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Payroll blunder will hit wage packets of Sefton health care workers

HUNDREDS of health workers in Sefton will have to pay back £160,000 in wages after a four year payroll blunder came to light.Read

Southport nightclub The Kingsway is destroyed in a massive blaze

FIFTY firefighters battled 80ft flames as a blaze ripped through an abandoned nightclub.Read

Merseyside police pay out £200,000 to repair crashed cars

MERSEYSIDE Police paid out more than £200,000 last year to repair collision damage caused by crashing cop cars.Read

Community payback defended on Merseyside as TV show depicts drug taking ‘holiday camp’

THE man in charge of community payback in Merseyside has defended the practice of making criminals do odd jobs after a Government minister described it as a holiday camp.Read

Sefton Arts website to be relaunched

ART lovers will have a new favourite to visit when Sefton Arts launches an updated website next month.Read

Free wills provided by Barnardo’s this week

A CHARITY drive supported by ex supermodel Twiggy, which helps people draw up free wills, is to be made available for people in Formby.Read

PC found guilty of killing son of Merseybeat musician by driving carelessly on Rainford bypass

A FORMBY police officer was convicted of accidentally killing the son of a Merseybeat pop star by driving into his path on a dual carriageway.Read

Police officer appears in court over death of Merseybeat star’s son on Rainford bypass

A MOTORCYCLIST died after hitting an unmarked police car which pulled straight into the fast lane of a busy main road, a court heard.Read

A technical fault at Liverpool Central station causes Merseyrail commuter trains to be cancelled

HUNDREDS of commuters were left stranded at Sandhills Station yesterday morning (Tuesday) when a train failed at Liverpool Central.Read

Fans hope to see Vulcan bomber at Southport Air Show

A GROUP of aeronautical enthusiasts who spent £8m restoring a Cold War jet plane are hoping a benefactor will come forward to allow it to fly at Southport Air Show.Read

Formby couple hope to cash in on Beatles barber shop chairs

A FORMBY couple are hoping to make enough money to retire by selling a pair of barber chairs once used by The Beatles.Read

Cafe West - Mill Lane, Aughton

TRY suggesting a romantic candlelit meal for two in your cellar and see how far you get.Read

Martin inn - Martin Lane, Burscough

I’VE driven through Burscough countless times and never heard of the Martin Inn so as I printed off my Google map and went intrepidly exploring behind the industrial estate I can honestly say I had no preconceptions in my mind.Read

Cafe Del Mar, The Swan - Springfield Road, Aughton

REMEMBER going to The Swan, on Springfield Road, Aughton, as a child back in the 1980s.Read

Room 47 - Ormskirk

SURROUNDING you with vast black and white cityscapes taking in New York, San Francisco and Rio De Janeiro, Room 47’s intentions are clear.Read

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Liverpool Echo court reporter. Contact Gary by email at gary.stewart@liverpool.com and follow his tweets @livechocourt