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  • Latest updates on Friday 29 June

  1. Murder arrest after woman, 18, falls from buildingpublished at 12:41 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    A 21-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murder over the death of the woman in Liverpool.

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  2. Cyclist, 56, killed in crash with carpublished at 10:37 British Summer Time 2 June 2021

    The 66-year-old driver of the car is arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

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  3. Murder arrests after boy, 14, stabbed to deathpublished at 21:36 British Summer Time 1 June 2021

    Two teenagers aged 13 and 14 are among six held following the stabbing.

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  4. Ex-footballer fined for Magna Carta Covid breachpublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 1 June 2021

    Bradley Orr claimed the ancient document meant he did not have to close his children's play centre.

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  5. Health chief calls for under-18s vaccinationspublished at 17:36 British Summer Time 1 June 2021

    Blackburn's Prof Dominic Harrison says child jabs are "desperately needed" to fight a rise in cases.

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  6. 'You want to be a nan but you have to be a parent'published at 14:59 British Summer Time 1 June 2021

    A woman who took on parental responsibility for her grandchildren says there is a lack of support.

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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. Arrest in M60 fatal crash inquirypublished at 10:22 British Summer Time 30 May 2021

    A man is held over the theft of a car believed to have been in a crash that killed two men.

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  11. 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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  12. 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

  13. Arrest after death of man found injured in streetpublished at 10:47 British Summer Time 29 May 2021

    A teenager is arrested after a man, believed to have been hit by a vehicle, dies, police say.

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  14. Surge testing over 'Indian variant' in Lancashirepublished at 20:37 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    People living in some areas of the county are being urged to get tested after a rise in Covid cases.

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  15. Jennings ton gives Lancs big Roses leadpublished at 18:41 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    Keaton Jennings leads the way for Lancashire with 114 as they build a commanding Roses match lead over Yorkshire.

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  16. Businessman 'was target' of shot that killed womanpublished at 18:21 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    A tyre shop owner tells a court a drive-by gunman who killed a passer-by "was looking at me".

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  17. Police-chase car in wrong way M60 fatal crashpublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    The BMW crashed into a Vauxhall while going in the wrong direction on a motorway, investigators say.

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  18. 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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  19. 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.