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. Mother denies gross negligence killing of daughterpublished at 12:19 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    Deborah Leitch, who had Down's syndrome, died of severe emaciation and neglect in Blackpool in 2019.

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  2. GP tells of recovery from two-month Covid comapublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    Dr Anushua Gupta describes saying final goodbyes to her family before being placed on life support.

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  3. Railway station roof collapse disrupts servicespublished at 20:36 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    Network Rail says there will be disruption until Wednesday evening due to debris on the line.

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  4. Blackpool sweep aside Oxford Unitedpublished at 20:05 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    Ellis Simms' double helps Blackpool ease past Oxford United in their League One play-off semi-final first leg.

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  5. Former regiment to get arboretum memorialpublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    Two former soldiers succeed in getting a Cheshire Regiment memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum.

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  6. Is Merseyside seeing a Green revolution?published at 15:34 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    Are the electoral gains made by the Greens on Merseyside a sign of things to come in the region?

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  7. Rugby League player cleared of punching partnerpublished at 15:11 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    Anthony Gelling told the court he was trying to stop his then-partner reversing their car into him.

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  8. Daughter spent cash mum left to hospice in willpublished at 14:33 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    Deborah Nilsson spent some of the £20,000 on a new kitchen, new bathroom and a family holiday.

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  9. Trial date set for nurse accused of baby murderspublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    Lucy Letby is accused of killing eight babies while working on a hospital neonatal unit.

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  10. New vaccine hub opens as variant concern continuespublished at 12:20 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    The Indian variant of Covid-19 now makes up the majority of new cases in Bolton.

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  11. Tourists head on holiday as restrictions relaxpublished at 07:35 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    Blackpool's hoteliers welcome back tourists while holidaymakers fly out from Manchester to Portugal.

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  12. 'No quick answers' in fatal blast investigationpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 17 May 2021

    Investigators are working in "the most awful conditions" in Heysham, the fire service says.

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  13. Over-18s urged to book vaccine in Covid-hit townpublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 17 May 2021

    Blackburn with Darwen's public health chief says people will be "surprised how eligible they are".

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  14. More than 6,000 vaccinated in Bolton over variantpublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 17 May 2021

    Thousands of people got jabs in Bolton over the weekend as the town battles the Indian variant.

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  15. Circus helped develop reopening planspublished at 10:16 British Summer Time 17 May 2021

    BBC Radio Stoke

    Cheshire-based Gandeys Circus has been working with the government on pilot schemes for the return of live events ahead of officially reopening.

    The projects have taken place at holiday resorts and led to suggestions of new measures to help tackle the spread of Covid-19.

    Circus tent stock imageImage source, Getty Images

    Binky Beaumont, from Gandeys, said it was great to get back to business.

    “Everything is coming together,” he said.

    “We have had artists flying in over the last two to three weeks who are in isolation, they have to have their Covid test, they have to be in isolation for 10 days, then they have to isolate and have daily test and temperature checks before they are allowed to start and join the rest of the cast for rehearsals, because it is such a big cast.”

  16. Council's first Muslim female leader's 'huge duty'published at 09:16 British Summer Time 17 May 2021

    Arooj Shah says she wants to motivate other Asian women and recalls facing misogyny and racism.

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  17. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 06:50 British Summer Time 17 May 2021

    The latest news, sport, travel and weather from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

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  18. Footballers' silence for boy killed by lightningpublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    Players from dozens of Sunday league teams pay tribute to Jordan Banks, who died on Tuesday.

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