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A son has paid tribute after his final wish for his dad came true. Earlier this month the ECHO reported on Brian Jameson, 90, ...
March 28, 1885 was an important day in the life of the region that, more than seven decades later, would become the Gold ...
She's back, and she means business. After months away from the spotlight, the Princess of Wales has made her triumphant ...
The Outer Trial Bank was built in the 1970s at a cost of £3 million, worth nearly £35 million in today’s money. It was planned as a tidal barrage in the Wash, East Anglia, to capture ...
Veteran from Southport wants to close UCLA's baseball field and stop IU from playing there. Why? Bob Rosebrock says: "A ...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Thursday, March 20, recommended that 30 bridge owners conduct urgent vulnerability assessments after an investigation into the deadly collapse of the ...
Mortgage rates have increased in recent months, even as the Federal Reserve cut rates three times in 2024. The rise corresponds to a rise in Treasury bond yields due largely to stubborn inflation ...
Calls for a wealth tax have grown louder this week as ministers face a perfect storm of an increased defence bill, sky-high borrowing costs and weak growth. But while the idea of taxing the super ...
To celebrate 50 years in the UK last year, McDonald’s revealed its top three, best-selling menu items from 1974 that have remained on the menu and are still loved nationwide today - fries, Big Mac and ...
Straddling two counties, Cumberland has grown since Uni-Gov 50-plus years ago. Now Cumberland wants to pull out and boost its ...
This mid-1970s photo shows the old Frying Pan Lightship when it was docked at the foot of Howe Street in Southport. Some residents tried to have it transformed into a museum, but when that didn’t ...
Here are 17 pictures of Wolverhampton that will take you back to the 1970s, all taken from the Express & Star archive collection. Many reflect the industry of the time and include lost landmarks ...