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. 'Passport error' keeps man's body at Thai hospitalpublished at 19:24 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2021

    David Donoghue, 75, will join a mass cremation at the hospital on Wednesday if the issue is not resolved.

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  2. 'I can't breathe' death reviewed three timespublished at 14:44 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2021

    Prosecutors say there was not enough evidence to charge anyone over the death of Jack Barnes.

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  3. More than 100 cars turned away from lockdown beachpublished at 12:58 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2021

    Travellers from Leeds and Manchester are turned away from a Merseyside beauty spot, police say.

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  4. Bid to scrap city's elected mayor role failspublished at 12:56 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2021

    Any move to ditch the mayoral model in Liverpool could have left the authority open to legal action.

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  5. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 08:03 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2021

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

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  6. Police arrest three teens after city centre crashpublished at 17:09 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2021

    Police say they found an abandoned vehicle on the tram tracks after a reported shooting and crash.

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  7. Bus drivers strike in dispute over job changespublished at 15:47 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2021

    Hundreds of workers go on strike at Go North West in a row over working practices and pay.

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  8. Tributes after 'influential' former mayor diespublished at 17:24 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2021

    Tony Kelly is remembered as a public servant with "unfaltering passion" after 41 years as a councillor.

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  9. Under-threat A&E set to remain openpublished at 13:19 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2021

    An emergency unit marked for possible closure is to due to continue after the government intervenes.

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  10. Mother wants justice for her sonpublished at 23:04 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    A man who died after being restrained in the street by public transport workers was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled.

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  11. 'I can't breathe' death ruled unlawful killingpublished at 21:18 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    Jack Barnes suffered a cardiac arrest after being restrained by public transport workers.

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  12. Manchester Pride to return 'in person'published at 14:31 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    "England's Covid roadmap" gives organisers hope of returning Manchester Pride to the city's streets.

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  13. Creamfields summer return 'positive news'published at 13:03 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    The annual dance music event in Cheshire will take place in August if Covid-19 restrictions end.

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  14. Leaders urge government to fund Eden Project Northpublished at 21:52 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    The chancellor is asked to give £70m to the attraction in Morecambe in his forthcoming Budget.

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  15. Student wants top award to 'inspire other girls'published at 17:55 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    Esha Mumtaz, who "started from square one" after moving to the UK, becomes Young Student of the Year.

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  16. Nightingale site to 'cease operations in March'published at 14:59 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    NHS England said Manchester's Nightingale hospital would remain in place as long as it was needed.

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  17. Parents charged with murder over baby's deathpublished at 14:43 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    The six-month-old died in hospital after being found unresponsive at a Widnes property, police say.

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  18. City region in £30m ultrafast broadband boostpublished at 12:04 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    Merseyside businesses will benefit from a gigabit-capable fibre-optic network, says metro mayor.

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  19. Man beaten with own tennis racket loses hearingpublished at 19:04 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2021

    The victim was attacked by a group of about 10 people while playing tennis in a park, police say.

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  20. Drowned brothers 'engulfed by tide' on day outpublished at 18:55 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2021

    Muhammad Azhar Shabbir and Ali Athar Shabbir were swept away while paddling, an inquest hears.

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