Sale full-back Mike Haley is given a two-week suspension for striking Josh Bassett in Friday's 28-27 win against Wasps.

Oldham and Walsall ease their relegation fears with an entertaining draw at Boundary Park which all but relegates Bury from League One.

Relegated National League club Chester sack manager Marcus Bignot, who was due to leave at the end of the season.

Snipe finds submerged leaks by detecting the chlorine in the water.

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Designs have been chosen for one of Manchester's biggest public art exhibitions, Bee in the City, featuring 80 giant bees this summer.

After the exhibition ends, the bees will be auctioned off for the We Love MCR charity, external.

A man who stabbed two men in a mass brawl at a nightclub, killing one of them, has been jailed for 26 years.

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Dorian Graham, 30, of Hamilton Grove in Old Trafford, attacked father-of-one Jordan Ross and his friend outside Suburbia on Manchester's John Dalton Street in September 2017.

The 24-year-old from Birmingham died later in hospital.

After being found guilty at Manchester Crown Court of murder and attempted murder, Graham was sentenced to life.

A "self-centred, manipulative" mother who murdered her seven-month-old baby has been jailed for more than 21 years.

Image source, Lancashire Police/Family handout

Jennifer Crichton attacked Amelia at home in Leyland, Lancashire, two days before the baby's death in April 2017.

Sentencing her, Mr Justice Holgate said he was sure Crichton had forced either Amelia "down to the ground or she struck her head on to a hard surface".

The 35-year-old was jailed for life at Liverpool Crown Court and ordered to serve a minimum of 21 years six months.

Online retailer Shop Direct will close three warehouses in Greater Manchester, putting nearly 2,000 jobs at risk.

Image source, Shop Direct

The group, which owns Very.co.uk and Littlewoods.com, said it would close its sites in Shaw, Little Hulton and Chadderton.

It plans to build a new warehouse in the East Midlands employing 500 people, but said redundancies were likely.

Derek Harding, Shop Direct interim chief executive, said it was a "tough day for the business".

"However, these proposals are necessary for our future and to enable us to continue to grow and meet rising customer expectations."

Headquartered in Liverpool, Shop Direct is one of the UK's biggest online retailers and traces its roots to a variety of mail order companies in northern England.

A teenage drug dealer from Merseyside was murdered in a dispute over the sale of drugs, a court has heard.

Image source, BBC/ Family Photo

Matthew Cassidy, 19, of Huyton, died after he was stabbed nine times in the stairwell of a block of flats in Connah's Quay, Flintshire, on 29 May last year.

Prosecutors at Mold Crown Court claim Mr Cassidy was killed in a row with a rival drug dealer.

David Woods, 20, of Liverpool, and Leslie Baines, 48, of Deeside, both deny murder.

A date to switch off the life support for a seriously ill toddler at the centre of a legal battle has been set by a High Court judge.

Image source, Family handout

In February the High Court ruled Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital could stop treating 23-month-old Alfie Evans.

His parents Kate James and Tom Evans' legal fight to appeal the decision ended in March when the European Court for Human Rights rejected their case.

For legal reasons the details of when life support can be withdrawn cannot be reported.

Concerns are raised about a Cheshire East councillor investigating allegations against senior officers.

CCTV footage has been released by police of a fight which broke out in a Darlington pub last year.

A number of people were assaulted when chairs and tables were thrown at The Dalesman on Victoria Road.

Image source, Durham Police

It happened on Saturday, 7 October before the Stockport v Darlington match.

Police have arrested seven men aged 21 - 52 on suspicion of violent disorder, six have been released on bail and the 21-year-old was released with no further action.

Greater Manchester Police have also arrested eight men, two were released under investigation and six released on bail.

One further man was arrested by police in Leicestershire.

Image source, Durham Constabulary

Freya Lewis was in a wheelchair for three months after the Manchester Arena attack.

Salford Red Devils will wear a charity shirt to raise funds for the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund at Magic Weekend.

A new multi-million pound cancer research centre is to be built at The Christie Hospital in Manchester to replace the building hit by a fire last year.

Image source, Christopher Clark

The destruction of the Paterson building in Withington last April displaced more than 300 scientists and support staff.

The new centre, which is planned to open in 2021, will bring together researchers and clinicians and it's hoped it will speed up breakthroughs in cancer research.

Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren says he had to shout at his team-mates to get a response during the win over Manchester City.

An international IT service company is opening in Salford today, creating 60 new jobs.

India-based Tech Mahindra says the new office, in Laser House, Salford Quays, will be their "headquarters for the North".

The company said the new office "demonstrates the company’s confidence in the UK economy" and will provide an "innovation hub to technology start-ups".

Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett said it is "fantastic news".

Knife-wielding muggers who tried to steal a mobile phone from a man in a wheelchair got more than they bargained for when the army veteran fought back.

Image source, Vicki Mercer

Police said Roger Mercer, 38, was making his way along a canal towpath near Chester Crematorium on Sunday when the would-be robbers confronted him.

One, brandishing an 8in (20cm) knife, demanded Mr Mercer's phone but he shoved him and the blade to the ground.

Police said he then fended off the other man who grabbed him from behind.

A Cheshire Police spokesman said one of the attackers then hit the victim's wheelchair, causing it to fall on its side, before they fled towards the city centre.