Manchester City go top of the Women's Super League as Chloe Kelly's double helps to beat Birmingham.

Ian Youngs
Entertainment and Arts Reporter, BBC News

“A sigh of relief.”

That’s how music fan Ben Carroll-Vickers, 19, describes the feeling of ripping off his face mask just after getting through the gates for the first “normal” gig for more than a year.

He’ll be among 5,000 people who will pack into a big top in a Liverpool park this evening – with no masks and no social distancing necessary – as part of the government’s research into how to reopen large events.

“It feels a bit surreal,” says his friend Freya Devine. “We’ve been looking forward to it for ages. I think it will be weird getting in there and being so close to people without our masks on. But yeah, I’m really, really excited.”

It is a bit surreal to see a normal festival set-up after all this time – the pricey bars, the burger vans, the rows of Portaloos (as well as the obligatory grey clouds).

One of the only signs of Covid inside the venue are the big screens inside the tent. They are showing messages like: “Want more live music? Don’t forget to take your PCR test on Friday” and “Don’t forget – as soon as you leave the event all current government rules apply – hands, face, space!”

Yana Daniels' own goal gives Manchester United the win at Bristol City in the Women's Super League.

Arsenal all but secure Women's Champions League football next season with a last-gasp winner at Everton.

The man sexually assaulted a teenager before attacking an 18-year-old who intervened, police say.

Keaton Jennings makes 91 not out as Lancashire cruise to a five-wicket win over Sussex on day four at Hove.

A total of four people have been charged in connection with Josiah Norman's death.

Lancashire finish day three needing 129 runs to beat Sussex with eight wickets in hand after a superb performance at Hove.

Manchester City could clinch the Premier League title on Sunday after two goals in the space of 83 seconds see off Crystal Palace.

DJs and dancers share their experiences of the "big energy" at the first club night since lockdown.

For the first time since the pandemic began, a nightclub opens its doors.

Thousands return to the dance floor in Liverpool at a test event with no social distancing or masks.

Jack Carson takes four wickets as Sussex bowl well on day two of their County Championship match against Lancashire.

Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani is close to agreeing to stay at Manchester United for another year.

Four people died in the blast at Wood Flour Mills in Bosley in Cheshire.

James McEvoy, 33, was among three people who died after a car hit a roundabout in Liverpool.

Three men have used a van and a rope to rip the front off a cash machine and steal money, police said., external

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The trio targeted the cash machine at the Huub building on Manchester Road, Congleton, Cheshire, on Thursday night.

Officers have since found a vehicle they think may have been used in the robbery.

A 31-year-old man from Congleton has been arrested on suspicion of theft of a cash machine.

Salford Lads Club, a home for boys' football for more than 100 years, has started its first female side.

Vernon Rose, whose parents are ill with Covid in India, is told by a doctor he 'needs a miracle'

The club has fielded men’s football teams since 1904 but has now put together its first female XI.