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- Updates on Tuesday 23 December 2014
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Remaining cloudy, wet and windy this evening and into the start of the night, but clearer and colder conditions will spread from the north.
Highs of 12C (54F). Check out the forecast for the next few dayshere.
Traffic is still bad at the A5036 Dunnings Bridge Road eastbound in Litherland between the A5038 Netherton Way junction and Switch Island,warns BBC Travel.
Trains are not stopping on Merseyrail at Hamilton Square due to engineering works.
A decision to take legal action against the Premier League if it refuses to move the Merseyside derby kick-off time has been deferred.
Liverpool City Council hasrequested an earlier start time to the scheduled 17:30 Everton v Liverpool clash on 7 February at Goodison Park.
It said it was seeking legal advice over where it stands if the Premier League does not bring it forward.
The juvenile Kemp's ridley turtle usually inhabits the Gulf of Mexico, but may have been "cold-stunned" by a drop in ocean temperatures off the US.
A second turtle also washed up further up the coast, at Walney Island in Cumbria.
Marine mammal expert Rod Penrose said there was a "very good chance" more could appear.
BBC Radio Merseyside
John Stones could return to Everton's starting 11 for the first of their Christmas fixtures.
The Blues face Stoke at home on Boxing Day.
The young defender is likely to return after he wasinjured at Old Trafford at the beginning of October.
The match at Goodison Park is scheduled to take place at 17:30 on 7 February, but Liverpool City Council's Licensing Committee and Merseyside Police want it to start earlier.
Police have raised their concerns about the timing of the match, which has directly resulted in it being elevated to a Category C fixture with a high risk of disorder.
An armed robber wearing a wolf mask jumped over the counter of a bookies and threatened two female staff members with a knife.
Police aresearching for the raider who took cash from the Betfred on Higher Parr Street in St Helens on Sunday night. CCTV is being analysed.
BBC News Online
Amemorial stone has now been dedicated to a Falklands War soldier from Wirral whose family have been campaigning for a posthumous bravery award.
Cpl Stewart McLaughlin, a 27-year-old paratrooper, was killed leading charges towards Argentine machine-gunners in the Battle of Mount Longdon in 1982.
The brick was laid on the People's Path at Liverpool Cathedral earlier.
St Helens Star
BBC Radio Merseyside
It's a busy shopping day on Church Street in Liverpool city centre.
Reporter, BBC Radio Merseyside
Here is Stewart, the son of Cpl Stewart McLaughlin, holding the brick which will be placed on the people's path at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral in memory of his father.
A 27-year-old paratrooper, Cpl McLaughlin was killed leading charges towards Argentine machine-gunners in the Battle of Mount Longdon in 1982.
His family said a citation from 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment was submitted for a medal but it was lost.
Earlier this year hundreds of Falklands War veterans and serving troopsmarched on Downing Street to call for the Wirral soldier to be posthumously recognised for his bravery.
The 26-year-old's goals have fired the Merseyside club to consecutive Women's Super League titles.
Dowie was the top scorer for Matt Beard's side, hitting the net 13 times last season, and was voted the FA Players' Player of the Year.
Film crews have been spotted in Lymm for the second time in less than six months.
The village is proving to be the location of choice for TV dramas aftercamera crews were spotted in Barsbank Lane for Shameless creator Paul Abbott's new show.
North West Tonight
Two men appear in court accused of the murder of off-duty PC Neil Doyle in Liverpool, the family of Tracey Mertens who was murdered outside a church in Cheshire 20 years ago make a new appeal for information and a memorial is laid at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral in honour of Cpl Stewart Mcloughlin from Wirral who was killed in the Falklands War.Watch more on BBC One at 13:30.
A turtle native to the Gulf of Mexico has been found washed up on Formby beach, theNorth West Wildlife Trust says.
The Kemp's Ridley turtle could have been carried by strong currents from warmer seas to Sefton's coastline.
Marine conservation officer Emily Baxter said: "It is rare for non-native turtles to be washed ashore in the North West, but there have been strong westerly winds over December."
It is being cared for by theRSPCA.
A HGV driver from Southport has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving following the four-vehicle crash on the M6, Cheshire Police said.
Two men remain in hospital with serious injuries after the collision involving a HGV and three cars between junctions 16 and 17 of the southbound M6 on Monday.
Three other people taken to hospital have since been discharged.
The 47-year-old HGV driver has been released on bail pending further inquiries.
This is an e-fit of a man who is believed to be one of a group of offenders who posed as police officers to steal cash from elderly people.Merseyside Police released the picture after at least five people were targeted in St Helens this month. The offenders called them on the telephone and told them to withdraw money from their bank accounts, which would be picked up by a courier later.
One of the victims, a 76-year-old woman, has helped to compile an e-fit of the bogus courier.
A Wirral soldier whodidn't receive his promised bravery medal will be recognised at a special ceremony in Liverpool later.
A brick is to be placed on the people's path at the city's Anglican Cathedral in memory of Cpl Stewart McLaughlin, who died in 1982.
His brother Mark says it is "a wonderful tribute".
Mark and the rest of Stewart's family are hoping that it will pave the way for a 30-year wrong to be righted.
Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News
PC Doyle, 36, (pictured) was allegedly attacked on a Christmas night out near the Aloha Club in Liverpool early on Friday.
Andrew Taylor, 28, of Cherry Tree Road, Huyton, and Christopher Spendlove, 30, of Brandearth Hey, Stockbridge Village, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court.
They were remanded in custody until a hearing on 6 January at the same court.
BBC Radio Merseyside
There was disappointment for Chester last night after they went out of the FA Trophy following their first round replay.
The game finished 1-1 after extra time, with Telford going through 4-3 in the penalty shoot out.
BBC Transport Correspondent
This government came to power vowing to take a pick-axe to road maintenance budgets, then ended up chucking large, emergency pots of cash at the problem every time flood water or ice opened up more potholes.
Now ministers are promisingmore money and more certainty with a budget spread out over the next six years.
Meanwhile, campaigners claim that it's not nearly enough to fix the repair backlog built up over recent bad winters.
A member of the public came to her aid after she was attacked.
She was taken to hospital and was able to tell detectives what had happened to her.
Det Insp Gary McIntyre said: "She was so brave and told detectives as much as she could before she died."
BBC Radio Merseyside
The money is being spread out between 2015 and 2021.
The Department for Transport says it wants to have a road network fit for the 21st Century.
Elizabeth Box, from the RAC Foundation, however told us how our roads are just getting too old now so repairing them is not cost-effective.
BBC Local Live
There's slow traffic on the M6 northbound between junction 21, A57 (Woolston), and junction 21a, M62 (Croft Interchange), because of an accident involving one vehicle earlier.BBC Travel News says all lanes have reopened.
BBC Radio Merseyside
Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr haveled tributes to British singer Joe Cocker.
The 70-year-old from Sheffield died after battling lung cancer.
He was best known for songs like With A Little Help From My Friends and You Are So Beautiful.
Police haverenewed appeals for information on the 20th anniversary of the death of a woman who was set on fire in a churchyard in Cheshire.
Tracy Mertens, 31, from Rochdale, was abducted in Birmingham and doused in petrol and set alight in Eaton churchyard near Congleton on 23 December 1994. She sustained horrific burns to her body and died 12 hours later.
Police are offering a £30,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.