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  • Updates on Friday 28 July

  1. Speedo Mick starts UK fund-giving walk in trunkspublished at 12:26 British Summer Time 1 June 2021

    Michael Cullen is to hand out some of the £750,000 he raised walking hundreds of miles in his trunks.

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  2. Cyclist, 11, seriously hurt as car hits himpublished at 11:27 British Summer Time 1 June 2021

    The boy was airlifted to Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool following the collision in Holyhead.

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  3. Police dogs given ID cards and collar numberspublished at 10:27 British Summer Time 1 June 2021

    Cheshire Police's dogs will be given collar numbers to make them "part of the team", the force says.

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  4. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 06:28 British Summer Time 1 June 2021

    The latest news, sport, travel and weather from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

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  5. Mahmood secures Roses victory for Lancspublished at 18:15 British Summer Time 30 May 2021

    Saqib Mahmood takes his first five-wicket haul as Lancashire beat Yorkshire in the Roses match by an innings and 79 runs.

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  6. De Bruyne fractures nose and eye socketpublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 30 May 2021

    Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne suffers fractured nose and eye socket in Champions League final defeat to Chelsea.

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  7. Pedestrian dies after taxi crashpublished at 10:54 British Summer Time 30 May 2021

    The man, believed to be in his 70s, was struck by a taxi in Kirkdale at about 01:00 BST.

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  8. Lancashire set up Roses victory chancepublished at 19:01 British Summer Time 29 May 2021

    Yorkshire's chances of saving the Roses match against Lancashire are dented after they lose two late wickets.

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  9. Buttler to play for Lancs in T20published at 12:39 British Summer Time 29 May 2021

    One piece of extra good news for Red Rose fans of all cricketing codes to emerge this morning is that England have made World Cup winning wicketkeeper Jos Buttler available for Lancashire's first six matches in the T20 Blast.

    Exciting news too for other counties' commercial departments too, to welcome the top box office attraction.

    Buttler, who has not played since his stunning IPL century for Rajasthan Royals on 2 May - 124 off 64 balls - will play in Lancashire's first two home games at Emirates Old Trafford.

    They are on back-to-back days against Derbyshire (9 June, 14:30) and Leicestershire (10 June, 18:30).

    But then their next four games are all away: Worcestershire (13 June, 14:30), Derbyshire (15 June, 19:00), Durham (17 June, 19:00) and Birmingham Bears (18 June, 18:30).

    Jos Buttler has not played for Lancashire since September 2018Image source, Getty Images
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    Jos Buttler's last appearance for Lancashire was the T20 Blast semi-final defeat by eventual winners Worcestershire at Edgbaston in September 2018

  10. What is Fernandinho's Man City legacy?published at 06:15 British Summer Time 29 May 2021

    Fernandinho could end his Manchester City career on the highest of highs in this Saturday's Champions League final against Chelsea - if he decides to leave.

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  11. The 'very human lesson' from Hillsboroughpublished at 00:58 British Summer Time 29 May 2021

    As the collapse of the last criminal trial marks the end of a long legal road, Judith Moritz asks what the legacy of Britain’s worst sports disaster is.

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  12. Rodriguez unhappy at Colombia omissionpublished at 18:08 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    Everton midfielder James Rodriguez says he is filled with "great disappointment" after being left out of Colombia's squad for the Copa America.

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  13. Judge rules to withdraw life support of girl, 2published at 16:51 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    Alta Fixsler will move to a palliative care regime, despite her Jewish parents' wishes, a judge rules.

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  14. Zoo Covid fund closes after just 12% awardedpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    Chester Zoo says a £100m government fund for zoos which is closing was "too difficult to apply for".

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  15. Stabbed man was 'thrilled' he was to become a dadpublished at 16:21 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    "Caring" Charlie Elms, who died following a disturbance, will "missed by everyone", his girlfriend says.

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  16. Coercive control trial date set for Giggspublished at 15:36 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    Ryan Giggs is accused of deliberately headbutting his ex-girlfriend and controlling her.

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  17. Blackpool to Manchester Victoriapublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    There is terror on the tracks in Blackpool as Michael Portillo embarks on a new journey across Bradshaw's Britain with his Victorian guidebook. He makes potent new friends in Fleetwood then heads to Manchester, where George Stephenson built the world's first modern railway line. This epoch-defining achievement is being incorporated into a new multimillion-pound rail link between Manchester's Victoria and Piccadilly stations, and Michael lends a hand with the welding. At a moving ceremony in Manchester Piccadilly station, Michael unveils a new monument to 87 railwaymen of the London and North Western Railway, who lost their lives in the Great War.

  18. Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Commonpublished at 15:11 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    Michael Portillo's journey from the Irish Sea to the North Sea continues by tram from Manchester. At the imposing town hall of the world's first industrial city, Michael comes face to face with the Victorian scientist who invented modern atomic theory. He then heads to the city's National Graphene Institute, where he learns to make the groundbreaking material invented there by two Nobel Prize-winning scientists. His Bradshaw's leads him to an 18th-century settlement built by refugees from Europe.

    Next, deep underground at Standedge, Michael discovers an ambitious Victorian engineering marvel. At Silkstone Common, he tracks down the forge where a Victorian metallurgist created wrought iron axles strong enough for railway rolling stock and is delighted to discover the works operates its own miniature train.

  19. Listen: Cheshire v Cumbria in National Counties Trophypublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    Cheshire host Cumbria at Didsbury Cricket Club in the National Counties Trophy - listen to BBC Radio Cumbria commentary.

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