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. Chelsea beat Everton in Women's FA Cuppublished at 22:38 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Chelsea cruise past Everton in the Women's FA Cup fifth round - their first game following their Champions League final defeat.

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  2. Life support legal fight girl 'won't get better'published at 19:34 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    The parents of a two-year-old brain-damaged girl want to move her to Israel for treatment.

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  3. Arena police commander feared attacks on hospitalspublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Armed officers were sent to several hospitals after the Manchester Arena attack, an inquiry hears.

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  4. Northants and Lancs frustrated by rainpublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Only 16.5 overs are bowled on day one of Northamptonshire's County Championship match with Lancashire due to rain.

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  5. Teenager admits karate kicking man, 74, into riverpublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Footage of Benjamin Bridgeman assaulting the man, who was fishing, was posted on Snapchat.

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  6. Strawberry farmer tells of battle with cold springpublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    A strawberry farmer reveals the novel methods he has used to help his crop through a chilly spring.

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  7. Man dies in construction lift fallpublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    An 18-year-old, understood to be his son, was also seriously injured in the fall in Liverpool.

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  8. Poor weather impacts strawberry farm's productionpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    A strawberry farmer reveals how he has coped with the poorer weather conditions.

  9. 'Natural' for Hillsborough force to defend itselfpublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    There was no "conspiratorial" effort to remove criticism of senior officers from statements, a court hears.

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  10. Man jailed for trying to frame man as terroristpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Gerald Banyard tried to implicate his landlord's partner in revenge over a faulty boiler.

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  11. Student shot dead 'amid feud between tyre firms'published at 13:32 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Aya Hachem, 19, was "in the wrong place at the wrong time' when she was killed, a court hears.

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  12. Ancelotti pleased with Everton seasonpublished at 13:25 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti says "it will be a good season" even if his side fail to qualify for Europe.

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  13. Luxury mansions to be demolished in planning rowpublished at 10:08 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    The five mansions were found to have been built larger than allowed and harming green belt land.

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  14. Premier League striker charged with drink drivingpublished at 09:41 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Ashley Barnes was arrested hours after Burnley FC beat Fulham, securing their top-flight status.

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  15. The young women trying to heal after arena attackpublished at 06:13 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Millie and Louise are trying to make the best of their futures, four years after the Manchester attack.

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  16. Klopp glad for 'semi-final' win at Burnleypublished at 23:20 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp likens the victory at Burnley to winning "a semi-final" that takes them to Sunday's "final" against Crystal Palace and the chance to seal a top-four finish.

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  17. Legal row over ill girl's move from UK to Israelpublished at 20:49 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    The judge says he will take hostilities in Israel and Gaza into account when he reaches a decision.

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  18. Dancing through the Blitz: Blackpool's Big Band Storypublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    90-minute documentary film presented by Jools Holland, Lucy Worsley and Len Goodman, celebrating the big band sound and uncovering the social history behind the music that kept the nation's spirits up through the Second World War.

    Blackpool was one of the few resorts that remained open during the war, training troops by day and offering a welcome escape from the horrors of war.

    Featuring extracts from a specially recorded BBC4 concert given by Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra at the Empress Ballroom, Blackpool.

  19. Abedi brother demands immunity at inquirypublished at 17:58 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    The Manchester Arena bomber's brother has refused to co-operate with the inquiry into the attack.

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  20. Police chief vetting disaster reports 'was lawful'published at 17:18 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    An officer told investigators "vetting" Hillsborough police statements was lawful, a court hears.

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