The government's UK Town of Culture follows the City of Culture competition, which has been won by Hull, Coventry and Bradford in recent years. The new competition is open to small, medium and large ...

A 47-year-old man has been arrested after a woman was brutally stabbed to death inside a shop. Merseyside Police rushed to the scene on Stanley Road, close to Wadham Road junction, following a call ...

Families have been left fed up with piles of "absolutely horrendous" litter dumped in a Merseyside town, with bedroom ...

A man who became critically ill after being arrested on suspicion of killing a shopkeeper in front of witnesses including children may have "ingested a substance", police have said. Nilani Nimalarajah ...

A man has been arrested after police seized drugs, cash and a number of bikes during a raid at a property in Bootle.

Police have cordoned off a street in Bootle this evening following an incident. The cordon is in place on Earl Road at the corner with Worcester Road, and runs alongside Derby Park. People are passing ...

A man died after collapsing while being detained by police on Merseyside. The 59-year-old was stopped on Southport Road in ...

Britpop is back at the centre of the cultural firmament thanks to a 90s revival led by the Oasis reunion and the hundreds of thousands of fans turning up all over the country to pay homage to a bygone ...