Ford is shutting down its Merseyside plant for at least a month and slashing shifts at a Dagenham engine factory as the car industry is battered by a global microchip shortage.
The US company will temporarily halt production on May 10 at its Hal…
Vile moment raging woman SPITS at driver in the car behind her during argument at a red traffic lightFootage shows woman arguing at fellow motorist’s car door while at red lightThe female driver appears to rant at the other person before spitting at th…
Carmakers Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Hyundai and Volvo have all warned that production will be affected in coming months by a global shortage of computer chips.
JLR said it is pressing pause on production at two UK plants because of a shortage of microch…
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
A lorry full of catering supplies has smashed into railings sparking road closures in Bootle.
Pictures from the ECHO’s Andy Teebay show the lorry cabin badly damaged and partially ripped from the vehicle.
The side is caved in and it…
A drug gang’s hopes of netting £1m a month were dashed while they enjoyed a “celebratory breakfast” at a garden centre.
Police seized six kilos of cocaine fresh off the continent when they busted a Merseyside crew who had plans of establishing a “Class…
It’s been an unprecedented year for businesses around Merseyside who’ve had to remain closed or reopen under government guidance with restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
But Halewood has never been short of ambitious people and many young peo…
As disgusting as it sounds, a rude truck driver pulled over his white van with other two men seated behind and spat on a woman who was with her 3-year-old daughter without any provocation and went on a verbal tirade against the woman’s plus size weight…
For full TV listings for the week, see thetimes.co.uk/tvplannerViewing guide, by Joe Clay
DNA JourneyITV, 9pmAfter a two-part special in 2019 featuring Ant and Dec, ITV’s take on Who Do You Think You Are? returns for a full series. The programme-maker…
Ladies Day (picture: Fletcher Hill Photography)
By Jennifer Corcoran and Andrew Sloman
We continue our celebration of women in the theatre as part of Women’s History Month by looking at some of the recent plays we have brought to you that were written …
I’ve never been in one place for so long in my life as during this pandemic
Before I got my job with MTV in 2008, I loved travelling – and one reason I did journalism at Dublin City University was to spend a year abroad.
Interrailing through Eur…