We need mad dogs, says Mourinhopublished at 21:20 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2018
Manchester United fight back from 2-0 down but are lacking 'mad dogs' in midfield, according to Jose Mourinho
Read MoreSummary
Merseyside man killed in Kabul attack was 'brave warrior'
Manchester man arrested in Egypt accused of 'spying'
Police officer hit by stolen car treated in hospital
Winter Hill: First trees to be planted at moorland blaze site
Weather: Sunshine, strong winds and blustery showers
We need mad dogs, says Mourinhopublished at 21:20 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2018
North West Livepublished at 18:02 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
That's it from the North West Live team for another week - we'll be back on Monday at 08:00 with more of the region's latest news, sport, travel, and weather updates.
Until then, updates from our colleagues across the BBC will be published automatically on this page.
Have a lovely weekend!
Cammell Laird warns striking workers: 'No customers, no jobs'published at 18:01 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
Bosses at Merseyside shipbuilder Cammell Laird have warned striking workers of further job losses if industrial action continues.
Image source, UniteMembers of the Unite union at the Cammell Laird site in Birkenhead have started a programme of strikes at the Birkenhead site over plans to cut 291 jobs.
The union said this will now be extended from mid-December until mid-January.
John Syvret, Cammell Laird's chief executive, said it was already losing work to other shipyards as a result of the strikes:
Quote MessageThis strike action has facilitated a loss of over £1.5m worth of business already, and with growing concerns from other customers more losses are imminent.
Quote MessageIt may be obvious but put simply, without customers there are no jobs at all.
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner said shipyards across the country faced a "growing crisis".
Quote MessageIt is time Cammell Laird started working constructively with Unite, and for everyone with an interest in a strong future for UK shipbuilding, to come together to protect vital skills and jobs before they are lost forever.
Nou Camp to host Catalans Dragons v Wigan Warriors Super League matchpublished at 17:48 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
BBC SportBarcelona's Nou Camp will host rugby league for the first time next year, with Catalans Dragons facing Super League champions Wigan on 18 May.
Image source, Getty ImagesCatalans, based 120 miles from Barcelona in the French city of Perpignan, were invited to the ground by the La Liga giants after winning rugby league's Challenge Cup in August.
Wigan chairman Ian Lenagan said it will be a "landmark moment" for the game.
"It will provide a shot in the arm for the new-era of Super League," he added.
The Nou Camp is the biggest stadium in Europe, with a capacity of 99,354.
Broadbottom transforms into Harry Potter world for The Christiepublished at 17:07 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
Budding wizards and witches are invited to visit Broadbottom in Tameside this Sunday as it morphs into a fantastical Harry Potter world, in aid of The Christie.
Image source, Chapman Poole PRInspired by J.K. Rowling's best-selling book, the village has an action-packed line-up of activities Potterheads will love.
Hedwig fans will love the owl display at Lymefield Garden Centre and nearby Lymefield Arts and Craft Centre will be host to wand-making sessions and a Triwizard Training Maze.
From 14:00 there will be a Magical Market in the village Community Centre selling Harry Potter-themed goods.
For more information visit the New Street Christmas Window Facebook page, external.
Boxing: How Tyson Fury went from 1lb baby to heavyweight championpublished at 16:55 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
BBC Sport"When I put my hand on his small frame, I could feel the life in him. I said to the doctor 'he will make it'."
John Fury - father of Bolton-based fighter Tyson Fury - recalls the day he cradled his newborn son, weighing just 1lb.
Image source, BBC SportBorn three months prematurely in the summer of 1988, the future heavyweight champion of the world was given a slim chance of survival.
Twenty-eight years later, his fight was with depression - a struggle so ugly that his father says his son has now "nearly died twice".
"He has defied the odds since day one," adds John Fury. "Maybe this is just who he is."
Tyson Fury fights Deontay Wilder in Los Angeles on Saturday evening (04:00 GMT, Sunday morning).
Merseyside food banks to hand out free bus ticketspublished at 16:30 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
Thousands of free bus tickets are to be handed out to people travelling to food banks across Merseyside this winter.
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The use of food banks has risen in recent years
The 3,000 tickets will be paid for by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and the bus companies Stagecoach and Arriva.
City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram said that while the need for such a move was "heartbreaking", it was a "duty" that he "could not shirk".
There has been a sharp increase in demand for food banks in recent years.
'More cities interested in Knife Angel sculpture'published at 16:03 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
Here are some more photos of the operation to transport a 27ft tall sculpture from its home near Oswestry to Liverpool's Anglican cathedral.
The Knife Angel was made out of 100,000 bladed weapons that had been collected by police forces around the UK and was created to raise awareness of knife crime.
Despite the high winds and heavy rain yesterday morning, it was successfully loaded on to the back of a lorry.
Image source, British Ironwork Centre
Image source, British Ironwork Centre
Image source, British Ironwork CentreA metal frame had to be made to allow it to be lifted on and off the lorry and since going to Liverpool, its creators say they've been contacted by other cities interested in hosting it.
Bolton fail to pay player wages on timepublished at 15:29 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
A group of Bolton Wanderers players will meet with chairman Ken Anderson on Friday to talk about unpaid wages.
Read MoreMan sold stolen HMP Forest Bank prison goods on eBaypublished at 15:10 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
A man has been sentenced for selling CDs, DVDs and games worth over £100,000 that were stolen from a prison in Salford.
Image source, GoogleImage caption, HMP Forest Bank in Salford is a Category B prison for men
Charlie Corrigan, 27, put the items, taken from HMP Forest Bank, on auction site eBay.
He pleaded guilty to money laundering and was given a nine-month suspended sentence and 150 hours community service at Manchester Crown Court.
Carl Byron, 37, and Anthony Bradbury, 31, were jailed for theft and money laundering earlier this month.
Corrigan, of Haslam Street, Bury, who was the brother of Bradbury's partner at the time of the offences, had his sentence suspended for 12 months.
Mo Salah: The footballer giving away thousands to help Egyptianspublished at 14:47 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
BBC SportLiverpool forward Mohamed Salah has enjoyed an incredible year on the pitch, finishing as the Premier League's top scorer last season.
Now he's been shortlisted for the BBC's African Player of the Year, BBC Sport takes a look at some of the acts of generosity that have endeared him, not just to Liverpool supporters, but to football fans across the world.
Mohamed has been a pure human being since he was young," said Hamdi Nooh, the coach at Arab Contractors, his first professional club.
When he was 10. there was a dog that had puppies under the stands at his local club in his village of Basyoun.
"Salah used to carry food to the training pitch all the way from his house every day to feed the puppies. He's always been like that. He has a big heart and loves to be giving."
Stories of his generosity are legion: a father revealing Salah was funding his son's leukaemia treatment, a donation towards nursery facilities in Basyoun where he has built a religious institution where children can also study.
This week, Salah spoke out on behalf of Egypt's stray cats and dogs tweeting with the hashtag "no to animal rights violations".
The winner of BBC African Footballer of the Year will be announced on Friday, 14 December.
Clare's Law: Why women refuse police help over partner's pastpublished at 14:29 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
A law which gives gives people potential access to a partner's criminal history is being refused by the people it was designed to help, official figures show.
Image source, PAClare's Law - officially known as The Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme - was named after 36-year-old Clare Wood from Salford who was killed by a man with a history of violence in 2009.
The law allows people to ask police if their partner has a violent past and if they could be at risk.
But figures obtained by the BBC through Freedom of Information requests to police forces in England and Wales suggest some women are refusing to engage with police.
North West weather: Sunshine and blustery showerspublished at 14:09 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
More sunshine and blustery showers expected this afternoon - with the wind strong at times. Highs of 9C.
Abduction arrests as missing teen foundpublished at 13:53 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
Four men have been arrested on suspicion of child abduction after a missing teenage girl was found in West Yorkshire.
The girl, who was reported missing in Manchester, was found in Leeds on 17 November.
Two men aged 23, a 22-year-old and a 27-year-old, have been bailed by police pending further inquiries.
Police said the girl is being supported by a team dealing with children at risk of criminal and sexual exploitation.
A 50-year-old man was arrested in the Burnage area of Manchester but later released without charge.
'A dream ride' - Coleman on 1,000th gamepublished at 12:35 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
Accrington Stanley boss John Coleman calls his time in management a "rollercoaster" as he approaches his 1,000th game.
Read MoreMerseyside man killed in Taliban attack 'was brave warrior'published at 12:19 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
A Merseyside man who was killed in a Taliban attack on a security compound in Afghanistan was "a brave warrior", a colleague has said.
Luke Griffin, 33, from Merseyside, was among five G4S employees who died when gunmen stormed the firm's Kabul base.
Image source, FacebookWayne Davis, who worked with Mr Griffin, described him as a "professional operator" who "took the fight to the enemy".
Mr Davis, who had previously worked alongside Mr Griffin in Afghanistan said staff involved in the firefight would be finding it difficult to come to terms with the death of such a "warm-hearted" colleague.
Quote MessageYou can guarantee that we'd all, to a man, wish to have been there side by side with Luke.
Quote MessageYou are now gone Luke, but will never be forgotten.
Children's care home worker guilty of Cheshire child abusepublished at 11:49 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
In case you missed it - here's our story from last night about a children's care home worker who was found guilty of a string of historical child sex offences against young boys.
Image source, PABruce McLean, 62, was convicted of 19 charges of indecent assault against four boys while working at children's homes in Derbyshire and Cheshire.
He would win their trust by giving gifts and treats such as trips to Manchester United's Cliff training ground, Chester Crown Court heard.
Judge Patrick Thomson told McLean to expect a custodial sentence.
First trees to be planted at Winter Hill moorland blaze sitepublished at 11:09 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
More than 5,500 trees are to be planted to help revitalise the site of a huge moorland fire that burned for 41 days during the hot and dry summer.
Image source, PAThe blaze at Winter Hill in Lancashire broke out in June and ripped through 7 sq miles (18 sq km) of land.
The fire burned thousands of trees and plants and many animal species such as hares and common lizards died or left.
The Woodland Trust, which owns a large part of the land, external, said it will plant new trees with the help of volunteers.
Rod Lawler defends slow style after Barry Hearn criticismpublished at 10:22 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
BBC SportLiverpool's Rod Lawler defended his slow style after World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn called his ponderous play "diabolical".
Image source, Getty ImagesJourneyman professional Lawler, nicknamed "Rod the Plod", had an average shot time of 39.8 seconds in his UK Championship first-round win over Anthony Hamilton.
The match had to be pulled after it failed to play to a finish in Wednesday's afternoon session, with Lawler, 47, leading 5-1.
Lawler won the first frame when the match resumed in the evening.
Manchester man in Egypt 'spying' arrestpublished at 09:49 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2018
A 19-year-old British expat has been arrested in Egypt on suspicion of spying, his family have said.
Image source, Family photoMuhammad Abul-Kasem, 19, originally from Manchester, was detained in the country on 21 November.
A relative told the BBC he was arrested upon his arrival from Libya after authorities found a photograph of a military aircraft on his mobile phone.
The Foreign Office confirmed a British man had been arrested in the Egyptian port of Alexandria.
