A sports shop in Birkenhead has been set up to tackle drug gangs and help the long-term unemployed back into work.
Sports Traider has opened a store in the Wirral town’s Pyramids Shopping Centre, as part of a project supported by Merseyside Police.
The charity, which was set up in 2009 and now has 10 stores across the country, strives to help young people escape or avoid getting into criminal activity such as county lines drug gangs and give them the confidence to start a thriving career.