Updates on Monday 16 November
News, sport, weather and travel updates return from 08:00 on Tuesday
Marc Gaier
Reporter, BBC Radio Merseyside
Plastic sheeting can be seen on the towpath at the side of the Leeds-Liverpool canal where a 16-year-old boy was found shot dead last night.
The teenager was taken to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital where he died a short while later.
The plastic sheeting remained at the scene of the investigation.
England and Liverpool Ladies striker Natasha Dowie has joined Australian side Melbourne Victory on loan.
Image source, The FAThe 27-year-old, who scored 14 goals for the Reds this season, has agreed a two-month deal and will stay until the end of the W-League campaign.
Superstars from the world of music areunited in grief, externalover the brutal killing of former Liverpool student Nick Alexander in Paris.
The 36-year-old was one of 129 people killed by ISIS on Friday night.
Two-thirds of people in the North of England have either never heard of, or know nothing about, the Northern Powerhouse, according to a BBC-commissioned survey.
The survey found 44% had never heard of the policy and 20% had heard of it but know nothing about it.
A Europe-wide one-minute silence will be held on the Plateau at St George's Hall this morning at 11:00.
The building was lit up at the weekend in the colours of the French flag after the Paris terrorist attacks.
Today's top stories in Cheshire and Merseyside:
- A teenage boy has been shot dead in the Eldonian Village, Liverpool - police have launched a murder investigation
- The Mayor of Liverpool has questioned whether the government's Northern Powerhouse plan will actually work for the region if the cuts to councils continue.
- A Europe-wide one-minute silence will be held on the Plateau at St George's Hall this morning at 11:00
Mostly dry today with some sunshine. The winds will ease but the rain will return overnight. Highs of 10C.
Marc Gaier
Reporter, BBC Radio Merseyside
I'm at the Leeds-Liverpool canal, which runs through the Eldonian Village, where a 16-year-old boy was found shot dead on a towpath on Sunday evening.
It has been cordoned off at both sides and there are plenty of police vehicles here, with many people having to alter their walk to school.
Burrows Court residents tell me youngsters do come here to smoke but there's very little trouble normally and they are mystified by what's happened.
BBC Travel
Eldonian Way in Eldonian Village Liverpool is closed in both directions between Colin Drive junction and the A5038 Vauxhall Road junction because of a serious police incident.
Emma Stanley
Reporter, BBC News Online
A 16-year-old boy has been shot dead in Liverpool.
The teenager was found on a towpath near Burrows Court, Eldonian Village by a member of the public, at about 23:10 on Sunday.
He was taken to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, where he died a short while later, police said.
Police have launched a murder investigation and forensic examinations are being carried out.
A 16-year-old boy has been shot dead in Liverpool.
The teenager was found on a towpath near Burrows Court, Eldonian Village, by a member of the public at about 23:10 on Sunday.
Jenny Coleman
Reporter, BBC Local Live
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