Murder accused 'upset' by partner's disappearancepublished at 18:11 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021
Alan Edwards denies killing his partner and says he is still "waiting for her to come back".
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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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Murder accused 'upset' by partner's disappearancepublished at 18:11 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021
Father 'tortured and killed in front of children'published at 17:57 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021
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Read MoreSecond body confirmed as missing fishermanpublished at 19:14 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2021
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Read MoreMurder accused denies assaulting other womenpublished at 18:01 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2021
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Read MoreThousands of candles lit to honour Covid victimspublished at 12:39 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2021
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Read MoreCouncil dismisses city's regeneration bosspublished at 12:38 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2021
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Read MoreShrewsbury 24 win court battle to clear namespublished at 12:12 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2021
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Read MoreThe North West’s last photos before lockdownpublished at 07:31 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2021
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Read MoreUniversity staff strike called off after talkspublished at 16:39 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2021
16:39 GMT 22 March 2021Industrial action is halted after the University of Central Lancashire agrees to suspend job cuts.
Read MoreFootball's Darkest Secret - the survivors' storiespublished at 16:37 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2021
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Read MoreLancs sign India's Iyer for One-Day Cuppublished at 12:38 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2021
12:38 GMT 22 March 2021Lancashire sign India top-order batsman Shreyas Iyer for the group stages of the One-Day Cup.
Read MoreCounty cricket to continue on BBC radiopublished at 12:01 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2021
12:01 GMT 22 March 2021BBC local radio will continue to broadcast ball-by-ball county cricket commentary for the next four seasons.
Read MoreMidlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 08:25 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2021
08:25 GMT 22 March 2021The latest news and updates from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.
Read MoreOut with the RSPCA in their busiest yearpublished at 07:34 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2021
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