Summary

  • Updates on Friday 30 June

  1. T20 holders Notts tie at Worcesterpublished at 22:25 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    Worcestershire hold Notts to a last-ball tie, after Liam Livingstone-inspired Lancashire win the first game of the 2021 T20 Blast.

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  2. Relive Thursday's T20 Blast actionpublished at 20:33 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    Relive Thursday's T20 Blast action as Surrey beat Middlesex by 54 runs, plus three other matches.

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  3. Arena ambulance staff 'prioritised casualties'published at 18:44 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    Arriving medics prioritised treatment over transportation, the Manchester Arena attack inquiry hears.

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  4. Boy, 17, arrested over rape of teenage girlpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    A 17-year-old girl was attacked in the Blackley area of Manchester on Sunday, police say.

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  5. Burnley great Angus dies, aged 82published at 16:30 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    Burnley's record outfield appearances holder John Angus dies at the age of 82.

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  6. Driver filmed reaching 150mph on M6published at 15:49 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    Nathan Batha was eventually brought to a halt with the help of a police stinger.

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  7. Boy, 15, charged with two terrorism offencespublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    The teenager was arrested in Bootle and has appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

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  8. Driver who sped along motorway at 150mph is jailedpublished at 15:19 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    Nathan Batha sped along the M6 in Cheshire at more than 150mph and through Warrington at 100mph.

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  9. Two engineers hurt in underground firepublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    Trams were suspended for about four hours due to a fire caused by a build-up of gas underground.

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  10. Israeli president asks Charles to help ill girl, 2published at 13:50 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    Reuven Rivlin asks the Prince of Wales to help a Jewish girl after it is ruled her life support can cease.

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  11. St Helens to Knutsfordpublished at 13:13 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    Steered by his Bradshaw's guide, Michael begins this leg of his journey in Merseyside, where he feels the heat of modern glassmaking in St Helens. He discovers how the techniques invented in the Victorian era to construct buildings such as the Crystal Palace have evolved and are powering a new architectural revolution.

  12. Ashley to Altonpublished at 13:12 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    On the last leg of his journey through north west England, Michael Portillo makes a clean sweep in Ashley, where, in Victorian times, the new middle classes set up home in suburban villas with multiple chimneys, swept by children.

    In Macclesfield, Michael finds the end of the Silk Route and tries his hand at screen printing. After stoking the fire on the steam-powered Churnet Valley Railway, Michael alights at Froghall for Alton Towers, to trace the 19th-century origins of the modern theme park.

  13. 'We're all raring to return to normal life'published at 12:46 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    People in the north-west of England welcome extra help to tackle a rise in the Delta variant.

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  14. Man charged over Arndale Centre knife attackpublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    Three people were stabbed at the Manchester shopping centre, prompting a large police response.

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  15. Gundogan gifts bonus to childhood clubpublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    Ilkay Gundogan donates the bonus he received for helping Manchester City win the Premier League to help his childhood club fund a new artificial pitch.

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  16. The struggle of house hunting as prices soarpublished at 18:39 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    First-time buyers share their experiences of trying to get on to the housing ladder.

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  17. Arena bomb scene 'unsuitable' for treating victimspublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    The Manchester Arena bomb scene was so dark it made it harder to treat casualties, an inquiry hears.

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  18. North West to get extra help to fight Covidpublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    The measures include military support and in-school testing in areas hardest hit by the Delta variant.

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  19. Blackpool sign James, Grimshaw & Laverypublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    Blackpool sign Doncaster's Reece James, Manchester City goalkeeper Daniel Grimshaw and Linfield striker Shayne Lavery.

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  20. Proposed splitting of city constituency condemnedpublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    A Labour MP and a Conservative chairman object to plans to carve up the City of Chester constituency.

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