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. Name sought for Gladstone building after campaignpublished at 17:33 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2021

    The University of Liverpool building will have a new name chosen by its staff and students.

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  2. Parents of sudden-death child want to help otherspublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2021

    Frankie Grogan was deemed healthy at birth but died suddenly due to causes that remain unexplained.

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  3. 'I can't breathe' death man 'let down again'published at 15:07 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2021

    Manslaughter charges are not being considered after Jack Barnes was unlawfully killed.

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  4. Machete gang threatens Everton keeper and familypublished at 09:16 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2021

    Robin Olsen and his family were confronted in their home by an armed gang of masked burglars.

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  5. 'Flagrant' Covid gamblers fined at poker partypublished at 11:08 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2021

    Bodycam footage captures the moment police officers break up the poker party.

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  6. Illegal poker tournament 'insulting to NHS staff'published at 10:52 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2021

    Body-cam footage captures the moment officers end the party and fine 26 people for Covid breaches.

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  7. Murder charge after woman's body found in housepublished at 15:52 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2021

    Daniel Smith, 41, is charged with murdering a woman whose body was found at a house in Oldham.

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  8. Woman killed in blast was on video call to partnerpublished at 14:42 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2021

    Tony Dewes pays tribute to hospice counsellor Hazel Wilcock, who died in the house explosion.

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  9. Pedestrian dies after being hit by off-road bikepublished at 13:29 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2021

    The rider of the bike - a 29-year-old man - remains in hospital for treatment, police say.

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  10. People fined over Covid breach illegal quarry ravepublished at 09:34 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2021

    Police say the beauty spot near Chorley was left littered with bottles and laughing gas capsules.

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  11. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 06:08 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2021

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

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  12. The show did not go on. What happened next?published at 00:10 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2021

    Read the stories of those who worked on a play in Liverpool that was cut short by Covid.

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  13. Appeal after seven towpath sex assaultspublished at 17:00 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2021

    Police believe the same offender is behind seven assaults near Manchester in the past week.

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  14. Teenager electrocuted near football clubpublished at 13:15 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2021

    A 17-year-old boy is believed to have been holding a metal pole that touched an overhead line, police say.

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  15. Man bailed over hospital death investigationpublished at 21:59 Greenwich Mean Time 5 March 2021

    A healthcare worker arrested on suspicion of murder and rape is bailed until 31 March.

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  16. University staff vote to strike in jobs disputepublished at 16:12 Greenwich Mean Time 5 March 2021

    The University of Central Lancashire says posts are at risk due to a lower demand for some courses.

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  17. Murder arrests over body of woman found at housepublished at 15:12 Greenwich Mean Time 5 March 2021

    Two men, aged 35 and 41, remain in custody for questioning as investigations continue.

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  18. Burnley fundraising friends raise £200k for children's hospitalpublished at 15:06 Greenwich Mean Time 5 March 2021

    Freddie, from Burnley in Lancashire, ran 2km (1.2 miles) everyday to help his friend Hughie, who is a patient with leukaemia at Manchester Children's Hospital.

  19. The goat for Zoom hire named after Jackie Weaverpublished at 10:03 Greenwich Mean Time 5 March 2021

    The farm in Rossendale has raised £50,00 by hiring out goats for Zoom meetings during lockdown.

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  20. Murder accused 'told friend wife died in sleep'published at 18:10 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2021

    Donald McPherson denies murdering his wife Paula Leeson who drowned on holiday in Denmark.

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