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Family pay tribute to tragic teenager

THE family of a teenager who died 36 hours after an horrific car crash have today paid tribute to him. Read

Cruise liner Astor sails into Liverpool

Power cut hits North Liverpool

UP to 1,000 homes across north Liverpool have been affected by a power cut. Read

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Fire on naval ship at Merseyside shipyard

A FIRE broke out on board a Royal Navy stores ship moored in Birkenhead. Read

View from the Reef View Hotel on the Great Barrier Reef

AUSTRALIA: Reef encounter

IF I get hit by a bus tomorrow I shall die happy. A trip to the Great Barrier Reef does that to you. You feel privileged, glad to have lived and filled with awe for mother nature. Read

New Brighton RNLI lifeboat on the River Mersey

Dramatic canoe rescue off Wirral coast

A canoeist was rescued when she got caught in freak weather off the Wirral coast yesterday. Read

Sweet dreams are made of this

IF have a sweet tooth then a new city club could be your sweet dream come true. The Pudding Club was launched with a fanfare of chocolate and lashings of whipped cream at award-winning city pub The Monro this week. Read

Manolito's Mexican restaurant, Warrington Road, Rainhill

Manolito's, Warrington Road, Rainhill

A GOOD Mexican restaurant is as rare as a sombrero on an Eskimo. Read

Beatles puppets amongst the crowds at the Mathew Street Festival in Liverpool

Liverpool at its best

THOUSANDS of music lovers tapped their feet and sang along at the Mathew Street Festival this weekend. Read

Alder Hey to open local 'branches'

ALDER Hey children's hospital is set to introduce centres across Merseyside where young patients can be treated. Read

Carer Craig Eaton and Michael Tierney

£100,000 for neglect of baby who died

LIVERPOOL Women's hospital has paid £100,000 compensation after a boy was left brain-damaged by medical negligence. Read

American rock singer, Meat Loaf

Meat Loaf and Andy top Pops

THE Summer Pops are back. The first acts in this year's star-studded line-up have been named as US rocker Meat Loaf and legendary crooner Andy Williams. Read

Mark Wilkinson

MPs demand law change after killer is set free

POLITICIANS yesterday demanded changes in the law following the release of a Liverpool man who killed his ex-fiance after less than three years in prison. Read

Pupils given drugs after baby dies of meningitis

DOZENS of Merseyside schoolchildren are being treated with antibiotics after a meningitis outbreak in which a five-month-old baby died, it emerged yesterday. Read

Newlyweds invite priest to go on the honeymoon

BRIDE and groom Suzanne Fletcher and Paul Coulthard will start their new life together by going on honeymoon - with 13 friends and relatives and the priest who married them. Read

Nathan Escoffery

My special boy never meant to kill himself

A SCHOOLBOY from Liverpool hanged himself after a row with his family over a mobile phone bill. Read

Liverpool distance themselves from groundsharing scheme

LIVERPOOL last night moved to end further speculation about a potential groundshare with Everton. Read

Liverpool distance themselves from groundsharing scheme

LIVERPOOL last night moved to end further speculation about a potential groundshare with Everton. Read

Stephen Nesbitt died after being electrocuted on a railway line

Mother condemns lack of care after son's rail death

THE mother of an eight-year-old boy who died after being electrocuted on the railway line has hit out at the level of supervision at the train station where he died. Read

Stephen Nesbitt died after being electrocuted on a railway line

Boys relive the death of a friend

A GROUP of schoolboys yesterday described how they saw their eight-year-old friend electrocuted on a railway line. Read

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