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Today the funeral date for TV star, national treasure and Merseyside-native Paul O'Grady has been announced. Paul will be laid to rest later this week and fans have reportedly been invited to line the streets near his home in Kent to mourn.
A private memorial has also been planned for Port Lympne Safari Park in Kent, where Paul was a regular visitor. Closer to home, a petition to have a statue of Paul put up in his hometown of Birkenhead has reached almost 150,000 signatures, and has even been endorsed by the leader of Wirral Council.
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Elderly woman woke up to burglars breaking into her home
A pensioner was asleep when she woke up to the sound of people searching around downstairs in the very early hours of the morning. The woman found two people had broken into her home on Tollemache Road in Birkenhead, as they demanded she hand over cash and stole jewellery and watches.
Liam Smith and Chris Eubank jr fined after controversial press conference
The British Boxing Board of Control has fined both Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr after an investigation into remarks during a press conference prior to their fight in April. In January Sky Sports had to apologise to its viewers for the comments, and now both boxers will have 28 days to pay the unspecified fine.
Thugs torch shelter for hedgehogs and insects in act of 'mindless vandalism'
A shelter for hedgehogs and insects has been torched for the second time in six months, and a video shared with the ECHO shows thugs setting fire to it. The shelter, only a small construction on the Arno, a park in Oxton, was the second 'bug hotel' meant to provide protection for smaller wildlife, animals and insects.
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