Updated 9:54am 19 June 2013

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Merseyside Matrix officer dismissed for gross misconduct

A MERSEYSIDE Matrix police officer at the centre of two major internal investigations was sacked by the force.Read

Former Liverpool mayor and TA Iraq veteran Frank Doran warns against complacency in wake of Osama bin Laden killing

A FORMER mayor of Liverpool who saw the ‘War on Terror’ from the frontline said last night that news of Osama bin Laden’s death was “brilliant news”.Read

Partner of 7/7 bus victim Anat Rosenberg says bin Laden killing no comfort for him

A LIVERPOOL man whose girlfriend was killed in the 7/7 terrorist attacks on London today warned of the need for extra vigilance in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death.Read

Speke murder accused appears in court

A MAN appeared in court charged with the murder of a teenage mother.Read

Man and woman charged by police over city hotel murder

TWO people were last night charged with the hotel murder of Thomas James Thompson.Read

Merseyside crime down by 10% according to official police figures

CRIME across Merseyside fell by 10% last year, according to official statistics.Read

Five arrests over hotel murder

FIVE people quizzed over the hotel murder of a man remained in police custody this morning.Read

Warren Bradley years at Liverpool council never far from controversy as Lib-Dem leader fought off rivals

QUESTIONS about Daniel Bradley’s nomination as a candidate in the elections were only raised when he saw his name in the paper.Read

Call for Merseyside to back drive for Royal Commission review on policing

MERSEYSIDE’S rank-and-file police union today called on MPs to back a drive for a Royal Commission on the future of policing.Read

Actor Brian Regan – Brookside’s Terry Sullivan – appears in court charged over Aigburth street shooting murder of Bahman Faraji

A FORMER Brookside actor appeared in court charged over the street shooting of an ex-Liverpool doorman.Read

Mumin Khan

Illegal immigrants arrested in former election candidate’s Prenton cash-and-carry

A CASH-AND-CARRY run by a prominent Merseyside businessman and former election hopeful was raided yesterday in the hunt for illegal immigrants.Read

Sarah Payne

‘Sarah’s Law’ sex offender register rolled out on Merseyside

PARENTS now have the chance to check whether people in contact with their children pose a risk, with the roll-out of “Sarah’s Law” across Merseyside.Read

Merseyside police

Merseyside Police Authority call for force reform plans vote

MERSEYSIDE’S police watchdog chief last night called for a public referendum on plans to bring in controversial force commissioners.Read

Paul Whittaker

Merseyside Crown Prosecution Service criticised as below par in new report

A HARD-HITTING report into Merseyside’s Crown Prosecution Service has strongly criticised its performance.Read

Merseyside Police front-line will be worst hit by Government budget cuts

POLICE budget cuts will hit Merseyside harder than any other force, after it was revealed there are more officers on front line duties locally than anywhere else in the country.Read

Drug baron Curtis Warren loses appeal at Privy Council but plans to go to Strasbourg

LIVERPOOL drugs baron Curtis Warren yesterday vowed to take his fight for freedom all the way to the European Court of Human Rights.Read

Muneeb Nasir

Medical student Muneeb Nasir killed after turning to dealing designer drugs

A PROMISING medical student was murdered in his own flat after turning to drug dealing.Read

E-fit issued of man wanted over Wirral indecent assault

DETECTIVES investigating the broad daylight indecent assault of a woman walking in Wirral have put together an E-fit of a man they want to speak to.Read

Former Brookside actor Brian Regan questioned by police in connection with Aigburth murder

A FORMER Brookside actor was questioned by murder squad detectives in connection with a street execution outside a Liverpool pub.Read

Merseyside police authority freeze council tax precept for 2011/12 in return for Whitehall grant

POLICE will not be putting up their slice of council tax to get the public to plug their £61.4m funding gap.Read