Updates on Monday 6 June
More news, sport, weather and travel updates from 08:00 on Tuesday 7 June
Live updates from Merseyside and west Cheshire have finished for the day, but we'll be back from 08:00 on Tuesday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel from across the region.
There'll be plenty of dry and clear weather this evening and it may feel muggy for some as temperatures remain high.
But that's all set to change tomorrow as the Met Office has issued a yellow warning for rain in Merseyside and Cheshire with heavy and thundery downpours in the afternoon.
The Guardian
Liverpool-born playwright Sir Peter Shaffer, whose critical and popular successes in the West End and Broadway included Equus, Amadeus, and The Royal Hunt of the Sun, has died aged 90, external.
Everton's hopes of unveiling Ronald Koeman as their new manager appear to be on hold, external as the Dutchman has gone on holiday again.
Police believe they have identified a man whose body was found in Southport Marine Lake on Saturday.
Image source, GoogleHe is believed to be a 58-year-old man from the Merseyside area, and officers are now attempting to trace his next of kin.
A couple and their dog were rescued after being cut off by the tide on the Wirral coast.
Image source, RNLI/Bob WarwickThe couple and their pet, Daisy, were trapped on a sandbank near Leasowe Lighthouse, with the RNLI New Brighton hovercraft responding to a call at 21:30 on Sunday.
Lifeguard Graham Sale said the couple were saved in time, but warned of the dangers of the quickly-rising tide.
This afternoon's top stories in Merseyside and west Cheshire:
Police and fire crews are currently in the process of removing a body from the River Dee, external in Chester.
A grandmother who died in a shark attack off the Australian coast had emigrated from the UK five years ago, it has emerged.
Former University of Chester lecturer Doreen Collyer, 60, was scuba diving in Perth when she was attacked on Sunday.
It is thought she was killed by a 16ft (5m) great white shark, ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) has reported.
Image source, EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY/GOOGLE MAPSA missing Southport woman, who had been missing since being in Hey Amigos bar in Southport on Saturday, has been found safe and well, external.
A plan to secure the future of Liverpool's Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Market has been unveiled.
Image source, GoogleUnder the proposals, the market in Old Swan would move from Edge Lane to a new, as yet undecided site, including facilities designed to attract new traders and customers.
The current site will be redeveloped to include a police building -replacing the one on Smithdown Lane - space to rebuild St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School and new homes on a brownfield site.
The report will be considered by the council's cabinet on Friday.
Today's top stories in Merseyside and west Cheshire:
BBC Travel
One lane is closed and there is queuing traffic on the M56 eastbound between Junction 15 and 14 beacuse of an accident.
Cheshire Police has begun its annual crackdown on drink and drug drivers.
The initiative, which this year coincides with football's Euro 2016 competion, is set to run until 10 July and will see officers target drivers who they believe may be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
BBC Travel
There is heavy traffic on A557 Weston Point Expressway eastbound in Runcorn between the A5126 Weston Link junction and Runcorn.
A charity which provides support to carers in Wirral is calling on the government to invest more money in the system.
Research carried out nationally has found almost half of carers have struggled financially, while 51% say they've let a health problem of their own go untreated.
The findings have been released as part of National Carers Week.
A shotgun was found buried, external in a garden in Halewood.
Police were alerted after a member of the public reported the discovery of what appeared to be a shotgun buried in a garden in Tarleton Close on Saturday afternoon.
The eight-bedroom mansion owned by Cilla Black has been put on the market for £4.35m, 10 months after her death.
The house in Denham, Buckinghamshire, is set on 17 acres of land and boasts an indoor pool and spa, paddock, tennis court and a detached two-bedroom cottage with its own garage.
The 72-year-old singer, who was born in Liverpool, died in August 2015 after falling and hitting her head at her villa in Spain.
Perfect day for sailing! Thanks to Weather Watcher dawstop for this photo of Hightown - and there's not a cloud in the sky in Aughton where temperatures are up to a whopping 25C.
Have you got any pictures of the weather you'd like to share? Why not join the BBC Weather Watchers and upload your reports.
A "devoted and loving" British grandmother has been killed in a shark attack off the coast of Australia, according to reports.
Image source, ReutersUniversity lecturer Doreen Collyer, 60, was scuba diving off the coast of Perth, Western Australia, on Sunday morning when she was reportedly attacked.
It is thought she was killed by a 16ft (five-metre) great white shark, according to ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
