Sefton Park: Last News

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

Counter Terrorism Police North West have said.Officers in Merseyside have arrested three men - aged 29, 26, and 21 - in the Kensington area of Liverpool under the Terrorism Act.At 10.59am today, as the UK fell silent for Remembrance Sunday (November 14), a car erupted in flames outside the hospital and smoke billowed into the air.Witnesses at the scene say they heard an explosion before the blaze spread over the vehicle.In a statement this afternoon, police confirmed that one person had sadly died and another had been taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.Armed police have swarmed Rutland Street, near Sefton Park, and Counter Terror Police confirmed this evening it is connected to the investigation into the explosion at the

Pokémon Go hosted its first in-person event in the UK last weekend as the Safari Zone was held in Liverpool.READ MORE: Why ‘Katamari Damacy’ might be gaming’s purest expression of comedy through playThe event, which was originally scheduled to take place in March 2020, was postponed following the pandemic.

BRIT Awards 2021, which were held as part of the government’s Events Research Programme.This year’s ceremony featured a live audience of 4000 fans – largely made up of NHS and key workers – who were not required to wear masks or social distance, having provided a negative coronavirus test beforehand.No cases of the virus have been linked to the BRITs while just 15 positive results came from the 58,000 people who took part in the government’s research events overall, as reported by the Evening Standard.Two cases were linked to this month’s Blossoms gig at Liverpool’s Sefton Park, which was attended by 5000 people.

awaits results from its Events Research Programme (ERP), which recently saw two pilot concerts hosting 5,000 music fans at Liverpool’s Sefton Park. The ERP is helping the government assess the risks of large-scale live entertainment events returning in the context of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Open House festival director Kieran Gilmore told BBC News that the NI Executive indecision on reopening dates is “deeply frustrating”.“The music and events industry is being completely ignored by our executive,” he said.

Blossoms have told NME that they have completed work on their fourth album.The Stockport band spoke to NME backstage at the weekend’s COVID pilot gig at Sefton Park, where they discussed progress on the follow-up to 2020’s acclaimed ‘Foolish Loving Spaces’.“Yeah, we’ve done it, so it’s recorded and we’re sorting all the other stuff out now, like the artwork and all that sort of stuff,” frontman Tom Ogden told NME.

Around 5,000 fans packed into a sold-out music festival that was the first live gig in front of a large audience since England went into lockdown 14 months ago.

coronavirus pilot concert has been announced in Liverpool, with Blossoms set to headline the May event.The gig, dubbed Sefton Park Pilot, comes as part of a host of government-organised pilot events in the lead up to England gradually exiting lockdown by the end of June.5,000 fans will be able to attend the May 2 event in Sefton Park, which normally holds 7,500 gig-goers. Attendees will have to take a lateral flow COVID-19 test at a local testing centre prior to being granted entry, as well as another test after the show.

A woman who's been bed-bound for six years due to illness says all she wants is to visit the park near her home over the summer. Emma Dolan-Horlock contracted Lyme Disease after being bitten by a tick on a trip to America 10 years ago, which then lead to ongoing complications.

launching a series of violent attacks on the four victims, who were all aged between 18 and 19. The women were arrested on suspicion of assault after a group of teenage girls were attacked in Sefton Park, Liverpool ECHO reports.

Police say an unidentified woman grabbed the wrist of the toddler and tried to pull him away in a broad daylight, in Sefton Park.The incident took place at 2.50pm near the bandstand, as crowds flocked to the park to enjoy the sunny weather over the weekend.The suspect is described as a woman in her 50s, olive-skinned, 5ft tall, of medium build and with dark hair in a ponytail.She was wearing a pale pink long-sleeved hoodie, grey tracksuit bottoms and trainers, and is described as unkempt and walking with a limp.

A disabled man fears he "could get very sick" due to having only one days worth of food left in his house.

A group of quick thinking and kind-hearted teenagers helped a man who was bleeding heavily following an attack.

Sefton Park.Among the goods being sold on behalf of his estate are signed items from his many showbiz friends including Jackson, Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, Al Green, Bette Davis, Jane Russell and John Mills.ECHO columnist John Crane said that it was a privilege to be invited to hold the auction in Liverpool where David Gest had made his home in recent years. He said: "I met David Gest a few years ago to view the collection and every item was acquired for a reason and certainly not random hoarding"It has taken over a year to sort out and catalogue;  we anticipate bids from the four corners of the globe via the Internet.

Cherished items of music and movie memorabilia gathered over many years by I’m a Celebrity star David Gest will be auctioned next month.