Category: Local

Charges have been brought against a male suspect following gunfire incidents in Liverpool on Wednesday evening, according to an announcement by the Crown Prosecution Service. Leslie Garrett, 49, has been charged with multiple offences, including possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of… Continue reading Man charged over triple shooting in Liverpool

Alan Whitfield, a scaffolder, has been given a suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of a homophobic assault on James Lee Williams, also known as The Vivienne, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. During the incident, which occurred in a McDonald’s in Liverpool, Whitfield subjected Williams to homophobic abuse before delivering a heavy blow… Continue reading Man given suspended sentence for punching Drag Race star The Vivienne

Following reports of gunfire at the Showcase Cinemas on East Lancashire Road in Liverpool on Wednesday night, the police have launched a search for a gunman. Reports also suggest that there was another incident where a gun was fired at Sangha’s newsagents on Lower House Lane. No injuries are reported at either scene. Police have… Continue reading Liverpool police launch manhunt after shots fired at cinema and newsagent’s

Bob Quick, a former senior trade union official and a passionate advocate of the NHS, has passed away at the age of 68. Quick made an early impact on the industry, leading a Confederation of Health Service Employees union campaign in support of a pay rise for nurses in 1974 while training as a nurse… Continue reading Bob Quick obituary

Liverpool Football Club is facing a lawsuit from a British Asian man who claims the club racially discriminated against him by choosing a less experienced job candidate. Asad Farooq, who holds a degree in stadium and event management and worked for Tottenham Hotspur and the Qatar World Cup, was rejected for an administration job at… Continue reading British Asian man sues Liverpool FC over racial discrimination

Liverpool Football Club has issued a statement condemning the actions of those who damaged Manchester United’s team bus prior to Sunday’s game at Anfield. As the bus approached the stadium, it was hit by a number of objects. Footage on social media appeared to show that the upper window of the bus had been smashed… Continue reading Liverpool ‘utterly condemn’ damage caused to Manchester United team bus

The Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight, Wirral, is set to exhibit a little-known letter from the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti in which he sought to escape a difficult meeting with a patron by claiming to have ‘constant diarrhoea.’ Sent 155 years ago, the letter will be exhibited alongside a celebrated Rossetti painting that… Continue reading ‘Constant diarrhoea’ and other excuses: Rossetti’s five years of apologies for unfinished art revealed

Jon Venables, the child killer who was convicted of torturing and murdering two-year-old James Bulger in 1993, has been denied parole by the Parole Board. Despite Venables’ progress while in custody and on licence, the panel was not convinced that his release at this point would be safe for the protection of the public. A… Continue reading James Bulger killer Jon Venables loses Parole Board bid to be freed from jail

If the Department for Transport can afford to spend £1.7bn on a tunnel just to obstruct the view of Stonehenge, then why not use the funds to address more pressing issues such as the poor state of Britain’s roads? This was the suggestion made by Pete Lavender, a resident of Nottingham and critic of the… Continue reading Costly tunnel vision over Stonehenge | Brief letters

After years of fighting for justice, the families of the 97 people unlawfully killed at Hillsborough suffered another setback this week. The release of a 2017 report commissioned by the government, intended to learn lessons from the tragedy and improve the justice system, was delayed for six years. When it was finally released, the report… Continue reading Hillsborough law: government leaves victims’ families disappointed again