Merseyside County, England News

LABOUR has branded the Conservatives "out of order" after Moreton Tory councillor Chris Blakeley said he was "sickened" by a leaflet attacking his party's record in the ward.

A CHURCH warden admitted sexually assaulting three young girls over nearly 25 years.

A HOSPITAL matron has urged people eligible for swine flu jabs to get themselves vaccinated - after she was struck down by the virus for a week.

A drunken woman driver collided with a tractor and plough, but refused to stop until she was tackled by passers-by and her car keys seized.

DETECTIVES are hunting the murder weapon used to stab St Helens man Graham Wootton to death.

The wealthy and the almost-wealthy of the late Victorian era chose to take the "Grand Tour" of Europe to show off their sophistication, education and good taste.

AN arson investigation is underway after a Wirral paint shop burst into flames when a car was rammed into its front shutters and set alight.

Birkenhead-born TV host Paul O'Grady is mourning the death of his faithful sidekick, Buster.

A SOCIAL worker has appeared in court in connection with the investigation into Liverpool paedophile Colin Blanchard.

MURDER police believe a set of Anthony Worrall-Thompson kitchen knives could have been involved in the slaying of a Merseyside man.

HUNDREDS of rail commuters were left stranded yesterday morning after rats chewed through power cables.

POLICE have named a man found murdered in the early hours of Saturday morning. Graham Wootton, 31, from Haydock, died from a single stab wound at a house on St Augustine Way, Netherton.

Three men have been arrested in connection with the dumping of dangerous chemicals and medicines in Yorkshire.

A schoolgirl was raped and sexually molested by a 23-year-old Wigan man, a court heard.

The woman from Bootle in Merseyside was last night charged with sexual offences involving a child and is due to appear in court tomorrow.

A FIERCE blaze ripped through an industrial plant in Widnes this morning. Ten fire engines were called to tackle the fire as thick black smoke billowed from the recycling plant.

FOUR people arrested on suspicion of murdering a 31-year-old St Helens man in Liverpool at the weekend have been released on police bail.

Work on the second phase of the major redevelopment of New Brighton will begin before Christmas.

PHARMACEUTICAL giant Bristol-Myers Squibb is investing 3.5million in its Moreton base.

A MASSIVE undercover drugs investigation in Chester has resulted in a number of people pleading guilty to supplying Class 'A' drugs.