Live updates from Merseyside and west Cheshire have finished for the day, but we'll be back from 08:00 on Wednesday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel from across the region.
- Updates from Tuesday 16 August
- News, sport, weather and travel updates return from 08:00 on Wednesday
There are three games featuring local sides taking place in the National League later and you can follow live coverage on the BBC Sport website by following the links below:
Barrow v Chester (kick-off at 19:45)
Boreham Wood v Tranmere Rovers (kick-off at 19:45)
Macclesfield v Southport (kick-off at 19:45)
A motorcyclist has been injured in a collision with a car in Crossens near Southport.
Police say it happened at the Plough roundabout and it was thought the motorcyclist had broken both legs.
Marine Drive has been closed in both directions between the Marshside Road junction and the Preston New Road junction, causing congestion.
A fourth person has been arrested by police investigating the stabbing of a Liverpool teenager in a street in Shrewsbury.
Michael Warham, 16, was found in Wayford Close in Meole Brace on 1 August and later died in hospital.
An 18-year-old man, also from Liverpool, was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and later released on bail, West Mercia Police said.
- Police are trying to identify a man whose body was found on a Wirral beach
- A fourth person is arrested over the death of a Liverpool teenager in Shrewsbury
- Merseytravel says it will do "all it can" to ensure that people across the area have a bus stop within 400m of their home
A rare Grevy’s zebra, a species highly endangered in the wild, has been born at Chester Zoo.
The foal arrived in the early hours of Monday morning to mum Florence and dad, Mac.
Keepers are yet to determine the sex of new arrival and so a name has not yet been chosen.
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Haseeb Hameed has become the first Lancashire player in history to score two centuries in a Roses match against Yorkshire.
- A man's body has been found off the Wirral coast this lunchtime
- Merseytravel says it will do "all it can" to ensure that people across the county have a bus stop within 400m of their home
- Liverpool have rejected a bid from Crystal Palace for striker Christian Benteke, BBC Sport understands
Merseytravel says it will "do all it can" to ensure people across the county have a bus stop within 400m of their home.
The pledge comes as it conducts a review of bus services.
Police are investigating after the body of a man was found on a Wirral beach this lunchtime.
They say the man was found on Moreton Shore, near Leasowe Lighthouse and taken back to New Brighton.
They are treating his death as unexplained.
Pianist Stephen Hough has called for classical concerts to be overhauled to attract younger audiences.
Performances should be shorter with no interval, the Wirral-born musician argues, while orchestras could drop their formal dress code.
Hough, who plays the BBC Proms next week, says the lack of new audiences has become critical.
"It's important to address this issue if we want to refresh the experience of hearing great classical music live without resorting to gimmicks."
Charities in Merseyside and Cheshire have been given a share of nearly £7m from the Big Lottery Fund.
DaDaFest, Steps to Freedom in Liverpool, Liverpool Domestic Abuse Service and the Health and Energy Advice Team are among those benefiting.
About £6.7m from the Big Lottery Fund is being shared among organisations in the North West.
- A woman is recovering in hospital after an alleged attack in Liverpool city centre early this morning
- Two men are being questioned after officers were called to reports of two men armed with a gun riding a scrambler bike in Liverpool
- A previously hidden Liverpool's St George's Hall is being opened up to visitors for the first time in over 160 years
Jurors in the case of a woman accused of murdering her love rival have retired to consider their verdict.
Sadie Hartley, 60, was stunned with a cattle prod and stabbed 40 times in Helmshore, Lancashire, on 14 January.
Ms Williams of Treborth Road, Blacon, Chester, and co-defendant Katrina Walsh, 56, of Hare Lane, Chester, deny murder.
Lord Justice Turner completed his summing up earlier before sending the jury out at Preston Crown Court.
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Warrington Council has been given over £400,000 of government funding to provide cycle training schemes for children aged five to 14.
The extended Bikeability programme will run at schools in the borough for the next three years and will allow younger children to learn the basics and those moving on to secondary school to gain independence by cycling to school and college.
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Lancashire head into the final day of their Championship Roses clash leading Yorkshire by 204 runs at Old Trafford.
Lancashire will resume their second innings on 70 without loss after bowling the visitors out for 360.
Spinner Simon Kerrigan picked up three wickets and believes they can force a win today.
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I'm at Preston Crown Court where the jury in the Sadie Hartley murder trial have retired to consider their verdict.
Sarah Williams and Katrina Walsh deny killing Ms Hartley at her home in Lancashire.
- A woman has head and face injuries after an alleged attack in Liverpool city centre early this morning
- Two men are arrested after reports of two men armed with a gun riding a scrambler bike through Aintree
- Warrington Council are given over £400,000 of government funding to provide cycle training schemes for children aged five to 14
Arrests have been made after two men were seen with a gun on a scrambler bike in Liverpool.
The bike was first seen in Whitefield Drive in Kirkby last night - it was then spotted in Maghull before it was abandoned near Switch Island.
A search of the area was carried out and a car and a scrambler bike were seized.
A 17-year-old boy and a 25-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm and unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle.
Missing Wirral man John Benson, 57, has been found safe and well in Liverpool.
Police have thanked the public for their help.
A woman has suffered head and facial injuries after being assaulted in Liverpool city centre.
She was found by emergency services after they were called to Vernon Street just before 04:00.
The 38-year-old woman was taken to hospital for treatment. Her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.The area has been cordoned off while inquiries are carried out.
Parts of St George's Hall in Liverpool are being opened up to the public for the first time in over 160 years.
The Footman Tours will take visitors down to the recently discovered "lost tunnel" below the Grade I listed building.
- Two men are being questioned by police after a suspected gunman was spotted on a scrambler bike in Aintree
- Part of St George's Hall in Liverpool is being opened up to the public for first time in more than 160 years
- Charities across Merseyside and Cheshire are given a share of nearly £7m from the Big Lottery Fund