing units have been set up in Middlewich, Holmes Chapel and Wilmslow while the council highlighted local testing sites in Macclesfield and Crewe.

Worcestershire hold Notts to a last-ball tie, after Liam Livingstone-inspired Lancashire win the first game of the 2021 T20 Blast.

Arriving medics prioritised treatment over transportation, the Manchester Arena attack inquiry hears.

A 17-year-old girl was attacked in the Blackley area of Manchester on Sunday, police say.

Nathan Batha was eventually brought to a halt with the help of a police stinger.

Nathan Batha sped along the M6 in Cheshire at more than 150mph and through Warrington at 100mph.

Trams were suspended for about four hours due to a fire caused by a build-up of gas underground.

Theresa May says the family of those killed in the Hillsborough disaster have been “cruelly denied” justice.

Reuven Rivlin asks the Prince of Wales to help a Jewish girl after it is ruled her life support can cease.

On the last leg of his journey through north west England, Michael Portillo makes a clean sweep in Ashley, where, in Victorian times, the new middle classes set up home in suburban villas with multiple chimneys, swept by children.

In Macclesfield, Michael finds the end of the Silk Route and tries his hand at screen printing. After stoking the fire on the steam-powered Churnet Valley Railway, Michael alights at Froghall for Alton Towers, to trace the 19th-century origins of the modern theme park.

People in the north-west of England welcome extra help to tackle a rise in the Delta variant.

Three people were stabbed at the Manchester shopping centre, prompting a large police response.

Ilkay Gundogan donates the bonus he received for helping Manchester City win the Premier League to help his childhood club fund a new artificial pitch.

First-time buyers share their experiences of trying to get on to the housing ladder.

The Manchester Arena bomb scene was so dark it made it harder to treat casualties, an inquiry hears.

The measures include military support and in-school testing in areas hardest hit by the Delta variant.

A Labour MP and a Conservative chairman object to plans to carve up the City of Chester constituency.