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. Injuries meant not our year - Klopppublished at 22:31 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says Manchester City would not have won the Premier League this season if they had to deal with his side's injury crisis.

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  2. Ship declared a wreck after 'devastating' damagepublished at 21:52 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    The ship's owners say it suffered a "horrendous pounding from both wind and sea" on Thursday evening.

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  3. Police worker charged in anti-corruption probepublished at 20:49 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Natalie Mottram is charged with unauthorised access to computers and perverting the course of justice.

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  4. Maths graduate jailed for owning bomb-making bookpublished at 18:28 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Oliver Bel was arrested after posting on Facebook that he wanted to "go on a spree", a court hears.

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  5. Man murdered neighbour in motiveless attackpublished at 17:58 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Andrew Claydon has never explained his "callous and cowardly attack" on Matthew Pearson, police say.

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  6. Council offers over-18s vaccinationspublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Manchester begins a jabs surge to try prevent infections rising to levels seen in nearby Bolton.

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  7. Man City fan, 15, will help present PL trophypublished at 16:48 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Manchester City fan Jake Tindale, who is recovering from brain surgery, will join the team on Sunday to help celebrate their title success.

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  8. Four games rained off in Championshippublished at 16:43 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Rain abandons day two in the Derbyshire-Durham, Northants-Lancashire, Gloucestershire-Somerset and Notts-Worcestershire games.

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  9. Tyre firm boss 'had ringside seat' as student shotpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Aya Hachem, 19, stopped and gave way to cyclists moments before she was shot dead, a court hears.

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  10. Woman jailed for partner's stab deathpublished at 15:52 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Farieissia Martin admits manslaughter after her conviction for murdering Kyle Farrell was quashed.

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  11. 'Pep is one of us' - Lawro's final-day Premier League predictions v Noel Gallagherpublished at 15:41 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Mark Lawrenson takes on Noel Gallagher to make predictions for Sunday's final round of Premier League fixtures.

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  12. Three jailed for murder of boxer shot in streetpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Cole Kershaw, 18, was shot in the chest while he was trying to escape after a car chase in Bury.

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  13. Huge fatberg 'eaten from inside out' in removalpublished at 14:34 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    A new method to remove fatbergs sees a 200-tonne "unflushable" mass cut to pieces in a sewer.

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  14. Maguire 'unlikely' to be fit for finalpublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he does not expect Harry Maguire to be fit enough to play in the Europa League final.

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  15. Listen: Wolverhampton v Belle Vue in SGB Premiershippublished at 13:08 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Listen to BBC Radio WM commentary as Wolverhampton host Belle Vue in the Speedway Great Britain Premiership.

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  16. Baby boy found dead on golf course is buriedpublished at 12:02 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Police are trying to trace the family of the baby, whose body was found at the course in January.

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  17. Arena attack survivors share their stories of hopepublished at 11:03 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Survivors of the Manchester attack talk about rebuilding their future four years after the atrocity.

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  18. Zoo celebrates first red-bellied lemur birthpublished at 09:39 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    The baby's arrival as the first of its kind at Chester Zoo makes it "extra special", a keeper says.

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  19. Healing through nature after the arena attackpublished at 06:29 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Jenny Howarth and Rob Grew use nature and animals to heal after the Manchester Arena attack.

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