Two Merseyside criminals have been sent to prison for handling stolen art. Kevin Marlow (29) of Halby Road, and Gerard Starkey (50) of Southport Road, both of Bootle, had earlier pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods.
Crews were summoned to a Nelson coffin factory fire in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday). Firefighters attended the Walter Lambert and Sons coffin manufacturers site on Edgar Street, near Leeds Road, at about 03:10 GMT.
Car industry insiders predict that Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port factory will be involved in a straight shoot-out with Opel’s Bochum factory in Germany for one plant to
The Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site could be hit by strike action according to the union Unite. The site close to the village of Seascale on the Cumbrian coast would be affected by walkouts of electricians, plumbers and engineers who are members of the union.
A man was shot in the side on a Maghull industrial estate on Wednesday. Police were summoned to a car park in the Sefton Lane Industrial Estate in Maghull on Merseyside at about 16:50 GMT, after shots had been heard in the area.
