Merseyside Police bust illegal rave in woods near Preston

Drugs, music speakers and a weapon were all seized after police busted an illegal rave in a Merseyside wood. Around 20 brazen coronavirus rule breakers turned up to the secluded party which ran into the early hours on Valentine’s Day. Police stormed the rave at Whiston woods, near Cumber Lane, after a tip-off just before … Read more

Gym boss in Tier Three-hit Merseyside vows to REFUSE order to close as it will damage health

Owners of a gym in Tier Three-hit Merseyside are going to refuse the government’s call to shut – saying their members’ mental health and physical wellbeing is important to tackle Coronavirus. An open letter published online by Chris Ellerby-Hemmings, Thea Holden and their team at EmpoweredFit in Greasby, Wirral, say they should be supported. The … Read more

Moment dog knocks over baby Elena in Merseyside

No walkies for you! Moment Olive the dog knocks over baby Elena as she takes her first wobbly steps Kylie Cousins was filming her daughter Elena’s first tentative steps on her phone As her one-year-old daughter stood up unsteadily, her pet dog Olive approached Olive excitedly jumped at the toddler who was struggling to stand … Read more

Man is arrested for murdering woman, 45, in Merseyside after she was found injured and later died

Man, 47, is arrested for murdering woman, 45, who died in hospital after being found ‘bleeding heavily from neck injury’ at house on Merseyside Emergency services arrived at Moorland Road, Maghull, Merseyside last night It is believed the woman collapsed on the driveway of a home with neck injuries  A man, who is said to … Read more

Mystery as bizarre 15ft creature with ‘flippers’ and ‘fur’ washes up on beach in Merseyside

Mystery as bizarre 15ft creature with ‘flippers’ and ‘fur’ washes up on beach in Merseyside An unidentifiable creature washed up on a beach in Liverpool on Wednesday The 15-foot long headless beast is furry, has flippers and is badly decomposed Locals have speculated that it is a woolly mammoth, a walrus – even an alien By Clare … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: If you can survive the Merseyside walk of shame, Orkney’s a cinch 

No red carpet for Boris Johnson in Orkney. No welcoming waves nor friendly hurrahs. There was barely so much as a cheery ‘och aye!’ The greeting he received, in fact, as his Presidential-style motorcade zoomed through the southern west town of Stromness, was as chilly as the sea breeze and twice as salty. PG Wodehouse … Read more

Fears grow for missing teenagers who vanished from their Merseyside home weeks ago

Fears grow for teenagers, 15 and 17, who vanished from their Merseyside home weeks ago as officers say they could be hundreds of miles away in Scotland Police are growing increasingly concerned for the teenagers’ whereabouts  Obakeng Sitole, 15, and Jordan Goode, 17, have not been since early April  A spokesperson from Merseyside police confirmed … Read more