Knowsley, England News

A teenager from Knowsley is speaking out in support of standardised tobacco packs and wants the Government to introduce legislation after attending an event on the power of cigarette packaging this week.

More than five million people across North West England will have the opportunity to vote in European elections to select the region's eight Members of the European Parliament .

Seven local councils across Merseyside and Cheshire are working with Transport Media to launch an Advan advertising campaign encouraging locals to vote in the upcoming elections.

A MAN was arrested after a car allegedly collided with a taxi in the early hours of Sunday morning and drove away from the scene.

Everton legend Graeme Sharp has officially opened the new Soccer and Leisure Centre in Prescot.

Knowsley's youth services have officially launched as an employee and young people-led mutual, the first in the region.

It is hoped the new Soccer and Leisure Centre in Prescot will become a breeding ground for future Everton talent.

This means that each GP is looking after an average of 1,740 patients, compared to the national average of 1,575.

A MAN was arrested after a car allegedly collided with a taxi in the early hours of Sunday morning and drove away from the scene.

To mark the opening, exhibits commemorating 100 years since the start of the First World War are on display as part of a wider 'Local Heroes, Distant Voices' exhibition at the Huyton Gallery.

Just hours after the combined authority's first meeting, Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson is seeking legal advice about pulling the city out.

About 60 anti-fracking protesters in a camp near the site will have a hearing against their eviction at the Court of Appeal on 16 July.

WIRRAL council leader Phil Davies has been appointed as the chair of Merseyside's new "super council".

Hundreds of social housing tenants on Merseyside are being driven to food banks by the impact of the controversial bedroom tax.

The Tour of Britain traveling through Great Yarmouth as part of the first stage of the race in 2012.

Are you looking for something to do over the weekend? Then come along to Knowsley Velodrome and BMX Park on Sunday, 30 March to watch what promises to be a thrill-seeking event.

POLICE have seized 15 dogs considered to be a danger to the public after their owners breached conditions imposed by the courts.

The parents of a British woman who went missing at sea from a Disney cruise ship are suing the company for $75,000 .

A MAN has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with raping a 19-year-old woman in a park.

ST HELENS Council leader Barrie Grunewald will take his seat at the first meeting of the newly created Liverpool City Region Combined Authority next week.