Summary

  • Cammell Laird strike action 'suspended' for four weeks

  • Rail chaos report: 'Put passengers first', says regulator

  • North West MEP Paul Nuttall quits UKIP

  • £300m plan to regenerate Blackpool unveiled

  • Tributes pour in for Buzzcocks singer Pete Shelley

  1. Driver dies after failing to stop for policepublished at 17:32 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    The man was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash in Trafford on Sunday afternoon.

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  2. Boy killed and four adults injured in explosionpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    Two-year-old George Hinds died in the explosion, which happened in the early hours of Sunday.

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  3. Child dies and four adults injured in explosionpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    Two houses collapsed following the blast, which happened in the early hours of Sunday.

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  4. Boy charged with murder over home intrusion deathpublished at 11:05 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    Thomas Edmunds, 36, was found unconscious in his house in Kirkby, Merseyside.

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  5. The sad demise of 'the Harrods of the North'published at 08:56 British Summer Time 15 May 2021

    Department store Browns of Chester closes its doors after 241 years of serving the city.

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  6. Health chief 'furious' over surge vaccines refusalpublished at 21:11 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Blackburn's public health director shares his anger at not being able to vaccinate all over-18s.

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  7. Drugs and guns boss extradited from UAE jailedpublished at 20:12 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Leon Cullen, 33, fled to Dubai using a fake passport before UK police tracked him down.

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  8. Indian variant means pupils continue using maskspublished at 19:25 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Pupils in parts of north-west England continue wearing face masks in school amid variant concerns.

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  9. Ducklings rescued after being trapped in drainpublished at 15:53 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Twelve ducklings were reunited with an anxious mother duck after they fell into a drain.

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  10. Family of 12 ducklings saved from drainpublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    The family of 12 ducklings are reunited with an anxious mother duck after they fell into a drain.

  11. Murder suspects released after 'unexplained' deathpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Four people arrested on suspicion of murdering a 58-year-old woman have been released, police say.

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  12. Boy’s organs donated after lightning strike deathpublished at 12:12 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Matt Banks says his son Jordan's "kindness has meant that three other children may be able to live".

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  13. Man with dementia sentenced for neighbour's murderpublished at 10:11 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Alan Fare, 73, murdered 58-year-old Mandy Houghton with a hammer in her home in Nelson.

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  14. Boy, 15, charged with manslaughterpublished at 07:14 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Connor Dockerty, 23, died in hospital after he was found with stab wounds to his chest in Huyton.

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  15. 'Overcoming my silence led me into speech therapy'published at 01:55 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Niamh Foy was unable to speak to classmates at school, but finding her voice led her to help others.

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  16. Shirt tribute for boy who died in lightning stormpublished at 20:26 British Summer Time 13 May 2021

    Liverpool players remember keen footballer Jordan Banks who died in Blackpool.

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  17. 'We're hoping that things will turn round'published at 13:51 British Summer Time 13 May 2021

    Residents say Bolton "has just been very unlucky" as it braces itself against a surge in Covid cases.

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  18. New Liverpool city mayor promises big changespublished at 11:20 British Summer Time 13 May 2021

    Newly-elected mayor Joanne Anderson may only be in the job for a year if the role is scrapped.

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  19. Family tribute to boy killed in lightning strikepublished at 21:30 British Summer Time 12 May 2021

    Nine-year-old Jordan Banks was "the brightest star" and "our everything", his family says.

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  20. Four convicted over Rolex watch robbery killingpublished at 17:26 British Summer Time 12 May 2021

    Four people are convicted of killing Steven McMyler who was robbed and kicked to death in a churchyard.

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