Updates on Tuesday 10 May
More news, sport, weather and travel updates from 08:00 on Wednesday
Live updates for Greater Manchester and east Cheshire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 on Wednesday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates from across the region.
Outbreaks of rain will move northwards during the evening and may be heavy and thundery at times.
Image source, BBC WeatherIt will become drier by the end of the night.
Annabel Tiffin
Presenter, BBC North West Tonight
On North West Tonight at 18:30:
A councillor who defected from the Liberal Democrats to Labour on election night has rejected calls to resign.
Image source, Cheshire CouncilFormer party colleague Mark Hunter said Stuart Bodsworth should take the "honourable course of action" to stand down and seek re-election.
"There is no legitimacy at all. Labour haven't won Stockport under their own steam or with a mandate from the electorate at large - this happened through a defection," Mr Hunter said.
Mr Bodsworth's switch - combined with the leader of Stockport Council's Lib Dem group Sue Derbyshire losing her seat - led to Labour becoming the largest party.
Three boys who torched a high school with a takeaway box have caused "massive" damage to pupils' education, a court heard.
Image source, GMFRSTameside Youth Court heard Cromwell High School in Dukinfield will not reopen until the end of the year.
The court was told the boys walked into the school set fire to a rope with the foodbox while the caretaker still inside the premises.
A 14-year-old boy and two 15-year-old boys will be sentenced on 20 May.
A man has appeared in court charged with murder after the body of a 44-year-old woman was found in Rochdale.
Image source, GoogleAnne Marie Nield was found dead at a flat in Oldham Road on Sunday.
A 41-year-old man was remanded into custody by Bury magistrates.
Manchester United have the chance to climb above Manchester City into fourth spot in the Premier League this evening - with a win at West Ham.
It will be the last competitive game at the Boleyn Ground before the Hammers move to the Olympic Stadium.
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Manchester Evening News
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Teachers at two high schools have gone on strike over redundancies, external.
This afternoon's top stories:
A woman who was found dead in a flat in Rochdale was "very outgoing and friendly".
Image source, GoogleAnne-Marie Nield, 44, was found at a flat in Oldham Road on Sunday. A man, 41, has been charged with murder.
Paying tribute, Ms Nield's family said she was a "loving daughter and sister who would be greatly missed".
Several footballing legends will be playing at a charity football match in Oldham tonight in aid of a young player who was left with a damaged spinal cord.
Image source, PAEllis Robinson, 17, was training with Rochdale Academy when he was injured and has been told he may never walk again.
Ray Wilkins, Trevor Sinclair and David May are among those who will be playing at Boundary Park this evening - alongside former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes.
The government has reaffirmed its commitment to a HS2 station close to Manchester Airport.
Image source, Getty ImagesDetails of the route are expected to be published later this year. There had been reports the station could be shelved.
The government said its position "has not changed" and supports a station at Manchester Airport.
Quote MessageOur position hasn’t changed – the government still supports a station at Manchester Airport.
Robert Goodwill, HS2 Minister
Two men charged with murder are to face a retrial after a man was shot outside a pub in Greater Manchester.
Image source, Greater Manchester PoliceKieran McGrath, 26, was shot after leaving the Sheldon Arms pub in Ashton-under-Lyne on 4 October 2014. He drove to a police station but died later.
Three men were convicted of Mr McGrath's murder after a trial at Liverpool Crown Court but the jury was unable to agree verdicts over Remi Adams, 34, and Scott Chapman, 27.
The pair both deny murder and will be tried at Manchester Crown Court on 4 October.
Today's top stories:
The interim mayor of Greater Manchester, Tony Lloyd, has called for clarification about the planned stations for the proposed high-speed railway line, HS2.
Image source, PAThe Sunday Times reported that stations at Manchester Airport and Sheffield's Meadowhall Shopping Centre might be axed, external to keep costs down.
Mr Lloyd said not having a station at Manchester Airport would be short-sighted.
A woman was picked up by a car and raped in Oldham.
The victim, who is in her 30s, got into a white five-door car in Middleton Road about 22:55 on 2 May. She was driven to Featherstall Road and then raped inside the car, police said.
The attacker is described as Asian, between 32 and 42, with a trimmed black beard and black shaved hair.
BBC Sport
Wigan and England full-back Sam Tomkins has vowed not be a "weak link" when he returns from his long-term injury.
Image source, SWPIX.COMTomkins has been out of action for nine months after suffering a knee injury playing for New Zealand Warriors.
The 27-year-old, who agreed his return to Wigan for a fee of over £200,000 in April 2015, will be in the squad for Friday's game against Hull FC.
Anti-social behaviour and crime associated with legal highs more than doubled in Cheshire between 2013 and 2016, a Freedom of Information request by the BBC has found.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe impact of the drugs - such as Spice, Clockwork Orange and Nitrous Oxide - on police forces across England have been revealed ahead of a blanket ban on the products, which will come into effect in weeks.
Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has apologised - after a mock suicide bomber pretended to be Muslim - during a counter-terrorism exercise at the Trafford Centre.
Row over use of muslim as terrorist in drill
An officer was heard using an Islamic phrase just before he pretended to blow himself up.
Members of the Muslim community have accused the police of racial stereotyping - and called for an urgent explanation.
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