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Merseyside’s Afghanistan army heroes awarded military medals

TWO heroic Merseyside soldiers have received medals for the bravery and selfless action they showed when serving in Afghanistan.Read

Mum’s fury as teen yob killer of Waterloo man goes home just two years into six year sentence

A HEARTBROKEN Merseyside mum has hit out at the justice system after discovering her son’s killer will be allowed home at weekends just two years into a six-year sentence.Read

Members of the public look on during the homecoming parade for soldiers from the 2nd Battalion the Rifles following their return from Afghanistan at St George's Hall in Liverpool

Liverpool soldiers honoured for Afghanistan heroics

TWO heroic Merseyside soldiers have received medals for the bravery and selfless action they showed when serving in Afghanistan.Read

New plans to make Pier Head a base for cruise liners

LIVERPOOL'S Pier Head could become a base for cruise liners under radical temporary plans to transfer business from a dilapidated dock.Read

Azbaa Dar comes out of hiding to fight asylum case

A STUDENT who went into hiding after her family was deported has given herself up.Read

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Children’s Tsar Maggie Atkinson apologises Jamie Bulger's mother

THE Children’s Commissioner has said she apologised to the mother of murdered Liverpool toddler James Bulger following her comment about raising the age of criminal responsibility.Read

Mobile Bootle drug dealer jailed for three years eight months after arrest in Seaforth

A 42-year-old woman has been sentenced to three years eight months for dealing heroin and cocaine from a car.Read

Liverpool fans’ creative artwork has lifted the spirits of Jamie Carragher and his fellow Reds

How Liverpool fans’ creative artwork lifts Reds’ spiritsRead

Bootle bus driver Paul McCaffrey is jailed for sex attack

A BUS driver who sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl could pose a “real danger to women”.Read

Bootle schools test their skills

TEAMS representing eight local secondary schools gathered at St George of England High School, Bootle to test their skills and teamwork.Read

Bestselling author Justin Somper in Bootle to promote new Vampirates book

THE unique combination of vampires and pirates came to bestselling author Justin Somper “in a flash of inspiration”, and next week he’ll be in Bootle to promote the new book in the Vampirates series.Read

Man to be sentenced for stabbing brother

A LITHERLAND man has admitted stabbing his brother on New Year’s Eve.Read

Mum of murdered victims’ sympathy for Liverpool toddler James Bulger’s mum

A MUM whose daughter was savagely killed today hit out at the way victims’ families are treated by the Government.Read

Southport firefighters carry out charity car wash this Saturday (March 20)

GET your car washed this Saturday and help raise money for charity.Read

Charity skydive for Megan’s World charity

A WOMAN whose baby daughter was stillborn skydived from 10,000ft to raise funds for a charity she set up to help parents who have been through a similar experience.Read

Terminal Merseyside cancer patients lose out on £1m in benefits

MORE than £1m in disability benefits is going unclaimed by people diagnosed with terminal cancer in Merseyside.Read

Moaning parents should pay to make complaints, says Sefton headteacher

PARENTS lodging complaints against schools should be forced to pay, a Merseyside headteacher demanded.Read

Bootle bus driver jailed for sex attack on 12-year-old girl

A BUS driver who sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl could pose a “real danger to women”.Read

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Liverpool toddler James Bulger's killers not intrinsically evil, says Ed Balls

LIVERPOOL toddler James Bulger's killers were not "intrinsically evil", Ed Balls has said, as he waded into the row over trying youngsters in adult courts.Read

CCTV of James Bulger being abducted

Sick messages about James Bulger posted on Facebook

POLICE launched an investigation after sick references to the murder of toddler James Bulger appeared on a social networking site.Read

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