Summary

  • Updates on Friday 20 November

  • News, sport, weather and travel updates return from 08:00 on Monday

  1. Latest headlines in Merseyside and Cheshirepublished at 08:29

    Tom Mullen
    Reporter, BBC News Online

    Today's top stories in Merseyside and Cheshire:

    • Councils across the Liverpool City Region have approved a devolution agreement to transfer powers from Whitehall to the local area 
    • Six people have been charged with drugs offences following police raids across Merseyside yesterday 
    • Forty-one people living in Merseyside have died while waiting for an organ transplant over the last four years, new figures reveal
  2. Weather: Sunny spells, but turning winterypublished at 08:19

    Charlie Slater
    BBC Weather presenter

    After a mainly dry start, it should be a day of sunny spells and scattered showers, with showers turning increasingly wintry through the day.

    BBC weather

    Winds will strengthen making it feel much colder than of late.

  3. Travel: Traffic light failure sparks delayspublished at 08:05

    BBC Travel

    BBC Travel News is reporting congestion in Walton Vale in Fazakerley due to traffic light failure. 

    There are also delays in New Chester Road, Port Sunlight.

    Traffic lightsImage source, Thinkstock
  4. Good morningpublished at 08:00

    Tom Mullen
    Reporter, BBC News Online

    Hello and welcome to Friday's Local Live service for Merseyside. We're here all day with all your news, travel, sport and weather from across the region.

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