All news by author: Olivia Williams

Jaqueline Rutter, 53, was killed in her Merseyside home in October 2022 in what police described as a 'targeted attack'. Her family said she was 'a defenceless grandmother'

Beryl Mellor travelled over from Alicante to Southport for her son's birthday but said her stay in the Royal Clifton Hotel, owned by Britannia Hotels, was "dreadful"

Emergency services dashed to a flat in Old Swan, Liverpool, where a man was found with a severe gunshot injury - and he's since been taken to hospital via air ambulance

An estimated 60 dead pigeons were spotted floating near the towpath of the Leeds Liverpool canal in Ormskirk, near to Black-A-Moor Lane in Lancashire, with a witness blaming 'lads with air rifles'

Jack Winter left the elderly woman with "extensive bruising" after the attack at Brooklands Care Home in Old Swan, Liverpool, where he had only been working for two weeks

When a taxi driver found David Clarke "in distress" in Liverpool city centre after he suffered a cardiac arrest, he stopped and desperately started CPR on the man

Gerard Hand, 44, was stabbed to death in Bootle, Sefton, Merseyside, on November 22. His family now paid tribute to him, saying he was 'full of life' and 'ill never be forgotten'

George Walsh, aged two, was enjoying some time away in Tenerife with his family when his parents, from Warrington, noticed a glare in the toddler's eye

Jawan Hassan claims he had to quit his job because problems with water falling through the ceiling of his flat in Liverpool became bad after months of the leak repeatedly returning

Paul Smith, from Waterloo, Merseyside, was jailed last month for sending a series of offensive, obscene and indecent messages to four women including images of young girls

Laura Piert has revealed her five-year-old son, Jaxon, was out playing with a friend in St Helens, Merseyside, when he needed to be rushed to hospital after being attacked by a dog

Aedan Klieve was born with severe kidney disease and has been on medication and dialysis at Alder Hey Children's Hospital his entire life - a call in the middle of the night changed everything

Retired IT Project Manager Dave Gibb, who previously lived in Gayton and Willaston, was due to go on a cruise to celebrate his 40th wedding anniversary with wife Carole

Vicky Winn said she initially brushed off her son's symptoms for nursery illnesses - but after she lifted up his Halloween mask, she discovered his condition was something more serious

Old habits die hard - but if you want to beat some health issues which you just can't seem to get the better of, it may be your "modern lifestyle" tendencies which are getting in the way, according to a GP

Kaiden Taylor was flown to Alder Hey Children's Hospital, in West Derby, Liverpool, because a battery he accidentally swallowed got stuck in his oesophagus, part of the digestive system

Jade King brutally kneed her victim so hard she had to spend 10 days in hospital and be fitted with a catheter in the vicious attack in Warrington town centre

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGE. The boy was attacked by a family member’s French Bulldog which resulted in him losing 60 percent of his top lip

Sarah Pickles was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer back in 2014 and three years later after spotting 'shadows' doctors feared the disease had returned and spread

Lauren McGregor, who lives near Hale Village, Merseyside, said her husband Chris began having random hot flushes and struggled to remember her name - before being diagnosed with astrocytoma

Christine Emery, from Warrington, first went to the doctor after being signed off for a week by her employer, Lidl. However, she was later given just eight weeks to live, leaving her family heartbroken

TUI staff placed Victoria Devorie, from Liverpool, on the airline's banned list over what she claims was a misunderstanding which escalated into a row with a cabin crew member

Terry, 35, and Sarah Hawkins, 32, were among some tourists who became unwell after travelling to Rixos Sungate resort in Antalya, Turkey - and have now instructed lawyers to take legal action

Olivia Williams samples the delights of an amazing weekend at the Balmer Lawn luxury spa hotel, set amid the spectacular wildlife and nature of Hampshire's New Forest

An air ambulance has been dispatched to Victoria Park in Southport, Merseyside, following the accident understood to have been caused by a "freak gust of wind" this afternoon