All news by author: Liam Thorp

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Teacher banned from classroom after sharing emails with kisses with pupil
Laura Martland has been banned from teaching after a Teacher Regulation Agency panel found she demonstrated "unacceptable professional conduct" after encouraging a pupil to drink alcohol and gave relationship advice
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Evicted woman, 75, living out of cardboard boxes demands 'dignity'
Valerie McGurk has packed her belongings into boxes and with eviction from her home in Wallasey looming after being served with a Section 21 notice fears she will end up on the street
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'I was fined £100 for my train journey even though I had bought a ticket'
A 16-year-old in Cheshire says she was slapped with a £100 fine on a recent train journey even after she showed proof that she had bought a ticket online
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Family of couple who died in car trapped in floods release emotional statement
Elaine and Philip Marco, aged 75 and 77, tragically lost their lives last Saturday night when their Mercedes became submerged in the flood water in the Mossley Hill area of Liverpool
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Man and woman die after being trapped in car stuck in flooded road under bridge
Merseyside Police says a Mercedes Class 180 drove into a flooded area of Mossley Hill, Liverpool and, though the man and woman were rescued, they were declared dead in hospital
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'I had gruelling 42-hour A&£ wait while suffering from kidney stones and sepsis'
Dawn Mullholland went to the A&E department of Aintree Hospital just after 5pm on June 18 with a very high temperature, acute pain in her kidney area and vomiting - and spent 42 hours waiting there
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Panicking Eurovision welcome party guests pulled out of 'dangerous' crowd crush
Many people attending the Eurovision welcome party in Liverpool this evening had to be helped over the barriers by security guards after thousands of guests flooded the venue
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Man, 95, forced to wait 30 hours in 'war zone' NHS hospital corridor
Harry Lyness, 95, was taken by ambulance to the new Royal Liverpool Hospital after he had a fall in the night at his care home - after getting a brain scan he was in a hospital corridor for the next 30 hours
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Abandoned 'cursed' cottage transformed into luxury five-bedroom home
The cottage, which is on the edge of the Priory Woods in South Liverpool, was left in a dilapidated state, with its front gates chained shut and its doors and windows boarded up
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Rising star chef, 25, killed in crash coming back from Mother's Day celebration
25-year-old Oliver Fitchett, known as Ollie, died when his blue Ford Focus was involved in a crash on Speke Boulevard just before midnight on Sunday
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Ex-nurse, 80, who spent 24 hours in hospital corridor says NHS is 'crumbling'
Val Johnstone was taken to the Royal Liverpool Hospital by ambulance after suffering from sickness and dizziness. She spent 24 hours in the corridor and said she felt 'heartbroken'
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Students protest as 'strictest head in UK' brings 'military' methods into school
Barry Smith, once dubbed "Britain's strictest headteacher" was brought into the King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool as a freelance consultant. However his controversial methods has angered many students and parents
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Stomach churning photos show inside Chinese takeaway hit with £6,000 fine
The conditions in Kensington Takeaway in Liverpool were so unhygienic that the business was closed immediately because of an "imminent risk to health."
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Fuming man slapped with parking ticket outside home he's lived in for 40 years
David Wright, also known as Ian, has lived close to Everton's Goodison Park stadium for more than 40 years and says he has never had a parking ticket in that time
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Nan, 92, 'asked to die' during 33-hour wait on hospital corridor
A 92-year-old nan at a hospital was forced to wait for 33 hours in a corridor after she became unwell over the new year. She became so distressed she 'asked to die', according to her family