North West news

• Search for missing walker, 80, called off

  14-04-2025 16:43 via bbc.com
  
  Brian Fletcher, 80, has been missing since 22 March after driving to a popular hiking area.
  
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• Why did 'blacked out' helicopters fly over city?

  03-03-2026 21:57 via bbc.com
  Several residents say they were left shaken after "blacked out" helicopters landed at Media City.
  
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• Myfanwy the mammoth roamed 15,000 years ago, testing shows

  03-03-2026 20:43 via bbc.com
  Myfanwy is one of the oldest mammoths to have re-populated Britain towards the end of the last Ice Age.
  
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• Anderson phone call sealed Singh Dale's Lancs move

  03-03-2026 19:48 via bbc.com
  The chance to bowl alongside Sir James Anderson was a clinching factor in Ajeet Singh Dale's move to Lancashire.
  
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• Three jailed after boy, 15, stabbed during robbery

  03-03-2026 19:16 via bbc.com
  The victim underwent emergency surgery after being stabbed twice during the robbery, a court is told.
  
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• Salford assistant boss Bruce gets touchline ban

  03-03-2026 18:32 via bbc.com
  Alex Bruce accepts a charge of foul and abusive language towards a match official after a game at Cheltenham Town last month.
  
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• 'Very lucky' Manchester passengers back from Dubai

  03-03-2026 17:45 via bbc.com
  Families wait at Manchester Airport as the first flight arrives from Dubai since the Middle East war started
  
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• Officers awarded for arresting armed drug dealer

  03-03-2026 15:35 via bbc.com
  PC Walker says drug dealer was millimetres away from stabbing him in the neck as he lunged at police.
  
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• Man charged over alleged £12.4k Oasis tickets scam

  03-03-2026 13:45 via bbc.com
  Stephen Cavanagh, from Liverpool, is facing 17 charges of fraud linked to fake concert tickets.
  
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• Macclesfield FC ground targeted by arsonists

  03-03-2026 12:48 via bbc.com
  Firefighters were called to the home of the Silkmen in Cheshire after flames were seen over a wall.
  
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• 'Mum spent 24 hours in hospital corridor so narrow people kept knocking catheter'

  03-03-2026 12:29 via bbc.com
  The daughter of a 96-year-old woman who waited 24 hours in a hospital corridor for a bed speaks out.
  
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• Learner arrested for drug driving during test

  03-03-2026 12:14 via bbc.com
  The 26-year-old was stopped by officers after they spotted a defective brake light.
  
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• Norris, Littler and Lionesses up for Laureus awards

  03-03-2026 12:01 via bbc.com
  Lando Norris, Luke Littler and the England women's football team are among the nominees for this year's Laureus World Sports Awards with the winners to be announced in April.
  
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• Haaland? Kane? R9? Ranking the best centre-forwards this century

  03-03-2026 11:34 via bbc.com
  Who are the best centre-forwards of the 21st Century? We've had a go at trying to whittle down a pretty formidable list.
  
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• Harry Styles concert to be streamed on Netflix

  03-03-2026 11:33 via bbc.com
  The former One Direction star will sing songs from his fourth solo album live in Manchester.
  
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• Wigan full-back Field sidelined with appendicitis

  03-03-2026 11:26 via bbc.com
  Wigan Warriors full-back Jai Field faces four to six weeks on the sidelines after being diagnosed with appendicitis.
  
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• Bernard Manning club 'to become health centre'

  03-03-2026 09:16 via bbc.com
  The World Famous Embassy Club in Manchester was bought by the council from Manning's son.
  
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• Metal detectorist stumbles on sinister 'witchcraft' note

  03-03-2026 07:28 via bbc.com
  Lancashire decorator Alex Farrow made the unsettling discovery, thought to be more than a century old.
  
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• The one that got away - Carrick returns to Tyneside

  03-03-2026 07:13 via bbc.com
  Michael Carrick will very much be a Manchester United man when he takes his side to St James' Park on Wednesday night - but the boyhood Newcastle United supporter has not forgotten his roots.
  
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• Flintoff signs contract extension with Lancashire

  02-03-2026 19:38 via bbc.com
  England Lions player Rocky Flintoff is one of three Lancashire academy graduates to agree new deals with the county.
  
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• Suggested 'Welsh speakers only' condition on housing estate deemed illegal

  02-03-2026 17:50 via bbc.com
  A community council wanted a clause to only rent or sell the houses to Welsh speakers.
  
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• Who will win race for the Champions League?

  01-03-2026 22:20 via bbc.com
  England are likely to have five spots in next season's Champions League. With Arsenal and Manchester City set to take two of them, who will claim the others?
  
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• Would it be bigger gamble not to give Carrick Man Utd job?

  01-03-2026 21:40 via bbc.com
  With six wins and a draw from seven games in charge of Manchester United, would it prove more of a gamble not to give Michael Carrick the head coach position full-time?
  
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• British Iranians take to streets of Manchester hours after US-Israeli strikes

  01-03-2026 18:18 via bbc.com
  About 1,000 British Iranians attended a rally in Manchester city centre this weekend.
  
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• Drivers face delays after earlier M6 closure

  01-03-2026 13:28 via bbc.com
  National Highways say there are delays of up to an hour after the M6 was shut earlier.
  
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• Angry Ginge says Brits show city is 'place to be'

  01-03-2026 10:28 via bbc.com
  The I'm a Celebrity winner was at the music event at the Co-op Arena on Saturday night.
  
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• Town's theatre reopens for first time since 2020

  01-03-2026 08:03 via bbc.com
  Heywood Civic has undergone a £6.3m redevelopment to attract bigger acts to the stage, organisers say.
  
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• 'Rules are there to be broken': The women's team who defied football ban

  01-03-2026 08:01 via bbc.com
  The Manchester-formed team, known as The Corinthians, were determined to play the game they loved.
  
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• Carrick not interested in personal Glasner duel

  28-02-2026 23:35 via bbc.com
  Manchester United interim boss Michael Carrick comes up against one of the major contenders for the permanent job when Oliver Glasner's Crystal Palace go to Old Trafford on Sunday.
  
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• Free-scoring Semenyo takes burden off Haaland

  28-02-2026 23:18 via bbc.com
  Manchester City have often been accused of being too reliant on Erling Haaland this season. There are signs that could be changing.
  
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