More news, sport, weather and travel updates from 08:00 on Friday 17 June
Live updates from 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.
Showers will generally ease this evening, although the odd one may persist through the night. Otherwise it'll be mainly dry with some clear spells and local mist or fog patches.
A grandmother from Oldham who wrote "please" and "thank you" in her internet search has become an online sensation.
May Ashworth, 86, politely requested: "Please translate these roman numerals mcmxcviii thank you."
Her grandson Ben took a screenshot, which was shared more than 20,000 times.
She even got a reply from the search engine, Google!
People have been joking about arks after Cheshire Police tweeted an appeal to find a horse, two donkeys and a goat.
Image source, GoogleThe animals strayed on to a golf course in Alderley Edge on Thursday at about 06:50.
Responses to the tweet , externalincluded: "Due to the floods give Noah a call" and "I saw his ark passing through on Tuesday".
A spokesman said officers were unable to find the animals following a search.
Image source, TwitterEight men from Manchester have been jailed for their parts in the armed robberies of two Teesside jewellers.
Image source, Cleveland PoliceThey were members of a gang who stole watches and diamond jewellery worth £637,000 from the Market Cross stores in Yarm and Middlesbrough in November 2014 and January last year.
A fresh appeal has been launched to catch the killer of a man who was shot at a takeaway more than eight years ago.
Police are continuing to appeal for information about his death
Halton McCollin, 20, died on 22 January 2008, three days after he was attacked at China Garden in Stretford.
A renewed appeal has featured on BBC One's Crimewatch Roadshow involving his friends, father and Greater Manchester Police.
Detectives believe he was the innocent victim of mistaken identity.
With only a week to go until voters go to the polls, expats living in Spain have given their views on the forthcoming EU referendum.
About 1.3m Britons live in European countries outside the UK, with 319,000 of them in Spain.
BBC North West Tonight asked people living in Salou for their thoughts, and also spoke to tourists in the wider Catalonia region.
Expats living in Salou share their thoughts on the EU referendum
Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Dramatic images emerged of officers armed with machine guns, external, hand guns and tasers arresting five men on Platt Lane on Wednesday.
There's a lot of rain around at Old Trafford ahead of Lancashire Cricket Club's match at 18:30.
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Dianne Oxberry
Weather presenter, BBC North West Tonight
There have been more than 60 reports of lightning across the region, with very heavy downpours resulting in localised flooding.
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This afternoon's top stories:
Northern train service has said flooding at Upholland is causing hour-long delays between Wigan Wallgate and Kirkby.
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A crash involving six cars and a lorry has closed two lanes on the M60 anti-clockwise at junction 11 at Barton.
Congestion is stretching back to junction 14 at the East Lancashire Road.
Flooding is causing problems across parts of Cheshire, including Alderley Edge and Wilmslow.
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A Met Office yellow weather, external warning remains in place for heavy showers until 22:00.
There is the possibility of localised flooding, disruption to travel and lightning.
Paul Burnell
Reporter, BBC News Online
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This pub in Flixton, Trafford, is covering all bases...
The extent of the work needed to shore up the earth that was dislodged when heavy rain caused a landslip at a railway line has been revealed.
These pictures show Network Rail engineers carrying out emergency repairs on the line between Buxton and Hazel Grove.
Train services are expected to resume from 23 June.
This afternoon’s top stories:
Paul Burnell
Reporter, BBC News Online
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