Good evening, these are the latest ECHO headlines on Wednesday, May 18.
Buyers still owed millions at trendy apartment scheme on edge of city centre
Buyers who invested money in an apartment scheme on the edge of the city centre are still owed £3,470,843.
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The Metalworks scheme, which was first unveiled several years ago, promised 300 new apartments on the site of the former Lawtons building off Leeds Street. The proposed scheme was not built and the land became one of the city's many stalled sites.
The Pumpfields Regeneration Company (PRC) , the firm behind the Metalworks scheme, collapsed into administration last year. Now a report by administrators Smith and Williamson LLP has revealed that buyers are still owed millions of pounds.
Everton fan suffers heart attack after first match at Goodison in 12 months
An Everton fan had a heart attack when he got back from Goodison Park on Sunday after his first match since his last heart attack.
Kyle Slawson went to the match on Sunday where nine men Everton lost 3-2 to Brentford, with Kyle walking out in the 88th minute when striker Soloman Rondon was shown red for a high tackle. The 49-year-old, who is originally from Heswall, travelled back to his home in Godley in Greater Manchester but started having chest pains after feeling tired on the drive home.
The manager at delivery company Evri then started noticing the pain spread from his chest which quickly spread to his shoulder and jaw. Thankfully, his fiancée, Suzanne Mason, 48, was at hand to take him to A&E.
House boarded up after woman attacked and strangled by thug
A domestic abuse thug who assaulted a woman including by strangulation has been jailed for a year.
Joseph Helps, 48, of Main Street, Halton Village, Runcorn, was arrested following an incident on Main Street on Saturday. Helps pleaded guilty to one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and was sent down for 12 months on Tuesday at North Cheshire Magistrates’ Court in Warrington.
Court papers said the offence was considered “so serious” and only custody would suffice because Helps had a “flagrant disregard for people and their property”, had a history of domestic abuse, strangulation was involved, and he was already on a community order.
