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. Family of 12 ducklings saved from drainpublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    The family of 12 ducklings are reunited with an anxious mother duck after they fell into a drain.

  2. Former mayor rejects criticism of city councilpublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Joe Anderson rejects the description of aspects of Liverpool City Council as "dysfunctional".

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  3. Man Utd's Fred racially abused onlinepublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Manchester United midfielder Fred is racially abused on Instagram after his side's defeat by Liverpool on Thursday.

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  4. Murder suspects released after 'unexplained' deathpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Four people arrested on suspicion of murdering a 58-year-old woman have been released, police say.

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  5. Boy’s organs donated after lightning strike deathpublished at 12:12 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Matt Banks says his son Jordan's "kindness has meant that three other children may be able to live".

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  6. Man with dementia sentenced for neighbour's murderpublished at 10:11 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Alan Fare, 73, murdered 58-year-old Mandy Houghton with a hammer in her home in Nelson.

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  7. Man who sent dealer £16k in kettle told to behavepublished at 10:11 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Dillon Atkin, 27, posted the money in a "ridiculous escapade" to pay off a drug debt, a court hears.

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  8. Boy, 15, charged with manslaughterpublished at 07:14 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Connor Dockerty, 23, died in hospital after he was found with stab wounds to his chest in Huyton.

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  9. 'Overcoming my silence led me into speech therapy'published at 01:55 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Niamh Foy was unable to speak to classmates at school, but finding her voice led her to help others.

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  10. Hundreds protest at Man Utd before gamepublished at 23:40 British Summer Time 13 May 2021

    Hundreds of Manchester United fans protest against the club's owners while the team and Liverpool arrive at Old Trafford for a Premier League fixture.

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  11. Liverpool boost top-four hopes with winpublished at 22:53 British Summer Time 13 May 2021

    Roberto Firmino scores twice as Liverpool boost their hopes of a finishing in the top four of the Premier League by beating Manchester United at Old Trafford.

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  12. Aguero in talks with Barcelona - Balaguepublished at 20:42 British Summer Time 13 May 2021

    Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero is in talks about joining Barcelona, says BBC Sport's Guillem Balague.

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  13. Shirt tribute for boy who died in lightning stormpublished at 20:26 British Summer Time 13 May 2021

    Liverpool players remember keen footballer Jordan Banks who died in Blackpool.

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  14. The cloud gardener who has an 18th floor oasispublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 13 May 2021

    Jason Williams turned to gardening to help with anxiety and depression during lockdown.

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  15. 'I'm grateful for the three years extra'published at 18:01 British Summer Time 13 May 2021

    Sir Alex Ferguson says he is "grateful for the three years extra" he feels he has had after surviving a brain haemorrhage in 2018.

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  16. Arena police chief 'persistently called' for aidpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 13 May 2021

    Insp Mike Smith tells an inquiry he asked paramedics to attend the foyer after the Manchester bomb.

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  17. Murder arrests after woman found dead at housepublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 13 May 2021

    Three men and a woman are being held on suspicion of murdering the 58-year-old woman.

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  18. Liverpool reappoint former boss Beardpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 13 May 2021

    Liverpool reappoint ex-boss Matt Beard as their new manager following the conclusion of the Women's Championship season.

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  19. 'We're hoping that things will turn round'published at 13:51 British Summer Time 13 May 2021

    Residents say Bolton "has just been very unlucky" as it braces itself against a surge in Covid cases.

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  20. Murder charges over man's home intrusion deathpublished at 12:48 British Summer Time 13 May 2021

    Thomas Edmunds, 36, was found unconscious in his house in Kirkby, Merseyside on Sunday.

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