Summary

  • Latest updates on Friday 18 January:

  • Bury teenager in induced coma after 'taking drugs'

  • Liverpool City Region to face council tax rise to fund mayor

  • Oldham man jailed for murdering five people in shop explosion

  • Liverpool park homes plan 'dead' after judicial review

  • Manchester gang who flew chemist from Hungary to make drugs jailed

  • Liverpool invite 104-year-old fan to celebrate birthday at Anfield

  1. Alisson stunner keeps Liverpool in top-four huntpublished at 19:52 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    Goalkeeper Alisson scores an incredible injury-time winner as Liverpool claim a significant victory in their quest to achieve a Premier League top-four finish by coming from behind to beat West Brom.

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  2. Footballers' silence for boy killed by lightningpublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    Players from dozens of Sunday league teams pay tribute to Jordan Banks, who died on Tuesday.

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  3. Driver dies after failing to stop for policepublished at 17:32 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    The man was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash in Trafford on Sunday afternoon.

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  4. Boy killed and four adults injured in explosionpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    Two-year-old George Hinds died in the explosion, which happened in the early hours of Sunday.

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  5. Injured Jota to miss remaining gamespublished at 16:36 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    Diogo Jota will miss Liverpool's remaining Premier League games after injuring a bone in his foot.

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  6. Child dies and four adults injured in explosionpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    Two houses collapsed following the blast, which happened in the early hours of Sunday.

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  7. Boy charged with murder over home intrusion deathpublished at 11:05 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    Thomas Edmunds, 36, was found unconscious in his house in Kirkby, Merseyside.

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  8. Murder probe after man's body found on moorlandpublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 15 May 2021

    Detectives think the death is linked to a disturbance in Manchester hours before the body was found.

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  9. The sad demise of 'the Harrods of the North'published at 08:56 British Summer Time 15 May 2021

    Department store Browns of Chester closes its doors after 241 years of serving the city.

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  10. Gerry Marsden statue planned by the Merseypublished at 08:38 British Summer Time 15 May 2021

    Sculptor Laura Lian hopes the statue could be sited near the Mersey Ferry he celebrated in song.

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  11. Could Torres be Man City's Aguero replacement?published at 00:22 British Summer Time 15 May 2021

    The pursuit of a striker was expected to be a focus for Manchester City this summer, but do they already have the answer in Ferran Torres?

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  12. Man City win thriller against Newcastlepublished at 23:50 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Manchester City twice come from behind to win a Premier League classic against Newcastle in their first game since being confirmed as champions.

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  13. Health chief 'furious' over surge vaccines refusalpublished at 21:11 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Blackburn's public health director shares his anger at not being able to vaccinate all over-18s.

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  14. Drugs and guns boss extradited from UAE jailedpublished at 20:12 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Leon Cullen, 33, fled to Dubai using a fake passport before UK police tracked him down.

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  15. Indian variant means pupils continue using maskspublished at 19:25 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Pupils in parts of north-west England continue wearing face masks in school amid variant concerns.

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  16. Ducklings rescued after being trapped in drainpublished at 15:53 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Twelve ducklings were reunited with an anxious mother duck after they fell into a drain.

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  17. Family of 12 ducklings saved from drainpublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    The family of 12 ducklings are reunited with an anxious mother duck after they fell into a drain.

  18. Former mayor rejects criticism of city councilpublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Joe Anderson rejects the description of aspects of Liverpool City Council as "dysfunctional".

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  19. Man Utd's Fred racially abused onlinepublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Manchester United midfielder Fred is racially abused on Instagram after his side's defeat by Liverpool on Thursday.

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  20. Murder suspects released after 'unexplained' deathpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Four people arrested on suspicion of murdering a 58-year-old woman have been released, police say.

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