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Final days at lost Merseyside factories captured in 30 photographs

A number have come and gone through the decades

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15 photos show life on one Merseyside estate

These photos have been taken between the 1950s and 1990s

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Nan feels like she's 'living on a building site'

Whitefield Brook development has been under a programme of phased development for the last four years with work due to be completed this year

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'Attractive' £185,000 home 'completed to a high standard' now on the market

It has "tasteful décor throughout"

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'Should we spend money on housing or a theatre? Well why can't we have both?'

Knowsley Council's long-serving chief executive Mike Harden announced his retirement after ten years in the job

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Jet skis and failed gym lined path to becoming city's most wanted

MMA pioneer Paul 'Boom Boom' Cahoon once fought in the US and Japan but was left sleeping on the floor of a Dubai prison cell

West Kirby

Bin collections suspended due to weather

Bin collections have been suspended for the week, due to icy conditions. The post Bin collections suspended due to weather appeared first on West Kirby....

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Girl violently raped in woods by teen boy who befriended her on Instagram

The 17-year-old strangled and slapped his victim as he subjected her to a horrific sexual assault

West Kirby

Walker and two dogs rescued in first shout of 2025 for West Kirby lifeboat

A walker and two dogs were rescued after getting trapped in the fast flowing incoming tide near Little Eye. The alarm was raised by members of the public at 12.29pm on Saturday 4 January, and the West Kirby lifeboat was launched. Whilst en-route, the crew were informed that the individual and one do...

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Hit-and-run schoolboy's heartbreaking words to mum after hearing he'd lost his leg

Zach Michaels was left for dead when he was hit by a grey Honda Civic just days before Christmas

West Kirby

COLUMN | Don’t start your fitness down at the gym!

Pauline Caswell is the owner of Love Pilates Wirral, and this is her latest column for West Kirby Today The post COLUMN | Don’t start your fitness down at the gym! appeared first on West Kirby....

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Mum devastated after being 'trapped' inside her own home

Sarah said her car is damaged after being submerged in filthy floodwater

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Stephen Graham 'powerful' drama with a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score now available to binge

The BBC drama Time has been described as a 'high point in British drama'

West Kirby

The Caldy Society alleges ‘lack of action’ over gully cleaning

Concerns have been raised about recent flooding in Caldy. The post The Caldy Society alleges ‘lack of action’ over gully cleaning appeared first on West Kirby....

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Police dog catches three suspects in 'matter of hours'

PD Taro was on patrol with his handler when he was deployed to three separate incidents

West Kirby

‘A really tough decision’ – Leaf in West Kirby closes down

The West Kirby branch of Leaf has closed down. Staff at the Black Horse Hill tea bar and restaurant, which opened in 2020 and employed around 20 staff, were told the news this morning. The owner of the company, Natalie Haywood, told West Kirby Today it had been a “really tough decision” but that...

West Kirby

Final poetry competition in memory of late student

The 15th and final poetry competition in aid of a Calday Grange Grammar School student has opened. The Christopher Salmon Poetry Competition is named after the 15-year-old, who passed away suddenly in 2009 from a rare streptococcal infection. He had hopes of becoming an author, and dreamt of studyin...

West Kirby

West Kirby in Bloom flourishes with national award

West Kirby in Bloom has won a top award for its work at Hilbre View Gardens. The post West Kirby in Bloom flourishes with national award appeared first on West Kirby....

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7 of the most high profile trials due to take place at Liverpool Crown Court in 2025

Axel Rudakubana is set to face a jury charged with murder later this month in connection with the Southport stabbings

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Driver 'needs to do the right thing' as boy, 15, 'left for dead'

Zach Michaels remains unconscious in hospital following the hit and run