Summary

  • Key updates on Friday 3 May:

  • Local elections: Minor parties make gains across North West

  • Labour celebrate 'stunning' win in Trafford

  • Wirral Council hung after gains by Tories and Greens

  • Bid to oust Liverpool mayor launched after polls close

  • Labour loses seven seats and control of Bolton Council

  • Lancashire: Labour make gains in Chorley

  1. 'The heart of our family': The lives lost to Covidpublished at 16:58 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January

    We share the stories of some of the 12,000 people who have died with coronavirus in Scotland.

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  2. Strange tale of how Man City conquered Europe, 53 years agopublished at 13:45 British Summer Time 10 June 2023

    As Manchester City prepare for the Champions League final, we recall the unusual way they won their first and only European trophy, 53 years ago.

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  3. Manchester attack: The victimspublished at 13:31 Greenwich Mean Time 3 November 2022

    Family members and friends have described their loved ones and paid tribute to their lives.

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  4. Who are the billionaire Issa brothers?published at 15:06 British Summer Time 31 August 2022

    Zuber and Mohsin Issa's EG Group owns Britain's third largest supermarket, Asda.

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  5. How hot is it where you are?published at 10:24 British Summer Time 16 June 2022

    Compare the temperature in your area to other locations in the UK and around the world.

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  6. How Aguero became a Man City legendpublished at 12:02 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2021

    As Sergio Aguero retires after a few months at Barcelona, some of his former team-mates discuss his impact on former club Manchester City.

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  7. Where are people being asked to do surge testing?published at 11:54 British Summer Time 13 July 2021

    People who live, work or travel in various parts of the UK are being urged to get a Covid test.

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  8. Liverpool to trial seats with safety railspublished at 18:24 British Summer Time 15 June 2021

    Liverpool are to trial seats with safety rails at Anfield because of concerns over "persistent standing" by supporters following a safety review.

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  9. Marathon litter pick leaves man with sore feetpublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 15 June 2021

    Mark Dale collected 39 bags of litter across his 26.2-mile and 10-hour litter pick.

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  10. Wire sign Tigers duo Holmes & Mata'utiapublished at 14:38 British Summer Time 15 June 2021

    Warrington are to sign Castleford's Oliver Holmes and Peter Mata'utia on three-year and two-year deals respectively from 2022.

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  11. Liverpool FC's Anfield expansion plans backedpublished at 14:26 British Summer Time 15 June 2021

    Anfield's capacity will increase by 7,000 to 61,000 following the Anfield Road Stand's expansion.

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  12. Football fan banned for yelling racist abuse at gamepublished at 11:55 British Summer Time 15 June 2021

    Sandish Shoker
    BBC News

    A Nottinghamshire man has been handed a three-year football ban after he shouted racial abuse at a Manchester City fan at a match in 2019.

    Chelsea fan Antony Crump, 28, was found guilty of intentional racially aggravated harassment, alarm and distress at Tameside Magistrates' Court on 9 June, after his trial was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

    Crump, of Hereford Close, Worksop, was banned from attending games for three years and fined £1,700.

    Nottinghamshire Police said the offence related to a match at the Etihad stadium between Manchester City and Chelsea on 23 November 2019.

    The force said the incident was reported to a steward but the exchange continued, and the racial slur was repeated again, this time witnessed by another steward and another Manchester City supporter.

    Etihad StadiumImage source, Getty Images

    Supt Suk Verma, strategic lead for hate crime at Nottinghamshire Police, said the force was determined to stamp out racial abuse and treat all reports seriously.

    "No member of society should face such abuse wherever they are, especially when at their place of work - and this applies for anyone, whether they are a professional sports player or otherwise," he said.

    "With fans hopefully continuing to return to stadiums in the coming weeks and months, this conviction is a reminder to anyone who thinks of engaging in such intolerable abuse that we will work robustly to prosecute perpetrators of hate crime and bring them to some justice."

  13. New leads investigated in 1996 bombing casepublished at 11:33 British Summer Time 15 June 2021

    A review of evidence gathered after the IRA bomb in Manchester has produced "limited" leads, police say.

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  14. Man Utd a 'laughing stock', Glazer toldpublished at 19:02 British Summer Time 14 June 2021

    Manchester United co-chairman Joel Glazer was told the club had become "a laughing stock" when he attended a fans' forum meeting for the first time.

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  15. Chief constable rejects taking the knee in uniformpublished at 17:34 British Summer Time 14 June 2021

    Greater Manchester's new top officer says such actions could affect police impartiality.

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  16. 'Very little need for strategy' after arena bombpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 14 June 2021

    An ambulance boss tells an inquiry strategic thinking was not needed after the Manchester Arena bomb.

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  17. Calls for mental health unit for mums and babiespublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 14 June 2021

    A couple say they are putting off having more children because of the lack of mental health services.

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  18. Collapsed railway station rebuild due next yearpublished at 15:31 British Summer Time 14 June 2021

    The investigation is continuing into the collapse of part of Northwich railway station's roof.

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