A notorious gangland vigilante with a history of violence on Merseyside and Europe helped his boss supply grenades and firearms after his stash house was raided. Fifty-eight-year-old Paul “Woody” Woodford has a notorious past in Merseyside’s criminal gang. However, after extensive reporting restrictions were lifted, the ECHO this week revealed her relationship with Huyton Firm… Read More »
This was not a collective gasp like a synchronized rattle. Fingers tapped furiously on keyboards as reporters crowded the hard, wooden benches of courtroom 1530, desperately trying to capture every cough, spit, and angry nod. “I took off my clothes and shoes. But I think I still had my bra on. “We were in a… Read More »
Four more years in Sadiq Khan’s London, as voters have just chosen, means four more years of ideology in front of the evidence. The Mayor’s “Vision Zero” plan commits the city to a set of policies that will ostensibly eliminate every single traffic death and serious injury; This is a feat that has not been… Read More »
This week economists at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said Britain’s difficult financial situation, with high debt levels and no ability to cut public spending, meant taxes would have to rise no matter who wins after the election. – or alternatively Jeremy Hunt’s financial rules will have to be abandoned. Total… Read More »
These are your evening rugby headlines for Thursday 9 May. Wales captain returns Ospreys and Wales star Jac Morgan is finally set to take a break from a long-term injury. The 24-year-old winger suffered a knee injury at the end of 2023 and required surgery over the Christmas period to correct the problem. But Ospreys… Read More »
Adam Montgomery was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the gruesome murder of his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony, after he refused to accept a lighter sentence in exchange for finally revealing what he had done to her 5-year-old daughter’s remains. A judge said Wednesday that Montgomery’s “extreme indifference to human life” was evident not only… Read More »
John Swinney is facing rebellion from the SNP’s LGBT wing over his decision to make Kate Forbes Deputy First Minister after she said she would vote against same-sex marriage. The party’s official LGBT group, Out for Independence, said it shared “real concerns” about his appointment and would seek “urgent clarification” from Mr Swinney and Ms… Read More »
Could this be the worst thing since sliced bread? According to a growing body of research, overly processed foods are at the root of much of our ill health; The highest consumers are 24 percent more likely to have a heart attack and stroke and 39 percent more likely to have high blood pressure. Britain… Read More »
At the Bernabeu on Wednesday night, television cameras caught Harry Kane watching the final few minutes of Bayern Munich’s recent collapse from behind one of the high-backed dugout chairs, briefly dropping his customary mask of composure. Kane is an unusual modern footballer who rarely allows himself to show a hint of vulnerability in difficult moments.… Read More »
What did you miss? Sharon Stone shut down Ed Balls’ line of questioning on Good Morning Britain with a scathing response, saying: “I’d like to start over with a new question somewhere else.” Speaking on the Louis Theroux podcast, Stone recently claimed that film producer Robert Evans told her to have sex with her co-star… Read More »