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Janette Mercer, mother of murderer Sean Mercer, appeared to begin hyperventilating in the dock

Eight conservation groups said they were uniting in opposition to the £1.5bn scheme

Janette Mercer was previously jailed for lying to detectives investigating the 11-year-old's murder

Sean Mercer is now locked up at HMP Wakefield with some of Britain’s worst cons, including Sarah Payne’s murderer Roy Whiting

Children's education is suffering because relatively low pay and conditions means schools cannot fill vacancies and retain teachers, warned UCAC

He was once seen as a huge prospect

August 22 marked the 15th anniversary of the shooting of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in the Liverpool suburb of Croxteth. In the same week, the people of Liverpool again witnessed the merciless killing of an innocent child, gunned down in her own home. Nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel has become one more unnecessary…

Police in Liverpool are reportedly focussing their attention on members of family-based crime groups rather than local gangs as they hunt for Olivia Pratt-Korbel's killer

A vigil for peace was held in memory of three young people who were shot dead