Merseyside Today News

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BBC

- An RAF engineer tells of the 'serious failure' of not being told about fuel leaks before a Nimrod spy plane exploded.

- Liverpool Ladies are set to play at Anfield for the first time in three years as they host Northern Ireland on Saturday.

- Britain's world squash number three, James Willstrop, urges the crowds to watch the Dunlop British Open at Liverpool's Echo Arena.

- More than 50% of young people in Liverpool admit to having taken cocaine, a new report claims.

- A woman being held in a psychiatric unit after a slashing a former friend in a shower escapes on a dentist visit.

- A 26-year-old man is jailed for stabbing his dog to death and burying him in a shallow grave.

- The way allegations of abuse were dealt with before the woman concerned was killed, is to be investigated.

- Team news ahead of Sunday's Premier League match.

- An extra 4,000 tickets go on sale for Sir Paul McCartney's summer concert in Liverpool.

- A Nimrod plane which exploded mid-air killing 14 servicemen had a fuel leakage problem, an inquest into their deaths hears.

- A jury finds two men guilty of manslaughter after a student died following an assault during a night out.

- Liverpool reserve team boss Gary Ablett wants his players to break into the first team after they won their first league title in eight years.

- The Queen is to be given a taste of Liverpool's Capital of Culture programme later this month.

- Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez hints Peter Crouch can leave should the club receive £15m for the striker.

- Stars from Liverpool Football Club will be supporting a campaign to raise £1.5m for a Wirral care home, at a charity dinner and auction.

- A 20m sculpture of a girl's head is unveiled as Britain's next big public art project.

- The jury is sent home in the trial of two men accused of killing a student in an underpass after a night out.

- Families of 14 servicemen killed when their RAF Nimrod crashed in Afghanistan hear a recording of its last moments.

- Bus services in Liverpool are returning to normal as drivers get back to work after an unofficial strike.

- Jana Novotna will play Martina Hingis in Liverpool a re-run of their classic meeting in the Wimbledon final of 1997.