Dog licences, seizure powers mulled after fatal attack A man's fatal mauling by his pet bull terrier has prompted calls for dog licences and greater powers to seize dangerous or menacing animals. AAP · Apr 16, 2025
I've rewatched 150 episodes of Brookside – here's how the soap captured the nuances of Margaret Thatcher's Britain If you want to understand how Margaret Thatcher shaped Britain, revisiting one particular 1980s soap opera is a great place to start. Brookside, a show set in a Liverpool cul-de-sac, ran for 21 years, airing just under 3,000 episodes between 1982 and 2003. The Conversation · Sep 19, 2023
Moment Paul O'Grady was 'big blonde from Birkenhead' on Brookside He made a cameo in a famous Liverpool TV show Liverpool Echo · Mar 29, 2023
Brookside's Grant family where are they now? From other soap roles to spin-offs This is what they got up to after leaving the Close Liverpool Echo · Feb 16, 2023
29 Brookside storylines you've probably forgotten as 'best' soap returns Affectionately known as 'Brookie,' it's been over 40 years since it first hit our screens Liverpool Echo · Jan 25, 2023
Brookside star Claire Sweeney looks back on 40 years of the hit show Actress Claire Sweeney, who played Lindsey Corkhill in Brookside, opens up on her time on the legendary soap and the "brilliant storylines" that she navigated Daily Mirror · Nov 8, 2022
Soaps' most evil villains ranked by body count - and the top spot goes to someone unexpected As Corrie's resident serial killer Stephen Reid tries to add to his tally of victims, which of soapland's famous villains has murdered the most? Daily Mirror · Jan 10, 2019