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. Anger as child grooming gang member seen in townpublished at 17:08 British Summer Time 6 April 2021

    Qari Abdul Rauf is spotted in Rochdale, where he groomed young girls more than a decade ago.

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  2. Powell to take over at Warrington in 2022published at 16:17 British Summer Time 6 April 2021

    Castleford Tigers head coach Daryl Powell is to succeed Steve Price at Warrington Wolves at the end of the 2021 season.

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  3. Families' anger at 'faulty' food voucher codespublished at 15:22 British Summer Time 6 April 2021

    Lancashire County Council say they are "urgently investigating" issues affecting a small number of families.

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  4. Warwick team triumph in University Challenge finalpublished at 14:54 British Summer Time 6 April 2021

    Warwick University defeated opponents from Cambridge's Magdalene College in the BBC Two quiz show.

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  5. Could Leicester's miracle inspire Warrington?published at 13:07 British Summer Time 6 April 2021

    Warrington coach Steve Price uses Leicester's 5,000-1 Premier League triumph as inspiration ahead of the Super League Grand Final.

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  6. Five-minute breast cancer treatment 'great'published at 11:00 British Summer Time 6 April 2021

    Paula Lamb says being one of the first patients to receive the new treatment "feels amazing".

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  7. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 07:46 British Summer Time 6 April 2021

    The latest news and updates from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

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  8. How indoor gardening has helped during lockdownpublished at 08:07 British Summer Time 5 April 2021

    The hobby has proven popular during the coronavirus pandemic as people spend more time at home.

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  9. 'My heartache after my fiancé died suddenly at 31'published at 00:11 British Summer Time 5 April 2021

    Danielle Riley shares her grief after losing her partner Andy to Sudden Adult Death Syndrome.

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  10. Woman sexually assaulted while walking homepublished at 13:48 British Summer Time 3 April 2021

    The victim was attacked by two men near to the tunnels under the M60, police say.

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  11. Prince Charles narrates poem for Easter servicepublished at 09:21 British Summer Time 3 April 2021

    The reading of a verse written by poet Gerard Manley Hopkins will be played at Stonyhurst College.

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  12. Cracking down on the coronavirus rule breakerspublished at 00:03 British Summer Time 3 April 2021

    The BBC joined Lancashire Police as they broke up gatherings breaching lockdown rules.

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  13. Woman, 107, writes poem to celebrate birthdaypublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Marjorie Hodnett says "life is for living" and adds she has "enjoyed a long and very happy life".

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  14. Calls for memorial to Fisherman's Friend tycoonpublished at 07:30 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Doreen Lofthouse has been hailed a "true pioneer" who helped "put Fleetwood on the map".

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  15. Daffodil farm raises £80k for cancer charitypublished at 07:24 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    The family-run business is raising the cash in memory of a friend who died of the disease.

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  16. Woman stabbed her grandad to death in his own homepublished at 18:08 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    Elizabeth Birtwistle will be detained indefinitely in a psychiatric unit for killing Raymond Conlan.

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  17. 'Violent bully' guilty of missing woman's murderpublished at 15:18 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    Alan Edwards is convicted of murdering his partner Susan Waring, whose body has never been found.

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  18. PC's assault charge dropped after car thief arrestpublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    Prosecutors ruled PC Saul Hignett "used reasonable and necessary force" during the arrest.

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  19. Fish killed in 'devastating' pollution incidentpublished at 13:18 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    An investigation is under way to establish how the lake in Newton-le-Willows was polluted.

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  20. New police chief wants better community linkspublished at 12:38 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    Lancashire's new chief constable Chris Rowley wants to be "accessible, visible and responsive".

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