Kate McMullin

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Live Digital Content Editor for the Liverpool ECHO. Views are my own. Email: [email protected]

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Two British tourists drown while swimming near Great Barrier Reef

1 week ago | liverpoolecho.co.uk | Josh Payne |Kate McMullin

A boy, 17, and 46-year-old man have diedTwo British tourists have drowned while swimming at a beach near the Great Barrier Reef. A 17-year-old boy and a 46-year-old man entered the water without lifeguards in the town of Seventeen Seventy, in Queensland, Australia on Sunday. The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), said it was supporting the families of the tourists.
Road closed in both directions after crash

1 week ago | liverpoolecho.co.uk | Kate McMullin

Emergency services are at the sceneA road is closed in both directions after a crash. Emergency services are currently at the scene of a crash in Aigburth. At around midday today, Monday, April 14, it was reported that two cars had been involved in a crash at the junction of Ullet Road and East Albert Road. Merseyside Police said: "Motorists are advised to avoid the junction at this time." It is not known whether anyone has been injured at this stage.
Mum drowned sons in bath, dressed them in pyjamas and put them in bed together

1 week ago | msn.com | Ryan Fahey |Kate McMullin |Sam Dimmer

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Mum drowned sons, 5 and 2, then put them in bed and dressed them in pyjamas

1 week ago | nottinghampost.com | Sam Dimmer |Ryan Fahey |Kate McMullin

A mother who drowned her two young sons, aged five and two, before dressing them in pyjamas and placing them in bed has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Kara Alexander, 47, was found guilty of the murders of two year old Elijah and five year old Marley Thomas in December 2022, having drowned them in a bathtub. Post-mortem examinations confirmed that the cause of death was either drowning or suffocation.
Disney+ announces release date of Freddie Flintoff documentary

1 week ago | liverpoolecho.co.uk | Kate McMullin

The documentary will give details of his life changing Top Gear crashDisney+ has confirmed the premiere date for Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff's documentary. Viewers in the UK and Ireland will be able to tune in to the platform's exclusive 90-minute original film 'Flintoff' on April 25.
Killers decapitated DPD driver in street execution

1 week ago | liverpoolecho.co.uk | Annabal Bagdi |Kate McMullin |Monica Charsley

Sehajpal Singh and Mehakdeep Singh have been put behind bars after they murdered DPD driver, Aurman Singh. The killers of a DPD driver who was executed in the street in a cartel-style murder have been jailed for life. Sehajpal Singh and Mehakdeep Singh have been handed a life sentence for the sickening crime. It comes after Aurman Singh, from Smethwick, was ambushed by a group of armed thugs wearing masks.
Expert on where you should store milk and it's not the fridge door

1 week ago | liverpoolecho.co.uk | Alex Evans |Rom Preston-Ellis |Kate McMullin

Family's could be wasting up to £1,000 because of how they store foodThose who store their milk in a fridge door are being warned to reconsider by a leading kitchen appliance manufacturer. Many of us choose to put milk in the fridge door so that it can be stood up, instead of laid down with the potential to leak.
Mum drowned sons, 5, and 2, then dressed them in pyjamas and put them in bed

1 week ago | liverpoolecho.co.uk | Kate McMullin |Ryan Fahey

A mum who drowned her five-year-old and two-year-old sons then dressed them in pyjamas and put them in bed has been jailed for life. Kara Alexander, 47, murdered two-year-old Elijah and five-year-old Marley Thomas in December 2022 by drowning them in the bath. After their deaths, a post-mortem determined they died as a result of drowning or suffocation. At trial, Alexander claimed that their deaths were accidental after she placed them in the bath and fell asleep.
Man 'lucky to be alive' after CCTV shows what happened to him on first day of work

1 week ago | liverpoolecho.co.uk | Paul Britton |Kate McMullin

The company was fined £250,000 after HSE investigationA man is 'lucky to be alive' after being run over by a shovel loader on his first day of a new job. CCTV images of the almost tragic incident have been released by the HSE following an investigation. The images show a man, wearing orange-coloured high-vis trousers, walking beside a pile of waste in a yard at the depot when the truck approaches him from behind. He is then struck by the loader's shovel and disappears under the vehicle.
It was supposed to be a routine training exercise, but it ended in tragedy

1 week ago | liverpoolecho.co.uk | John Scheerhout |Kate McMullin

A police officer described as a 'fantastic dad and devoted PC' collapsed and died after a routine training exercise. PC Craig Higgins was on duty at Dunham Massey parkland, near Altrincham, when he collapsed while taking part in a dog handling training course in March 2022. Craig, 48, from Halifax, who was married with two teenage sons, had been placing items on the ground in preparation for dog 'tracking' training when he suffered a heart attack - the MEN reports.