David Donoghue, 75, will join a mass cremation at the hospital on Wednesday if the issue is not resolved.

Prosecutors say there was not enough evidence to charge anyone over the death of Jack Barnes.

Travellers from Leeds and Manchester are turned away from a Merseyside beauty spot, police say.

Any move to ditch the mayoral model in Liverpool could have left the authority open to legal action.

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

Police say they found an abandoned vehicle on the tram tracks after a reported shooting and crash.

Hundreds of workers go on strike at Go North West in a row over working practices and pay.

Tony Kelly is remembered as a public servant with "unfaltering passion" after 41 years as a councillor.

An emergency unit marked for possible closure is to due to continue after the government intervenes.

A man who died after being restrained in the street by public transport workers was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled.

Jack Barnes suffered a cardiac arrest after being restrained by public transport workers.

"England's Covid roadmap" gives organisers hope of returning Manchester Pride to the city's streets.

The annual dance music event in Cheshire will take place in August if Covid-19 restrictions end.

The chancellor is asked to give £70m to the attraction in Morecambe in his forthcoming Budget.

Esha Mumtaz, who "started from square one" after moving to the UK, becomes Young Student of the Year.

NHS England said Manchester's Nightingale hospital would remain in place as long as it was needed.

The six-month-old died in hospital after being found unresponsive at a Widnes property, police say.

Merseyside businesses will benefit from a gigabit-capable fibre-optic network, says metro mayor.

The victim was attacked by a group of about 10 people while playing tennis in a park, police say.

Muhammad Azhar Shabbir and Ali Athar Shabbir were swept away while paddling, an inquest hears.