Granada Cheshire

Campaigners hope that train services will be able to resume on the suspended Lakes Line in Cumbria today.

Northern Rail temporarily closed the line, which runs to and from Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme and Windermere. It is running a replacement bus service until July 2nd.

However local MP and former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron says a trial run of a temporary service by West Coast Railways was a success over the weekend, and "the ball is firmly in the Department for Transport's court" about whether a shuttle service from Oxenholme to Windermere could start from today.

Cumbria County Council have previously said that trains should start to run by Northern Rail on the Lakes Line again by early July.

The service was suspended for four weeks - prompting protests from residents.

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A man has been charged with murder following an incident in Ellesmere Port.

Daniel Renshaw, 27, of Drake Road, Neston, has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Chester Magistrates Court.

Cheshire Police said the charges follow an incident at an address on Seymour Drive, Ellesmere Port, in the early hours of Thursday.

Police and paramedics attended the scene and on arrival the victim, who has been named as Graham Renshaw, 52, was found with serious injuries.

He was taken to the Countess of Chester hospital but sadly died a short time later.