A lorry driver who knocked a Labour peer off his mobility scooter and killed him has been handed a suspended jail sentence.

Image source, PA

Lord Taylor of Blackburn died nine days after the crash outside the House of Lords in November 2016.

Former Gurkha soldier Kul Pandey, 56, from Feltham, west London, pleaded guilty to causing his death by careless driving.

He was given a 24-week suspended jail sentence and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.

Lorry driver Kul Pandey has been handed a suspended jail sentence for knocking Labour peer Lord Taylor of Blackburn off his mobility scooter and killing him.

Nine fire cadets units in Cheshire have closed due to lack of volunteers to help run them, Cheshire Fire says.

The fire service says it needs more adult volunteers to "lead, guide and inspire" cadets in order to keep a unit at each fire station.

Image source, Cheshire Fire

There were about 350 local cadets, aged between 12 and 17, at 26 locations across the county, but Cheshire Fire said the following nine units were being forced to close:

• Poynton
• Ellesmere Port
• Audlem
• Penketh
• Bollington
• Birchwood
• Frodsham
• Malpas
• Holmes Chapel

Head of Prevention at Cheshire Fire, Nick Evans said people from "all walks of life" are needed to help and "firefighting experience" was not necessary.

He added:

A man who murdered his ex-partner's new girlfriend by cutting her throat at her workplace has been jailed for life.

Image source, Family handout

Travel agent Cassie Hayes, 28, was attacked at the Tui store in Southport on 13 January.

Andrew Burke, 31, of St Helens, had been convicted the day before of harassing his ex-partner Laura Williams, who was in a relationship with Ms Hayes.

Liverpool Crown Court heard Ms Hayes's death was "an execution".

Burke was ordered to serve a minimum of 26 years.

Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera denies deliberately spitting on the Manchester City badge at Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

Andrew Burke, who admitted murdering his ex-girlfriend's new partner by cutting her throat at her workplace, has been sentenced to life in prison and ordered to serve a minimum of 26 years.

Andrew Burke, who has admitted murdering his ex-girlfriend's new partner by cutting her throat at her workplace, told police he had "lost" after being convicted of harassment the previous day and decided it "was either kill me or kill her, so I killed her", a court has heard.

Image source, Family handout

Travel agent Cassie Hayes, 28, (pictured above, right) died in hospital after being attacked at the Tui store in Southport on 13 January.

A day before, Andrew Burke, 31, of St Helens, had been convicted of harassing his ex-partner Laura Williams, who was in a relationship with Ms Hayes.

Prosecutor Gordon Cole QC told Liverpool Crown Court that following his attack on Ms Hayes, Burke remained in the shop, waiting for police to arrive.

He said the 31-year-old told a firearms officer: "I'm no threat to you, officer. I've got nothing else on me. The knife's on the table."

He said Burke offered an apology to the family that had been in the travel agents at the time and continued: "I was in court yesterday and I lost. It was either kill me or kill her, so I killed her.

He added that Burke said the "only reason" he had stopped the attack before police arrived was because "you'd shoot me and I didn't want to put you through that".

Image source, Peter Byrne

A St Helens man has admitted murdering his ex-girlfriend's new partner by cutting her throat at her workplace the day after he was convicted of harassment.

Image source, Family handout

Travel agent Cassie Hayes, 28, died in hospital after being attacked at the Tui store in Southport on 13 January.

A day earlier, Andrew Burke, 31, had been convicted of harassing his ex-partner Laura Williams, who was in a relationship with Ms Hayes.

Liverpool Crown Court heard Burke's killing of Ms Hayes "was essentially an execution of a young woman in her place of work".

The court heard Ms Williams, 29, who had been in a relationship with Ms Hayes since breaking up with Burke.

Burke had been charged with harassing Ms Williams on 13 November and was convicted of the offence on 12 January where he appeared at Sefton Magistrates' Court and was bailed ahead of sentencing.

He was also the subject of an allegation of harassment against Ms Hayes from May and was issued with a police information notice warning him regarding any future contact.

BBC Sport

A linesman from Wirral has been hailed a "hero" after giving life-saving first aid treatment to a player who had suffered a serious head injury.

Image source, Twitter

Zharir Mustafa reacted after Trafford FC forward Danny Frost collided with a perimeter barrier and swallowed his tongue in a match at Colwyn Bay.

Mustafa told BBC Sport he does not see himself as a hero and did "what anyone else would have done".

The Evo-Stik NPL North match was abandoned after 65 minutes.

Frost was taken to a local hospital for a brain scan and checks before being given the all-clear and allowed to return home.

A man who slashed the throat of a travel agent in Southport has pleaded guilty to her murder.

Image source, Police Handout

Andrew Burke, 31, from St Helens attacked Cassie Hayes (pictured above, right) at the Tui store in Chapel Street in January.

The 28-year-old, originally from Alnwick, Northumberland, later died in hospital.

A post-mortem examination concluded she died of shock and haemorrhaging, due to a wound to the throat.

Burke, of Vincent Street, also admitted having an offensive weapon, namely a knife, in a public place.

Andrew Burke, 31, has pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to the murder of travel agent Cassie Hayes, 28, at her workplace in Southport.

The new Roman Catholic Bishop of Lancaster will be ordained and installed in a ceremony at the city's St Peter's Cathedral, external this morning.

Image source, Diocese of Lancaster

Garstang's Monsignor Paul Swarbrick, who has been serving as a priest in west Cumbria, will become the 7th bishop of the diocese.

He replaces Bishop Michael Campbell, who is retiring after ten years in the post.

Merseyside firefighters have spent the night tackling a house fire in Litherland.

They were called to Moss Lane just after 01:00 this morning, following reports of a fire in the loft and roof of a semi-detached property.

There are no reports of any injuries.

Motorists in Lancashire caught using the bus lane on a key route between Accrington from Clayton-le-Moors could end up with a fine from today.

Bus lane cameras have been switched on along Whalley Road, between Clayton Hall Drive and the Sparth Road crossroads.

The aim is to try and improve travel times for people using public transport - and encourage more people to use the buses.

A communal singalong and a projection of song lyrics are among the events that will mark the first anniversary of the Manchester Arena attack.

Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds injured when Salman Abedi detonated a home-made bomb at an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.

Image source, Reuters

Manchester City Council leader Sir Richard Leese said it is "only fitting" that music should mark the occasion.

A civic memorial service has previously been announced.

The Manchester Together - With One Voice event will take place on Tuesday 22 May and will bring together choirs from the city and beyond.

• A communal singalong and a projection of song lyrics are among the events that will mark the first anniversary of the Manchester Arena attack
• Motorists in Lancashire caught using the bus lane on a key route between Accrington from Clayton-le-Moors could end up with a fine from today
• Merseyside firefighters have spent the night tackling a house fire in Litherland

BBC Weather

A misty, locally foggy start but it will be bright with some sunny spells.

Thickening cloud this afternoon will bring the growing threat of some light rain and drizzle. Highs of 14C.

More from BBC Weather

Good morning! We'll be with you until 18:00 today with the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates from across the North West of England.