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Merseyrail passengers met with chaos as power failure stops trains into Liverpool
Passengers on Merseyrail 's Wirral Line were met with chaos on Friday (June 24) morning.
Power supply issues between Hamilton Square and Liverpool have caused disruption on all Wirral Line services. Issues shortly after 7am meant trains were unable to travel into Liverpool.
As a result, New Brighton and West Kirby services will stared and terminated at Birkenhead North. Chester and Ellesmere Port services will start and terminate at Birkenhead Central. Additionally, many trains were cancelled and rail replacement busses were in use.
A spokesperson for Merseyrail told the ECHO: "Due to an electrical fault in the James St area, services are currently suspended between Birkenhead stations and James St stations. A rail replacement bus service is operation between Birkenhead North/Birkenhead Central stations and Moorfields station in both directions.
"Network Rail engineers are on site working to resolve this issue. Further updates will be provided via Merseyrail's Twitter channel (@merseyrail) in due course."
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Teens party hours after police dispersal zone introduced
Teenagers partied and a young man was taken to hospital with a head wound just hours after police introduced a dispersal zone.
Merseyside Police introduced the dispersal zone in West Kirby on Thursday after reports of "reckless" and "criminal" behaviour in the area. The order will run until midday on Saturday, June 25 and means officers will patrol the area to deal with any incidents.
On Thursday evening, Wirral Police took to Facebook to issue an update on their activity in Cubbins Green and West Kirby. Officers found a group in the area, some of whom were intoxicated and needed to be collected by their parents, while one was taken to hospital.
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Fire crews called as blaze breaks out in shop
Fire crews tackled a blaze that broke out a shop in the early hours of this morning (June 24).
Crews were alerted to a fire in a shop on Townsend Lane, Anfield, at 3.43am and two engines were on scene at 3.50am. Crews gained access through the front roller shutters and firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered to tackle the fire using high pressure hose reel jets.
The fire had been extinguished and crews were carrying out damping down operations by 4.29am. Properties either side of the affected shop were also checked - no injuries have been reported.
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