Updates on Monday 9 January
News, sport, weather and travel updates resume at 08:00 on Tuesday
Live updates from Greater Manchester and east Cheshire have finished for the day, but we'll be back from 08:00 on Tuesday with more of the latest news, sport, travel and weather from across the region.
Tonight will be breezy with frequent showers. There will also be some clear spells with temperatures dropping to low single figures. Lows of 5C
Snow showers are expected to develop from Wednesday evening lasting into Thursday. These, combined with strong winds, could lead to locally very poor travel conditions.
Detectives investigating the rape of an 11-year-old boy at a scout camp in the Netherlands in 1985 have issued an appeal for information.
Image source, GoogleIn March last year, police were contacted by a man from Stockport who was attacked at Scoutcentrum Buitenzorg campsite in Baarn, Utrecht, between July and August 1985.
Officers have carried "extensive inquiries" but are now appealing to anyone who might have been at the camp that summer to contact them.
Det Con Phil Hargreaves said: “Even if you didn’t witness anything, or have any knowledge of the incident, you may still have information which could be vital to this investigation."
A four-year-old boy has had to learn to walk again, external after undergoing cancer treatment.
A teacher has been struck off after admitting stealing more than £40,000 from funds given to help children with mental health needs.
Image source, Manchester Evening NewsSharon May, 46, who taught at Irlam and Cadishead College, spent the money on gift vouchers "for her own purposes", a panel found, external.
She admitted three counts of fraud at Manchester Crown Court last March and was given a suspended sentence.
A professional conduct panel said the case amounted to "serious dishonesty".
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It's the FA Cup fourth-round draw this evening, and Greater Manchester teams are well-represented.
Image source, ThinkstockThe draw takes will be shown from 19:00 on BBC Two, just before Monday night's final FA Cup third-round clash between Cambridge and Leeds United.
Here are the ball numbers:
8: Manchester City
3: Manchester United
2: Rochdale
11: Wigan Athletic (or Nottingham Forest)
28: Bolton Wanderers (or Crystal Palace)
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The volunteers retrieved five farm trailer loads, external and well in excess of 700 tyres from Ashworth Valley during a big clean up.
Simon Stone
BBC Sport
Image source, Getty ImagesYoung Manchester United midfielder Joe Riley is a transfer window target for League One leaders Sheffield United.
Blades boss Chris Wilder is looking to bolster his squad for their promotion push and Riley, 20, is set for a loan move.
However, the deal is not likely to be completed until later this month after United have played Under-23 matches against Manchester City and Liverpool.
Riley has played twice for United’s first team, making his debut as a substitute in the FA Cup against Shrewsbury last February and starting the Europa League defeat of Midtyjlland three days later.
A thief who spent a night fleecing concert-goers was foiled when doormen noticed 13 mobile phones stuffed down his trousers., external
Manchester United v Hull (Tuesday 20:00, Old Trafford)
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Image source, PAHull manager Marco Silva says Tuesday's EFL Cup semi-final first leg against Manchester United will be about "staying in the game".
“It will be a tough game at Manchester United," he said.
“We will try to bring it back here and look to progress in the competition. That is our focus."
Manchester's Everything Everything are among a number of bands sharing a government grant aimed at helping them launch their careers overseas.
Image source, PAThe four piece, who released their third album Get To Heaven in 2015, will received a share of almost £250,000 granted under the Music Export Growth Scheme.
Also receiving funds in the latest round of grants are The Saturdays' singer Vanessa White and saxophonist YolanDa Brown.
The scheme launched in January 2014 and has already awarded £1.6m of investment to promote more than 100 UK artists internationally.
John Acres
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke
A ram who'd escaped from his field in south Cheshire several days ago has been found safe and well after having a "whale of a time".
Image source, James ThompsonPaul the ram went missing from near Nantwich a week ago and his continued absence was causing concern for the family.
He'd appeared in magazines and on calendars and his owner James Thompson says he turned up in a field of female sheep.
Quote MessageWe found him, strangely enough, among about 100 ewes which he'd found, so I think that's what he may have been after - he was having a whale of a time. I think he's probably worn himself out because he's hobbling quite badly."
James Thompson, Owner of ram
The weather will improve this afternoon with the cloud thinning to allow for some sunshine. Highs of 10C.
Police officers have raised money for The Christie after a donation for the cancer hospital in Manchester was stolen.
Image source, GMPWhile attending his last chemotherapy session at the centre, Aman Chabra, 35, from Ellenbrook, was due to hand over a £300 donation from his auntie.
As the session overran, Aman forgot to give the money that was left in his car glove box and returned home.
Police said his car was broken into overnight and the £300 donation was stolen.
Local officers decided to raise funds to replace some of the stolen money and ended up donating £200.
A brother and sister found dead at the foot of cliffs in Dover have been named.
Image source, GoogleTwins Bernard and Muriel Burgess, 59, from Elton in Chester, Cheshire, were discovered at Langdon Cliffs on New Year's Day, during a search for another man, whose body was also found.
The man has been named 45-year-old Scott Enion, from Manchester. Kent Police are not linking his death with that of the twins.
Police said the deaths were not being treated as suspicious.
They have appealed for anyone who saw the twins wearing dark-coloured wet weather clothing at the top of the cliffs in the period between Boxing Day and New Year's Day to contact them.
In case you missed it, Saturday saw the the launch of The Voice on ITV - after moving from the Beeb - while Gary Barlow's Let It Shine series kicked off on BBC One.
Image source, ITVBoth shows were filmed at the MediaCityUK studios in Salford last autumn, and each attracted peak audiences of 6.9m viewers - although Let It Shine, which aims to find the five leads for a Take That stage musical, drew a bigger average audience of 6.3m.
Presented by Graham Norton and Mel Giedroyc, the show also featured the other remaining members of Take That, Mark Owen and Howard Donald, who chatted to the auditionees backstage.
