Hoop dreams for Liverpool boy impressing NBA scouts

Police bodycam footage released by the CPS shows the moment Derek Drummond hit a police officer.

A laboratory in Cheshire is pioneering new ways to replace animal testing.

Four of the candidates vying to become mayor of the city region take part in a BBC special debate.

A £20m sea wall "spectacularly failed" to stop homes and businesses flooding, a councillor says.

The giraffe is captured playing with the rest of the herd on its first outing at Chester Zoo.

Two Andean bears, who enjoy honey and peanut butter, have moved into Knowsley Safari Park in Prescot.

The birth of a rare giraffe has been captured on CCTV at Chester Zoo.

A school in Chester puts pre-loved prom dresses on the catwalk and sells them off for charity.

A mother-of-two suffers from a rare condition in which everyday sounds cause her "crippling" pain.

Music mogul and model railway enthusiast Pete Waterman shares his 57-year-old passion for the pastime.

Southport teenager Astrid Smith, 14, joins the same record label as Kylie Minogue.

The restaurant owner says people were sitting at the window moments before a car ploughed through it.

Darts sensation Luke 'The Nuke' Littler says he hopes he can inspire more youngsters to play the game.

Islam Alashi surprised her children at their school in their first meeting in three months.

Spectators watched the partial demolition of the landmark Fiddler's Ferry power station.

A rhino's daytime arrival gives Chester Zoo's keepers a rare chance to catch a birth on camera.

A Chester cinema's design is influenced by the eccentric auteur and his film The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine houses about 200 venomous snakes.

Spectators said they wanted to enjoy "being together, and spreading love and happiness".

Sir Bert Massie was a leading campaigner for equality and human rights champion for disabled people.