
Liam Thorp
Political Editor at Liverpool Echo
Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. 3 x Regional Press Specialist Journalist of the Year. Paul Foot award & Orwell Prize nominee. IPA fan. Also on Bluesky.
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5 days ago |
express.co.uk | Kris Boratyn |Liam Thorp
Image shows lorries and coaches moving along Queens Drive. (Image: Liverpool Echo)Fresh images from Liverpool FC’s Premier League parade have raised serious questions about how the event was managed, particularly the safety of fans lining the streets. Nearly 80 people were injured after a car was driven into crowds on Water Street on Monday, May 26. Victims included children as young as nine and a 78-year-old.
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6 days ago |
express.co.uk | Padma Murughappun |Liam Thorp
Private hospital staff in tears as they told jobs at risk during office partyStaff at Spire Liverpool Hospital were told their jobs were at risk of redundancy as they were holding an office party for a departing colleague. Spire Liverpool Hospital on Greenbank Road, Liverpool. (Image: Liverpool Echo)Employees at the renowned Spire Liverpool Hospital were left in tears as they received news of potential redundancies during a farewell party for a departing colleague.
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6 days ago |
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Liam Thorp
Police called as man targeted family who had just finished prayers at mosque in WirralA dad has told how his teenage sons were subjected to vile racist abuse from a man who went on to expose himself. Ibraham Syed, a well known figure in Merseyside's Muslim community, had been at prayers with his family at the Wirral Deen Centre on Friday afternoon when the incident happened.
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1 week ago |
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Liam Thorp
Ministers 'call time on nasty devices' as new rules explainedSingle-use vapes will be banned from the shelves of all shops from tomorrow (Sunday, June 1) as the government begins a blitz on the sale and supply of the products. The new crackdown makes it illegal to sell single-use vapes at corner shops and supermarkets, putting an end to what the government says is their "alarming rise" in school playgrounds and the "avalanche of rubbish flooding the nation’s streets".
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1 week ago |
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Liam Thorp
Mum describes moment of horror as her son was thrown in the air and wasn't moving as passers-by rushed to helpThe mum of a young Liverpool fan who was hurt in the Liverpool parade crash on Monday has described the moment she "feared the worst" and thanked the LFC fans who rushed to help him. Maria and her 12-year-old son Nikitas had travelled to the city centre to watch their Reds heroes at the Premier League parade in front of The Liver Building.
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After the city of Liverpool rallied to save Baby Hospice Zoe’s Place from closure last year, a host of Merseyside music stars have been lined up for a special thank you concert this summer Should be an amazing night Should be an amazing night https://t.co/hJv9I4clrT

A nail-biter in Runcorn. Reform edge out Labour by just six votes after dramatic recount. https://t.co/SgbBadUUqe