Updates on Thursday 9 June
More news, sport, weather and travel updates from 08:00 on Friday
Live updates for Greater Manchester and east Cheshire have finished for the day, but we'll be back from 08:00 on Friday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel from across the region.
A few showers will continue into the night, especially in the south, but most places will stay dry.
Some mist or fog patches will form, and it will become increasingly cloudy by the morning.
School pupils received a personal message of thanks from England's football squad after they filmed an inspiring team talk ahead of Euro 2016.
Good England video message
Bury Times
Bury Times
As the two-year anniversary of Robert Hart’s death approaches this week, police are again appealing for the public’s help, external to identify the man responsible.
Police are appealing for information over burglaries in Rochdale, which they believe may be linked.
Burglaries took place in Manchester Road, Marland, from 02:00 on 3 June where cash was stolen and later jewellery was removed from an elderly victim's fingers while she slept.
Later that morning a man smashed a window and searched a property in Mulberry Close and demanded to know where the money was before leaving.
Wigan Today
Wigan Today
Solomon was regularly seen walking around the Leigh town centre, external and counted the library, various schools, Leigh Parish Church and supermarkets as regular haunts.
A dog with an exercise weight attached to his harness has been found dead in a Greater Manchester canal.
Image source, RSPCAThe Pomeranian-cross called Milo was spotted by a member of the public in water near Appley Bridge, Wigan, on Tuesday evening.
The male dog, aged about five, was wearing a blue harness to which a 1.25kg exercise weight had been tied.
The RSPCA said the animal - who had been in the canal for two weeks - was micro-chipped, but it was out-of-date.
This afternoon's top stories:
Manchester United have announced midfielder Michael Carrick has agreed terms to extend his contract to June 2017.
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One lane is closed on an entry slip road northbound at Junction 2, Bury, because of a broken-down vehicle.
More than 70,000 people are expected to descend on Manchester for the Parklife music festival at Heaton Park this weekend - and police have promised to keep people safe and prevent crime,
Image source, Getty ImagesSupt Martin Greenhalgh said: “The safety of everyone visiting the city is a priority and I’d encourage everyone to help prevent themselves from becoming a victim of crime or falling seriously ill.
“Keep your belongings with you at all times and your valuables hidden from sight. Stay alert and familiarise yourself with information inside the festival."
There is a lot of talk in the world of TV about closed sets with everyone trying to get a small glimpse of what is going on in front of the cameras.
But when Antiques Roadshow is in production, external it is the very definition of an open set.
This afternoon’s top stories:
Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Manchester’s trendy Northern Quarter has been named one of the best alternative tourist attractions in the UK - and here's why., external
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Red Devils teenage striker Marcus Rashford says "it doesn't seem real" to be part of England's Euro 2016 squad less than four months after making his Manchester United debut.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 18-year-old striker scored eight goals in 18 appearances for United before finding the net three minutes into his England debut in May.
"At Christmas, I was trying to work my way into United's Under-21s side," he said. "To be here now is just amazing."
Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Police say they are growing 'increasingly concerned' for the safety and welfare of Kirsty Allen who has gone missing, external from her home in Rochdale.
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Graeme White's career-best six-wicket haul helped Northamptonshire comfortably beat Lancashire by 76 runs in the One-Day Cup at Wantage Road.
The Red Rose county contributed to their own downfall with poor batting, including Steven Croft inexplicably running himself out on 20 when he called a single which was never on.
A dog with an exercise weight attached to his harness has been found dead in a Greater Manchester canal.
The Pomeranian-cross called Milo was spotted by a member of the public in water near Appley Bridge, Wigan, on Tuesday evening.
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