The Latest Breaking News from Merseyside

Warning never to leave common item on windowsill after two fires

Merseyside Fire and Rescue issued a warning to homeowners

Liverpool Echo · Jan 19, 2022

Merseyside's most wanted fugitives who fled abroad to escape police

Four men identified as fugitives by the NCA today join two notorious Merseyside figures who have eluded detectives for years

Liverpool Echo · Jan 19, 2022

UK's most wanted fugitives named as detectives take hunt to Spain

Four of the 12 most wanted men identified in a new international campaign have links to Merseyside

Liverpool Echo · Jan 19, 2022

Cars and bikes 'racing' through Merseyside town could soon be banned

The races have previously damaged the highway

Liverpool Echo · Jan 18, 2022

Warning to anyone paying electricity bills in Merseyside or North Wales

The average UK electricity bill has jumped from £593 in 2017 to £765 in 2021

Liverpool Echo · Jan 18, 2022

Past winners may bid for more in the Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock Park

Last year's hero Royale Pagaille and Bristol De Mai among 17 entries for the Grade Two feature while Jonbon could also line-up on Merseyside

Liverpool Echo · Jan 17, 2022

Girls' Day School Trust decision on trans pupils provokes outrage

Two Merseyside schools are no longer accepting transgender girls as pupils

Liverpool Echo · Jan 17, 2022

Merseyside dentists drop out of NHS amid warning of a 'staff crisis'

A union leader said services are 'plagued by failed contracts and underfunding'

Liverpool Echo · Jan 17, 2022

The brave women who exposed their domestic abuse hell - as case reported every 19 minutes

27,416 domestic abuse-related offences were reported to Merseyside Police last year

Liverpool Echo · Dec 2, 2018

Punters lose £1.2bn a year on Merseyside's 1,000 'crack cocaine' gambling machines

An ECHO investigation earlier this year revealed the machines can swallow a whole family’s daily income in less than 14 minutes

Liverpool Echo · Aug 23, 2017