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. Trials to begin for return of England mass eventspublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 4 April 2021

    Ministers also confirm a risk-based "traffic light" system will start when foreign holidays resume.

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  2. Man City cruise to WSL win over Spurspublished at 16:40 British Summer Time 4 April 2021

    Janine Beckie makes one and scores one as Man City cruise to a comfortable Women's Super League win over Spurs at The Hive.

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  3. Man Utd's top-three hopes suffer blowpublished at 16:06 British Summer Time 4 April 2021

    Inessa Kaagman's penalty enables Brighton to inflict a major blow on Manchester United's Champions League ambitions.

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  4. Everton beat bottom side Aston Villapublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 4 April 2021

    Everton secure a second successive win against Aston Villa, who remain bottom of the Women's Super League.

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  5. Pedestrian dies after being hit by carpublished at 13:37 British Summer Time 4 April 2021

    The 46-year-old man was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later, police say.

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  6. Liverpool cruise to victory at Arsenalpublished at 23:18 British Summer Time 3 April 2021

    Liverpool thrust themselves firmly back into the battle for a place in the Premier League's top four as they outclass abject Arsenal 3-0.

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  7. Man City four wins from title after victory at Leicesterpublished at 21:48 British Summer Time 3 April 2021

    Runaway leaders Manchester City move to within four wins of the Premier League title after two second-half goals see off third-placed Leicester.

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  8. Woman sexually assaulted while walking homepublished at 13:48 British Summer Time 3 April 2021

    The victim was attacked by two men near to the tunnels under the M60, police say.

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  9. Prince Charles narrates poem for Easter servicepublished at 09:21 British Summer Time 3 April 2021

    The reading of a verse written by poet Gerard Manley Hopkins will be played at Stonyhurst College.

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  10. Cracking down on the coronavirus rule breakerspublished at 00:03 British Summer Time 3 April 2021

    The BBC joined Lancashire Police as they broke up gatherings breaching lockdown rules.

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  11. Alexander-Arnold England omission shocks Klopppublished at 22:30 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says he could not understand the move to leave Trent Alexander-Arnold out of the England squad.

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  12. Man Utd launch new anti-racism campaignpublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says the club's new anti-discrimination campaign will have an impact.

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  13. Hairstylist encourages women to embrace afro hairpublished at 15:16 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Hairstylist Gege Uboma is calling for more education on awareness about afro hair.

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  14. Hairstylist encourages women to embrace afro hairpublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Hairstylist Gege Uboma is calling for more education on awareness about afro hair.

  15. Aguero replacement unlikely - Guardiolapublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says the club are unlikely to buy a striker this summer to replace the outgoing Sergio Aguero.

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  16. Woman, 107, writes poem to celebrate birthdaypublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Marjorie Hodnett says "life is for living" and adds she has "enjoyed a long and very happy life".

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  17. Calls for memorial to Fisherman's Friend tycoonpublished at 07:30 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Doreen Lofthouse has been hailed a "true pioneer" who helped "put Fleetwood on the map".

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  18. Daffodil farm raises £80k for cancer charitypublished at 07:24 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    The family-run business is raising the cash in memory of a friend who died of the disease.

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  19. Woman stabbed her grandad to death in his own homepublished at 18:08 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    Elizabeth Birtwistle will be detained indefinitely in a psychiatric unit for killing Raymond Conlan.

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  20. Hundreds gather for illegal rave in city centrepublished at 15:30 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    People who attended the party at an outdoor arena are "letting Manchester down", a councillor says.

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