Live updates from Cheshire and Merseyside have finished for the day, but we'll be back from 08:00 on Thursday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel from around the region.

BBC Weather

This evening will be mostly cloudy, with patchy light rain and drizzle in the east of the region. Elsewhere, it will be mostly dry with clear spells, with a slight frost possible overnight, most likely in sheltered rural spots on the Wirral.

Mark Savage
Music reporter

Through his work with The Beatles, Sir George Martin became one of a handful of record producers to become as famous as the musicians he worked with.

Mark Savage looks at how Sir George Martin changed the pop landscape with a selection of his most ground-breaking records

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Thanks to BBC Weather Watcher "Beach nut" for sending us this photo of clouds clearing over New Brighton in Wirral today.

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BBC iWonder

Liverpool teaming up with Manchester United to fix a football result?

It's an unlikely alliance but, as the 1914-15 season drew to a close, Manchester United had to beat Liverpool to avoid relegation. 

The players came to an ungentlemanly agreement.  

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Read more about cheating in sport in the BBC's latest iWonder guide.

A section of the A533 Queensway in Widnes, known locally as the Ditton Flyover, which links Speke Road to the Silver Jubilee Bridge, will be permanently closed from 19:30 on the evening of 28 March 2016.

Motorists travelling through Widnes are being warned to expect delays as a result of the closure, which is needed to build link roads through Widnes to connect the main road network to the new Mersey Gateway bridge, which will open in autumn 2017.

Merseyside Police have released an e-fit of a man officers want to speak to in relation to a report of a sexual assault in Anfield.

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A man with a strong Liverpool accent tried to grab a 23-year-old woman at a bus stop on Rocky Lane, near to the junction with Sheil Road, on the afternoon of 23 December.

When she walked off he followed her as she returned to work to call the police.

Today's top stories in Cheshire and Merseyside:

• Wirral PC Dave Phillips tried to run from a stolen car moments before it hit and killed him, a court has heard
• Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have led tributes to Sir George Martin, the record producer known as the "Fifth Beatle", who has died aged 90
• Police are hunting a gunman who shot a couple in the legs after bursting into their home in Liverpool

Runcorn and Widnes World

A rogue trader who tried to con £8,500 from an 87-year-old man after offering to clean his gutter for £15 has been jailed.  , external

A police officer tried to run away from a stolen car moments before it hit and killed him, a court heard.

Father-of-two PC Dave Phillips, 34, died after he was hit by a pick-up truck in Wallasey on 5 October.

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PC Thomas Birkett, who witnessed the incident, told the jury at Manchester Crown Court: "I never want to see anything like it again."

Clayton Williams, 19, denies murder, saying he did not intend to injure the Merseyside officer.

After lying in a locked cupboard for 50 years, handwritten notes by Sir George Martin from the first Help! recording - dated 15th February 1965 - will be on show for the first time.

Image source, The Beatles Story

The recording of The Beatles fifth album and soundtrack to their second feature film began at EMI Studios in Abbey Road.

Sir George Martin’s recording notes reveal the structure of the sessions and the departure from their usual recording methods.

The notes go on display this weekend at The Beatles Story, external in Liverpool.

Gerry Marsden has been sharing his memories of Sir George Martin who has died aged 90.

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He said: "He gave us our first records, How Do You Do, I Like It, we did Walk Alone with George. He was just great.

"The nice thing about George was he was a gentleman, very polite, never lost his temper. He was lovely to work with."

Entertainer David Hasselhoff tells us what he loves about Liverpool.

Watch: The Hoff in Liverpool by Bay TV Liverpool

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BBC Sport

Premier League clubs have agreed plans to cap away tickets at £30 for the next three seasons.

The cost of watching football has been a hot topic of debate, with supporters at Liverpool organising a high-profile protest over proposed increases in season ticket prices.

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Today's top stories in Cheshire and Merseyside:

• Wirral PC Dave Phillips tried to run from a stolen car moments before it hit and killed him, a court has heard
• Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have led tributes to Sir George Martin, the record producer known as the "Fifth Beatle", who has died aged 90
• Police are hunting a gunman who shot a couple in the legs after bursting into their home in Liverpool

A court has been told how PC Dave Phillips tried to run from a stolen car moments before it hit and killed him.

Image source, Merseyside Police

The 34-year-old father of two died when the truck mounted a central reservation in Wallasey, Merseyside.

Jurors were told Clayton Williams, 19, hit the officer during a police pursuit in October last year. He claims he did not intend to injure the officer and denies murder.

BBC Travel

There is a shed load on the M56 eastbound between Junction 14 for Hapsford and 12 at Runcorn.

More from BBC Travel.

Flowers have been left at the gates of Strawberry Fields in Liverpool today in memory of Sir George Martin, who has died aged 90.

Flowers and messages have also been left at the city's Cavern Club and a book of condolence has opened at The Beatles Story.

The message reads at Strawberry Fields reads: "George, We will miss you. Thank you for the sounds of our youth. Clemens."

George Martin, who has died aged 90, played a key role in defining the sound of British pop music.

His career spanned five decades, and in that time he produced more than 700 records, wrote film scores and worked with music's greatest talents.

His greatest success came with the Beatles; from the loveable mop-top recordings of the early 1960s to the acid-drenched psychedelia of Sergeant Pepper.

Read his obituary on BBC News.

Warrington Guardian

Children as young as 12 have been arrested on suspicion of burglary, criminal damage and assault in 2015, force figures have revealed, external.