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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Royal Bolton Hospital says it has experienced one of its busiest ever days amid a surge in patients.