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A Liverpool man has been jailed after subjecting his partner to repeated assaults, attacking her during her pregnancy and punching her within hours of her giving birth to his child.

Legendary UK pop group The Searchers will leave the stage after nearly 70 years, following their debut at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.

A tourist visiting Liverpool city centre was hit with a car by a pensioner and was left fighting for her life. Retired HGV driver Michael Jones was shopping for A5 writing paper for his wife before he hit his car's accelerator instead of the break at St Johns Shopping Centre.

A vile thug attacked his girlfriend as she recuperated in hospital after giving birth to their baby, a court heard.

A married couple cried in the dock as they were separated after being sentenced over a violent attack on two women in their 60s. A court heard how Michael and Jemma Edwards attacked the pair at a Liverpool city centre pub after an argument had broken out.

BBC Radio 1 has announced the first line-up and location for its 2025 edition of Big Weekend – find all the details below.This year’s edition of the station’s annual festival is due to take place at Sefton Park in Liverpool from Friday May 23 to Sunday May 25.Throughout the weekend, around 100 acts – from the biggest artists in the world to exciting new and emerging names – will perform across four stages: Radio 1 Main Stage, Radio 1 New Music Stage, Radio 1 Dance and BBC Introducing.Sam Fender has been confirmed as the first headliner, with the singer-songwriter set to release his third album ‘People Watching’ on February 21.He is joined on the Big Weekend bill by Blossoms, Lola Young, Wet Leg and BRITs Rising Star 2025 winner Myles Smith. The latter artist was also shortlisted for BBC Radio 1’s Sound Of 2025 recently.Young, meanwhile, landed her first-ever UK Number One single last week with her viral hit ‘Messy’.Fender said: “Excited to announce we’re coming to Liverpool for Radio 1’s Big Weekend in May.

A mum has been sentenced to a 'dry Christmas' after a fight broke out in a nightclub toilet.

A young mum whose beloved dog escaped from her front garden was left heartbroken when his body was returned to her 'in pieces' in bin bags, after he was killed on a nearby railway line.

While the finishing touches were put to the Budget, there was anger on the street. Like millions of 1950s-born women, Teresa Stoddart says she has lost out on something that was 'a right'.

A police officer sexually assaulted two women in a city centre.

Massive Attack, IDLES and Nile Rodgers will play a series of gigs at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena in honour of the city being the world’s first ‘UN Accelerator City’ for climate change.It comes on the heels of Massive Attack’s Act 1.5 show in Bristol last month which saw them joined by the likes of Killer Mike, Lankum, Sam Morton and the Wild Bunch’s DJ Milo. The all-day event aimed to re-envision how concerts could be staged sustainably, and was designed to be the lowest-carbon concert of its kind and scale ever put together.Now, the band will host another string of gigs in Liverpool this November alongside IDLES and Rodgers.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag will be sweating on the fitness of Rasmus Hojlund ahead of Saturday's trip to Southampton in the Premier League.

A mum said she 'felt sick' as she was forced to watch CCTV footage of herself launching a drunken attack on a woman with her stilettos on a night out.

A thug who booted a van while being live streamed on Tiktok during scenes of disorder was jailed, before asking the judge 'how long did I get?'

A TikTok video has led to the capture of an arsonist who was seen sitting "casually" on a fountain and watching as a police van he set alight burned. Declan Geiran joined a violent "mob" that wreaked havoc in Liverpool city centre last Saturday, hurling bricks and debris at police officers amidst widespread disorder.

A three-year jail service has been handed to a violent thug who punched a police officer, assaulted an emergency worker and used racist language during a riot in Southport.

Residents in Merseyside have helped the clean up after Saturday night's violent scenes which caused major damage in the area.

People dashed to safety as a far-right demonstration in Liverpool escalated today. St George's Plateau was filled with hundreds of anti-fascist counter-protesters at around 1pm, ahead of the 'Save our Kids' march scheduled for 2pm at Pier Head.

A dad went out looking for his 15-year-old son when he didn't return home - and stumbled across the tragic scene where he had died.

A dad was found dead in his hotel room while on a stag do.

Taylor Swift will kick off her three Liverpool shows at Anfield Stadium this week.