Merseyside Today News

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BBC

- A Merseyside man involved in the fatal shooting of a father-of-three is jailed for twelve and a half years.

- The construction of a new freight link in Merseyside is under way with the laying of the tracks.

- Tranmere Rovers manager Ronnie Moore believes his switch to a 4-3-3 formation is paying dividends.

- Workers are picketing outside Liverpool passport office as part of a national protest over pay and cutbacks.

- Fans club AFC Liverpool will play their first competitive match on Merseyside at Marine FC on Tuesday.

- England and Liverpool star Steven Gerrard is to be given a university honorary fellowship.

- Everton will discover next week if plans for their new 50,000-seater stadium will be reviewed by the Government.

- Two Hampshire girl guides are to set sail as part of what is thought to be the first all-female Tall Ships crew.

- Liverpool's Nick Dougherty admits he is "embarrassed" by his own performance at the Open.

- Liverpool's Tall Ships Festival comes to an end with a spectacular parade along the River Mersey.

- Liverpool's former WBU featherweight world champion Derry Mathews wins his comeback fight against John Gicharu.

- The Ministry of Defence confirms another laptop containing "sensitive information" has been stolen while an official checked out of a hotel.

- An estimated 50,000 people visit the big ships festival in Liverpool before they sail for the race start.

- BBC News website readers have been sending us their photos of one of the largest fleets of tall ships ever assembled in the city of Liverpool.

- A 13-year-old boy is punched to the ground by a man in a robbery in Liverpool.

- Officers policing Merseyside are being tracked by global positioning systems.

- Tens of thousands of people are in Liverpool to see a fleet of more than 70 tall ships at the city's docks.

- The Princess Royal visits Liverpool to launch the Tall Ships Race Festival.

- Latest: Sunderland place bids for four Spurs players.

- The father of a missing Liverpool student launches a group aimed at helping the families of those who go missing overseas.