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. City targeting Haaland to replace Agueropublished at 13:07 British Summer Time 31 March 2021

    Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is targeting Erling Braut Haaland as Sergio Aguero's replacement, and other options include Harry Kane.

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  2. Man charged with murder over woman's stabbingpublished at 11:51 British Summer Time 31 March 2021

    A man will appear in court later charged with killing 49-year-old Simone Ambler in Blackpool.

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  3. Boy, 15, and two adults charged after dog theftpublished at 09:59 British Summer Time 31 March 2021

    Three people, including a 15-year-old boy, are due to appear before magistrates later charged with the theft of two dogs from outside a shop.

    The dogs reunited with their ownersImage source, Cheshire Police
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    The dogs reunited with their owners

    The black Labradors were taken from the street outside a Marks & Spencer store on Beam Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, on Saturday.

    Police said, external the dogs were found in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, and reunited with their owners.

    A 37-year-old man, a 28-year-old woman and the 15-year-old, all from Stoke-on-Trent, have been charged with theft.

  4. Protester left exposed in underwear during arrestpublished at 22:05 British Summer Time 30 March 2021

    Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham asks police for a "full explanation" of Saturday's incident.

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  5. Town faces surge testing over Covid variantpublished at 21:18 British Summer Time 30 March 2021

    The government says it is taking action after the South African variant is detected in Bolton.

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  6. Nursery worker held over child sex assaultpublished at 18:36 British Summer Time 30 March 2021

    Kids Planet Nursery in Wavertree will remain closed until Ofsted is sure children can be kept safe.

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  7. Man jailed for raping 'lost in park' womanpublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 30 March 2021

    Phillip Leece initially pretended to help the woman before attacking her in secluded woodland.

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  8. Silting and low tides lead to IOM ferry disruptionpublished at 17:04 British Summer Time 30 March 2021

    Daytime sailings between the Isle of Man and Lancashire have been scrapped, the ferry operator says.

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  9. Officer accepts police control room bomb failingspublished at 16:56 British Summer Time 30 March 2021

    Staff did not communicate well with responders after the Manchester Arena bomb, an inquiry hears.

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  10. Men guilty of murdering mum in petrol bomb attackpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 30 March 2021

    Michelle Pearson died almost two years after the house fire that also killed her four children.

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  11. Lancs hopeful over Iyer shoulder injurypublished at 16:33 British Summer Time 30 March 2021

    New Lancashire signing Shreyas Iyer is to undergo shoulder surgery following his injury in India's ODI against England.

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  12. Councillors call for mayor to drop legal fees bidpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 30 March 2021

    Liverpool Labour group "totally rejects" ex-mayor Joe Anderson's bid for the city to pay his costs.

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  13. Shaw 'regrets' previous England conductpublished at 23:52 British Summer Time 29 March 2021

    Luke Shaw says he regrets "letting down" England boss Gareth Southgate in the past and wants to "focus on the future" after being recalled.

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  14. Aguero set to leave Man Citypublished at 22:04 British Summer Time 29 March 2021
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    Argentine striker Sergio Aguero will leave Manchester City when his contract runs out at the end of the season.

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  15. People enjoy the great outdoors as measures easepublished at 21:53 British Summer Time 29 March 2021

    The lifting of lockdown restrictions means outdoor sport facilities have been able to reopen.

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  16. Labour announces Liverpool mayoral election choicepublished at 21:24 British Summer Time 29 March 2021

    Joanne Anderson will represent the party in May's poll after the original shortlist was scrapped.

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  17. Former minister to lead Labour council reviewpublished at 20:45 British Summer Time 29 March 2021

    David Hanson will begin his party's review of Liverpool City Council's "failures" after Easter.

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  18. Bird flu outbreak at Cheshire poultry farmpublished at 16:21 British Summer Time 29 March 2021

    While the public health risk is "very low", officials establish a temporary restriction zone.

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  19. Council pledges reforms after government reportpublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 29 March 2021

    The council promises changes within three years following a damning report into the authority's failings.

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  20. Konate on Liverpool centre-half shortlistpublished at 13:36 British Summer Time 29 March 2021

    Liverpool are looking at RB Leipzig defender Ibrahima Konate as they seek to strengthen at centre-back this summer.

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