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Echo reporter Jonathan Blackburn with a breakfast bin lid from Mangetout on Old Hall Street.(Image: Liverpool Echo)Here are five stories published by the Liverpool Echo you may have missed today.<\/p>\nNeed to knowA doomed tower facing demolition, this year’s dumbest criminals and everything ECHO reporter Jon Blackburn missed about Liverpool are just some of the stories we have published todayEcho reporter Jonathan Blackburn with a breakfast bin lid from Mangetout on Old Hall Street.(Image: Liverpool Echo)Here are five stories published by the Liverpool Echo you may have missed today.<\/p>\n
1) 26 of Merseyside’s dumbest criminals whose bumbling mistakes led them to prison<\/strong><\/p>\n While police sometimes have to go to great lengths to catch criminals with painstaking investigations, others make it all too easy for officers. Here, the ECHO has taken a look at just some of the defendants whose bumbling errors, hare-brained schemes or thoughtless actions led to their crimes being exposed. These included one burglar who was caught eating crisps in an 11-year-old boy’s bedroom and another who was found in a priest’s bath. Meanwhile, Liverpool Crown Court<\/a> heard that a dad sniffed a sex toy in Go Outdoors in a stag do prank gone wrong and ended up in jail. READ HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 2) I’m a fashion writer and here is my favourite high street store for 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n Being a fashion writer means I get to write about different high street stores<\/a> every single day. After researching and talking about a many different products on a weekly basis, there was one store which stood out to me the most this year, and I never thought it would impress me as much as it has. In terms of style and aesthetic, this high street store<\/a> in particular does it right. Throughout the year, it’s offered the perfect mix of fashion options for a variety of different ages. READ HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 3) I moved away from Liverpool – what I missed surprised me<\/strong><\/p>\n The list of things I missed about Liverpool while I was away is long and predictable. Scouse humour<\/a>, the hewn limestone<\/a> beauty of the city<\/a>, and a catalogue of fine pubs<\/a> for a start; all of these I knew I’d miss when I traded home for a year in Scotland. But there was one humble Liverpudlian tradition<\/a> that surprised me as it tugged at my heart while I was away \u2014 the bin lid. Glasgow has a rich breakfast<\/a> culture, with crispy “well-fired” morning rolls filled with beef square sausage and tatty scones walking out of bakeries every morning. READ HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 4) History of Wilson’s flour mill as doomed tower faces demolition<\/strong><\/p>\n For years, the grey spectre of a once-thriving flour mill has loomed over Dingle. The vacant Wilson’s flour mill on Mill Street shut down in 2022, closing the book on a 150-year history which began with the dawn of Britain’s second Industrial Revolution. The industrial mill sprung up in 1872, on the site of what was once a humble windmill. Its founding coincided with Britain’s Technological Revolution,<\/a> a phase of rapid scientific discovery, mass production and development resulting in significant technological advancements such as such as improved railways, gas and water supplies, sewage systems, telegraph systems, electricity and telephones. READ HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 5) Pet owners struggling with the cost of living<\/strong><\/p>\n Every year, the PDSA publishes its Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report, the UK’s largest annual assessment of pet wellbeing. Using a nationally representative sample of pet owners, the vet charity focuses on five major welfare needs: health, behaviour, companionship, diet, and environment. This year’s report found that dog ownership <\/a>has reached an all time high of 11.1m – the largest number since records began in 2011 – confirming the UK’s reputation as a nation of dog-lovers. READ HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n