Detectives believe Alison McBlain was deliberately run over after failing to pay for drugs in Blackburn.

A boundary review suggests merging the rowdy local authority with neighbouring Wilmslow.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene in Stockbridge Village, the fire service says.

Eight councils sued the bank to cancel long term loans they took out between 2006 and 2008.

A worker at a mill where four died in a blast tells a trial he thought part of the site was unsafe.

The development will be a "world-class addition" to Liverpool's waterfront, says the club.

Masked robbers wielding a sledge hammer use a chain attached to a car to break open the machine.

Huw Gethin Jones, 34, died from Covid complications on Friday.

Merseyside Police came under fire for a billboard claiming "being offensive is an offence" in Wirral.

A group responsible for the running of Middlewich cemetery is acting illegally, a council says.

Firefighters tackle a blaze at a three-storey building close to the M60 and M67.

Tributes are paid to Hazel Wilcock, who died when an explosion caused a house collapse.

Leon Cullen was arrested in Dubai in January and has now appeared before Liverpool magistrates.

A shooting, a motorbike crash and a car fire in Irlam are all being linked, police say.

A man and a woman are held on suspicion of murder over the death of Alan Murphy, police say.

Cheshire East Council had a backlog of applications to keep people in care, a watchdog says.

Ben Leonard, 16, from Stockport, died after falling from Llandudno's Great Orme, Conwy, in 2018.

Lee Clarke had argued with two people before driving at them in a nightclub queue in Rawtenstall.

A Rochdale Council-run care home is barred from taking on more youngsters following an inspection.

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