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. Police 'must learn' from unarmed man's shootingpublished at 17:40 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    A watchdog looking into Anthony Grainger's death says forces must not use out-of-date intelligence.

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  2. Mayor unveils strategy to tackle abuse of womenpublished at 17:16 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    Andy Burnham says the plan was "deliberately brought forward" after Sarah Everard's "tragic death".

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  3. Young YouTuber on mission to save animalspublished at 14:18 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    Six-year-old conservationist Aneeshwar Kunchala is hoping his videos will help make a difference.

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  4. Parish council opposes 'poor relations' mergerpublished at 10:30 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    Handforth Parish Council, which saw a rowdy meeting go viral, votes against a merger with Wilmslow.

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  5. Force uncovers further 4,500 unrecorded crimespublished at 10:05 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    Greater Manchester Police was already in special measures over a failure to properly log reports.

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  6. Thieves and burglars to be fitted with GPS tagspublished at 08:57 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    Police will be able to cross-reference data with crime reports to see if offenders were in the area.

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  7. Judicial review bid over bus network planspublished at 20:13 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2021

    Stagecoach is mounting a legal challenge over a proposal to bring buses back under public control.

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  8. 'Several injured' in multiple-vehicle crash on M62published at 19:30 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2021

    The crash - near the border of West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester - involved four lorries and a car.

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  9. MP calls for force to make misogyny a hate crimepublished at 14:47 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2021

    Maria Eagle says changes are needed in the wake of the death of 33-year-old Sarah Everard.

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  10. Everton face longer wait for stadium approvalpublished at 11:30 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2021

    The government requests more time to consider plans for the club's new 52,000 capacity home.

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  11. Woman 'drowned by husband had 13 injuries'published at 19:47 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2021

    Donald McPherson, 47, is accused of a "sinister pre-planned killing" of his wife Paula Leeson.

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  12. Three bodies found in search for missing fishermenpublished at 15:35 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2021

    The families of the missing Nicola Faith's crew have been "kept informed", says North Wales Police.

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  13. Two men charged over street shootingpublished at 14:12 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2021

    An 18-year-old man who was shot in the face remains in a stable condition in hospital, police say.

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  14. Man jailed for McDonald's drive-thru shootingpublished at 11:28 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2021

    James Pugh "boldly" walked up to a car and shot a man as he waited for his food, police say.

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  15. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 06:24 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2021

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

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  16. Investigation after train derails at stationpublished at 15:31 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2021

    Twelve passengers and two crew were on board the Merseyrail service which derailed on Saturday.

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  17. Liverpool to test crowd safety as lockdown easespublished at 13:14 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2021

    The "event city" is part of a government pilot scheme being run before lockdown rules are eased.

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  18. Police investigating fire at Everton Women stadiumpublished at 16:02 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March 2021

    A blaze at the 2,200-seat ground in Liverpool is being treated as a suspected arson attack.

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  19. Murder charge over former lawyer's deathpublished at 11:47 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March 2021

    A 23-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Martin Decker, who was found dead on Sunday.

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  20. Brothers jailed for revenge shooting murderpublished at 16:56 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2021

    Michael Rainsford was shot through his kitchen window over "an event he had nothing to do with".

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