More news, sport, weather and travel updates from 08:00 on Thursday
Live updates from Greater Manchester and east Cheshire have finished for the day, but we'll be back from 08:00 on Thursday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel from across the region.
Winds will ease as rain soon clears, bringing a mostly dry night with the odd isolated shower.
Image source, BBC WeatherStaying cloudy for many with some clear spells and patchy mist and fog.
A soldier shot during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 survived as the bullet hit a spoon and bible he kept in his jacket pocket.
Image source, PAHenry Cooper, from Manchester, was aged 20 when he was hit in the chest during the battle but the bullet was deflected before it pierced his skin.
Mr Cooper returned to the UK and spent months in hospital in Southampton recovering from the gunshot wound.
His family kept the spoon following his death in the 1970s and his grandson Rod Cooper (pictured) carried it in his pocket while serving in Iraq in 1991.
A woman has been left feeling "humiliated and shocked" after a sexual assault at a railway station, British Transport Police said.
Image source, GoogleA woman was touched inappropriately by a boy, believed to be aged about 11, at Stockport train station on Friday at about 15:45.
PC Rebecca Swift said: "The victim was waiting with her boyfriend in the booking hall of the station when she was inappropriately touched by a young boy who then left the station laughing."
Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
A Blackley mum who stole £100,000, external worth of life savings from a 92-year-old relative so she could splash out on holidays and cars was only caught when the family were chased for unpaid care home bills.
BBC Travel
One lane is closed due to broken down vehicle on the M60 clockwise between junction 13, Worsley, and junction 15, the Swinton Interchange.
Plans have been approved for a shake-up of the children's services department at Manchester City Council.
The service was rated "inadequate" by Ofsted two years ago - and now the authority is recruiting an extra 130 members of staff, using council reserves.
Independent television broadcaster That's Manchester has filmed youngsters who are building a travellers' wagon from scratch.
Simon Stone
BBC Sport
Zlatan Ibrahimovic should complete his long-anticipated move to Manchester United by the end of the week.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Swedish striker, 34, is a free agent after leaving Paris St-Germain and is expected to sign a one-year deal with the Old Trafford club.
Plans to reduce the size of black wheelie bins and boost recycling rates in Manchester have been approved by the city council.
The bins will be replaced in August by new 140-litre grey bins.
The council estimates the change will save £2.4m a year in waste disposal costs, through increased recycling rates across the city.
This evening's top stories:
Judith Moritz
BBC North of England Correspondent
Labour MPs are expected to announce a challenge to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership after a motion of no confidence in him was supported by three-quarters of the parliamentary party.
But Mr Corbyn says he won't "betray" his supporters by resigning.
Judith Moritz has been talking to people in the Labour seat of Middleton in Greater Manchester to get their take on events.
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Police investigating a stabbing at a set of traffic lights in Salford have released a photograph of the victim's injuries as they search for his attacker.
Image source, Greater Manchester PoliceThe 19-year-old motorist was stabbed after pulling up at the junction between Regent Road and Albion Way on 19 June. He was treated in hospital for wounds to his chest.
His attacker, described as white, large, bald and aged in his 30s, had also stopped at the lights in a blue family-sized car, Greater Manchester Police said.
This afternoon's top stories:
BBC Sport
Rain has prevented any play at Lord's as Lancashire's County Championship match with against Middlesex was called off as a draw.
Image source, Getty ImagesMiddlesex were 419-5 overnight, in reply to Lancashire's 513 all out.
Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk has claimed the North had "missed out" on the latest round of Heritage Lottery funding.
Image source, GoogleAt Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Danczuk raised the issue adding Rochdale Town Hall had not been awarded grants for restoration.
David Cameron said Mr Danczuk was being a "little unfair" focusing on recent projects in the south of England.
"He'll find, for instance, that Blackpool Museum received a grant of over £13m, so I believe it is fairly balanced across the country."
A woman who witnessed the aftermath of a gun and bomb attack at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport said it was like a scene "out of a movie".
Image source, Getty ImagesHeather Nelson, from Bolton, was on board a plane which had landed just before the attacks.
"There was glass smashed everywhere and then when you got nearer to where the bombing happened you could see it was a very strong bomb."
Yesterday's attack killed 41 people and injured more than 230 others.
A project in Manchester is aiming to "unite the community over the simple act of sharing a meal" during Ramadan.
The Ramadan Tent Project wants people of faith and no faith to come together
Rain continues to spread in from the west, with heavy outbreaks over the higher ground.
Brighter and drier spells will develop from the south by late afternoon.
