Today's top stories in Cheshire and Merseyside:

• The jury in the trial of a teenager accused of deliberately running over and killing a Merseyside Police officer will visit the scene today
• Two more women have been charged after a video was put on social media appearing to show a group of women racially abusing a Liverpool doorman on Sunday.

• Merseyside's Police and Crime Commissioner is urging communities affected by the anti-social and illegal use of off-road bikes to speak out

A proposed Shakespearean educational theatre in Prescot is to be given financial backing from Knowsley Council.

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Councillors have agreed to a £6m investment to help make the project become reality.

The plans will be considered at a meeting on 21 April.

A former soldier from Cheshire - who has had two kidney transplants - is backing a new campaign to mark World Kidney Day to get more people to sign the organ donor register. 

Image source, Steve Woodrow

Steve Woodrow, from Widnes, had a stroke in his mid-20s because of kidney failure. 

His first transplant in 2003 failed but the second has proved more successful and he's now set up his business - motiv8sport.

Wallasey Dock Road is closed while a jury visit the scene where PC David Phillips was hit by a truck in October.

Today's top stories in Cheshire and Merseyside:

• The jury in the trial of a teenager accused of deliberately running over and killing a Merseyside Police officer will visit the scene today
• The Shadow Culture Secretary Maria Eagle MP will argue in a speech in Liverpool later that the arts are central to the economic development of cities outside London
• Merseyside's Police and Crime Commissioner is urging communities affected by the anti-social and illegal use of off-road bikes to speak out

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Briton Jazza Dickens' super-bantamweight fight against Guillermo Rigondeaux in Liverpool on Saturday has been cancelled because of visa issues. 

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Rigondeaux, who has been training in Russia, will "not be arriving in the UK" before the fight, according to Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions.

A statement added that the 35-year-old Cuban is currently in Miami "for some unexplained reason".

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Thornton Common Road in Thornton Hough is closed and there is queuing traffic in both directions between the Church Road junction and the Smithy Hill junction because of an accident.

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Warrington Guardian

A second free school could open in Warrington, external after the trust responsible for King’s Leadership Academy said the school is so oversubscribed that they have submitted a bid to start another one in the area.  

Merseyside's Police and Crime Commissioner is urging communities affected by the anti-social and illegal use of off-road bikes to speak out anonymously to help police take them off the streets. 

Jane Kennedy has teamed up with Crimestoppers to launch a new campaign with leaflets being delivered to about 15,000 in "hotspot" areas. 

A giant "ad-van" will also travel around Stockbridge Village, Bootle and Litherland.

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Former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is Newcastle's first choice if they replace Steve McClaren.  

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McClaren is still in charge after talks with managing director Lee Charnley - but his future remains unclear.

Spaniard Benitez was sacked as manager of Real Madrid in January after only seven months in charge of the La Liga side.  

St Helens Star

A cat that had been trapped behind a kitchen cabinet, external for two days had to be eventually rescued by firefighters  

The Shadow Culture Secretary Maria Eagle MP will argue in a speech in Liverpool later that the arts are central to the economic development of cities outside London. 

And she will use the success of the city's year as European Capital of Culture in 2008 as an example.

The speech will explore how arts and culture can support economic and social development in the regions. 

The British Medical Association is warning that almost half of GPs across Merseyside, Cheshire and the rest of the North West plan to retire or leave the profession in the next 12 months. 

The BMA also says one in 10 practices nationwide believe it is financially unsustainable. 

It is launching a new initiative aimed at providing practices with support given the crisis gripping the profession.

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What happens when English football's two most successful sides meet for the first time in European competition?  

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Well we''ll find out tonight when Liverpool host Manchester United in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie.

But how much do you know about the rivalry between the two teams? Test your knowledge with tthe BBC Sport quiz.