Rachael Connors
BBC News Online

That's all from Merseyside's Local Live team for today.

We'll be back with all your news, sport, travel and weather from across Merseyside from 08:00 on Friday.

Until then, have a great evening - goodnight!

BBC Weather

Dry this evening and temperatures will dip overnight to freezing, meaning a frost is likely to form in some places.

Tomorrow will get off to a chilly start - but will have a dry and settled day with plenty of sunshine.

Southport Visiter

Organisers of a Game of Thrones convention in Southport are in talks with cast members, external of the fantasy TV show to appear at the event next year.

You have your say on the ongoing Castle Street protest

Alex Quinn tweets, external @bbcmerseyside they lost all credibility when they decided to vandalise the place, homelessness? More like an excuse for "anarchy"

Lou Moore tweets: , externalPower to the people ✌️ hope over fear, no austerity #LoveActivists #Liverpool

Ashleigh Graham tweets, external: I think they're doing something wonderful. The amount of unused buildings when people are homeless is terrible!

Cheshire Police are appealing for information after a suspected arson attack on the canal footpath in Chester.

A member of the public found burnt debris near the water treatment works in Broughton.

Police said it was a chocolate tin with materials inside including nails, which had been set alight and put on a wooden railway sleeper.

This is now being forensically examined but the police are also appealing for information.

Andy Gill
BBC North West Tonight

#Bettison says neither Mr Barry nor Mr Ellaby were ppl he knew well enough to share confidences with #Hillsborough

The former senior South Yorkshire Police officer is responding to claims made at the Hillsborough inquests earlier today.

Mike Hughes
BBC Radio Merseyside Sport

Meanwhile, on the other side of Stanley Park...

Everton's Bryan Oviedo has suffered yet another injury setback after a broken metatarsal ended his season.

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The Costa Rica international was sidelined for eight months after an horrific double break of his left leg in January 2014 which ruled him out of last summer's World Cup.

Oviedo was set to make his comeback from a hamstring injury in tonight's mini-Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool's Under-21s at Goodison Park.

But boss Roberto Martinez said he picked up the injury on Tuesday in a "really innocuous manner".

Mike Hughes
BBC Radio Merseyside Sport

Liverpool defender Jon Flanagan is facing another six to nine months on the sidelines after being forced to undergo more surgery on his knee.

Image source, PA

It is a major blow for the 22-year-old defender, who will be out of contract this summer and picked up the injury in the recent All Stars Charity game at Anfield.

It's the third time Flanagan has undergone surgery on the injury he initially suffered on a US pre-season tour.

Despite the setback, Reds manager Brendan Rodgers has indicated he will be offered a new deal.

Rachael Connors
BBC News Online

Here is the latest news from across Merseyside:

• A man who claims a former senior police officer told him he was being asked to concoct a story about drunk Liverpool fans being responsible for the Hillsborough disaster says he has "no doubt" over his memory of their conversation

• A fifth potential witness to the 1989 tragedy has been identified following an appeal

• Cheshire Police are investigating a suspected arson attack on the canal footpath in Chester

• Complementary therapy treatments are being offered to cancer patients at Liverpool's Linda McCartney centre for free.

Complementary treatments are being offered for free to cancer patients at Liverpool's Linda McCartney centre as a way of relieving stress.

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It is thought therapies such as head and hand massages and reiki will help patients and their families cope better with anxiety as they undergo medical treatment.

The Cancer Wellbeing Centre was officially opened today by Margie Shields from Huyton, who was first diagnosed in 2002.

Sir Norman Bettison is shown here giving evidence at the Hillsborough Inquests.

Image source, Julia Quenzler

The former Merseyside Chief Constable, who was a chief inspector with South Yorkshire Police at the time of the Hillsborough tragedy, started giving evidence earlier. He will return tomorrow morning.

Ben Schofield
BBC Radio Merseyside reporter

#Hillsborough: Sir Norman has denied the claims made by the MBA students - 'neither was a friend, neither was a confidant', he says.

Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

Sir Norman Bettison: "I don't think that precise words can be recalled after 26 years... the comments ascribed to me I would not make"

The former senior South Yorkshire Police officer is responding to claims made at the Hillsborough Inquests earlier today.

John Barry said Sir Norman told him that he had been asked to "concoct a story" about drunk Liverpool fans being to blame for the 1989 disaster.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and supplying drugs after returning to Britain from Mexico.

Merseyside Police said the man, from Old Swan in Liverpool, was arrested at Manchester Airport as part of a continuing operation against serious and organised crime.

Merseyrail has appointed Jan Chaudhry as its new managing director after his nomination by joint venture shareholders, Abellio UK and Serco.

Mr Chaudhry, who has 25 years' experience in the rail industry, is currently deputy managing director at Abellio UK and takes up his new post in July.

Megan Key
BBC Radio Merseyside

Activists are still in a former bank building in Liverpool city centre, more than 24 hours after a deadline passed for them to leave.

The group, called "The Love Activists", has been using the old Bank of England on Castle Street as a homeless shelter for the last week.

In the last few minutes the City Council said there was room at its Whitechapel centre for all of those who are sheltering in the bank building.

Paul Burnell
BBC News

My work here is done for the day - I'm now handing over the baton to Rachael Connors on the anchor leg.

Paul Burnell
BBC News

A 15-year-old girl, who has been missing since Sunday evening, is being sought by Merseyside Police.

Talia Tasker was last seen by her family at her Mount Road home in Kirkby at about 23:00 BST.

Described as slim, around 5ft 7in, with long dark brown hair, she has links to Toxteth, Aigburth and Liverpool city centre as well as Pensby in Wirral.

A fifth potential witness, external to what happened at Hillsborough has been identified following an appeal earlier this week by Operation Resolve, the police investigation into the 1989 tragedy.

Police issued images of people who assisted some of the 96 who were fatally injured in a terrace crush at the stadium in Sheffield.

Ben Schofield
BBC Radio Merseyside reporter

I'm at the Hillsborough inquests, where former Merseyside Chief Constable Sir Norman Bettison, who was a chief inspector with South Yorkshire Police at the time of the Hillsborough tragedy, has started giving evidence.

Image source, PA