Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in Pride events in the UK and mainland Europe, a week after a deadly extremist attack on a Pride festival in Berlin.
Police are hunting for a man who escaped custody before a court appearance in Liverpool.
In the end it wasn't close. Labour's Bev Craig comfortably held the Greater Manchester (GM) mayoralty, vacated last month by Andy Burnham.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life following an apparent explosion at a block of flats in Ipswich, Suffolk Police have said.
This month, people across Europe will have the chance to see their first solar eclipse in nearly three decades.