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. Warrington prop Philbin signs new dealpublished at 09:11 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021

    Warrington Wolves prop Joe Philbin signs a new deal to keep him with his hometown club until November 2024.

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  2. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 07:07 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021

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

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  3. UK firms told 'set up in EU to avoid trade issues'published at 13:29 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2021

    Firms say they have been advised by officials to set up EU hubs, but the government says it is not policy.

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  4. Driver killed in motorway crashpublished at 10:16 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2021

    A 31-year-old man dies despite attempts to resuscitate him at the roadside.

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  5. Man rescued from building firepublished at 12:32 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2021

    The blaze broke out in a derelict property in Chorley, the fire service says.

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  6. Man charged after woman dies in M60 crashpublished at 09:49 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2021

    The victim, a 38-year-old woman, died at the scene.

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  7. Motorcycle showroom opens as vaccine centrepublished at 07:19 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2021

    The owner of the dealership, in Crewe, has cleared out more than 100 bikes to make space.

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  8. 'No impact' on vaccine delivery after floodingpublished at 07:06 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2021

    Anybody struggling to get to an appointment will be able to rearrange, a health board says.

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  9. Blackpool Winter Gardens to become vaccine centrepublished at 06:58 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2021

    Better known for shows and conferences, the venue will be one of the UK's biggest vaccination hubs.

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  10. 'Fearless' police officer, 40, dies with Covidpublished at 21:39 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    Father-of-two Abbas Ahmed, who worked at Greater Manchester Police, contracted Covid-19 last month.

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  11. Flood defences 'worked' as storm swept across townpublished at 20:59 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    Environment Secretary George Eustice claims issues with drainage caused flooding in Northwich.

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  12. Flooding 'was like a river coming down the road'published at 20:39 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    People in a village in Neath Port Talbot are dealing with the "horrendous" clean-up after flooding.

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  13. Family winched to safety as home floods in stormpublished at 20:02 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    The family are rescued by the coastguard after their home got cut off by floodwater.

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  14. Mine shaft 'blow out' may have flooded villagepublished at 19:14 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    Parts of Skewen remain underwater with people unable to return to their flooded homes.

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  15. Man jailed for 'brutal' burnt-out car murderpublished at 18:12 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    Lee Knox is the sixth man to be jailed over the torture and murder of Joseph McKeever in 2017.

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  16. PCSO used police database to snoop on womanpublished at 16:38 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    The officer looked up the woman's personal information from Greater Manchester Police databases.

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  17. Wigan rugby league 'legend' dies aged 83published at 16:19 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    Dave Bolton scored 127 tries in 300 games for his hometown club before moving to Australia.

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  18. Drugs gang jailed over man's fire deathpublished at 15:47 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    Robert Beattie died two weeks after a "brutal, horrendous and violent attack" in Skelmersdale.

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  19. Water runs onto flood plains as river levels risepublished at 14:46 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    The heavy rainfall brought by Storm Christoph has seen flood plains in North Yorkshire fill rapidly.

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  20. Care workers ferried through floodspublished at 14:15 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    Volunteers have been ferrying care staff through floods to elderly clients in Shrewsbury.

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