Good afternoon, these are the latest lunchtime ECHO headlines.
Man bought a house with £110k that appeared in his account, now the bank wants it back
A grandad has been left heartbroken after Barclays ordered him to pay back £110,000 that landed in his account.
Russell Alexander was in disbelief when a stranger deposited the lump sum into his account.
The 54-year-old queried it with his bank and was accidentally told the money was from an inheritance and his to keep.
Russell and his ex-fiance sold their seven-bed B&B property - and the handyman bought a £237,500 doer-upper new home - expecting to use the new windfall to fund the extensive repairs.
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EncroChat suspects named after police put in doors across city
Two men have been charged with drug offences as part of the investigation into the EncroChat phone network.
Police executed warrants across four addresses on Tuesday night in Knotty Ash, Wavertree and Wirral as part of an investigation into the supply of cocaine, heroin and cannabis.
Detective Chief Inspector Paul Lamb of the Merseyside OCP – which comprises Merseyside Police and National Crime Agency officers – said: “Class A drugs cause mayhem and misery.
“The OCP has removed a significant amount of drugs with this operation and stopped their profits being ploughed back into further offending."
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List of failings at 'unsafe' abortion clinic that 'put women at risk'
An abortion clinic has been placed into special measures after a damning inspection found a litany of failings had placed women at risk.
The Merseyside branch of independent charity the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) was rated 'inadequate' overall after a snap inspection by health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
A spokeswoman for BPAS told the ECHO pressures caused by the Covid pandemic caused standards to fall.
The charity said in a statement: "BPAS has worked hard throughout the pandemic to provide essential abortion care to women around the country through our award-winning Pills by Post service and in our clinics for those who want or require in-person care."
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