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The Latest Breaking News from Wirral

Elle Edwards: Moment beautician hugs friends on Christmas Eve just before killer guns her down

Video of victim Elle Edwards’s last moments shows 26-year-old enjoying drinks with friends

The Independent UK

Connor Chapman found guilty of murdering Elle Edwards outside Wirral pub on Christmas Eve

Chapman, 23, shot and killed Elle and injured five others in the shooting

Manchester Evening News

Connor Chapman found guilty of murder of Elle Edwards in hail of bullets

Chapman, 23, opened fire with a Skorpion sub-machine gun outside the Lighthouse pub in Merseyside hitting totally innocent Elle who was enjoying a night out

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How escalation in gang crime led to death of Elle Edwards

The death of the beautician – shot by Connor Chapman on Christmas Eve – was the final incident in a series of attacks in Wirral last year.

The Independent UK

Brit injured after being blasted by Russian landmine while on Ukraine frontline

James Smith, from the Wirral, was working with a team to clear a number of landmines about 20 metres away from Russian trenches when he stepped on a landmine

Daily Mirror

Elle Edwards Christmas Eve pub shooting trial jury starts deliberations

Connor Chapman is accused of murdering the 26-year-old in Wallasey Village, Wirral, Merseyside.

The Independent UK

Fatal shooting of Elle Edwards in pub ‘an appalling’ tragedy, court hears

Connor Chapman denies murdering Ms Edwards at the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village, Wirral.

The Independent UK

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Man accused of pub shooting tells court he ‘took clothes to woman’s house’

Connor Chapman denies murdering Elle Edwards outside a pub in Wirral last Christmas Eve.

The Independent UK

Wirral doctor set up fake appointment for sexual encounter with patient

Dr Marc Paton has been suspended for six months

Liverpool Echo

Town revival poses 'significant risks and challenges' to council

Wirral Council said it expects to spend nearly £86m this year on regeneration projects

Liverpool Echo

Pub gunman ‘alerted to presence of targets following altercation with woman’

Connor Chapman is accused of murdering Elle Edwards and injuring five others in the Wirral.

The Independent UK

Teen stabbed in arms and legs as shocking week of violence rocks seaside town

'My younger child, who's autistic, said 'mummy there's something wrong. The noise is wrong'.

Manchester Evening News

Plans to sell off library slammed as 'short term thinking at its worst'

The sale has been proposed because of Wirral Council's current financial problems

Liverpool Echo

Jury in Christmas Eve pub shooting trial shown sub-machine gun

Connor Chapman is accused of murdering Elle Edwards, who died when a gunman fired 12 shots outside the Lighthouse in Wallasey Village, Wirral.

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Liverpool Echo

Golf club slams pitch plans as 'cruel, unfair, and undemocratic'

Wirral Council said the pitches are needed to avoid putting Birkenhead's redevelopment at risk

The Independent UK

Stolen car used in pub shooting burnt out a week later, court hears

Connor Chapman denies murdering Elle Edwards on Christmas Eve last year.

Liverpool Echo

Open air cinema returns to Wirral this summer on a 30ft screen

All the films are shown on a giant screen and drinks and food will be available at each location

Liverpool Echo

Alison McGovern defeats Mick Whitley to win Birkenhead Labour nomination

Current Wirral South MP triumphs in Labour on Labour tussle

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Liverpool Echo

Wirral-born star Glenda Jackson dies

The Wirral-born star scooped two Oscars and served as a Labour MP for more than two decades

The Independent UK

Sister of beautician shot outside pub told her ‘not to be late’ home, court told

Elle Edwards was killed when a gunman opened fire outside the Lighthouse pub in Wirral on Christmas Eve last year.

The Independent UK

Man accused of Christmas Eve shooting ‘given anti-gang injunction beforehand’

Connor Chapman denies murdering beautician Elle Edwards outside the Lighthouse pub in Wirral on Christmas Eve last year.

Liverpool Echo

Connor Chapman was banned from his home estate

The man accused of murdering Elle Edwards was banned from areas of Wirral including his home estate

Liverpool Echo

Signs more young people are using heroin in parts of Merseyside

Organised crime and drug purchases over the internet are also reportedly contributing to drug abuse issues

The Independent UK

Innocent woman killed when shots fired outside pub on Christmas Eve, court told

Elle Edwards was killed outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village, Wirral, Liverpool Crown Court heard.

The Independent UK

‘Wholly innocent’ woman shot dead outside pub on Christmas Eve killed with sub-machine gun

Elle Edwards was killed outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village, Wirral, last Christmas Eve, Liverpool Crown Court heard

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