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. Boy, 15, held on suspicion of park sex attackpublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 7 June 2021

    Two girls were taken to hospital after being found in a "distressed state" in a park, police say.

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  2. Girl, 17, raped in park waiting to meet friendpublished at 12:33 British Summer Time 7 June 2021

    The teenager was assaulted in a park in Manchester and her attacker is yet to be caught, police say.

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  3. Biker fights for life after police pursuit crashpublished at 08:11 British Summer Time 7 June 2021

    The man in his 20s came off a motorbike on Sunday and is in a critical condition in hospital.

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  4. Beaumont stars as Lightning beat Thunderpublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    England's Tammy Beaumont scores 89 to guide Lightning to win over Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.

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  5. Graham: 'I want everything I do to be difficult to watch'published at 09:21 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    Actor Stephen Graham stars in the brutally violent prison drama Time, written by Jimmy McGovern.

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  6. Statue plan for Man Utd's 'iconic' Jimmy Murphypublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 5 June 2021

    The Welshman, the club's assistant manager, helped rebuild the team after the 1958 Munich air crash.

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  7. Labuschagne steers Glamorgan to victorypublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 5 June 2021

    Australian Test star Marnus Labuschagne hits an unbeaten 63 as Glamorgan chase down 188 to beat Lancashire in Cardiff.

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  8. Wallace and Gromit set for 'cracking' statuepublished at 07:27 British Summer Time 5 June 2021

    The much-loved animated characters will be cast in bronze in their creator's birthplace of Preston.

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  9. Glamorgan need 51 runs to beat Lancspublished at 20:07 British Summer Time 4 June 2021

    Glamorgan need a further 51 runs to win against Lancashire with seven wickets and two days' play remaining.

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  10. Glazer answers questions at fans forumpublished at 19:42 British Summer Time 4 June 2021

    Manchester United co-chairman Joel Glazer breaks a near 16-year silence on his family's ownership of the club and tells a fans forum meeting he wants to "win every competition we compete in".

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  11. Police forces agree Hillsborough cover-up payoutpublished at 17:29 British Summer Time 4 June 2021

    Two forces agree to pay more than 600 people over a cover-up after the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.

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  12. Boy, 14, arrested after girl raped at reservoirpublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 4 June 2021

    A girl was attacked at Hollingworth Lake on Wednesday afternoon, police say.

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  13. Wife murder charge dropped over confession doubtspublished at 15:25 British Summer Time 4 June 2021

    Carl Alcock is cleared of murdering his wife after prosecutors said his confession "was confusing".

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  14. Health chief wants vaccine walk-ins for all adultspublished at 14:32 British Summer Time 4 June 2021

    Lancashire's public health director wants permission to increase the vaccine rollout in the county.

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  15. Everton confirm departure of quartetpublished at 13:31 British Summer Time 4 June 2021

    Everton confirm the departures of out-of-contract quartet Theo Walcott, Joshua King, Yannick Bolasie and Muhamed Besic.

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  16. Chelsea & Man City dominate PFA teampublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 4 June 2021

    Five players from champions Chelsea are selected in the FA Women's Super League team of the year.

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  17. New £210m AI computing centre 'will help business'published at 11:56 British Summer Time 4 June 2021

    The centre will be led by IBM and the Science and Technology Facilities Council, a minister says.

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  18. Cyclist killed in crash was adored, family sayspublished at 20:33 British Summer Time 3 June 2021

    Charlie Lewis who died in a crash in Gorton, Manchester was an adored dad, his partner says.

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  19. Nineteen wickets fall as fans return to Glamorganpublished at 19:32 British Summer Time 3 June 2021

    19 wickets fell on the first day between Glamorgan and Lancashire as fans return to Sophia Gardens

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  20. Apology call over 'nakedly racist' deportationspublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 3 June 2021

    Two thousand Chinese merchant seamen were forcibly repatriated from Liverpool after World War Two.

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