A mural pays tribute to the lead singer of Joy Division in Manchester.

Thomas Harrison, 30, tried to arrange for a baby to be brought to his Liverpool home to be sexually abused.

The bus driver's son, who also created Brookside and Hollyoaks, is knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Jay Flynn is honoured along with Asda's new owners, an England captain and Blackburn Council's leader.

Hull City's perfect start to the League One season is ended with an emphatic 4-1 loss at Fleetwood Town.

Liam Farrell's 75th-minute try helps Wigan to a 18-14 victory over Warrington to move up to second in the Super League table.

Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and 14-year-old Vian Mangrio were "always smiling", their family says.

St Helens are forced to come from behind to beat Wakefield at Headingley as they win their eighth Super League game in a row.

Michael Hunt molested a 14-year-old girl while she was sleeping on a train, police say.

Judges rule that John Beirne's sentence for changing his name without notifying authorities is too long.

Demolition works in Bolton could be delayed for up to four months, a council meeting hears.

Wigan Athletic sign former Manchester United striker Will Keane on a deal until 9 January.

Accrington sign Blackpool defender Michael Nottingham for an undisclosed fee and Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter on loan.

The woman returned from Mykonos and made three visits to a gym when she should have been quarantining.

Chorley A&E closed to free up capacity at a larger hospital at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A teenager county lines drug runner who escaped through a window as police raided a flat in Kendal had been unable to secure a settled life after leaving care, Carlisle Crown Court was told.

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Taylor Thompson, 18, fled as officers arrived to arrest another man who had been seen selling drugs, but was arrested afterwards with cocaine, heroin and £2,000 in his possession.

Phil Barnes, defending, said Thompson, of Viaduct Street, Newton-le-Willows, had been put to work after accruing a drug debt, adding: “He is, to put it in simple terms, a class county lines runner.”

Thompson admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine, and possessing criminal property, and after reading reports on his background, Recorder Andrew Nuttall sent him to a young offenders’ institution for two years.

After years of broadcasting to just his wife, an amateur radio presenter goes stateside.

England batsmen Ollie Pope and Rory Burns switch teams for The Hundred next summer, as the first batch of men's and women's players are confirmed.

Ammar Terbeche died after being assaulted and then hit by a car in Rochdale.

Liverpool entrepreneurs on their local lockdown: "Our business has fallen off a cliff".