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. Woman admits killing baby daughterpublished at 12:23 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    Eight-month-old Francesca Haworth died in hospital in 2018 and was found to have been suffocated.

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  2. PC posed as ex-wife on swingers websitepublished at 10:52 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    Cheshire officer Alan Friday is sentenced to a two-year community order for harassing his ex-wife.

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  3. Under-pressure ambulance service to work with Armypublished at 19:58 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    North West Ambulance Service said the move would help staff cope better during the Covid pandemic.

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  4. Meet the carer who lives at workpublished at 17:53 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    Dylan Rixon has spent almost a year at the care home where he works, to reduce the risk of Covid.

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  5. 'Why I'm living at work during the Covid pandemic'published at 12:44 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    Dylan has spent almost a year away from home to keep himself and his care home residents safe.

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  6. Lancashire re-sign Vilas for 2021 seasonpublished at 10:57 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    Lancashire confirm captain Dane Vilas as an overseas signing for the 2021 season following the end of his Kolpak status.

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  7. Heavy snow closes motorway and schoolspublished at 10:22 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    Heavy snow closes the M62 east of Rochdale overnight and schools across east and north Lancashire.

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  8. Boy, four, hit by bus has 'life-threatening injuries'published at 10:19 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    A four-year-old child was hit by a bus in Crewe on Monday, police say.

    Scene of incidentImage source, Google

    The boy sustained life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to hospital after the incident shortly after 13:00 GMT close to the junction of West Street and Ford Lane, Cheshire Police said.

    The boy remains in Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital in a stable condition, the force added.

    The bus driver was unhurt and officers are asking for any witnesses to come forward.

  9. Murder arrest after woman found dead in housepublished at 08:51 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    The 45-year-old man was known to the woman, who was in her 50s, Merseyside Police say.

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  10. Paddle-boarder rescues four flood-trapped horsespublished at 21:19 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021

    A drone has captured footage of the four horses who were trapped by flooding from Storm Christophe.

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  11. Defiant gym owner remains open despite Covid banpublished at 15:44 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021

    "People are desperate to train for their mental health," says gym owner fined for Covid breaches.

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  12. Campaigning mum sees tyre law come into effectpublished at 13:28 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021

    Frances Molloy says seeing her eight-year campaign to ban old tyres come to fruition is "surreal".

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  13. Apology over vaccination queue 'shambles'published at 11:44 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021

    Dozens of elderly people were left to queue for hours in the cold as many turned up early for jabs.

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  14. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021

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

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  15. Police break up 200 people partying in hotelpublished at 13:53 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    A police officer was assaulted when officers raided the hotel in Liverpool in the early hours.

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  16. Police find four grenades and three guns in raidspublished at 14:27 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    Nine people were arrested during the raids in Stretford, Trafford and Wythenshawe over three days.

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  17. Two hospitals 'must improve after medical errors'published at 17:27 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2021

    Immediate action is needed at Royal Liverpool University and Aintree University hospitals.

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  18. Town bids for £25m to help with revamppublished at 16:40 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2021

    Plans include the restoration of Darwen's Victorian market and investment in ultrafast broadband.

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  19. Under-pressure ambulance service 'to call in Army'published at 11:52 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2021

    North West Ambulance Service has admitted to being under "extreme pressure" during the pandemic.

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  20. Flood-hit school in leisure centre until mid-Marchpublished at 21:05 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    A fundraiser set up to help the school by the school's PTA raises almost £10,000.

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