A special report on knife crime on BBC North West at 1830. The family of care worker Daniel Fox - stabbed to death in St Helens - take their campaign for tougher laws to MPs in London. They want carrying a knife to hold the same penalty as having a gun

Asked Jeff Fairburn, CEO of Persimmon Homes about his £75m bonus today. This was his response.... BBC Yorkshire

No words! Same hole, three days later! It’s not stuck, it’s submerged! 🤬🤬🤬

Considering the season that these #sprouts had to grow in, they are top quality! #notmuchsortingrequired #allseemsworthitnow #veg #lancashire

The destruction of protected land; it is utterly unnecessary in a borough with hundreds of empty homes, capacity for thousands of houses on previously used land and a population that’s been falling for 30 years. #StHelens #LocalElection2018 x.com/kendricklomarr…

In Rainford, the plans to build 1,140 houses would see the village grow by a third, with beautiful grade 1 agricultural land lost and a huge impact on local infrastructure and public services. And almost all of the houses will be unaffordable.

Whatever the #LocalElections2018 results in #StHelens tonight, we will continue to do lots of this👇👇 until we save this 👇👇👍

The results for the Rainford ward are - Conservative win. Cllr Mussell held the seat with 1533 votes. Turnout was 37.8% #LocalElections2018

Independent candidate James Tasker wins Rainhill seat with 2164 votes. Turnout was 41.14% for the ward. #LocalElections2018

Full result for Rainford #LocalElections2018

#StHelens this is a remarkable result in the backyard of the former St Helens Borough Council leader who wants to tear up decades of successful planning policy and destroy protected land. RainhillSOGB🍃💚🍃 #LocalElection2018 #Election2018 ... Chris Holdsworth Claire Hamilton x.com/livechonews/st…

Strong message sent by voters in Rainbill about St Helens Local Plan electing the independent James Tasker x.com/sthelenscounci…

Interesting local line from tonight's elections, aside from the Trafford result: Greater Manchester plans to build on green belt definitely had an effect around the edges (including in Trafford, where Labour romped home in Flixton)

The highest turn out in St. Helens #localelections2018 saw anti-local plan candidate James Tasker win in Rainhill x.com/sthelenscounci…

Stunning result. Rainhill sent a loud message to St Helens Borough Council We are all grateful. RainhillSOGB🍃💚🍃 x.com/kendricklomarr…

It’s going to be a glorious day in beautiful Rainford 😀☀️😍 #BankHolidayWeekend #sunshine #SundayThoughts #saveourgreenbelt #loveRainford #sthelens

Still buzzing from this most amazing news 😆 x.com/sthelenscounci…