Summary

  • Latest headlines on Friday 21 December:

  • Drug drive arrest after man, 50, struck and killed in Kirkby

  • Man seriously hurt in Trafford Park tanker crash

  • Liverpool pub evacuated after gas leak

  • Everton's new stadium could hold 52,000, plans reveal

  • 'I would love permanent Man United job' - Solskjaer

  1. Liverpool: How one city took on the Covid crisispublished at 09:52 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020

    The inside story of how Liverpool got to grips with soaring infection rates and pioneered mass testing.

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  2. Who was the 'Thai bride' dumped in the hills?published at 18:56 Greenwich Mean Time 27 November 2020

    Fourteen years after a woman's body was found in Yorkshire, will the mystery of her death be solved?

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  3. Cash boost for Greater Manchester homeless schemepublished at 17:03 Greenwich Mean Time 27 November 2020

    The extra investment will fund 40 additional beds for rough sleepers across the region this winter.

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  4. Lancaster 'could move to lower tier' in reviewpublished at 15:58 Greenwich Mean Time 27 November 2020

    Lancaster could be moved into a lower tier if infection rates continue to fall in the area, an MP says.

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  5. Driver who killed boy, 13, has sentence increasedpublished at 15:18 Greenwich Mean Time 27 November 2020

    Liam Wilson, 21, had no licence and was speeding when he lost control and hit a teenager.

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  6. Talks fail over city region new homes planpublished at 12:48 Greenwich Mean Time 27 November 2020

    A plan to share the building of 180,000 new homes across 10 boroughs are rejected by Stockport's Tories.

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  7. Parry ends long Lancashire careerpublished at 10:14 Greenwich Mean Time 27 November 2020

    Long-serving spin bowler Stephen Parry is to leave Lancashire after 16 years at Old Trafford.

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  8. Anger as whole of Lancashire put into tier 3published at 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2020

    Council leaders had asked the government to split the county into different restriction tiers.

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  9. Move to tier 2 due to 'hard work and sacrifice'published at 15:21 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2020

    People in Liverpool are praised as the area moves into a lower tier of restrictions.

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  10. Mayor hopes 'to be out of tier 3 in two weeks'published at 14:10 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2020

    Andy Burnham said, if Covid rates continue to fall, he will push for Greater Manchester to go into tier two.

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  11. 'No criminality found' over drowned girl's deathpublished at 18:24 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2020

    Shukri Yahye-Abdi, 12, died after last being seen in the River Irwell in Bury, inquest hears.

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  12. Rolls-Royce site Christmas closure 'unacceptable'published at 13:36 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2020

    Plans to close a Barnoldswick factory and furlough staff are "totally unacceptable", a union says.

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  13. U-turn over school trust's Christmas closure planspublished at 08:20 Greenwich Mean Time 25 November 2020

    The trust announced schools would close a week early but the government said they must remain open.

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  14. Manchester tier row 'bad for public health'published at 20:20 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2020

    Matt Hancock says battles with local authorities will not be repeated under the new restrictions system.

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  15. Mass testing 'may end up being missed opportunity'published at 17:26 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2020

    Liverpool will not "get out of the mess it's in" without more people being tested, a senior doctor says.

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  16. Lancashire councils condemn 'unfair' Covid fundingpublished at 15:56 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2020

    Authorities write to the prime minister's interim chief of staff, saying the government breached its agreement.

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  17. Warrington sign Broncos prop Butlerpublished at 13:55 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2020

    Super League side Warrington Wolves sign London Broncos prop Rob Butler on a two-year contract.

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  18. Mayor hopes region can escape new Tier 3 rulespublished at 13:25 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2020

    Steve Rotheram is optimistic the Liverpool City Region will avoid the toughest new Covid-19 rules.

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  19. Care home visit ruling 'could affect thousands'published at 18:50 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2020

    Blanket Covid-19 visiting policies have caused "personal desolation" to a man's wife, a judge hears.

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  20. Girl, 5, suffered facial injuries in dog attackpublished at 16:47 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2020

    The dog, believed to be a pit-bull-type cross, was destroyed and inquiries are ongoing, say police.

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