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. Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Commonpublished at 15:11 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    Michael Portillo's journey from the Irish Sea to the North Sea continues by tram from Manchester. At the imposing town hall of the world's first industrial city, Michael comes face to face with the Victorian scientist who invented modern atomic theory. He then heads to the city's National Graphene Institute, where he learns to make the groundbreaking material invented there by two Nobel Prize-winning scientists. His Bradshaw's leads him to an 18th-century settlement built by refugees from Europe.

    Next, deep underground at Standedge, Michael discovers an ambitious Victorian engineering marvel. At Silkstone Common, he tracks down the forge where a Victorian metallurgist created wrought iron axles strong enough for railway rolling stock and is delighted to discover the works operates its own miniature train.

  2. Listen: Cheshire v Cumbria in National Counties Trophypublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    Cheshire host Cumbria at Didsbury Cricket Club in the National Counties Trophy - listen to BBC Radio Cumbria commentary.

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  3. Hospice 'humbled' by help offers after blazepublished at 11:12 British Summer Time 28 May 2021

    St Joseph's Hospice's furniture shop and warehouse were destroyed in the Aintree fire.

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  4. Bus plans agreed after 'irrational' consultationpublished at 21:24 British Summer Time 27 May 2021

    Two bus operators are challenging the franchising proposal in a judicial review at the High Court.

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  5. Lancs put Yorks to sword in Roses matchpublished at 18:46 British Summer Time 27 May 2021

    Lancashire take full control on the first day against Yorkshire after bowling the visitors out for 159.

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  6. Hospitals honoured over Covid responsepublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 27 May 2021

    "A debt of gratitude" is owed to the staff for their work during the pandemic, a council says.

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  7. Police trio sentenced for assault cover-uppublished at 16:08 British Summer Time 27 May 2021

    The three officers turned off their body-worn cameras while the assault took place, a court hears.

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  8. Police chief vows to revive 'underperforming' forcepublished at 14:49 British Summer Time 27 May 2021

    Stephen Watson says his goal is to take Greater Manchester Police to a "demonstrably better place".

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  9. Man stabbed to death in 'targeted attack'published at 09:57 British Summer Time 27 May 2021

    A man is being held on suspicion of murdering the 25-year-old man in Oldham on Wednesday.

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  10. 'Long way to go' to heal town's rioting tensionspublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 26 May 2021

    A charity workers says there is still work to do, 20 years after racial rioting broke out in Oldham.

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  11. Government backtracks over local travel advicepublished at 15:32 British Summer Time 26 May 2021

    Restrictions are not being imposed on Indian variant-affected areas, the government says.

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  12. Banned driver caught speeding in football bootspublished at 11:36 British Summer Time 26 May 2021

    The man was stopped after driving at 131mph on the M65 near Burnley, police say.

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