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Around four million people have been to see the field of 888,246 ceramic poppies surrounding the Tower of London. The installation is being dismantled today - with each poppy going to a good home.

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BBC Travel says there's queuing traffic on Parkgate Road inbound in Chester between Two Mills Traffic Lights in Ledsham and the Texaco roundabout.

There's very slow traffic on Wrexham Road northbound in Chester between the Wrexham Road junction and the Posthouse roundabout.

Two people from Ormskirk have been charged in connection with a Lancashire Police investigation into drug dealing in Skelmersdale.

A 33-year-old man from Aughton has been charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine and money laundering. And a 33-year-old woman has been charged with assisting an offender.

The senior officer who was in charge of police inside the Hillsborough stadium is due to give evidence at the new inquests today.

Former Superintendent Roger Greenwood was the officer who ran onto the pitch to speak to the referee and stop the match.

Raheem Sterling has shared the valuable instructions that Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers provided to the 19-year-old on his path to become a first-team regular for club and country.

He told the club's official website: "The best piece of advice I've been given is to live, eat and sleep football. It was great advice given to me by the manager, and it has helped me going forward."

I've been out to watch Archbishop Beck Chamber Choir sing, ahead of their concert with classical music star Andrea Bocelli at Liverpool's Echo arena next week.

The school's singers will perform on 18 November after Bocelli, the world's biggest selling classical artist, ran a competition to find amateur choirs to join him on his tour.

Liverpool City Council insists the city's open spaces aren't under threat today, as their opposition joins forces to fight proposals to sell off or build on green belt land.

Staff at a Liverpool arthouse cinema are campaigning for a salary rise after bosses agreed to pay the living wage to workers at its sister site in London.

Everton hope Gareth Barry will miss "weeks not months" with ankle injury. He's ligament damage but it is still too swollen to assess.

BBC Travel is reporting congestion in both directions along the London Road in Liverpool.

The M62 into and out of the city is also busy, with heavy traffic reported in both directions.

It's looking like a rather windy day with some dry, perhaps bright spells but also scattered showers. Some of these will be heavy and possibly thundery.

Temperatures will remain mild, with highs of 11C (51F) and lows of 9C (48F).

The senior police officer who stopped the FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough is due to give evidence at the new inquests today.

Former superintendent Roger Greenwood ran on to the pitch to speak to the referee as the disaster unfolded on the terraces.

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