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Head into the pretty village of Christleton in Cheshire and it has all the hallmarks of quintessential rural life. Ducks and swans swim across still waters of the village pond, while parents with kids happily toddle past to enjoy a huge free play area.

Inside Amer Fandi's car, there is a small mattress with a green rug. A limited collection of refreshments are kept inside an orange Just Eat bag.

It's known for its streets lined with independent shops, cafes, glitzy restaurants and celebrity-owned bars, many within listed historic buildings. And now the historic market town of Knutsford in Cheshire has been hailed among the best places to live in the UK in The Sunday Times' annual guide.

Jamie Webster has shared details of a huge gig at Sefton Park, and announced a new album ‘10 For The People’.The two new announcements come following the singer-songwriter’s recent slot at this year’s Glastonbury and TRNSMT festivals, and two outdoor shows in Liverpool, which saw him play to a crowd of 24,000 people.Now, the 29-year-old has announced yet another Liverpool date – a mammoth appearance at the city’s Sefton Park. The gig is set to take place on July 12, 2024 and will follow on from his previously announced run of 2023 UK tour dates.Set to kick off in November with two dates at Glasgow’s O2 Academy (9 and 11), Webster will then make stops in Bristol, Sheffield, and London, before playing two sold-out back-to-back shows at the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester on November 17 and 18.

A woman who was banned from contacting her ex partner has appeared in court again after threatening to murder him via messages to his dog's Facebook account. Paula Higman, 38, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday for breaching the terms of a suspended sentence handed to her in August 2021.

JLS singer JB Gill has been inundated with requests from fans to officiate their wedding after taking on the role at bandmate Aston Merrygold’s wedding. Aston and his wife Sarah Richards tied the knot at the stunning Palm House in Liverpool’s Sefton Park, and JB was given the very special role of officiating their big day.

When it came to their wedding day, Aston Merrygold and Sarah Richards certainly pulled out all the stops. From a shisha tent and a photo wall to matching Vans and pampas grass bouquets, every detail of their beautiful big day had been carefully thought out.

Aston Merrygold and Sarah Richards’ long-awaited wedding day fell on September 18, just a day before The Queen’s funeral following her passing on September 8. And the couple ensured they paid their respects to the late monarch, asking their guests to take part in a minute’s silence at 8pm to remember Her Majesty. The moment came during the speeches for the big day, which lasted an hour and 20 minutes.

A wedding day is all about the bride and groom. But JLS' Aston Merrygold and Sarah Richards made sure their sons Grayson, four, and Macaulay, two, played a very special role on their beautiful day. The boys were ring bearers and delivered the rings to the couple’s officiant, Aston’s JLS bandmate JB Gill, before they were placed on each other’s fingers.

JLS singer Aston Merrygold was left feeling the nerves after his bride Sarah Louise Richards was an almost an hour late to their wedding. The couple tied the knot in a stunning ceremony at the Palm House in Liverpool’s Sefton Park, but the traffic caused by a Premier League match between Everton and West Ham hugely delayed their big day. Speaking exclusively to OK! after becoming Mr and Mrs Merrygold, dancer Sarah told us: “I’m always late.

Aston Merrygold’s wife Sarah Richards’ stunning wedding dress featured a sweet hidden message for the JLS singer. Dancer Sarah had some special words stitched into the huge train of her beautiful veil, with the embroidery done by her bridesmaid Louise. Mum-of-two Sarah wore a white strapless gown from Dana Harel and the veil read: “You will always be my forever”.

They got engaged on Christmas Eve in 2017, and now JLS singer Aston Merrygold and his fiancée Sarah Louise Richards have finally tied the knot. And as they exclusively share their big day with OK! VIP, the couple, who are parents to sons Grayson, four, and Macaulay, two, tell us that they're "still floating on cloud nine".

Antiques Roadshow fans came away from the show gobsmacked after one lucky participant was told that their treasure was worth a lot more than they paid for it.The man brought a vase in to be valued on the BBC show and admitted that he had paid a modest £7.99 for the piece.Chinese ceramics expert Lars Tharp inspected his goods where the programme had set up shop in Sefton Park, Liverpool.READ MORE: Antiques Roadshow baffles fans as guest refuses to sell John Lennon plaque worth £5kThe man said that he had no idea what his wares were worth and Lars set about dissecting the different aspects of the large green vase.Tharp explained: “In fact it’s not one vase, it’s two vases. There’s another vase inside, that’s actually quite a tricky thing to do.

A GUEST on Antiques Roadshow was left lost for words after his £7.99 charity shop purchase was given an eye-watering valuation. The man brought a number of his collectable ceramic pieces to be valued as the show pulled up at Sefton Park in Liverpool. Lars Tharp, a Chinese ceramics expert, was on hand to give his verdict on the pieces brought in by the man who admitted he had "no idea" what they were worth.

Blossoms have shared a new live album called ‘Live At Sefton Park’ – you can listen to it below.The 17-track collection captures the Stockport band’s COVID-19 pilot gig that took place in Liverpool in May 2021. It forms part of the ‘super deluxe’ edition of their recent fourth album ‘Ribbon Around The Bomb’.“On Sunday 2nd May 2021 it’d been 413 days since anyone had played a gig in the UK,” Blossoms wrote to announce the record.

COVID lockdown.Included in the programme was an outdoor Blossoms’ show at Sefton Park in Liverpool, the BRIT Awards 2021 ceremony, Download Festival and Latitude – the latter of which being the first festival to return at full capacity after restrictions were lifted on July 19.Back in August, data from NHS Test And Trace showed that “mass participation events can be conducted safely” while urging caution around “specific aspects of event participation”. It took into account all three phases of the ERP.It was found that “case numbers were largely in line with or below community infection rates for the duration of the programme”.

Perthshire runner Sol Sweeney is determined to justify his Scotland selection when he travels to Liverpool this weekend.

terror at Liverpool Women's Hospital.The Iraq-born 32-year-old was the only fatality after a homemade bomb exploded in the back of a Delta taxi outside the hospital just before 11am on Sunday (November 14).The driver, David Perry, dived from the vehicle seconds after the blast before it was consumed in a fireball.Counter-terrorism police are heading a fast-moving investigation and on Wednesday (November 17) announced they believed Al-Swealmeen had been planning the attack since April, when he moved into an address on Rutland Avenue, near Sefton Park.

Police have surrounded a street in Liverpool as the terror investigation into an incident outside a hospital at the weekend continues.

Liverpool hospital terror suspect Emad Al-Swealmeen spent at least seven months planning the attack and buying deadly components for the suspected bomb, counter-terror police investigating the explosion on Sunday revealed in a new update today.

Police investigating the terrorist attack at a Liverpool hospital have carried out a controlled explosion in public park, it was confirmed tonight.