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  • Supermarkets set to slash petrol prices

    The "big four" supermarkets are all cutting their fuel prices. With world oil prices plunging, Asda, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Tesco are all reducing their petrol by 2p a litre and their diesel by 1p a litre from tomorrow. The Asda cut means

  • Father Christmas to land at Knowsley Safari Park

    FATHER Christmas is taking a break from his official duties in the North Pole to enjoy a wild adventure at Knowsley Safari Park.  Families can meet the man himself at a festive breakfast this Saturday and Sunday. Children at the event will

  • CCTV image released as police investigate bus sex assault

    POLICE are making a belated appeal for witnesses to an indecent exposure carried out on a bus in early September. They have issued CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident which happened on board the 10A

  • UPDATE: Road reopens after gas leak

    ELTON Head Road in St Helens has now re-opened after a gas leak this afternoon caused its closure.   A St Helens Council spokesperson said: "A suspected gas leak from a nearby industrial facility forced the closure of a section of the road between

  • Nine arrests and drugs seized in police raids

    POLICE raided three homes, seized amphetamine and arrested nine people in connection with drug crime. Officers from Merseyside Police executed three warrants at addresses in town on Tuesday as part of an ongoing crackdown.  Eight men and a

  • Families with disabled children facing increasing struggles

    THERE has been a sharp rise in the number of north west families with disabled children going without heating and food - leading to ill health. Charity, Contact a Family, is calling on the government and energy companies to address the trend, revealed