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Jonny Blackburn
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Liverpool Echo’s investigations reporter.

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Harry Begg, 19, from Kirkby, was killed in Tenerife more than two weeks ago. Spanish police continue to investigate.

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Spanish probe into teen’s death ongoing after two weeks
Harry Begg was killed on December 1
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December 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Doyle sentenced to 21 years
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Paul Doyle sentenced to 21 years over LFC parade crash
Paul Doyle has been jailed for 21 years and six months after admitting a total of 31 charges, having driven his car into crowds of Liverpool FC fans during a victory parade
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December 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Paul Doyle has a string of convictions and was discharged from the Royal Marines.

As we previously reported in the @liverpoolecho.co.uk, Doyle lied on his Linkedin profile about the length of time he spent in the forces.

He did not see active service.

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Paul Doyle bit sailor's ear off in pub
The 54-year-old amassed a string of convictions more than 30 years before he ploughed his car into 134 fans at Liverpool FC's Premier League title parade
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December 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Multiple Liverpool city centre flat blocks 'high risk' for fires with 'waking watches' in place
Multiple city centre flat blocks 'high risk' for fires
Leaked reports show combustible ACM cladding - similar to that found at Grenfell Tower - in place at several apartment buildings where people are living
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December 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Locals say County Road has 'lost its buzz' — we heard from people who love the place and want to make a difference.

My first piece for @liverpoolecho.co.uk subscribers.

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'This was the heart of Liverpool — now it has lost its buzz'
County Road was once the busiest high street in north Liverpool — now it has "lost its buzz"
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December 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Great investigation by @elliotlivecho.bsky.social in the @liverpoolecho.co.uk this morning

'We'll never get our money back but I'm speaking out so he can't do this to anyone else' www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
'We won't get our money back but I'm speaking out'
An investigation by the Liverpool ECHO has led to three families describing what happened after contracting a Merseyside building firm for their renovation projects
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December 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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@liverpoolecho.co.uk launched its premium service yesterday. Great read here from @liamthorp.bsky.social on how Liverpool changed Michael Heseltine
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Heseltine: Three days in Liverpool changed me forever
The former deputy prime minister on our city, Nigel Farage and a warning to the Tories
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December 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Parts of Liverpool are awash with fake cash being advertised openly online
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Epidemic of fake cash sold online 'is wiping out our profits'
SPECIAL REPORT: Businesses have seen a spate of incidents as social media is awash with accounts advertising huge bundles of counterfeit cash for sale
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December 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Liverpool weight loss drug firm under fire as customers 'waiting for orders'
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Liverpool weight loss drug firm under fire as customers 'waiting for orders'
The CQC rated the firm as 'requires improvement' in the areas of safety and leadership after receiving 50 formal complaints
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December 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Spanish police are investigating the death of Kirkby teenager Harry Begg
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Merseyside teenager killed in Tenerife crash
Harry Begg, 19, from Kirkby, died in a "deliberate" hit-and-run while cycling on the Spanish holiday island
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December 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Inquests were opened today into the deaths of six residents at St Luke's care home, Runcorn
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Deaths of six residents of council care home to be probed
The six deaths all occurred between December 2022 and January 2024 at a home run by Halton Borough Council
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December 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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SecAnim has threatened staff with redundancy at its Widnes plant for the second Christmas running
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'Pattern' of Christmas redundancies at factory 'hugely concerning'
Short-notice redundancy announcements before Christmas are “hugely concerning” and “devastating” for workers
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December 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Parts of the saltmarsh on Hoylake beach will be cleared
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Vegetation to be cleared from beach after community 'civil war'
The beach has caused division in Hoylake for six years
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December 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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MELTHUZAR THE MAGNIFICENT was a lowly necromancer in Newtbridge until he discovered that if Realmworms are allowed to burrow into a person’s brain and fully crystallise, they are capable of receiving strange energies from distant realms…
Cartoony drawing of a wizard carrying his own head and surrounded books, his skin has rotted into a sickly green and he has a long white beard.
October 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Bettison would have faced a gross misconduct case over actions related to the Hillsborough disaster if he was still in the police www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
We travelled to Norman Bettison's home after new H'boro report
The ECHO headed to Yorkshire to speak to the man now facing calls for the removal of his knighthood
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December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Michael Riley has been pictured for the first time after being accused of shooting two crime bosses dead at a Spanish bar in May
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Man accused of double gangster murder at Spanish bar
Michael Terrence Riley, 45, is accused of shooting two crime bosses dead at a bar in Fuengirola in May
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December 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Keith Davies has sadly lost three dogs in a week after a walk in Childwall Woods
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Mystery as three dogs die after walk in popular Liverpool woods
Keith Davies said his dogs showed symptoms such as lethargy, loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhoea
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November 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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The car journey to pick up a friend which turned Paul Doyle from ordinary to infamous
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The car journey to pick up friend which led Paul Doyle to infamy
A cryptocurrency-obsessed family man turned Liverpool FC's title parade into a scene of utter chaos
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November 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Paul Doyle overstated the length of his service with the Royal Marines, the ECHO understands
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Paul Doyle's life and career from Royal Marines to crypto scheme
Doyle started his career as a Royal Marine but in later years was designing and selling caps
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November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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The trial of Liverpool parade crash accused Paul Doyle starts today
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Paul Doyle appears in court - live updates
More than 100 pedestrians, aged between six months and 78, were injured when a car collided with fans in Liverpool city centre
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November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Not ideal conditions to be waiting around in
Closed Post Office fails to reopen as pensioners left out in cold
The branch was one of 10 to suddenly close last week
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November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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A visit to lovely Rose Lane earlier this week
Parking 'nightmare' on street as people 'fear for their life'
People warn drivers are flouting parking rules around the busy shopping street
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November 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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All ten branches have the same operator
'Integral' Post Office closed in Liverpool area with no banks
The ECHO met with frustrated residents of Woolton Village
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November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Formby reopens at 1 today
First of 10 Post Offices to reopen after sudden closures
Ten branches were closed across Merseyside last week
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November 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Post Office Ltd has refused to elaborate on the "operational reasons" for closures across Liverpool
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Liverpool Post Offices are closed and they won’t tell you why
Post Office Ltd has continually refused to elaborate on the "operational reasons" for the sudden closure of several branches
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November 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM