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Three-month-old boy dies after being found unresponsive in home

The boy was rushed to hospital after he was found with injuries at a house in the Wirral, Merseyside

The Independent UK

UK hospital declares major cyber incident, tells non-emergencies to return home

Wirral University Teaching Hospital shut down its IT systems and sent non-emergencies home.

TechRadar

Special school staff member jailed for assaults shown in undercover documentary

Elliott Millar was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison after he pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to assaulting three pupils at Life Wirral.

The Independent UK

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Four cleared of assisting Christmas Eve gunman

Elle Edwards, 26, was killed when Connor Chapman opened fire outside the Lighthouse pub in Wirral on December 24, 2022.

Evening Standard

Jury considers verdicts in trial of four accused of helping Christmas Eve gunman

Danielle Dowdall, Roxanne Matthews, David Chambers and Paul Owen are accused of assisting Connor Chapman following the murder of Elle Edwards.

Evening Standard

Home Office U-turn grants Wirral ‘legend’ right to live in UK after 46 years

Retired newsagent who fundraised £50,000 for legal battle was due to take case to court in autumn

The Guardian - UK

Girl who died in Wirral school bus crash was wearing seatbelt, inquest hears

Coroner finds Jessica Baker, 15, died from head injury after driver collapsed at wheel on M53

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Girl killed in horror M53 bus crash was one of few on board wearing a seatbelt, inquest told

Jessica Baker, 15, was killed on her way to West Kirby Grammar School in Wirral, Merseyside, whe the coach crashed on the northbound M53

The Independent UK

Wirral ‘local legend’ refused indefinite leave to remain by Home Office

Nelson Shardey, 74, has lived in the UK since 1977 and ran a Merseyside newsagent for 31 years

The Guardian - UK

Tributes paid to ‘kind and empathic’ 15-year-old Wirral bus crash victim

Family and headteacher of Jessica Baker praise teenager’s talent and inspirational dedication to climbing

The Guardian - UK

Elle Edwards' dad Tim vows to never mention her killers name in heartbreaking confession

Elle Edwards, 26, was shot dead outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallsey Village, Wirral, on Christmas Eve with her dad Tim giving a heartfelt interview after her killer was sentenced to 48 years in prison

Daily Mirror

Inside brutal gang war that led to Elle Edwards' murder and year of violence

Innocent beautician Elle Edwards was gunned down with a sub-machine gun outside a pub by drug dealer Connor Chapman.

Daily Record

Inside the brutal gang war that led to a year of violence

The origins of the feud are murky, but the fallout has been vicious and tragic

Liverpool Echo

Paul O'Grady given Wirral's highest honour in tribute to 'one of our best'

There were also calls for Birkenhead Kennels to be moved to a new location to create “a real and lasting legacy" in memory

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Daily Record

Savage street attack that sparked deadly chain of events caught on Ring doorbell

Two gang members launched a vicious ambush on a man cycling down a residential street in Wirral on December 23 last year.

The Independent UK

Elle Edwards – live: Connor Chapman jailed for Christmas Eve murder

Twenty-six year-old ‘innocent bystander’ suffered two fatal gun wounds outside pub in Wirral at Christmas

Liverpool Echo

Owner's message to customers after opening Wirral's first ever Nepalese restaurant

The restaurant is thought to be the first of its kind in Wirral

The Independent UK

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

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Manchester Evening News

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

Wales Online

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

The Independent UK

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.

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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

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.

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