It was a very difficult weekend for the Liverpool City Region.
One that has left us and our readers profoundly shocked and saddened as our team at the weekend reported on the violent protest outside the Knowsley Suites Hotel in Kirkby and the death of schoolgirl Brianna Ghey who was found in a park in Warrington. While investigations are underway we will keep you up to date with all the latest in the coming days.
But looking back over Saturday and Sunday, our reporters have been out all over Merseyside over the last week to bring you stories from the people who have given us the privilege of sharing their experiences and giving us a glimpse into their way of life.
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Your stories told by our reporters
Our reporter Charlotte Hadfield had a busy week, she spoke with people who live among the remains of the Churchhill Way Flyovers which were demolished in 2019. Read what people wanted to see happen before the road was closed and taken away and what they want for the future at the heart of the city centre.
Charlotte also spoke to the people who live in secluded wooden chalets by the sea, which I, as a lifelong Wirral resident, did not know existed. Their story has links to homes built over 100 years ago and a shanty town that stretched across Moreton Common. Read about the people who remain here.
Charlotte also spoke to James Bulger's mother, Denise, 30 years on from the tragedy. She shared some of her favourite memories of James, while our crime reporter Jonathan Humphries looked back at the crime that shocked Merseyside and Elliot Ryder spoke to the people of Bootle about the impact of the murder in the three decades since.
Reporter Patrick Edrich went out to Birkenhead to see what people made of the news it has been named one of the 'dream home destinations' in the UK and he also wrote about the rise of the Spanish cleaning products in Merseyside.
And our weekend reporter Danny Rigg spoke to the man who is developing a bedside test to predict the time of death. Dr Seamus Coyle told Danny that the hope is to give people with terminal cancer more dignity, choice and better medical treatment if they have a more informed idea of when they were likely to die, giving them chance to chose if that will be at home or not and to say goodbye to loved one. Read how it works here.
If you have a story you want us to cover, email me rebecca.koncienzcy@reachplc.com
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