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Knotty Ash leaves This Morning viewers confused as people thought it was made up place Many people thought the same thing about Knotty Ash Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Make sure to subscribe to our Liverpool Echo daily newsletter for the biggest stories, straight to youInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations f...

Radio Clatterbridge celebrates 70 years on air One of the country’s oldest hospital radio stations will mark its 70th birthday with a special day of programmes on Friday 9 April. Radio Clatterbridge began broadcasting in 1951 when members of Port Sunlight Boys Club hit upon the idea of taking a record player onto the wards to play music to entertain patients. Initially it had a mixed reception: those closest to the speaker complained it was too loud, while those at the far end of...

One of the country’s oldest radio stations will mark its 70th birthday with a special day of programmes on Friday (April 9). Radio Clatterbridge began broadcasting in 1951 when members of Port Sunlight Boys Club came up with the idea of taking a record player onto the wards to play music to entertain patients. Initially it had a mixed reception: those closest to the speaker complained it was too loud, while those at the far end of the ward couldn’t hear the music. But the hospital a...

Claire Sweeney hosts new series on BBC Radio Merseyside Broadcaster Claire Sweeney is joining BBC Radio Merseyside to host a new series chatting with special guests about their careers, favourite memories and Merseyside heritage. Guests on Claire Sweeney Meets include Jason Isaacs, John Barnes, Holly Johnson, Paul O’Grady and Lady Anne Dodd, the wife of the late legendary comic Sir Ken Dodd. All of the guests are from Liverpool or have a Merseyside connection, and are all either f...

How Merseyside rich list made their multi-millions and the ways you can too We took a look at how the regions richest business leaders made their money Updated From left, Joe Morris of Home Bargains, Francis OBrien of Arrowcroft, Tom Morris of Home Bargains and Christopher Fox of Arrowcroft, pictured in 2001 Many of Merseysides multi-millionaires came from humble beginnings - from a Greatie market stall to a bargain shop in Old Swan. A number of names from across the region have featured on the...

An ordinary bloke: Leonard Rossiter as Reginald Perrin Credit: BBC “Mother rang – she wants to know if we’re going to see her on Sunday.” Cue the image of a hippopotamus trotting through the mud. The best-remembered gag from The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is – almost 45 years since it first aired – still very funny. Sure, that hippo trots right into the category of standard Seventies mother-in-law material, but there’s really nothing standard about The Fall and Rise of Regin...

Ian St John obituary: An iconic Liverpool figure who went on to illuminate TV screens By Phil McNultyChief football writer Last updated on comments 667 Ian St John, who has died aged 82, was an iconic figure in Liverpools history as part of manager Bill Shanklys construction of a football superpower, before enjoying a hugely successful post-playing career in television and punditry. St John arrived at Anfield in May 1961, a then club record £37,500 signing from Motherwell, with Liverpool in...

Winners announced next month The Leicester Comedy Festival has announced the shortlist for its annual awards. This year’s event, and its sister UK Kids’ Comedy Festival, were of course held online, but hailed as a success after selling more than 20,000 tickets over the 19-day event. Winners will be announced at an invitation-only online ceremony hosted by Zoe Lyons on Monday March 29. Founding director Geoff Rowe said: ‘The 2021 festivals were clearly very different to previous festivals...

New series of Skin A&E seeking Lincolnshire applicants A “no-filter look” at skin conditions and treatments Dr Adil & Dr Dev from 5 Stars Skin A&E. | Photo: Boom Cymru People in Lincolnshire, and particularly in Lincoln, wanting help with a range of skin conditions are needed for the new series of 5 Star’s Skin A&E. The show produced by Boom Cymru is set in a clinic and follows a team of the UK’s leading consultant dermatologists as they treat patients with different skin conditions. I...

Bill Titcombe obituary Olly Day My friend Bill Titcombe, who has died aged 82, was an artist, illustrator and cartoonist who worked on more than 65 franchised cartoon characters, many of them for TV-related magazines such as Look-In and TV Comic during the 1960s and 70s. Among the characters he drew were Tom and Jerry and Scooby Doo, and he also created comic-based representations of characters from Dad’s Army and Charlie’s Angels. Bill was born in Romford, Essex, to Stewar...