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Travel latest - Creamfields congestion

Slow traffic due to the Creamfields festival on the A56 in both directions between M56 J11 (Preston Brook) and Park Lane.

Creamfields will run until Sunday.

Dining deals for GCSE results day

GCSE results are a great excuse to go for a meal as a family or a group of friends to celebrate. You can follow the ECHO’s live blog for results day right here.

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Train update

We will keep you posted.

GCSE results day

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Mzee Mohammed inquest live blog

Stay updated on the Mzee Mohammed inquest by following our live blog here.

Mzee Mohammed

Princess Road crash photo

Here’s another photo of the crash on Princess Road. We will keep you updated. Thanks again to the Echo reader for letting us know about this.

Weather update

Here is your forecast.

Car overturned on Princess Drive

Police have confirmed a car overturned on Princess Drive at 10.20am at the junction at Saxby Road. Ambulances are at the scene and one man appears to have a minor injury. Thank you to the Echo reader who got in touch about this. More as we have it.

Travel: Sheet on the M53

Reports of a plastic sheet in the road on the M53 Southbound near J2 (Moreton Spur).

Reported in lane three (of three). Traffic coping well, on the route from the Kingsway tunnel towards Ellesmere Port.

Man and horses found dead

Full story HERE after the sad news from Formby. A man and several horses have died after a caravan fire in .

Fire fighters and police were called to Shorrocks Hill this morning following reports of a fire at stables.

Shorrocks Hill on Lifeboat Road, Formby where a man was found dead after a caravan fire

GCSE results day


GCSE results day 2016 - follow our live coverage HERE.

GCSE results day latest


Travel latest - Speke Road crash

Update on the accident on A561 Speke Road Eastbound between Bank’s Road and A562 Speke Hall Road / Speke Hall Avenue.

Travel latest

Two lanes closed and slow traffic due to an accident on A561 Speke Road Eastbound between Bank’s Road and A562 Speke Hall Road / Speke Hall Avenue.

GCSE results day


Man and horses found dead after Formby fire

Some sad breaking news reaching us. A man’s body was found after a fire in Formby.

The fire, which has been extinguished by Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, completely destroyed the stable building and a caravan.

On arrival firefighters entered the caravan and found the body of a man inside. Formal identification is yet to take place. A number of horses were found to have died in the stables.

The cause of the man’s death is not yet known and a joint Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service investigation into the cause of the fire is underway.

Travel latest

In Kirkby one lane closed due to roadworks on A506 Valley Road in both directions between Bewley Drive and Kirkby Row / Cherryfield Drive.

Man on roof - false alarm

Police descended on the ECHO’s offices in Old Hall Street amid fears there was a man on the roof.

Police by The Strand just off Brook Street. Police were called to Old Hall Street amid a “concern for safety” after a member of the public was spotted on a roof. Officers were called at 7.40am and an ambulance is also in attendance.

Old Hall Street call-out

Police have been called to Old Hall Street amid a “concern for safety” after a member of the public was spotted on a roof. Officers were called at 7.40am and an ambulance is also in attendance.

Fazakerley crash

FOUR people were injured in a car crash in Fazakerley - reports Lorna Hughes.

Police were called to Longmoor Lane at 7.27pm on Wednesday after a collision between a blue Honda CR-V and a blue Ford Focus.

Merseyside Police said the people in the cars suffered slight injuries in the crash, which happpened near to Long Lane.

GCSE Results Day

GCSE results day 2016 - follow our live coverage HERE.

'Back Owen Smith'

Online now: Wirral Labour members with more than 1,000 years combined membership in the party have written an open letter urging people to support leadership challenger Owen Smith.

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Jeremy Corbyn (left) and Owen Smith

It comes in the week the first ballot papers are being sent out to the estimated 640,000 party members with a vote in the contest between Smith and current leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Hoylake blaze

A fire at a boat store in Hoylake is sending smoke clouds billowing across the town’s playing fields on Wednesday evening.

Fire at Hoylake Rugby Club, Wirral. The Fire Brigade at the scene.

Teenager died in hospital after detained in Liverpool ONE

An inquest is due to open today into the death of teenager Mzee Mohammed.

Mzee Mohammed

Russelling up laughs

Comedian Russell Kane made a surprise appearance in Liverpool last night - turning up at The Jacaranda for Hot Water Comedy Club’s free comedy night.

Today's weather

The Met Office say it will be mostly dry this morning with an increasing risk of further rain and thunderstorms developing as the afternoon goes on. It will feel pleasantly warm in any bright or sunny interludes. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

Tonight: Outbreaks of showery rain, perhaps thundery, will clear away eastwards tonight. Becoming dry, with variable cloud and clear spells developing. Feeling fresher than recent nights. Minimum temperature 13 °C.

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