Skip to content

Prescot

Layla Allen, 13, who has wavy blonde hair, stands in front of a wooden fence wearing her black school blazer over a grey jumper and white shirt, with a blue and black tie, and smiles at the camera.

Girl, 13, with 'passion for TikTok' killed in fire

Layla Allen was described as a "shining light" in the lives of those who knew her.

A teddy bear, flowers and a fairy doll with wings are among the tributes left on the pavement outside the house.

Girl killed in house fire named in school tribute

A teddy bear and flowers are among tributes left outside the scene of the fire.

Flowers and police tape at the fire scene

Girl, 13, killed in blaze as seven others escape

Police and firefighters say two adults and five children survived the fire.

Lenny Scott, who has brown eyes, shaven head and ginger beard and is wearing a navy blue puffer coat and grey t-shirt.

Dad shot dead 'will never be forgotten'

Lenny Scott's family says it has been a year of "overwhelming sadness and heartbreak".

Medical staff in a hospital ward

Patients facing two-day waits in A&E

Patients in A&E at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital are facing waits of up to 50 hours.

A view of the white Picture Palace from the street with its red doors and windows

Ex-cinema shut for 67 years is restored

The former Picture Palace has been restored as part of Knowsley Council's regeneration of Prescot.

Laura Higginson with her arm round her two smiling children

Mum's death not down to hospital overdose - coroner

Laura Higginson, 30, was overdosed with paracetamol in hospital and died days later in April 2017.

Shakespeare North Playhouse in Preston, lit up at night

Shakespeare theatre given architectural award

Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot opened in July 2022 as a community theatre

Liverpool's club crest at Anfield stadium

'Heartless' fraudsters stole thousands in tickets scam

Two men took more than £10,000 from Liverpool fans for tickets that never arrived, a court hears.