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. Family of man killed in robbery left 'devastated'published at 09:39 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2021

    Restaurant owner Mohammed Islam, 53, was in the "wrong place at the wrong time", his family say.

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  2. Prisoners locked up for up to 28 hours in pandemicpublished at 06:46 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2021

    Inspectors say HMP Risley is well led but raise concerns about the time inmates are confined to cells.

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  3. Corrie actor finds 4ft royal python on toilet seatpublished at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2021

    Harry Visinoni was brushing his teeth when he saw the snake sitting on the toilet seat "staring" at him.

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  4. Onions joins Lancashire coaching staffpublished at 15:58 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2021

    Lancashire appoint former Durham and England paceman Graham Onions as bowling coach following his retirement as a player.

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  5. Restaurant owner dies after being hit by own carpublished at 12:45 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2021

    A 14-year-old boy is being questioned in connection with the death of Nowab Miah, 53, in Stockport.

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  6. 'Blatant' Covid breaches in pubs and gymspublished at 11:55 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2021

    Police respond to "hundreds of incidents" of people flouting lockdown restrictions across Lancashire.

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

    The latest news, sport, travel and weather across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

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  8. Teens in trainers wanted to climb mountain in darkpublished at 13:43 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2021

    Mountain rescuers thanked police for stopping "accident waiting to happen" on the 918m peak.

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  9. 'It was vital not to sensationalise the murders'published at 07:19 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2021

    The detective played by Luke Evans in ITV's The Pembrokeshire Murders on how the case became a drama.

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  10. Mayor calls for inquiry after ice halts trainspublished at 21:56 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2021

    Steve Rotheram says it was "unacceptable" all Merseyrail trains were stopped when ice was forecast.

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  11. Icy weather forecast halts entire rail networkpublished at 16:11 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2021

    Merseyrail resumes services after trains stopped running due to "adverse" weather forecasting.

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  12. Man jailed over 'stuff of nightmares' stabbingspublished at 14:11 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2021

    A man obsessed with serial killings is jailed after stabbing two vulnerable women in random attacks.

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  13. Mass testing rolled out in high Covid cases townpublished at 13:21 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2021

    Burnley council leader calls on anyone over the age of 18 with or without symptoms to book a test.

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  14. 'Calculating' killer guilty of schoolboy murderpublished at 17:50 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2021

    Matthew Mason beat 15-year-old Alex Rodda to death to stop their sexual relationship being revealed.

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  15. Liverpool Covid cases rise 'extremely worrying'published at 20:21 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2021

    All six of Liverpool City Region's boroughs are in England's top 20 of highest rising cases.

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  16. Family of river death schoolgirl sue police forcepublished at 18:10 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2021

    Shukri Yahye-Abdi's family claim racism was a factor during an inquiry into the 12-year-old's death.

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  17. Greater Manchester elections 'likely to be delayed'published at 11:54 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2021

    Elections were postponed across England last year amid the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  18. Covid impacts RFL's pre-season planspublished at 17:25 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2021

    All men's rugby league below Super League plus women's and community clubs are asked to halt pre-season plans by the RFL.

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  19. Tech entrepreneur charged with rapepublished at 15:32 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2021

    Lawrence Jones is charged with rape and four counts of sexual assault against two women.

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  20. 'From tier 2 to lockdown in a week is depressing'published at 13:16 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2021

    Businesses in Liverpool say they are devastated by the change in coronavirus restrictions.

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