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Abigail Nicholson

Encro dealer jailed, girl choked to death in ASDA and ITV's full statement

Good evening, these are the latest ECHO headlines on Thursday, March 10.

ITV's full statement as This Morning and Loose Women pulled after police evacuation

ITV's This Morning was pulled off air and replaced with emergency footage on Thursday due to a "security alert".

READ MORE: Girl, 3, choked to death in Asda as family shopped for camping trip

Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby had been presenting the show live but after a break the show returned with Phillip saying: "As we can't be live with you today we have lined up some of our best bits for you to enjoy."

Loose Women, which was due to air from 12.30pm, was also cancelled.

A security incident was reported nearby to the studios, with White City and Wood Lane stations closed whilst police responded.

ITV pulled This Morning and Loose Women from their TV schedule (ITV)

It is not known what the security incident is but two stations near the studios, Wood Lane and White City, have been closed.

A Tweet from Transport for London said: "White City and Wood Lane stations closed: While the police respond to a security alert outside the station"

ITV has now clarified the situation.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE.

Encrochat dealer 'Paleradio' sent price lists for AK47s and Glocks

A major drug dealer planned to sell a revolver to his associates and sent “price lists” of guns that included AK47s and sub machine guns.

Paul Mangan, of Huyton, also used his Encrochat handle ‘Paleradio’ to order kilograms of cocaine, heroin and cannabis to distribute to low level dealers throughout Liverpool.

Yet Liverpool Crown Court heard Mangan lived a modest lifestyle in a two bedroom house despite playing a major role in the supply of drugs in parts of the city.

The 27-year-old had denied conspiracy to transfer and possess prohibited weapons, as well as conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis, but was found guilty by a jury last month.

The court heard Mangan used Encrochat to message several accounts with price lists for a variety of different guns that could potentially be sourced, including sub-machine guns, rifles and Glock pistols.

One read: “Yes bro are they long or short? we got about 20 short and we only have about 8 long r self’s bro.”

READ THE FULL STORY HERE.

Girl, 3, choked to death in Asda as family shopped for camping trip

ASDA Supermarket in Aintree (Liverpool Echo)

An off duty paramedic desperately tried to save a little girl who was choking in a supermarket in what has been described as a "tragic accident".

Poppy Reardon, 3, was at Asda on Ormskirk Road, Aintree, on August 10, 2021 with her parents, who were shopping for a camping trip the following day.

An inquest into the three-year-old's death was held at Bootle Town Hall on Thursday where it was heard the young girl had "choked on a foreign object" she had "bitten off" her father's hooded top.

It was heard that Poppy was being carried by her father when she began biting the plastic toggle, also known as a cord lock.

Coroner Julie Goulding said Poppy had "accidently asphyxiated when she choked on the toggle she'd bitten off a top worn by her father."

She went on to say that despite the efforts of paramedics, which continued on her arrival to the hospital, it "was not possible to resuscitate her".

READ THE FULL STORY HERE.

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