North West unemployment up
The number of unemployed people in the North West rose by 18,000 in the three months to February 2012.
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Clean up continues on the Wirral after bad weather
A full-scale recovery operation is continuing across the parts of Wirral affected by yesterday’s severe weather.
The forecast for the weekend
The weather forecast for this weekend
Report reveals high death rates in Blackpool hospitals
Sixteen NHS trusts in England have higher than expected death rates including Blackpool major report has revealed.