Merseyside

Defending champion Mesnur Suljovic and world number one Michael van Gerwen both start their Champions League of Darts campaigns with two wins.

Widnes lose in Toronto to confirm relegation after seven years in Super League, while Toulouse & London Broncos both win.

A male was taken to hospital for treatment after the blast in Speke.

A revised timetable will see many Merseyside rail stations close and some services cut during the event.

Crossing the 155-year-old toll bridge currently costs 12p but local residents fear a steep increase.

The Liverpool Waterfront car park will be taken down with 150 undamaged vehicles still trapped inside.

Live coverage of Saturday's League Two game between Tranmere Rovers and Newport County.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says he "does not expect" the Egypt international to replicate his goal-scoring feats of last season.

Preview followed by live coverage of Sunday's Premier League game between Arsenal and Everton.

Warrington announce six more players are to follow Australian half-back Tyrone Roberts by leaving at the end of the season.

Liverpool City Council backs £7.6m link road project for new £30m Isle of Man ferry terminal.

Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's Premier League game between Liverpool and Southampton.

St Helens' England scrum-half Matty Smith is set to move to another Super League club at the end of the season.

The RMT union announces further action over train guards on the South Western and Northern networks.

Liverpool ReSisters opposed an equality motion due to fears over gender self-identification.

Performers taking part in a dwarf wrestling show say they want to do something they enjoy.

Team news as Warrington Wolves host St Helens in Saturday's Super 8s fixture at the Halliwell Jones Stadium (15:15 BST).

Cristiano Ronaldo suffers the first Champions League red card of his career for Juventus - but for which games will he be suspended?

Adam Seaton, 20, went missing more than six weeks ago in Southport, Merseyside.

He was once compared to Wayne Rooney before a cocaine addiction saw George Green go from a £110,000-a-year midfielder to £80-a-game at Ossett Albion.