Updates on Tuesday 3 November
News, sport, weather and travel updates return from 08:00 on Wednesday
Live updates from Merseyside and Cheshire have finished for the day but we'll be back at 08:00 on Wednesday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel.
A cloudy night to come with outbreaks of patchy rain spreading northwards across all areas.
Fog will be mainly confined to high ground and it will remain mild.
Join BBC North West Tonight on BBC One at 18:30 for these stories and more.
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Superfast fibre broadband will soon be available to an extra 10,000 homes and businesses across Cheshire, Halton and Warrington, external – thanks to a second phase of a roll-out.
BBC Politics
A Cheshire MP broke down in tears in the House of Commons as she told MPs about losing her five-year-old son to sudden infant death syndrome.
Antoinette Sandbach was speaking during a debate on bereavement care in maternity units yesterday.
The Conservative MP for Eddisbury said counselling organised by charity Chrysalis Trust at The Alder Centre had been a "lifeline".
The Commons debate was called by Conservative MP Will Quince, who shared the experience he and his wife went through when their son was stillborn.
An 84-year-old driver had to becut from his car after a crash in Bidston, external.
Famous names - including actors David Morrissey and Brian Blessed - have been taking to Twitter to pay tribute to Merseyside Oscar winner Colin Welland, who has died aged 81.
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St. Helens player Alex Walmsley also added his own tribute to the actor, saying he had "summed up rugby league perfectly".
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Emma Stanley
Reporter, BBC News Online
A man who suffered a cardiac arrest after being Tasered has won a negligence claim against Merseyside Police in a landmark case.
James McCarthy, 25, was struck twice in the chest outside a hotel at the Albert Dock, Liverpool, in September 2012. Two years ago, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said officers used "reasonable force" but Mr McCarthy did not accept the findings.
His solicitor, Sophie Khan, said it was the first case in the country where police have been held liable for negligence after the use of a Taser.
Merseyside Police said it would consider appealing.
Rachael Connors
Reporter, BBC News Online
Today's top stories in Cheshire and Merseyside:
- A court has ruled Merseyside Police used "excessive and disproportionate" force in an incident where a man suffered a cardiac arrest after being Tasered.
- The Oscar-winning writer and actor Colin Welland, who grew up on Merseyside, has died aged 81.
- Merseyside's police and crime commissioner has joined five others to threaten legal action against the Home Office, unless it halts changes that could result in huge cuts to budgets.
BBC Sport
LA Galaxy midfielder and former Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard says he may retire in 2016.
Image source, APThe 35-year-old joined Galaxy in July after making 710 appearances for the Reds over 17 years, scoring 186 goals.
Gerrard, who is due to return to England this week to work as a TV pundit before heading back to Los Angeles for pre-season training in January, told LA Galaxy's website it "could be my last season as a footballer", external.
"I certainly don't want to feel like I'm feeling right now come next year," he said.
A Huyton man has been jailed for nine months after breaching the conditions of his gang injunction, external.
Chester Cathedral will be bathed in purple lights, external to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer on 18 November.
Image source, Neil Kennedy / GeographVenues across the UK are being illuminated as part of Pancreatic Cancer UK’s Purple Lights for Hope campaign.
Sefton households will see a shake-up in their recycling – including the loss of their recycling tub – as the council take control of waste collections, external.
Liverpool's shirt sponsors Standard Chartered is axing 15,000 jobs worldwide and raising £3.3 billion from investors to overhaul the company.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe British bank revealed it has made a loss of £90m in the third quarter of the year, compared with profits of £972m a year earlier.
BBC Politics
Merseyside's police and crime commissioner is among six threatening the Home Office with legal action over the changes to the way police forces in England and Wales are funded.
Under the system, factors including the number of jobless households and the number of bars in an area would contribute to determining how much money each force is allocated.
The group, which includes Merseyside's PCC Jane Kennedy, has written to the government arguing the proposals are "deeply flawed".
Education secretary Nicky Morgan blasted the teaching system in Knowsley as not being “fair on students”, external.
Rumeana Jahangir
Reporter, BBC News Online
The eye-catching cascade of ceramic poppies displayed last year at the Tower of London is about to be exhibited in Liverpool ahead of Remembrance Sunday.
Image source, BBC/Woodhorn MuseumKnown as the "weeping window", the display has been showing at Woodhorn Museum in Northumberland and will be draped down St George's Hall from today - with the show opening to the public on Saturday.
I've taken a look at the history of the building's link to World War One and the reasons why it was chosen to host the display.
Jenny Coleman
Reporter, BBC Local Live
Today's top stories in Cheshire and Merseyside:
- Merseyside Oscar-winning writer and actor Colin Welland has died aged 81 - he had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for several years.
- Merseyside's police and crime commissioner's joined five others to threaten legal action against the Home Office, unless it halts changes that could result in huge cuts to police budgets.
- The first of thousands of ceramic poppies used in the Tower of London art installation have been "planted" in Liverpool.
An inquest into the death of Liverpool actor Sean McKee has been cancelled, after medical reports established he died of natural causes, external.
The first of thousands of ceramic poppies used in the Tower of London art installation have been "planted" in Liverpool.
The cascade - or Weeping Window - section will be draped down St George's Hall before opening to the public on Saturday ahead of Remembrance Sunday.
The installation, which marked 100 years since the start of World War One, drew more than five million visitors in London.
The poppies will be on display in Liverpool until January.
