Summary

  • Latest updates as Storm Christoph brings disruption to the North West on Thursday 21 January

  • Cheshire takes brunt of flooding

  • Severe flood warnings in place on River Bollin near Lymm and River Dee near Chester

  • Dozens of pensioners at a Northwich retirement village are stranded by flooding

  • Thousands of homes narrowly escaped serious flooding in Manchester

  • Rail services disrupted across Merseyside, Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire

  1. Marathon litter pick leaves man with sore feetpublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 15 June 2021

    Mark Dale collected 39 bags of litter across his 26.2-mile and 10-hour litter pick.

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  2. Wire sign Tigers duo Holmes & Mata'utiapublished at 14:38 British Summer Time 15 June 2021

    Warrington are to sign Castleford's Oliver Holmes and Peter Mata'utia on three-year and two-year deals respectively from 2022.

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  3. Chief constable rejects taking the knee in uniformpublished at 17:34 British Summer Time 14 June 2021

    Greater Manchester's new top officer says such actions could affect police impartiality.

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  4. Collapsed railway station rebuild due next yearpublished at 15:31 British Summer Time 14 June 2021

    The investigation is continuing into the collapse of part of Northwich railway station's roof.

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  5. Footballer fined £13k for drink-drivingpublished at 13:55 British Summer Time 14 June 2021

    Ashley Barnes was arrested hours after Burnley FC beat Fulham, securing their top-flight status.

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  6. Kayaker dies after falling from boat into estuarypublished at 13:13 British Summer Time 14 June 2021

    The man, who was in his 30s, was swept away by the current in the Dee Estuary, police say.

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  7. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 08:36 British Summer Time 14 June 2021

    The latest news, sport, travel and weather from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

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  8. Three charged after pro-Palestinian factory demopublished at 07:43 British Summer Time 14 June 2021

    Two men and a woman are due in court after pro-Palestinian activists scaled a Runcorn factory.

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  9. Eckersley leads Durham home, Rapids winpublished at 21:55 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

    Ned Eckersley smashes 50 as Durham earn victory over Leicestershire in an increasingly tetchy T20 Blast North Group game.

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  10. Murder arrest after woman found dead in housepublished at 10:34 British Summer Time 13 June 2021

    Police say a woman's body was found in a house in Manchester on Friday.

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