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Dad granted one final wish thanks to help of kind Scousers
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (379+ words) He asked for one thing A dad with terminal cancer has been granted his one final wish thanks to kind Scousers. Paul Rainford, 46, started suffering water infection symptoms in April 2025 and after two sets of antibiotics there was no sign…...
Young readers flock to Liverpool Park for World Book day
5+ hour, 19+ min ago (395+ words) The children were treated to a packed programme of events Families and schoolchildren gathered at Calderstones Park in Allerton today to celebrate World Book Day. The national reading charity partnered with shared reading charity The Reader to host a packed…...
John Bishop opens up on 'awful period' after son's health struggle
1+ week, 1+ day ago (544+ words) John Bishop has spoken about the difficulties his family faced after finding out his son, Joe, lost most of his hearing when he was just 15 years old. The comedian has been vocal about his journey to understand the deaf community…...
People who had kids from 1978 - 2010 'could be owed £5,000"
1+ week, 2+ day ago (670+ words) Martin Lewis said one viewer received "31,000 after a state pension error (Image: ITV) Personal finance expert Martin Lewis has highlighted that pensioners could be entitled to substantial sums of missing money due to an administrative error. Speaking on his BBC…...
Mapped: Areas where a Victorian-era disease is making a comeback
2+ week, 1+ day ago (431+ words) An outbreak of measles has seen children hospitalised and dozens infected in two parts of the nation - as a new map reveals all the areas where this Victorian-era disease is making a comeback. The UK was stripped of its measles…...
College demolished as questions persist about education in Merseyside town
2+ week, 2+ day ago (635+ words) The demolition of Kirkby College was proposed several years ago, and it is the last building to be demolished on the former Knowsley Community College campus just off Cherryfield drive, and a stone's throw from Kirkby town centre. As part…...
Rules for taking children and babies on Ryanair and easyJet flights
2+ week, 3+ day ago (810+ words) Inside Ryanair plane (Image: Getty Images) Planning a family holiday can sometimes be stressful as you have to make sure you have everything in order, including all of those important documents such as passports and boarding passes. Millions of families…...
At our baby scan they turned to me and said 'he might not make it"
2+ week, 4+ day ago (870+ words) Mum Anna Brown with her baby Ethan The mum-of-two, from Birkenhead, said: "They [doctors] asked if I had been ill, but there was nothing. They told me at the scan they could see an abnormality. Before he was born we…...
Devastated family fighting to bring 'happy' son home from hospital
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (746+ words) Arthur Hughes has been diagnosed with a rare condition which affects only 1 in 77,000 children A baby could only have months to live after his family were given a devastating diagnosis. Arthur Hughes, who will turn one in a few weeks,…...
'Inadequate' home where staff 'took illegal substances' on the job
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (938+ words) Ofsted found widespread failures relating to the care of young people during its last inspection A children's home has been rated "inadequate" for a third time after a child told inspectors they felt "unsafe" and it was claimed a member…...