The move in Manchester comes after hundreds of students in the city tested positive for coronavirus.

Substitute Adam Thomas strikes a stunning winner as Stockport come from behind to beat Halifax at Edgeley Park.

The unusually-coloured Canadian lobster turned up in a delivery to a Fleetwood fishmonger.

Blackburn Rovers sign goalkeeper Antonis Stergiakis on a three-year deal from Slavia Sofia of Bulgaria.

Council bosses in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Newcastle say current measures are "not working".

Mark Fellows shot dead criminal underworld boss Paul Massey, who once stood to be Salford's mayor.

Officers are given an extra 36 hours to question a man over Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi and Vian Mangrio's deaths.

An orangutan is born at Chester Zoo, months after its mother's pregnancy tests came back negative.

A teenager from the Wirral who was caught selling drugs in Carlisle for a county lines network has been jailed for 16 months on his 19th birthday at the city's Crown Court.

Callum Philip Ormond and a youth were seen near West Walls in Carlisle by police hunting the gangs in August 2019, and although Ormond had no drugs in his possession, he did have a mobile phone on which he was being given directions on where to go to sell heroin and cocaine.

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Ormond, of Hogarth Drive, Prenton, admitted possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply, and Judge Andrew Jefferies QC was urged to suspend a prison sentence because of his age at the time of his crime, his complete lack of offending since and the fact he now had legitimate work.

But Judge Jefferies told Ormond: “The message has to go out to those who have been recruited that if they go on a jolly to Carlisle to sell drugs, they will not be treated leniently."

Labour MP Mike Amesbury opposed the proposal to convert his office building into 113 flats.

Cheshire East Council leader Sam Corcoran says "action is required" to avoid a local lockdown.

National Museums Liverpool's income has fallen by £5.9m because of Covid-19, a spokeswoman says.

Former World Cup-winning head coach Tim Sheens resigns from his role with Championship side Widnes.

A viral video helps the 1977 single Dreams record its biggest ever week on streaming services.

Wasps will host the first of two Premiership Rugby semi-finals on Saturday, 10 October.

A man is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder over the stabbing at a house in Blackburn.

Two Wigan Warriors test positive for coronavirus and the club cancel Tuesday's training session as a precaution.

A 90-year-old great-grandmother says skydiving was an "awesome experience".

Manchester United sign Brazil left-back Alex Telles from Porto and say Atalanta winger Amad Diallo will join the club in January.

Everton sign Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olsen on a season-long loan deal from Roma.