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A dealer who 'played a leading role' in a UK-wide network that supplied drugs to the north west has been jailed. Connor Sainsbury was arrested in June after an operation involving officers from Greater Manchester.

Armed police officers 'scooped up' then ran with murdered nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in a desperate bid to save her young life, a coroner's court heard today.

POLICE warned of “another Rhys Jones” in the weeks before Olivia Pratt-Korbel was shot dead. A spate of reckless drive-by shootings by gunmen on electric scooters in Liverpool had detectives worried another innocent child could be caught in the crossfire.

READ MORE: Inside Liverpool's gang wars – 'passed down' guns, postcode battles and 'Nogzy soldiers'Merseyside chief constable Serena Kennedy appealed to members of the criminal fraternity 'to examine their consciences' and shop the shooter."They will have vital information that can help us,’’ she said. ``The killing of a nine-year-old child is an absolute tragedy and crosses every single boundary and I would urge them to do the right thing so we can put this person behind bars."If people are frightened to come forward we can have those conversations in confidence.

A little girl has left a heartbreaking note at the scene of a shooting in Liverpool.

A former gang boss who groomed children into organised crime gangs and ‘flooded the streets with guns’ is now looking to use his past for good and steer young people away from crime.

An ex-gang boss who groomed children into OCGs across the north west and ‘flooded the streets with guns’ is now looking to use his past for good and steer young people away from crime. Sicarius McGrath was once described as presenting a “monumental risk to the public" but has now turned his life around.

Council bosses have agreed to compulsory purchase a derelict listed building and ‘major heritage asset’ in Oldham town centre which has been ‘left to rot’.

TRIBUTES are flooding in after the death of TV legend Sylvie Gatrill. The casting agent and actress, who starred in Brookside, The Responder and Bread, died over the weekend. It's believed she had been suffering from cancer, the Liverpool Echo reports.

Brookside actress Sylvie Gatrill has died after a devastating battle with cancer.The tragic news was publicly confirmed by friends who knew Sylvia from the acting community.Writer of the recent BBC drama The Responder in which Sylvie appeared, Tony Schumacher, posted: "So sorry to hear of the passing of the quite brilliant Sylvie Gatrill. Such a talented actress who was so important in helping set the tone of #TheResponder. My thoughts are with her family.

A drug dealer from Liverpool who flooded homes in a Greater Manchester town with drugs has been jailed.

A drugs gang that flooded the streets of Wigan with heroin and crack cocaine have been jailed for almost 40 years.

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repetitive lockdown regime. “I’ve had enough of it, so f***ing boring, it really is!“I’m just chilling, a bit of running on the yard, bit of art, when I can be bothered and watching TV.

Two of the UK's most infamous murderers have become caught up in a jailbird love triangle as they vie for the attentions of the same love interest, it has been reported.

killers are both chasing the same woman despite being locked up behind bars by promising her a WAG lifestyle, it has been claimed. In 2012, Kiaran "Psycho" Stapleton caged for at least 30 years for shooting dead engineering student Anuj Bidve, 23, who had been on a night out with friends on Boxing Day 2011.

Griff Rhys Jones is best known for his work alongside his late comedy partner Mel Smith.Tonight sees the comedian explore Australia in his travel series Griff's Great Australian Adventure where he looks into wonders of the gold coast.

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices.The Welsh-born star, who has first-hand experience of hospices through his father’s own time in one, said he needed to come up with a new idea that would help raise funds. Speaking on White Wine Question Time, he told host Kate Thornton that comedy benefits, like the one he put on last year for the hospices, just don’t make enough money.“A benefit actually doesn't really make an enormous difference to the demands that a hospice has, but what it does is it raises awareness,” he explained.Rhys Jones, who splits his time between Suffolk and London, moved house during lockdown and this helped him come up with the idea of his online auction, Celebrity Bottom Drawer.“I thought, ‘Why don't we have just a sort of

Rhys was gunned down and murdered aged just 11-years-old as he walked home from football practice in Liverpool in 2007 when cold-hearted killer Mercer, now aged 30, opened fire at gang rivals but missed.Mercer was found guilty of murder on 16 December 2008 and is in the process of serving a life sentence – with a minimum of 22 years behind bars.The criminal has claimed he turned to crime after an injury ended dreams of becoming a professional footballer, and he arrogantly claimed he had what it takes to have been on par with the Liverpool-born striker Rooney.Writing to an unnamed woman, Mercer opened up about his past hopes of finding fame on the football field before a motorbike accident ruined his dreams.It is believed he had earlier

Teenage killers of children will face a lifetime behind bars in the biggest shake-up of sentencing for 20 years.

Dive right in! Like the weather, the Daily Star's FREE newsletter is a scorcherRhys Jones’ dad says his son would have ­become an Everton legend if his life had not been cut short.Steve Jones is convinced the 11-year-old – who was gunned down by gang member Sean Mercer in 2007 – could have been England’s answer to Brazil star Roberto Carlos thanks to his wand of a left foot.Toffees fan Rhys was returning from football practice in Croxteth, Liverpool, when he inadvertently walked into a gang fight and was shot in the neck.And Steve said: “From the videos you watch, he plays a good game."You’d like to have thought he could go on to become ­professional but you never know."Every parent thinks their child is gifted.“We always said he was going