All news by author: Liam Thorp

Southport was a place of glamour, attracting the rich and famous to its chic shops. But today the town is a shadow of its former self, with locals saying it's hard to see where the hope will come from

Dixons Academy has reportedly punished children for hugging their friends, not lifting their hands high enough and one student was given detention over a phone alert that their mum was unwell

Laura Martland has been banned from teaching after a Teacher Regulation Agency panel found she demonstrated "unacceptable professional conduct" after encouraging a pupil to drink alcohol and gave relationship advice

Valerie McGurk has packed her belongings into boxes and with eviction from her home in Wallasey looming after being served with a Section 21 notice fears she will end up on the street

A 16-year-old in Cheshire says she was slapped with a £100 fine on a recent train journey even after she showed proof that she had bought a ticket online

Elaine and Philip Marco, aged 75 and 77, tragically lost their lives last Saturday night when their Mercedes became submerged in the flood water in the Mossley Hill area of Liverpool

Merseyside Police says a Mercedes Class 180 drove into a flooded area of Mossley Hill, Liverpool and, though the man and woman were rescued, they were declared dead in hospital

Many people attending the Eurovision welcome party in Liverpool this evening had to be helped over the barriers by security guards after thousands of guests flooded the venue

Harry Lyness, 95, was taken by ambulance to the new Royal Liverpool Hospital after he had a fall in the night at his care home - after getting a brain scan he was in a hospital corridor for the next 30 hours

The cottage, which is on the edge of the Priory Woods in South Liverpool, was left in a dilapidated state, with its front gates chained shut and its doors and windows boarded up

25-year-old Oliver Fitchett, known as Ollie, died when his blue Ford Focus was involved in a crash on Speke Boulevard just before midnight on Sunday

Val Johnstone was taken to the Royal Liverpool Hospital by ambulance after suffering from sickness and dizziness. She spent 24 hours in the corridor and said she felt 'heartbroken'

The conditions in Kensington Takeaway in Liverpool were so unhygienic that the business was closed immediately because of an "imminent risk to health."

David Wright, also known as Ian, has lived close to Everton's Goodison Park stadium for more than 40 years and says he has never had a parking ticket in that time