News & Sport

Binning The Booze: Brits Are Drinking Less: People in the UK are drinking less for the first time in 60 years, according to new figures.; Read the full story

ICC: Pakistan Trio 'Have Case To Answer': Cricket's governing body has pledged to stamp out corruption in the sport - as the three Pakistan cricketers caught in an alleged betting scam are quizzed by Met detectives.; Read the full story

Robbie Tops The Bill To Light Up Blackpool: Robbie Williams is due in Blackpool tonight to switch on the lights that will stay on for the next 66 days.; Read the full story

Parents Re-Arrested Over 'Honour Killing': The parents of a Muslim teenager suspected to be the victim of an honour killing have been arrested on suspicion of her murder.; Read the full story

Capello: Press Turned Me From God To Monster: England manager Fabio Capello has said the country's media has turned him from "a god" to "a monster" as the odds on him losing his job shorten.; Read the full story

Tagged Nadir To Face Trial 'In October 2011': An Old Bailey judge has said Asil Nadir could face trial in October 2011 and ordered the tycoon to wear an electronic tag.; Read the full story

'Quickie Divorce' For Cheryl And Ashley Cole: The four-year marriage of Cheryl and Ashley Cole has ended in divorce at the High Court in London.; Read the full story

Balls Calls For Spending Spree On New Jobs: Unemployment should be tackled by spending £250m on creating 200,000 jobs and placements for people out of work, Labour leadership hopeful Ed Balls has said.; Read the full story

Federer Cruises Past Beck Into Third Round Of US Open: Roger Federer's bid for a seventh consecutive US Open final remains on course after he swept aside Germany's Andreas Beck 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 in the second round in New York.; Read the full story

Features

The Forces: Smooth Radio brings you news, charity appeals and more.

Walking With The Wounded: A team of ex-servicemen who lost limbs in action will take part in Walking With The Wounded and hope to make a new record - to trek to the North Pole.

Global Challenge: Is going green really going to save the planet? Does it matter to you? We look at energy saving tips and advice and discuss the issues.

Smooth Radio Websafe: In the Smooth Radio Websafe reports, we looked into what children are really doing online.

Smooth Quizzes: From music, film and our End of the Week quizzes to all the quizzes from your favourite presenters, we offer something for everyone in our Smooth quiz section.

Movies - What's on: All the latest cinema releases, DVD releases, movie news, forthcoming releases and movie competitions. Watch the trailers for the latest movies

Weather & Travel

Northwest Weather

Friday: Mostly Sunny; Max: 20°C; Min: 10°C

Saturday: Mostly Cloudy; Max: 20°C; Min: 11°C

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Northwest Traffic & Travel

M62 (eastbound): Greater Manchester; Earlier broken down vehicle, all lanes open, traffic returned to normal

M6 (southbound): Cheshire; One lane closed and queueing traffic due to broken down 4x4

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