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Just after midnight, eight hours of painful parliamentary wrestling – and many months of it beforehand – finally came to an end[1]. Despite the prolonged ping ponging between the Government and Lords, only one…
A major city car dealership has issued an apology after a mum endured endless problems with a car she bought there.
Mum-of-two Lyndsey Anderson, 40, from Fazakerley[1], bought her Ford Focus at Peoples Ford in Bootle[2] in July 2022, thinking she was o…
Hundreds of new jobs are to be created as part of a Liverpool City Region freeport.
A total of 500 new full-time positions are to be made available at a massive logistics facility to be developed at 3MG in Widnes[1]. The development, on one of the free…
Police have demanded that something “must change” as drink and drug drivers continue to cause misery on Merseyside streets.
Merseyside Police has said in 2023 alone, officers arrested a total of 2730 drug drivers – an average of 227 per month and 53 pe…
Hundreds of criminals appeared before the law courts again this year.
Some of the highest profile trials in Merseyside’s history were heard during 2023. These saw the killers of Olivia Pratt-Korbel[1], Elle Edwards[2] and Ashley Dale[3] brought to just…
Drug trafficking plots, road rage incidents and guns led to lovers and relatives sitting beside each other in the dock during 2023.
Here, the ECHO takes a look back at some of the couples and family members who appeared in court[1] together over the pa…
Rail passengers in the Liverpool City Region[1] will be able to blow away the Christmas[2] cobwebs as Merseyrail[3] has announced that train services will be running on Boxing Day.
Trains will be running every day over the festive period, with the exce…
With a freeport, investment zone, internationally recognised brand, and an extensive pipeline of projects, Liverpool City Region is loaded with opportunity.
Nearly 200 property professionals attended Place North West’s Liverpool City Region Development…
The third largest force in England and Wales, Greater Manchester Police is responsible for serving and protecting over 2.8 million people in the region.
Formed in 1974, Greater Manchester Police[1] employs 6,866 police officers and over 3,500 members o…
In a bid to shift the public away from private cars, the city council signed off a draft transport plan[1] yesterday to encourage more sustainable forms of travel.
Liverpool City Council’s Local Transport Plan will be developed in partnership with the …
Darren Till has pleaded guilty to two driving offences.
The former UFC fighter, 30, appeared at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court[1] on Wednesday (August 30) for a planned trial. He pleaded guilty to driving without insurance and driving while disqualified …
Northern has released a map[1] showing which of its routes are the most popular with students for their commute to schools and colleges.
Stations with the highest numbers of student commuters are located in Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancas…
Nestlé UK and Ireland has delivered a first of its kind rail container which facilitates double-stacked pallets, to Tesco last week. The advanced rail container utilises a roof raising mechanism, allowing products to be double-stacked from floor to cei…
Tesco[1] last week took delivery of a new rail container which can carry double-stacked pallets, so increasing the volume of goods it can transport by rail.
The container uses a mechanism that raises the roof to allow maximum stacking before lowering i…