Live updates for Greater Manchester and east Cheshire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 on Wednesday with more of the latest news, sport, weather and travel.

BBC Weather

It will be rainy overnight and there's a yellow warning of snow in parts. Lows of 2C.

Following the discovery of a World War Two love letter in the lost property at Leigh's Asda supermarket, BBC North West Tonight wants to know if a pair of 1940s sweethearts actually ended up getting married.

BBC Sport

Teenage opener Haseeb Hameed says he will be realising a childhood dream when he makes his England Test debut against India on Wednesday.

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Bolton-born batsman Hameed, 19, has been chosen as Alastair Cook's latest opening partner for the first Test in Rajkot.

He will become only the second teenager to play Test cricket for England since 1949.

"Even at the age of nine I believed I would make it for England," he said.

"I guess a lot of things are meant to be and the fact it is here against India, in my parents' home state, the way it has fallen into place is amazing."

A painting by LS Lowry which has been in private ownership for 40 years has gone on display in his hometown of Salford for the first time.

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On The Sands, Berwick was painted by the artist in 1959 and was part of a 1976 exhibition of his work at the Royal Academy that opened just months after his death.

Lowry produced over 20 drawings of the North-Eastern seaside town - he first visited the town in the 1930s and continued to be a regular visitor throughout his life.

The painting depicts a pavilion that fell into disrepair in the 1990s but was saved from demolition and has now been restored as part of the town's Lowry Trail.

It will be on display in Salford for a year after being loaned to The Lowry art centre by its anonymous owner.

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Manchester's trams will stop to observe the two-minute silence on Armistice Day, Transport for Greater Manchester (TFGM) has announced.

On Friday, all trams will stop shortly before 11:00 to allow passengers and staff to take part in the silence.

TFGM also said there would be a number of "brief changes" to schedules on Remembrance Sunday to allow for a service taking place at the city's cenotaph. 

Trams will stop running through St Peter's Square at about 10:45 and resume at about 11:30. 

During the service, trams into the city will terminate at Deansgate-Castlefield, Piccadilly or Exchange Square.

Nearly 240 jobs are to be axed at Bolton Council as the authority agrees to make £12.5m of budget cuts over two years.

Image source, Bill Nicholls

Cabinet members backed the two-year plan, which will also see it dig into cash reserves for the first time.

The Labour-run authority is allocating £30m from council reserves to avoid making further cuts.

Details of the job losses are yet to be finalised but the council said it hoped to avoid compulsory redundancies.

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Plans to rebuild Wythenshawe Hall's clock tower and carry out repairs after the building was damaged in an arson attack have been submitted to Manchester City Council.

Image source, Mark Waugh

The hall suffered extensive interior and exterior damage in the fire in march.

The city council's planning application says the "philosophy of the repair project is to retain and repair as much material as possible", the external repairs "cannot be replaced exactly like-for-like".

Its listed status means any additional work has to be signed off by the secretary of state for culture, media and sport.

If planning consent is given, it's hoped work on the hall will begin in spring 2017.

BBC Sport

Teenage opener Haseeb Hameed will make his England debut against India in the opening Test in Rajkot on Wednesday.

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The match will go ahead despite the Board of Control for Cricket in India threatening to cancel the match over a financial dispute with the courts.

Lancashire batsman Hameed, 19, will become only the second teenager to play Test cricket for England since 1949.

Manchester Evening News

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A man has been convicted of murdering a 20-year-old man by stabbing him to death in Manchester.

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Ahmed Mohammed, known as Mudi, died on Crondall Street, Moss Side, in March from stab wounds to the neck and chest.

Abdirashid Boos, 23, of Broadfield Road, was found guilty of murder on Monday following a trial at Manchester Crown Court.

Two men and a woman were found guilty of assisting him.

A prison has seen a fourfold increase in the use of force by officers against inmates since 2013, a report has found.

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Inspectors reported a "marked increase" at HMP Risley near Warrington, Cheshire since its last inspection, some of which may not have been "justified".

The report, external also said new psychoactive substances (NPS) were "undermining prisoner well-being" and a fifth of inmates felt conditions were "unsafe".

Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke said the findings were "disappointing".

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• Two men and a boy appear in court accused of racially abusing a US army veteran on a Manchester tram

• The use of force by officers against inmates at HMP Risley near Warrington, Cheshire has risen fourfold since 2013, a report finds

Two men and a boy have appeared in court accused of racially abusing a US army veteran on a Manchester tram.

Juan Jasso challenged the trio over their alleged use of foul language during the incident in the city centre on 28 June.

Aaron Cauchi, 19, Robert Molloy, 20, and a boy aged 16, who cannot be named, appeared at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court.

They were bailed on condition they avoid contact and do not use the trams.

Bury Times

Bury Council has got two electric vans, external to add to its 250-plus vehicle fleet which already includes a zero-emissions sweeper and an electric tipper for collecting litter.

BBC Travel

Queuing traffic and the main road is closed, with traffic being routed around the junction and back on again, on M60 anticlockwise at J5, A5103 (Princess Parkway), because of an accident. Congestion to J6, A6144 (Sale).

More travel news here.

A fan suffered a heart attack near Old Trafford after Manchester United's Premier League game against Burnley. Now the club want to find the supporter who stepped in and "saved his life".

Chris Madden, who is said to be in his 50s, suffered the heart attack on Chester Road while making his way back to a coach.

The appeal has been broadcast on behalf of Chris's son Martin by MUTV and has since been retweeted by the club's official account. 

BBC Weather

A cloudy afternoon with rain expected later. Feeling cold with highs of 6C.

BBC Sport

Manchester City have become the first women's club in British football to average crowds of more than 2,000 over a season - but three Women's Super League One rivals saw numbers drop.

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City, who won the expanded nine-team competition in October, saw attendances increase by 50% to 2,253 in 2016.

BBC Sport figures show overall average crowds grew by 1.5%, less than the 5% reported by the Football Association., external