Hitch hiker got a Ticket to Ride with ex-Beatle
(Wed 10/06)
A British holidaymaker thumbed a lift from ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney on a Caribbean holiday island... but failed to recognise the music legend until they got talking.
New Youth Centre for Old Swan
(Wed 10/06)
Councillors in Liverpool have approved plans for a new £750,000 youth centre for Old Swan.
Tributes paid to Philip Mussell
(Wed 10/06)
Tributes have poured in to a Liverpool man killed in a bike crash as he travelled back to his home in Thailand.
Halton council grants Creamfields licence for fourth year running
(Wed 10/06)
Creamfields, the UK's biggest UK dance festival, which takes place on August Bank Holiday weekend has been granted its licence at the site in Daresbury for the fourth year running.
Liverpool machete gang arrested over botched Booths robbery
(Wed 10/06)
Four men from Liverpool have been arrested on suspicion of armed robbery after a security guard was stabbed during a savage raid in Preston.
Thugs terrorised 10 year old at knifepoint
(Tue 09/06)
Detectives investigating the robbery of a 10-year-old boy on Tuesday, 21st April, have released a CCTV still of two youths they wish to speak to in connection with this incident.
Green Superlambanana going on sale
(Mon 08/06)
Liverpool's 08 Culture Year star Superlambanana is coming back... and will go on sale to the public as a "green icon".
Wirral salutes three soldier brothers
(Mon 08/06)
Three soldier brothers marched with pride through their home town as their Army regiment was granted the freedom of the Borough of Wirral.
BNP win NW seat in Euro Elections
(Mon 08/06)
The British National Party's leader Nick Griffin has won a European Parliament seat in the North West of England region.
Liverpool-born Andy Burnham in Health Dept chair
(Mon 08/06)
Labour MP Andy Burnham has risen through Labour ranks to become Health Secretary but also holds an unusual accolade.
Vandals damage Hillsborough memorial on Merseyside
(Sun 07/06)
Vandals have smashed a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Hillsborough disaster on Merseyside.
Newlove FM to launch in honour of Garry Newlove
(Sun 07/06)
The widow and daughters of a man kicked to death by a gang of youths are launching a radio station to honour their father, Garry Newlove.
Mersey Burns Unit faces move to Manchester
(Sun 07/06)
Mersey Burns Unit is set to move to Manchester after it failed to make a shortlist to gain special funding.
'Heal The World' song launched for Red Balloon Centre in Liverpool
(Sat 06/06)
Popstar Michael Jackson gives 'Heal The World' song to singers from Merseyside to help raise money for the James Bulger Red Balloon Appeal.
Liverpool fire forces 400 to flee
(Thu 04/06)
Hundreds of Kirkdale residents were ordered to evacuate their homes amid fears of fire spreading to gas cylinders inside a garage.
