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. Sheep found as police raid illegal drinks partypublished at 16:08 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2021

    Officers say the discovery of two sheep at an illegal drinking den was 'bizarre'.

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  2. More South Africa Covid testing set for Southportpublished at 14:26 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2021

    The move comes after a second case is detected in the seaside town.

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  3. Gym forced shut after opening during lockdownpublished at 12:35 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2021

    Officials shut down a gym that has been fined three times for opening during lockdown.

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  4. 'The smells and tastes we still miss, long after Covid'published at 09:59 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2021

    A small proportion of people who've had Covid end up with a scrambled sense of smell and taste. Here 13 explain what they miss most.

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  5. The parish council meeting that went viralpublished at 20:03 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    Handforth Parish Council's Zoom meeting had insults, laughter and members being kicked out.

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  6. Two boys among six held over gang feud attackspublished at 18:12 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    Three men, a woman and two boys are arrested in raids by police investigating a gang feud.

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  7. 'I made Handforth Parish Council go viral'published at 17:41 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    17-year-old Shaan Ali told Radio 1 Newsbeat about his hobby of watching local council meetings

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  8. Parish council Zoom host 'surprised' by reactionpublished at 16:07 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    Jackie Weaver remained calm in the meeting that became a "must see" when it spiralled in to chaos.

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  9. Man in court accused of woman's flat murderpublished at 14:40 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    Mother-of-three Helen Joy, 54, was found dead at a flat in Wirral on Monday morning.

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  10. Chaotic parish council meeting becomes online hitpublished at 13:27 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    A Handforth Parish Council meeting is shared widely online after it descends into chaos.

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  11. Man dies and three teenagers hurt as car overturnspublished at 12:25 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2021

    An 18-year-old passenger dies and three teenagers including the driver, 17, are badly injured.

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  12. Winter dippers brave icy waters for charity cashpublished at 13:36 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2021

    A group of wild swimmers raise more than £45,000 for a homelessness charity with a daily winter dip.

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  13. Dog's 270-mile Covid-safe relay trip to new homepublished at 13:13 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2021

    A rescue dog had to be moved by five separate teams in relay to comply with lockdown restrictions.

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  14. Influencer banned for speeding and drink-drivingpublished at 11:50 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2021

    Matthew York drove up to 100mph while being pursued by police for 15 minutes, prosecutors say.

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  15. The moment police shut Covid-breach house partypublished at 18:49 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    Footage shows the organiser telling officers it was supposed to have been only a "little gathering".

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  16. 'More must be done' to protect flood-hit townpublished at 17:56 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    A council leader demands more contingencies are made to help protect Northwich from further deluges.

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  17. Watchdog drops shooting command investigationpublished at 16:37 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    An investigation of the senior officers involved in an operation in which a man died is dropped.

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  18. Tributes paid to woman found dead in flatpublished at 15:43 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    Helen Joy's three "heartbroken" children say they are "all devastated by what has happened".

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  19. Woman admits killing baby daughterpublished at 12:23 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    Eight-month-old Francesca Haworth died in hospital in 2018 and was found to have been suffocated.

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  20. Wrexham could face £2m flood repair billpublished at 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    Wrexham council's deputy leader has called for ministers to keep their promise to cover the costs.

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