New Year’s Eve is a night filled with celebrations as one year ends and another starts but while many of us enjoy firework displays and parties, our canine companions are sometimes less keen. If you’re a dog owner, you might be wondering how to keep your pet calm while the pop, bang and whizz of fireworks … Read more
The Birkenhead Workhouse was “a glaring violation of decency and propriety” where inmates shivered on freezing floors The site of the former Birkenhead Workhouse today(Image: Andrew Teebay) The shadow of Birkenhead Workhouse would once have loomed menacingly over the lives of Merseyside’s poor and infirm. As work dried up and pennies dwindled, the workhouse was … Read more
Police now believe two suspects on two motorbikes carried out a gun attack on a home in Salford. Three shots were fired at a flat in Little Hulton, leaving two bullet holes in a window and one on the frame beneath. Detectives are now scrutinising CCTV in a bid to identify the machines used by … Read more