Liverpool Echo - May 05, 2025

Liverpool Echo - May 05, 2025

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May 05, 2025
I like the SOUND of that
LIVERPOOL Sound City returned this weekend for its annual festival celebrating independent music.

1 min
MILITARY BAND PARADE AHEAD OF HISTORIC 80TH VE DAY COMMEMORATIONS THIS WEEK
BRILLIANT photos capture performers and crowds on a Liverpool city centre street ahead of VE Day.
1 min
Crowds line streets to remember brave heroes
MILITARY BAND PARADE AHEAD OF HISTORIC 80TH VE DAY COMMEMORATIONS THIS WEEK

1 min
Man 'heard loud noise' on flight
RYANAIR PLANE CIRCLED FOR AN HOUR AFTER TAKE OFF FROM JLA BEFORE RETURNING

2 mins
Woman is charged with murder after flat stabbing
FAMILY OF MAN IN HIS 30S PAY TRIBUTE AS 39-YEAR-OLD IS REMANDED IN CUSTODY

1 min
Thug stabbed man 14 times with scissors, assaulted three women and threatened to burn down flat
JAILED FOR FOUR YEARS AFTER COURT HEARS HE ACTED IN 'EXCESSIVE SELF DEFENCE' TO KNIFE VICTIM
4 mins
Arrest after man is bitten by dog
Officers have arrested the owner of a dog after a man was bitten in Aintree
1 min
'He was a brilliant dad. He doted on all of his children'
A MASSIVE Evertonian who doted on his children has died while on holiday in Benidorm. Joseph McManus, 42, was on a three-day trip with a group of friends when he collapsed on the Benidorm strip on Friday, May 2.

2 mins
Grandad bought heroin and cocaine
A GRANDAD sourced kilo quantities of class A drugs from Liverpool through a broker who used the handle \"Rusty Tiger\" on EncroChat.
1 min
'Try living a day in their life... on the money you give them'
LEARNING DISABILITIES CHARITY SAYS PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL HOW THEY WILL MANAGE IF VITAL BENEFITS ARE CUT
3 mins
Thug jailed after stabbing man 22 times in his home
A THUG told police officers “town is a dangerous place” before he viciously stabbed a man 22 times across his body in a drug deal gone wrong.

1 min
Victim's mum: 'While I know he is to blame, I feel ashamed for not protecting her'
A MUM said she struggles to leave the house as she battles feelings of shame after her daughter was groomed and assaulted by depraved Michael Lymath.
1 min
BEST BUDS
DISCOVER NATIONAL TRUST GARDENS NEAR YOU THIS SPRING AS THEY BURST INTO LIFE

3 mins
Costume DRAMA
BRILLIANT photos capture amazing moments and costumes from two of Liverpool's Comic Con this weekend.
1 min
Trump post offends Catholics
UNITED States President Donald Trump has shared an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as the Pope on social media, prompting controversy among Catholics.
1 min
Putin's nuclear hopes
RUSSIA'S President Vladimir Putin has said the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine has not arisen - and he hopes it will not.
1 min
Eight arrests made after plot probes
EIGHT men have been arrested in two separate counter-terrorism police investigations.
1 min
Staff at Reform-controlled councils urged to join union
THE head of the UK's biggest union urged staff at Reform UK-controlled councils to sign up after Nigel Farage warned workers to seek “alternative careers”.

1 min
Reform pose 'real threat to Labour'
REFORM UK is “a real threat” to Labour and is being treated as a “serious opposition force” after the party’s successes in local elections, Wes Streeting has said.

2 mins
Capaldi back on stage
LEWIS Capaldi performed on stage for the first time in two years at a charity gig in Edinburgh to raise funds for suicide prevention.
1 min
Thirst rate
MARION MCMULLEN CHECKS OUT THE BEST NEW BOOZE HITTING THE MARKET
1 min
Finest hour that defines us for time everlasting
The Battle of Britain halted Germany's progress and Hitler's aim of invading Britain. ANDY SAUNDERS tells the story of how The Few became the heroes of a nation

5 mins
BOMBERS' BID TO BREAK BRITAIN
HORRIFIC NAZI RAIDS PUMMEL OUR CITIES
1 min
Wellens admits the pressure is mounting after latest Saints loss
ST Helens head coach Paul Wellens conceded he is under a “huge amount of pressure” after watching his side slump to their third Betfred Super League defeat in a row against Leeds at Magic Weekend.
2 mins
'I couldn't be prouder of the team' - Crosby
INTERIM BOSS DELIGHTED AFTER AWAY WIN

3 mins
Beto welcomes fight to lead the front line
STANDING in the Goodison Park tunnel, Beto found himself reflecting on yet another afternoon when Everton couldn't hold onto a lead.
2 mins
Delap could be a SIGN of the future
GOODISON ATMOSPHERE COULD HAVE IMPACT ON FINAL DECISION

4 mins
Injury-hit Wolves edged by Warriors
DEFENDING champions Wigan survived a major scare to sink injury-ravaged Warrington 22-20 in a Magic Weekend thriller at St James’ Park.
2 mins
Blues win at Anfield after being reduced to 10
EVERTON Women came out on top at Anfield in the latest Merseyside derby as goals from Katja Snoeijs and a Gemma Bonner own goal earned them a 2-0 victory over Liverpool despite being reduced to 10 women in the penultimate game of the WSL season.

2 mins
Douc could be back at Fulham
DAVID Moyes has got some potentially significant selection posers as Everton head to Fulham for their penultimate away game of the season.
2 mins
Beaten...but the title party is in full swing
ENDO HAS THE LAST LAUGH BUT DEFEAT SHOWS THE VERY GLARING NEED TO RECRUIT STRIKER

4 mins
'Standards dipped' says Slot
ARNE Slot admits Liverpool fell below their normal standards as they slipped to defeat at Chelsea.

2 mins
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