The race to become Liverpool city mayor is wide open following a damning report into the council.

Two previous Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioners prepare to battle for the role again.

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City could face elimination if they are "shy" in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Paris St-Germain.

Liverpool hosts the UK's first "normal" business conference since Covid, with no obligatory social distancing.

John Foxley committed the offences against pupils while teaching at a former Norwich private school.

The review of Greater Manchester Police was ordered after the force went into special measures.

Mother-of-three Isabella Skelton disappeared from her family home in Manchester in June 1969.

The 74-year-old banged his head and was left "freezing cold" after entering the river on Sunday.

Supt Kyle Gordon arrived in Manchester nearly three hours after the explosion, an inquiry hears.

Dorothy Kuya was a "tireless campaigner for racial equality", the university says.

Liverpool's docks were a primary German target in the Blitz. Liverpool actor Ricky Tomlinson, who was born in 1939, goes up in a plane to look at the effect it had on his home city. In an emotional journey, he talks to survivors, family members and old friends like comedian Stan Boardman, whose brother was killed in an air-raid shelter. Ricky finishes the programme back in the plane, with a tearful tribute to the bravery of those who lived and worked through the Blitz.

The Wales manager and Salford City FC co-owner denies three offences against two women in November.

The Manchester International Festival will go ahead with events in streets and shopping centres.

Karen Reissmann was fined for the rally against a proposed 1% pay rise for NHS workers.

Hamish Gaman and his fiancée Amelia had to adapt to keep training during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Take a trip down memory lane at Mars Tapes, which is believed to be the last tape shop in the UK.

Manchester's Owen Baugh, who was died in a crash near Huyton, was "kind-hearted", his family say.

British Transport Police's gold commander tells the Manchester Arena Inquiry his force made mistakes.

BBC pundit Micah Richards says Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling has returned to form at exactly the right time before their Champions League semi-final against Paris St-Germain.

Former counter-terror investigator Mark Roberts has taken the helm at Cheshire Constabulary.