Accountant jailed for 'industrial scale' fraudpublished at 21:55 British Summer Time 15 April 2021
Steven Day lied about his mother dying and having cancer to cover up his deceit, a court hears.
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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
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Accountant jailed for 'industrial scale' fraudpublished at 21:55 British Summer Time 15 April 2021
Northants keep Lancs in check on day onepublished at 18:49 British Summer Time 15 April 2021
18:49 BST 15 April 2021Josh Bohannon makes 68 but regular wickets keep Lancashire in check on day one against Northants.
Read MoreMurder accused 'befriended gangster to sell story'published at 17:56 British Summer Time 15 April 2021
17:56 BST 15 April 2021Christopher Guest More Jr denies murdering Brian Waters, who was tortured at a farmhouse in 2003.
Read MoreTech entrepreneur charged with second rape countpublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 15 April 2021
14:42 BST 15 April 2021Lawrence Jones, co-creator of Manchester-based UKFast, is due to appear in court next week.
Read MoreLockdown gamer 'doubles income' from shedpublished at 13:48 British Summer Time 15 April 2021
13:48 BST 15 April 2021Harry Mullinder, 25, says it is "surreal" people give him money to watch him play video games.
Read MorePhotos of UK town win top international awardpublished at 06:01 British Summer Time 15 April 2021
06:01 BST 15 April 2021Craig Easton wins Sony Photographer of the Year award with photos on community representation in Blackburn.
Read MoreSchoolgirls on a mission to tackle air pollutionpublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 14 April 2021
18:03 BST 14 April 2021Two friends are campaigning to stop traffic building up during the school run.
Read MoreFire 'decimates' rare wildlife habitatpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 14 April 2021
16:59 BST 14 April 2021Wildlife officials say a rare peat land habitat and its animals have been "decimated" by a blaze.
Read MoreIllegal dog tail-docking tools seized in police raidpublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 14 April 2021
15:12 BST 14 April 2021Equipment used to illegally alter dogs' appearance for cosmetic reasons is confiscated by officers.
Read MoreDrugs and alcohol 'stashed in gardens' near jailpublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 14 April 2021
14:22 BST 14 April 2021Five inmates have also absconded from the open prison near Warrington in the past two weeks.
Read MoreNew academy named after stained glass artistpublished at 12:18 British Summer Time 14 April 2021
12:18 BST 14 April 2021The school in Oldham is named after Brian Clarke, who is known for creating large-scale mosaics.
Read MoreGang jailed for £160k supermarket theftspublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 14 April 2021
10:52 BST 14 April 2021The gang mainly targeted Asda stores, stealing perfume, thousands of nappies and razor blades.
Read MoreTaxi driver drives into canal after sat nav errorpublished at 14:33 British Summer Time 13 April 2021
14:33 BST 13 April 2021Police say it was a "lucky escape" for the driver whose car went into the Bridgewater Canal.
Read MoreWomen's safety top priority, says new police bosspublished at 14:12 British Summer Time 13 April 2021
14:12 BST 13 April 2021Serena Kennedy is "incredibly proud" to be Merseyside Police's first female chief constable.
Read MoreThree in court over alleged £13.7m pension fraudpublished at 13:22 British Summer Time 13 April 2021
13:22 BST 13 April 2021The Pensions Regulator claims as many as 245 people were persuaded to transfer money into 11 schemes.
Read MoreTwo hurt in 'vicious and brutal' stabbingpublished at 11:36 British Summer Time 13 April 2021
11:36 BST 13 April 2021A 21-year-old man is arrested after a man is critically injured in a double stabbing in Oldham.
Read MoreInjury prevents Bird from joining Lancspublished at 11:19 British Summer Time 13 April 2021
11:19 BST 13 April 2021Australia seamer Jackson Bird is ruled out of a County Championship stint with Lancashire as he recovers from a neck problem.
Read MoreWarrington cancel Gelling's contractpublished at 09:29 British Summer Time 13 April 2021
09:29 BST 13 April 2021Super League side Warrington Wolves cancel the contract of former Wigan centre Anthony Gelling by mutual consent.
Read MoreDuke's memorable carriage ride over Morecambe Baypublished at 21:02 British Summer Time 12 April 2021
21:02 BST 12 April 2021In May 1985, Prince Philip crossed the bay at low tide expertly accompanied by Cedric Robinson.
Read MoreLiverpool and City Region mayoral candidatespublished at 19:41 British Summer Time 12 April 2021
19:41 BST 12 April 2021Elections for mayors in Liverpool and the wider Liverpool City Region take place on 6 May.
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