From killer gunmen to a fake cancer bride: 600 people locked up in Merseyside in 2020
Murderers, evil rapists, gangland thugs and bent cops were all jailed last year
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L-R Clement Martin, Toni Standen and Lee Abbott
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Extent of British discomfort at commemorating Irish Famine revealed John Major said 1996 service would look like an apology and offend unionists, files show
Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 00:05 Éamon Phoenix, Mark Devenport
Irish emigrants embarking for America at Waterloo Docks, Liverpool, in 1850. Photograph: Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images
The extent of British government discomfort at commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Irish Famine is revealed in previously confidential files released today in Belfast.
Senior British officials regarded a decision by then minister of state Avril Doyle to press ahead with a concert in Liverpool in 1996 as “very awkward”.
Confirmation that the concert was going ahead came after prime minister John Major v
John Major blocked Irish famine event over apology A typical rural Irish house in the 19th century Éamon Phoenix
Former British Prime Minister John Major. Picture by Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire
Proposals to mark the 150th anniversary of the Great Famine with an ecumenical service in Liverpool to coincide with President Mary Robinson’s first visit to the UK were vetoed in 1996 by Prime Minister John Major.
Newly-released files show the service had been mooted for several years.
The possibility of a British event to mark the Famine was raised by Chris MacCabe from the Northern Ireland Office on August 15, 1994 in a note to officials.
Church says paedo vicar, 86, may lose his honorary title
The Diocese of Liverpool confirmed it was launching a review about their much-criticised decision-making in Rev Jon Roberts case
Reverend John Roberts was based at St Peter s Church in Woolton
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Child rapist vicar protected by Church of England for 24 years
The Archbishop of Canterbury expressed regret about how one complaint against Rev John Roberts was handled
15:10, 21 DEC 2020
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Former vicar and child rapist John Roberts on stage at St Peter s church hall, Woolton
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