The RFL is concerned about the "implications for the game" if Denny Solomona leaves Castleford for rugby union side Sale.

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It's looking like a largely dry evening with sporadic outbreaks of rain, staying cloudy but mostly dry in more northern areas.

Temperatures should stay surprisingly mild, around 12C even by midnight.

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Manchester Evening News

Police were called after a raging Celtic fan attacked a Christmas tree, external in a pub.

More than 330 knives have been handed in to Greater Manchester Police during a week-long amnesty, the force has said.

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A Greater Manchester police officer who was a "key player" in a drugs ring run from his house has been jailed.

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Hemayat Enayat, 30, cultivated a cannabis farm in a house he owned in Salford and accessed the police computer to help his crime syndicate.

He admitted conspiracy to produce cannabis and conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office.

Enayat, who was sacked for the offences in November 2015, was jailed for four years at Manchester Crown Court.

UEFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against Celtic following disturbances among fans during Tuesday night's Champions League game at Manchester City.

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The Scottish side have been charged with supporters setting off fireworks and other crowd disturbances.

One fan was arrested and fined £90 after throwing a hamburger at a horse.

This case will be dealt with by UEFA's control, ethics and disciplinary body on 23 February.

Cheshire Police's Supt Martin Cleworth has said the force "don't know the final answer... of what actually happened" to Viola Beach and their manager.

Speaking after the coroner concluded the five had died as a result of a road traffic accident, Supt Cleworth said he was "sure there will be speculation", but there was no answer to why they were "tragically sent into the water".

The Cheshire coroner has said the reasons why a car carrying Warrington band Viola Beach crashed through two barriers and plunged into a canal in Sweden may never be known. 

Nicholas Rheinberg recorded conclusions of death by road traffic accident for the four band members and manager Craig Tarry who was driving the hired car. 

He said it was not for him to speculate what happened in what he described as "the most awful tragedy".

Coroner Nicholas Rheinberg has been giving his conclusions in the Viola Beach inquest in Warrington.

He has concluded 19-year-olds Jack Dakin, Kris Leonard, River Reeves and Craig Tarry, 32, died as result of head injuries

Tomas Lowe, 27, died as result of drowning.

Coroner Nicholas Rheinberg has begun giving his conclusions in the Viola Beach inquest in Warrington.

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BBC Radio Manchester

An outbreak of flu among pupils and teachers has led to Stockport's Bramhall High School closing until Tuesday.

A letter, published online, external, was sent to parents advising them of the outbreak.

The school - which has around 1,200 pupils - has 330 students and 25 staff off with the virus.

The letter advised anyone with lung, heart, liver, kidney, or neurological disease, diabetes or an impaired immune system to see their GP and seek the vaccine.

An inquest into the deaths of Warrington-based band Viola Beach has been adjourned.

The court will resume at 14:30, when Cheshire Coroner Nicholas Rheinberg is expected to give his conclusions.

Altrincham FC have been fast to advertise for a new manager after parting company with Jim Harvey on Tuesday - but fans of football computer games need not apply. 

The National League North side said it would be entertaining serious applications only and has made a point of ruling out candidates claiming to have gained experience by playing the Football Manager video game.

A Celtic fan arrested for throwing a hamburger at a police horse before the Scottish club's Champions League fixture at Manchester City last night has been fined £90, police said.

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Manchester Evening News

Calls are mounting for town hall chiefs in Trafford to scrap plans to axe school crossing patrols, external - nearly two years after almost a third were cut.

The inquest into the deaths of Viola Beach and their manager began this morning. Here's a summary of what has been heard.

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• The Warrington band (Kris Leonard, 19, River Reeves, 19, Tomas Lowe, 27, and Jack Dakin, 19) were travelling in Sweden at about 02:00 on 16 February when their car, driven by their manager Craig Tarry, 32, went through two crash barriers into a raised bridge before plunging into a canal below
• The car drove down a verge past stationary queuing traffic and through the first set of barriers about 120m (390ft) from the bridge
• It continued in a "controlled manner" at 70 to 90km/h (43 to 55mph) down the centre of the road, through a second set of barriers, 30m (100m) from the drop into the canal and crashed into the raised section of the bridge before plummeting 25m (82ft) into the water below
• The impact caused "substantial deformation" of the vehicle and scraping and damage to the underside of the bridge section. A tanker then passed over the car and "contact" between them could not be ruled out
• Tests showed there was nothing wrong with the car, the signalling, the barrier system or the procedure for raising the bridge, and the road was wet, but not frozen with ice
• Post-mortem reports revealed four died from head injuries, while Tomas Lowe drowned. There were no drugs or alcohol found in the driver Craig Tarry, and no drugs and only small amounts of alcohol found in the band members

• Members of Warrington-based band Viola Beach would not have suffered when they died as their car plunged off a bridge in Sweden, an inquest hears

• A passenger in a car involved in a collision during a police pursuit in Cheadle last month dies
• Fourteen Celtics fan are arrested in disturbances following the Scottish club's Champions League fixture at Manchester City, including one for throwing a hamburger at a police horse