Moment crowds at River of Light sing Don't Stop Me Now in the rain
Amanda Grant says her family were soaked and wanted to go home until they saw this
I spoke to Amanda Grant about this βmagical momentβ she and her family experienced on a rainy visit to see the River of Light installation in Liverpool. She said the video she captured just shows βyou can't dampen a Scouser's spirit"
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Sheep are grazing on a hillside with trees all around.
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a man in a black vest is pointing at something .
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Oh my, do you think Iβd be able to go on placement with the BBC concert orchestra for next yearβs proms. I could maybe play triangle for the John Williams movie music night, which I am absolutely
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Liverpool: Teen in tears after going on stage with Coldplay
AJ Murphy says he will
It was such a privilege to talk to young DJ AJ Murphy about being invited to join Chris Martin on stage at Coldplayβs Wembley Stadium concert last night
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'My brother walked out the door and vanished'
The family of James Miller say the last sighting of him was on CCTV more than four years ago.
Thank you to Emma Miller for talking to me about her brotherβs disappearance nearly five years ago. She said her family βholds on to hopeβ that they will see him again.
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'It's amazing to finally go to an Everton game with my son'
Thanks to a sensory suite at Everton's new stadium, Joe Thompson can attend matches with his family.
βI have always wanted to bring him since he was little and I just never had the opportunity.β
A family speak about the difference a sensory room at @evertonfc.comβs new stadium has made to them.
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Lancashire Police advises greeting customers deters shoplifters
Lancashire Police issues advice for shop owners as shoplifting levels have
Shop owners should greet customers as soon as they enter a store in a bid to deter shoplifters, police have advised
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Sister's mix tape left Elbow's Guy Garvey in tears - BBC News
Guy Garvey cried in a Manchester canteen after hearing the mix tape over lunch in the late 1990s.
"It all started off with stuff I'd heard that he hadn't that I knew he was going to love.β
The sister of Elbow frontman Guy Garvey has told how his love of music was inspired by mix tapes she made for him, beginning in the 1980s.
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Alder Hey opens clinic for children's ketamine abuse
It is believed to be the first of its kind in the country, an Alder Hey paediatric consultant said.
βWe've had to expand Friday's clinic to put in some extra slots as we have had so many children referred in.β
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Reform's Amanda Clare charged with assault and criminal damage
The councillor has been charged in connection with an incident at a Pride event, police said.
Reform UK councillor Amanda Clare has been charged with assault and criminal damage after an incident at a Pride event.
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Manchester: Researchers help uncover ancient Egyptian city
A cooking pot containing the remains of a 4th century BC fish stew are among the artefacts found.
βWhen you take it out of the ground and you are the first person to touch it in 2,500 years then it does give you a bit of a jolt."
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'Dad's ashes are in the neck of my guitar'
Mark Wood's friend, Sam Orr, worked some of his dad's ashes into the neck of his Fender Telecaster.
βI wish dad was still here but doing this makes me feel like he's always going to be here with me and you have always got your memories.β
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Calls for Reform UK councillor's suspension over 'Hitler' post
Two Lancashire Labour MPs condemn a post on a newly elected councillor's Facebook page.
Two Labour MPs have called for Reform UK to suspend one of its newly elected councillors after a photo of Adolf Hitler was shared on his official Facebook page.
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Cheshire woman found a lump in her breast while watching Bake Off
Vicky Green says she is
βI'm so grateful that I found it that day because we got it quickly before it had a chance to spreadβ
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Liverpool Premier League parade: route, transport and times
The what, where and when of the Reds' Premier League trophy parade and celebrations.
Premier League champions Liverpool will parade through the city on an open-top bus, it has been announced
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Melsonby Hoard: Iron Age 'bling' shows wealth of northern tribes
The Melsonby Hoard shows tribes had
βIt just bumps up the power and prestige of these tribal groups in North Yorkshire and it makes them even more glamorousβ
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Liverpool: 'I lost my son to gambling-related suicide'
John Myers says he wants to stop other families from
βIf I can stop one family from going through what we went through then I have done a good thing.β
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Viral 'Wakey Wines' Tik Tok off-licence goes up for sale
Azar Nazir, the owner of
Azar Nazir, who has earned over 900,000 followers on Tik Tok, told me that running the shop had affected his mental health and he felt it was "time to move on" from Wakey Wines
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A long-haired tabby cat sits on a fence looking into the distance. The wind is blowing her fur and there is a tree behind her.
Happy Caturday!
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Daffodils in a small glass bottle on a coffee table
A mosaic says Cymru Wales and includes the Welsh flag and images including a castle, daffodil and rugby ball
Dydd GΕ΅yl Dewi Hapus! Happy St Davidβs Day! πΌ π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ πΌ
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Four north-west of England councils to get extra government support
Cheshire East, Halton, Trafford and Wirral councils are deemed to require additional financial help.
Four financially struggling councils in the north-west of England are to receive millions of pounds in additional funding from the government.
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Monmouthshire: No 20mph roads to return to 30mph, council says
The authority says its
A council has rejected calls to raise the default 20mph speed limit on a number of roads in Monmouthshire, Wales
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Southport attack family 'reached out to me', says Nottingham mum
Families who lost loved ones in Southport and Nottingham are in
The mother of a student killed in the Nottingham attacks said she had spoken with the family of one of the three young girls murdered in Southport last summer
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Blackpool: Energy firm to begin work on closing fracking site
Cuadrilla says work will start in February - around two months after the deadline set by the council.
Energy firm Cuadrilla has announced it will start work on plugging the UK's only two shale gas wells in February - around two months after the deadline for doing so passed.
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