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. Woman, 101, meets great-grandson for first timepublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 19 April 2021

    Grace Emery is able to hold six-month-old Xander now Covid lockdown rules have been relaxed.

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  2. De Bruyne ruled out with ankle injurypublished at 14:28 British Summer Time 19 April 2021

    Kevin de Bruyne will miss Manchester City's game with Aston Villa as the club determine the severity of an injury to his right foot and ankle.

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  3. Organisers fined £10k for AJ Tracey Manchester gigpublished at 09:23 British Summer Time 19 April 2021

    Greater Manchester Police has warned of flouting restrictions after gathering in Platts Field Park.

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  4. Footballer Rashford launches children's book clubpublished at 07:54 British Summer Time 19 April 2021

    The book club will see 50,000 books distributed across 850 primary schools in England and Scotland.

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  5. Greenwood double as Man Utd beat Burnleypublished at 19:19 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Mason Greenwood scores twice as Manchester United beat Burnley to close the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester City.

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  6. Lancs finally win after Procter heroicspublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Lancashire beat Northamptonshire by 206 runs in the final hour of the match, despite a brilliant last-day effort from Luke Procter.

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  7. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

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

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  8. Man charged with murder after fatal stabbingpublished at 16:48 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Emile Anderson, 50, died in hospital following the attack on Friday, police say.

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  9. Blossoms to headline 'near-normal' gig trialpublished at 16:08 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Ticket-holders for the outdoor concert in Liverpool will have to provide a negative test beforehand.

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  10. Chelsea end Man City's quadruple hopespublished at 20:20 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    Chelsea reach the FA Cup final with a narrow victory to end Manchester City's hopes of a historic quadruple.

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  11. Lancs closing in on win over Northantspublished at 19:37 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    Steven Croft scores a superb century as Lancashire close in on victory over Northamptonshire, who are 59-3 at stumps.

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  12. Murder arrest after man is fatally stabbedpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    The 50-year-old victim was stabbed in the chest after a row, police say.

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  13. Cup holders Man City thrash Villapublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    Chloe Kelly's hat-trick helps Women's FA Cup holders Manchester City overwhelm Aston Villa to reach round five.

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  14. Cinema trial organisers targeted by anti-vax activistspublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    Large events are going ahead this weekend as part of trials to reopen the economy, but some are receiving hate for participating.

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  15. Tickets being sold for shows that can't take placepublished at 10:27 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    Shows by Alicia Keys, Haim and Mrs Brown's Boys won't go ahead as planned this June.

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  16. Appeal after woman, 87, hurt in hit-and-run crashpublished at 09:50 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    The pedestrian is in hospital with serious injuries after she was struck by a car, police say.

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  17. Mourinho dismisses Pogba criticismpublished at 22:31 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho says he "couldn't care less" about Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba's criticism of his management.

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  18. Lancs in control after Parkinson magicpublished at 19:14 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Lancashire dismiss Northamptonshire for 177 on day two as the Red Rose take control of their match at Emirates Old Trafford.

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  19. Chairman admits 'losing cool' in viral meetingpublished at 17:17 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Handforth Parish Council's Brian Tolver apologises but stands by his claims about Jackie Weaver.

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  20. Greensill lobbying row pauses Cheshire land dealpublished at 16:14 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Financier Lex Greensill plans to create a "natural sanctuary for wildlife" in a Cheshire village.

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