More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday 13 June
Updates on Friday 10 June
Live updates for Greater Manchester and east Cheshire have finished for the day, but we'll be back from 08:00 on Monday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel from across the region.
It will be fairly cloudy for most, with some showers, particularly early and late in the night.
Image source, BBC WeatherSome of the showers could be on the heavier side and feeling muggy.
Annabel Tiffin
Presenter, BBC North West Tonight
On North West Tonight at 18:30:
Police have issued warnings to people going to the Parklife Festival in Heaton Park this weekend about the dangers of psychoactive substances - formerly legal highs - before the ban on them came into force.
Image source, Getty ImagesA total of 70,000 people are expected in Manchester this weekend as part of the annual Parklife Festival on Saturday and Sunday.
Greater Manchester Police is advising festival-goers to be alert and take sensible precautions to stay safe.
Police are trying to find relatives of a woman who died at her home in Middleton.
Terri Olivia Hind, 69, died on 9 June. There are no suspicious circumstances.
Anyone with information is urged to call the police coroner's officer on 0161 856 8497.
Greater Manchester Police has apologised for using a "distressing" photo of Liverpool fans at Hillsborough on a poster.
Image source, AFP/GettyThe image from the 1989 disaster which claimed the lives of 96 football fans was sent to police staff on Wednesday.
Assistant Chief Constable Robert Potts said he was "deeply sorry" for the use of the "inappropriate" image.
A man with Alzheimers who went missing from Droylsden has been found safe and well, police said.
Image source, Greater Manchester PoliceGeoffrey Ralph, 73, had been missing since last night at The Gardeners Arms.
Labour MP Yvette Cooper has admitted she is worried no women are standing to become the new mayor of Greater Manchester next year.
Leigh MP Andy Burnham, the Shadow Home Secretary, Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd and Bury South MP Ivan Lewis are in the race, with local members choosing the candidate in August.
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The UK's first direct scheduled flight to China from outside London has taken off from Manchester Airport.
Image source, Manchester AirportThe new 10-and-a-half hour route to Beijing will fly four times per week.
It makes Manchester the only airport outside of London with a scheduled non-stop service to mainland China.
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Police are launching a fresh review of the evidence behind an IRA bomb in Manchester, as the 20th anniversary of the blast approaches.
Image source, GMFRSThe 3,300 lb device exploded near the Arndale Centre on 15 June 1996, devastating the busy shopping area.
About 200 people were injured and no-one was killed.
Greater Manchester Police said it was now "the right time for another assessment" of the case. The force had previously concluded there was "no realistic possibility" of a prosecution.
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One lane is closed on the anti-clockwise M60 between Junction 23 at Ashton Under Lyne and Junction 22 at Failsworth, because of flooding.
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A necklace of sentimental value was snatched from an elderly woman’s neck during a robbery in Gorton.
Image source, Greater Manchester PolicePolice were called to a robbery in Deverill Avenue at 02:35 on Tuesday.
The victim, in her 70s, was asleep in her home when three men broke into the house and demanded jewellery and money.
The necklace is engraved with her late husband's date of birth, police said.
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A memorial garden is to be created to honour a popular local rugby league youth coach, external who died suddenly at the age of 49.
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Michelle Adamson
BBC Radio Manchester reporter
A family of Canada geese have gone on walkabout at MediaCityUK in Salford today.
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Patrick Ah Van scored two tries on his return from a five-match ban to help Widnes to victory at Castleford.
Image source, SWPIX.COMTries from Macgraff Leuluai, Ah Van and Chris Bridge gave Widnes a 14-6 half-time lead, with Cas loanee Paddy Flynn responding against his parent club.
Flynn scored another early in the second, but Ah Van, Lloyd White (2) and Joe Mellor tries made it 38-12.
