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. Solskjaer happy to delay City title winpublished at 18:12 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Manchester United will fight to delay Manchester City's Premier League title celebrations "as long as we can".

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  2. Lancs and Glam frustrated by weatherpublished at 18:05 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Group leaders Lancashire finish on 301-9 on the final day of a evenly fought, rain-ruined match against Glamorgan.

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  3. White earns Man City win at West Hampublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Ellen White finally breaks West Ham's resistance as Manchester City end the Women's Super League season as runners-up.

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  4. Toone volley helps Man Utd beat Evertonpublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Live coverage of Sunday's Women's Super League game between Manchester United and Everton.

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  5. One of Britain's most-wanted men arrested in Dubaipublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Michael Moogan had been on the run for eight years, after escaping a police raid in the Netherlands.

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  6. Man Utd in sponsorship blow after protestspublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Manchester United's efforts to secure a lucrative new training kit deal have suffered a setback after a local firm withdrew over concerns it could be boycotted by fans protesting at the club's owners.

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  7. Woman dies after car crashes into tree by motorwaypublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    A 31-year-old man also suffered serious injuries after the collision on the M66 in Bury, police say.

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  8. Tory candidate regains PCC role from Labourpublished at 09:57 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Conservative John Dwyer returns as the police and crime commissioner five years after being ousted.

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  9. Cafe chef cooks items from 1913 menupublished at 07:16 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Workmen peeling back old walls found the delicate piece of culinary history at the Liverpool eatery.

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  10. 'He never scored them in training'published at 06:16 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Sergio Aguero misses a penalty after attempting a Panenka-style spot-kick during Manchester City's defeat by Chelsea.

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  11. Reds fighting for top four 'miracle'published at 23:45 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    Liverpool boosted their hopes of Champions League qualification by beating Southampton 2-0 to put pressure on fourth-placed Leicester City.

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  12. Aguero misses penalty as Chelsea beat Man Citypublished at 20:36 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    Sergio Aguero misses penalty as Chelsea ensure Manchester City must wait to wrap up the Premier League title by fighting back to win at Etihad Stadium.

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  13. Tories hold on to Lancashire County Councilpublished at 18:37 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    The leader of the authority is to be decided by a secret ballot of Conservative party members.

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  14. County Championship affected by rainpublished at 18:30 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    Rain affects Saturday's County Championship fixtures, with six games abandoned without a ball bowled.

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  15. Andy Burnham wins landslide mayoral electionpublished at 17:29 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    The Greater Manchester Mayor is the bookmakers' favourite to become the next Labour leader.

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  16. Andy Burnham's emotional winning speechpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    Andy Burnham thanks his family for their support as he is re-elected as Greater Manchester Mayor.

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  17. Labour candidate wins Merseyside PCC electionpublished at 17:04 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    Emily Spurrell will be responsible for ensuring that the region's police force is run effectively.

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  18. Stabbed boy, 15, was cheeky and funny, family saypublished at 16:14 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    Two boys, aged 14 and 15, have been charged with murdering Reece Tansey who was killed in Bolton.

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  19. Rotheram re-elected as Liverpool City Region mayorpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    Labour's Steve Rotheram, who was elected as the area's first metro mayor in 2017, retains his post.

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  20. Rare sound recordings of Liverpool Blitz emergepublished at 11:27 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

    A BBC sound engineer climbed a watch tower and recorded what he saw during the World War Two Blitz.

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