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. Gang jailed for 'revenge' hit-and-run drugs murderpublished at 16:56 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2021

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

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  2. Handforth Parish Council could be abolishedpublished at 10:23 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2021

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

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  3. Woman dies in house fire 'caused by cigarette'published at 10:22 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2021

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

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  4. Legal action over Barclays bank loans thrown outpublished at 21:23 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2021

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

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  5. Mill worker 'sacked' after raising safety concernspublished at 15:43 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2021

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

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  6. Everton's new stadium approved by city councillorspublished at 14:39 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2021

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

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  7. Robbers use car and chain to force open ATMpublished at 11:17 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2021

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

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  8. 'He was equally at home on stage or rugby pitch'published at 21:24 Greenwich Mean Time 22 February 2021

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

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  9. Police apologise over incorrect 'offensive' claimpublished at 14:50 Greenwich Mean Time 22 February 2021

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

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  10. Cemetery 'has no authority to bury people'published at 14:27 Greenwich Mean Time 22 February 2021

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

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  11. Fire crews tackle 'significant' warehouse blazepublished at 18:47 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2021

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

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  12. 'Focused' counsellor named as house blast victimpublished at 15:51 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2021

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

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  13. Man extradited from UAE over drug and gun offencespublished at 13:52 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2021

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

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  14. Men hurt in motorbike crash arrested over shootingpublished at 12:32 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2021

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

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  15. Two murder arrests over street stabbing deathpublished at 11:06 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2021

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

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  16. Council 'unlawfully' deprived people of libertypublished at 20:36 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2021

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

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  17. Scouts apologise to family after delayed inquestpublished at 20:30 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2021

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

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  18. Attacker who drove at nightclub queue is jailedpublished at 16:49 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2021

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

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  19. MP wants action over vulnerable children's carepublished at 16:31 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2021

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

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  20. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 14:24 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2021

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

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