Updates on Tuesday 22 November
News, sport, weather and travel updates return from 08:00 on Wednesday
Live updates from Greater Manchester and east Cheshire have finished for the day, but we'll be back from 08:00 on Wednesday with more of the latest news, sport, travel and weather from across the region.
It will turn drier overnight, although it will remain cloudy with some outbreaks of rain in the south of the region. Some frost is likely by dawn further north.
Lows tonight of 4C.
Any residual rain will clear to leave a fine day with sunny spells, the best of which will be across more northern parts. Staying cold, despite lighter winds.
BBC Sport
In case you missed it, two Manchester United fans spent Friday night undetected in an Old Trafford toilet in an attempt to see Saturday's Premier League game against Arsenal.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe supporters had been on a stadium tour but managed to cut themselves off from the remainder of the party.
They were found on Saturday morning during a security sweep of the stadium before being handed over to police, who decided not to arrest the pair.
More than 250 people across the country have lost their jobs after Greater Manchester-based heavy machinery and crane hire firm Hewden went into administration.
Image source, GoogleThe company, whose headquarters is on Chester Road in Stretford (pictured), have posted a series of losses over recent years.
Part of the company has been sold by the administrators EY for £29m, in a move which will save around 130 jobs.
Colin Paterson
Entertainment Correspondent, BBC Radio 5 live
Following the sad news that Craig Gill, drummer of the Inspiral Carpets, has died at the age of 44, here's a closer look at the band.
Image source, Getty ImagesInspiral Carpets were very much a part of the Madchester scene. Happy Mondays discovered them, early on they supported The Stone Roses and even helped the next wave of Manchester music by employing Noel Gallagher as their roadie.
Craig Gill joined them in 1986 at the age of 14 after meeting them in a car park when their drummer had not turned up for a gig. By 1989 they made up a tenth of John Peel's Festive Fifty - his annual list of favourite singles. The following year This Is How It Feels took them into the Top 20 and on to Top of The Pops.
Their debut album, Life, was only kept from the top of the albums charts by a Carpenters compilation. That August came what would be their peak - headlining The Reading Festival. In a memorable moment Craig Gill's drumming intro to She Comes In The Fall, was supplemented on stage by a full military marching band.
So big was Madchester at this time that they were even asked to provide the theme tune to the BBC Saturday morning kids TV show "The 8:15 From Manchester."
There would be two more Top 10 albums before they were dropped by their record company and split-up. Later there were reunions and the band continued to tour.
Two men attempted to abduct a 35-year-old woman, external as she was walking along a street in Orford.
Bolton News
The Bolton News
Bolton's Labour councillors will be asked to publicly state, external whether they agree with a decision to award Asons solicitors £300,000 to help with an office move.
A heavily pregnant mother who was threatened at knifepoint along with her six-year-old daughter during a robbery at their home said the ordeal has left her terrified and unable to sleep.
Image source, Sean Hansford Manchester Evening NewsA machete was pointed at Fatima Bibi's abdomen and her daughter had the knife held to her throat during the attack in Oldham on Friday.
Mrs Bibi is going into hospital on Wednesday to have her baby.
Her three other children were also at home during the raid.
Craig Gill's death has come "absolutely out of the blue", BBC News Entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson has said.
He said people who know him who worked for 5 Live had been tweeting him yesterday.
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Marks & Spencer has announced it will not be taking up its option on new retail space at the Prince's Gate development at Oldham Mumps , the council said.
Image source, AFPThe local authority which said it was "disappointed by the decision" was contacted by the retailer earlier.
M&S announced earlier this month it will close 30 UK clothing and homeware shops and convert dozens more into food stores after it reported falling sales and profits, external in the six months to the end of September.
Quote MessageMarks & Spencer were clear that although this means they will not be taking retail space at the Prince's Gate site, this does not mean that they're necessarily closing the door on coming to Oldham.
Quote MessageI want to reassure people that we are continuing to have discussions with them about this and we are hopeful of a positive future outcome."
Jean Stretton, Oldham Council Leader
Racist graffiti was scratched into a number of cars in Oldham over the weekend, police said.
Image source, GoogleThere were reports of a man damaging at least ten vehicles on Heron Street on Saturday.
The offender was last seen on Hollins Road, near to the Britannia pub, and is described as tall, wearing red trainers, a grey Adidas hoodie and carrying a red bag in his hand.
BBC Sport
Two Manchester United fans spent Friday night undetected in an Old Trafford toilet in an attempt to see Saturday's Premier League game against Arsenal.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe supporters had been on a stadium tour but managed to cut themselves off from the remainder of the party.
They were found on Saturday morning during a security sweep of the stadium before being handed over to police, who decided not to arrest the pair.
Bury Times
Bury Times
Thousands of people have signed a petition to stop plans , externalto close the borough’s two walk-in centres.
A largely cloudy afternoon with further showers, locally heavy and perhaps wintry over higher ground.
Staying cold with a brisk breeze around coasts. Slowly turning drier overnight, although still rather cloudy with some outbreaks of rain continuing in the south of the region.
Staff, parents and volunteers are helping clean up at St Mary's C of E Primary School in Greenfield after it was flooded during last night's storm.
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A heavily pregnant mother and her six-year-old daughter were threatened at knifepoint during an "atrocious" robbery at their home.
A knife was pointed at the woman's abdomen and the girl had a knife held to her throat.
They were attacked by two men who burst into their home in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The woman's three other children were also in the house.
Police have released CCTV images of the men, who stole a mobile phone.
Tributes have been made to the drummer of Inspiral Carpets, Craig Gill, who has died at the age of 44.
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Craig Gill, the drummer of Madchester band Inspiral Carpets, has died at the age of 44, the band has announced.
Gill was one of the founding members of the band in Oldham in the early 1980s, alongside guitarist Graham Lambert, who tweeted, external he would "never be forgotten".
A statement on the band's Facebook , externalpage said they were "absolutely devastated" by the loss of "our brother".
The group's hits include Saturn 5, This Is How It Feels, She Comes In The Fall, Dragging Me Down and I Want You.
