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. City hungry for quadruple - Zinchenkopublished at 15:31 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2021

    Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola expresses doubt after defender Oleksandr Zinchenko's says the Blues are growing hungry for an unprecedented quadruple.

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  2. Covid fines at Liverpool vigil for Sarah Everardpublished at 14:29 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2021

    Up to 40 people who went to an earlier "peaceful" vigil in the city are thanked by a police chief.

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  3. Two men charged over street shootingpublished at 14:12 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2021

    An 18-year-old man who was shot in the face remains in a stable condition in hospital, police say.

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  4. Man jailed for McDonald's drive-thru shootingpublished at 11:28 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2021

    James Pugh "boldly" walked up to a car and shot a man as he waited for his food, police say.

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  5. Pride in Liverpool axed over Covid uncertaintypublished at 09:42 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2021

    About 50,000 people usually attend the annual event, which officially started in the city in 2010.

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  6. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 06:24 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2021

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

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  7. Cavani and Martial set to return in Milanpublished at 22:26 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2021

    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopes four or five players will return for Manchester United's Europa League tie with AC Milan.

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  8. Own goal helps Man Utd edge past Hammerspublished at 21:33 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2021

    Craig Dawson's own goal was the difference as Manchester United beat West Ham to boost their top-four hopes.

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  9. Investigation after train derails at stationpublished at 15:31 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2021

    Twelve passengers and two crew were on board the Merseyrail service which derailed on Saturday.

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  10. Liverpool to test crowd safety as lockdown easespublished at 13:14 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2021

    The "event city" is part of a government pilot scheme being run before lockdown rules are eased.

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  11. How scientists got a very rare toad to breedpublished at 13:06 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2021

    The harlequin toad has been successfully bred in captivity for the first time outside Panama.

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  12. Aguero scores as Man City win at Fulhampublished at 23:23 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March 2021

    Sergio Aguero scores his first Premier League goal since January 2020 as Manchester City extend their lead at the top of the table with a win at struggling Fulham.

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  13. 'Van Dijk and Gomez unlikely for Euros'published at 22:35 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March 2021

    Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says it is unlikely centre-backs Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez will be fit for this summer's European Championship.

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  14. Pickford doubt for England qualifierspublished at 20:10 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March 2021

    Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford is a doubt for England's forthcoming World Cup qualifiers because of an injury suffered during Everton's match against Burnley.

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  15. Jason Manford 'nervous' over lockdown playpublished at 16:58 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March 2021

    The comedian says the entertainment industry is "probably going to be the last one to come back".

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  16. Banksy's sneezing woman artwork to be auctionedpublished at 16:40 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March 2021

    The artwork entitled Aachoo!! was removed from the wall of a house in Bristol on Friday.

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  17. Police investigating fire at Everton Women stadiumpublished at 16:02 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March 2021

    A blaze at the 2,200-seat ground in Liverpool is being treated as a suspected arson attack.

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  18. Murder charge over former lawyer's deathpublished at 11:47 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March 2021

    A 23-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Martin Decker, who was found dead on Sunday.

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  19. Grass is not good - Guardiola on home pitchpublished at 22:38 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2021

    Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is concerned about the state of the home pitch despite his team being runaway Premier League leaders.

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  20. Students pass vote of no confidence in uni bosspublished at 20:52 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2021

    Critics say Dame Nancy Rothwell's position at the University of Manchester is "completely untenable".

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