Like many urban areas in the UK, Merseyside has a long and notorious history of street gangs. From the Cornermen and High Rip gangs of the 19th century, to the Croxteth Crew, Nogga Dogs and Moss Edz, the self-perceived North Face “Scouse Soldiers” of t…
This list includes 23 people locked up for crimes linked to Merseyside this past week.
One judge had to sentence a KFC worker who sexually assaulted a colleague and another judge dealt with a racist yob who slashed a dad for apparently no reason.
Court…
An 11-year-old boy discovered the strangled and mutilated body of a woman dumped in a wartime pillbox.
Peter Williams, a pupil at Grange secondary school, left his parents’ home at Walby Close on the Woodchurch estate, Birkenhead, Wirral, and set off t…
Dogs can now eat and drink for free while taking in the surroundings of Sefton Park Palm House.
Matthew Connolly, alongside two others, set up ‘Sefton perk’ in a kiosk outside the venue back in July to help the café out through wedding season.
Now thei…
A building has collapsed on Anfield Road prompting a major emergency services response.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service’s (MFRS) control centre confirmed they were in attendance at an incident on Anfield Road this evening.
The building, which is und…
A busy road has been closed in both directions after a teenage boy was hit by a lorry this morning.
The serious incident, on Merton Road in Bootle, prompted a huge emergency response.
A Merseyside Police spokeswoman told the ECHO: “At around 9am, offic…
03.09.2021
A delivery truck loaded with a boom and some scissor lifts struck a bridge yesterday, ripping the superstructure from the telescopic boom lift. The truck, owned by local rental company APL, was travelling south on the M6 motorway near Haydo…
Traffic is queuing for seven miles after a crane crashed into a bridge on the M6.
The collision happened on the southbound carriageway, near junction 22 (Newton-le-Willows) just before 6.30am.
There are delays all the way to junction 26 (Orrell Interch…
A crane crashed into a bridge on the M6, causing lanes to be closed for more than eight hours.
The collision happened on the southbound carriageway, near junction 22 (Newton-le-Willows) just before 6.30am.
It caused congestion as far back as junction 2…
A BMW car, around £20,000 and other suspected criminal property were seized by police today.
Merseyside officers arrested a 41-year-old man from Greater Manchester on suspicion of dealing heroin and cocaine and possession of criminal property.
The arre…