The Latest Breaking News from Kirkby

Liverpool re-sign young midfielder Patrik Farkas from Blackburn Rovers

Hungarian youth international midfielder Patrik Farkas has rejoined Liverpool FC Academy after spending four years at Blackburn Rovers . The 19-year-old previously had a brief spell within the Reds youth ranks prior to his move to Blackburn. Farkas was named in Liverpool U21s matchday squad for their Premier League 2…

The Independent UK · Sep 17

‘The film humanised Russians at a time when Rambo was killing them’: how we made Letter to Brezhnev

‘All of Kirkby turned out for the premiere – many of them had been extras. And 500 people crammed into my mum’s council house for a party. It’s still talked about’

The Guardian - UK · May 18

Outrage over misspelling of town’s name on roads

Several markings spell town’s name ‘Kirby’ rather than ‘Kirkby’

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2025

The week in TV: Ludwig; Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins; Apples Never Fall; Surviving October 7; Small Town, Big Riot – review

David Mitchell turns sleuth in an amiable comedy thriller; Rachel Johnson gets the boot camp treatment; Annette Bening leads a stodgy mystery; and searing documentaries tackle Hamas atrocities and Kirkby disorder

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2024

Small Town, Big Riot review – a jaw-dropping documentary that says the unsayable

Why do racist riots keep breaking out in the UK? Mobeen Azhar investigates a nasty standoff in Kirkby between raging local people and refugees. What he reveals is grim, cathartic and supremely depressing

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

TV tonight: a brave documentary about the 2023 Kirkby riots

Journalist Mobeen Azhar’s gripping but bleak investigation. Plus: Mozart sticks two fingers up to the establishment. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

Police name man shot dead in Merseyside as Rikki Berry, 36

Officers appeal for witnesses after 20-year-old man arrested at the scene in Kirkby on suspicion of murder

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024

Protesters shouted ‘get them out’ at Merseyside asylum seeker hotel, court told

Police vehicles torched and officers injured in far-right protest outside hotel housing asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2024

Liverpool handed quadruple injury boost before Man City showdown as key stars return

Ibrahima Konate, Ryan Gravenberch, Curtis Jones and Joe Gomez all trained at Kirkby on Thursday

Evening Standard · Nov 23, 2023

Liverpool mayor ‘bucking the trend’ as new train station opens

Headbolt Lane station in Kirkby, Merseyside, will be the first to be served by Merseyrail’s publicly-owned, battery-powered trains.

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023