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. Man charged over Arndale Centre knife attackpublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    Three people were stabbed at the Manchester shopping centre, prompting a large police response.

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  2. Gundogan gifts bonus to childhood clubpublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    Ilkay Gundogan donates the bonus he received for helping Manchester City win the Premier League to help his childhood club fund a new artificial pitch.

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  3. Testing and vaccine push in north-west Englandpublished at 12:19 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    Extra support - including surge testing and vaccine buses - are provided to Covid hotspot areas.

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  4. Cheshire leaders 'serious concern' over vaccinespublished at 20:30 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    They have claimed that poor supply means that they are "now operating at only a fifth of capacity".

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  5. The struggle of house hunting as prices soarpublished at 18:39 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    First-time buyers share their experiences of trying to get on to the housing ladder.

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  6. Arena bomb scene 'unsuitable' for treating victimspublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    The Manchester Arena bomb scene was so dark it made it harder to treat casualties, an inquiry hears.

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  7. North West to get extra help to fight Covidpublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    The measures include military support and in-school testing in areas hardest hit by the Delta variant.

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  8. Proposed splitting of city constituency condemnedpublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    A Labour MP and a Conservative chairman object to plans to carve up the City of Chester constituency.

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  9. Police domestic violence scheme 'dangerous'published at 16:28 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    A woman criticises a new police scheme which allows domestic abusers to meet their victims.

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  10. Will T20 Blast still provide the thrills?published at 16:26 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    With the launch of The Hundred on the horizon, the T20 Blast begins on Wednesday with the aim of providing fireworks of its own.

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  11. Boundary shake-up to bring changes on Merseysidepublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    A changed map could bring small but possibly significant changes to the area's representation.

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  12. Plumber turns garden into public Covid memorialpublished at 12:02 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    A fundraising plumber opens up his front garden as a space for people to remember loved ones.

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  13. Windrush victim wrongfully pursued by governmentpublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    Rupert Everett's daughter says she is "desolate" her father is not alive to read a critical report.

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  14. Drink-drive arrest after ambulance crashpublished at 10:06 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    A woman and three men fled the scene after a car and ambulance collided in the early hours.

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  15. Allott to leave director of cricket rolepublished at 09:28 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    Former Lancashire and England bowler Paul Allott is to step down as the county's director of cricket.

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  16. Supercar seized by police at seaside car meetpublished at 19:59 British Summer Time 7 June 2021

    The black McLaren was seized after hundreds of vehicles descended on a car meet.

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  17. Paramedics 'were not struggling' after Arena bombpublished at 18:09 British Summer Time 7 June 2021

    Chris Hargreaves says having more medics "would have helped" after the Manchester Arena attack.

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  18. 'Super-spreader' warning for Euro 2020 fan zonepublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 7 June 2021

    Concerns are raised about hundreds of fans gathering in an area where Covid cases are surging.

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