Good morning, these are the latest ECHO headlines today.
Neighbours 'shocked and frightened' as murder investigation launched
Neighbours were left "shocked and frightened" after a man was found dead near their homes.
New Ferry Road in New Ferry became the centre of a murder investigation on Tuesday after the body of a man in his 40s was found in a flat.
Police and paramedics were called to the area at around 1.30am and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
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A 59-year-old man from Wirral has since been arrested on suspicion of murder and taken into custody for questioning.
One man, who has lived in the New Ferry area for the last six years, told the ECHO: "I went out at around 10am this morning and saw the police van there and they've been there ever since.
"The road is fairly quiet, you don't get a lot of problems down here. They're blocks of flats but they used to be shops before that."
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'Wicked' ex's web of lies saw innocent man's home raided by police
An innocent man said his ex-girlfriend's lies to police left him thinking he'd be better off dead.
Lewis Jolly was arrested six times and spent 81 hours in custody thanks to Courtney Ireland-Ainsworth.
She set up more than 20 fake Instagram accounts to send herself "vile" threat s, then told police he was the culprit.
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The teen even provided a photo of what she claimed was a scar to her chest, inflicted by him with a utility knife.
But her "web of poisonous deceit" was exposed when Instagram's owners Facebook revealed the false profiles were in fact linked to her own email accounts and IP addresses.
Ireland-Ainsworth, now 20, of Brackendale, Runcorn, appeared for sentence yesterday after admitting perverting the course of justice.
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Covid infected Lidl cleaner 'unfairly sacked' for working shift with virus
A cleaner who turned up to work at Lidl while infected with covid was unfairly sacked, an Employment Tribunal ruled.
Philip Murphy had been for a PCR test the day before his shift at the discount supermarket's Runcorn store and had not received his results when he arrived at work.
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The cleaner, who is autistic and has dyslexia, was employed by cleaning contractor Private and Industrial Services Ltd, a Widnes based firm owned by Kevin Cross which had the contract to supply cleaners to the Lidl store.
Mr Cross told the ECHO he was disappointed with the tribunal's ruling, and said he believed Mr Murphy's actions had "put lives at risk".
However in a written ruling, Employment Judge Jennifer Ainscough found Mr Cross had not carried out a fair investigation and sacked Mr Murphy without inviting him to any disciplinary meeting.
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