People smuggler jailed after putting migrants to work on cannabis farm
A Vietnamese people smuggler has been jailed after putting migrants to work on his cannabis farm.
Tuan Anh Do, 55, from Manchester, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison today following investigations by the National Crime Agency.
Do had been...
Merseyside Police appeal for information on fires set at Crosby Beach
Merseyside Police are appealing for information following reports of deliberately set fires at Crosby Beach on Sunday evening.
Reports that several large fires were reportedly set in sand dunes at Crosby beach were received at around 6:50 pm.
Merseyside Fire and...
LJMU take part in study to show effects of lockdown on teenagers
LJMU and the University of Manchester have partnered up to conduct research into the effects of lockdown on teenagers.
The research project Teenagers’ Experiences of Life in Lockdown (TELL) aims to explore the experiences of 16-to-19-year old's in lockdown.
The results of the project vary with teenagers giving different examples of positives and...
On this day, 1974: former Wirral school-boy Harold Wilson becomes PM for the second...
Merseyside in the 1960s and 70s was hotbed of culture and activity. Not only did the city have their most famous export topping the charts, but one of their adopted sons was top of the government. Twice.
Harold Wilson is...
“Staff are exhausted” Life as a Liverpool critical care nurse during Covid
With infection rates still high, and hundreds in Merseyside hospitals battling Covid, one critical care nurse offers an insight into how our medical teams are coping.
Dr Colin Jones has worked in nursing for 41 years and is a Senior...
Liverpool sets out roadmap for better future after Covid-19 pandemic
Liverpool has set out a post-pandemic roadmap to recovery which will build a better, brighter and fairer future for all.
Ten pledges have been set out which aim to make the city’s communities, residents and businesses thrive.
The pledges will be...
“I didn’t feel thin enough” Eating Disorders Awareness Week to focus on binge eating
One in fifty people in the UK will experience binge eating in their lifetime, making it the most common eating disorder, according to national charity Beat.
March 1 to March 7 is Eating Disorders Awareness Week and this year's focus...
Thousands of new jobs predicted as Liverpool experts welcome freeport status
Economy experts in Liverpool have welcomed yesterday’s news that the region will be granted freeport status.
The Liverpool City Region is one of eight locations confirmed by Rishi Sunak to become a ‘special economic zone’.
Linda Walsh, Senior Lecturer in economics...
From Poland to Liverpool, how a 16-year-old girl decided to change her life
At 16 years of age, she left everything she knew for a promise of a better life.
Now almost 10 years later she's a qualified hacker set for life and aiming to help put criminals behind bars.
This is the story...
Liverpool students focus on mental health with day of support
Today is the national day for University Mental Health Day.
Run jointly by Student Minds and UMHAN, the aim of the day is to make student mental health a national priority and to enact a nationwide effort to make student...
