Need to knowAn exclusive chat with Claire Sweeney, calls for Paul Doyle’s sentence to be reviewed and Chester Zoo’s £1 ticket offer are just some of the stories we have published today
Chester Zoo is offering some families £1 tickets(Image: Chester Zoo)Here are five stories published by the Liverpool Echo you may have missed today.
1) Nurse told girl ‘don’t show texts anyone or I could go to prison’
A Liverpool mental health nurse has been warned after sending “completely inappropriate” text messages to a “vulnerable” 16-year-old girl in her care. Claire Kitson, a case worker for Sefton Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services employed at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust through an agency, told the girl never to show the messages to anyone “or I could go to prison”. A panel of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) found that Mrs Kitson “failed to maintain professional boundaries” with the teenager while employed as her case worker. This included sending messages outside of work hours that went beyond the clinical relationship. READ HERE.
2) Chester Zoo to offer £1 entry for some families
Chester Zoo has announced it will be offering £1 tickets to some families this Christmas. The zoo will offer families claiming Universal Credit, as part of a scheme to support people who may otherwise struggle to afford a day out. The discounted tickets will be available for visits between December 18 and 31 and can be booked online in advance. The initiative is a new addition to the zoo’s long-running Community Connections Scheme, which aims to reduce financial barriers to visiting the national conservation zoo for households and community groups. READ HERE.
3) Dad at the heart of city’s sports journalism scene for decades dies
A “devoted” dad who became an adopted Scouser has died. Ian Ross, 70, worked for the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, The Times, The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph as a sports writer. Ian, affectionately known to most as Rossie, later spent 10 years as a director of communications at Everton FC. He was also an author, writing three sports related non-fiction books before publishing a novel about time travel in 2021. However, he had no memory of writing it. Ian found the thriller on his laptop after returning home from hospital, where he had been in a coma for three weeks on the brink of death following complications after major heart surgery. READ HERE.
4) Calls for Paul Doyle’s jail sentence to be reviewed
Calls for Paul Doyle’s sentence to be reviewed will be considered by the Attorney General’s Office after some claimed it was too lenient. The 54-year-old, of Burghill Road in West Derby, drove his two-tonne Ford Galaxy into crowds of fans celebrating Liverpool’s 20th Premier League title earlier this year. More than 100 people, ranging from babies to pensioners, were injured after being struck by the car on Water Street shortly after 6pm on Monday, May 26, as what was meant to be a day of joy turned into scenes of devastation and terror. Fifty casualties required hospital treatment in the aftermath of the appalling incident, with all of them later discharged. Doyle admitted a total of 31 charges last month. READ HERE.
5) Claire Sweeney ‘honoured’ as she teases Coronation Street future
Claire Sweeney has shared some teasers ahead of the Emmerdale and Coronation Street crossover episode. The soap actress is “honoured” to star in the special episode which she described as “epic”. Earlier this year, soap bosses confirmed an exciting hour-long broadcast when the worlds of both soaps will collide. The episode, which has been billed as “Corriedale”, will air on Monday, January 5 at 8pm. The broadcast will mark a piece of soap history when the worlds of the cobbles and the fictional Yorkshire village will intertwine. The soap stars were in attendance for the episode’s premiere in Bradford on Tuesday. The ECHO was also in attendance at the star-studded event held at the National Science and Media Museum. READ HERE.
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