SHOCKING: Mersey | Mind Blowing Facts

England return to the north with Borthwick needing to avoid a Mersey meltdown

The team head to Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium to face Fiji needing to avoid a sixth straight defeat, with eyes on debutants Van Rensburg and Caluori

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10

Young Atlantic salmon seen in three English rivers for first time in a decade

Species that is critically endangered in Britain is spotted in Mersey, Bollin and Goyt rivers in north-west

The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2025

England 4-14 Australia: rugby league Ashes second Test – as it happened

The Kangaroos bounced away from the hosts in the second half with two quickfire tries that sealed Ashes victory with one match still to play

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2025

Three ways to assess how Liverpool’s tidal energy plan will affect the environment

A proposed tidal energy scheme on Liverpool’s River Mersey is entering an early assessment and consultation phase. This multi-billion pound infrastructure project, which could span several miles across the river and power up to a million homes, exemplifies the complex challenge of planning large-scale renewable energy projects.

The Conversation · Jan 20, 2025

Police release facial reconstruction of woman found in river in Manchester

Appeal launched to identify woman who was found by member of the public in River Mersey in March

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2024

Country diary: Turnstones and beet among the trolleys and bikes

Otterspool, Merseyside: This is land built on waste-tips and spoil, but wildlife is thriving. Perhaps one day the otters will return, too

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2024

Country diary: Seasons are changing as the Mersey slides by

Speke and Garston Coastal Reserve, Liverpool: The willows are upright and leafless, but still I hear my first greenfinch of the year

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2024

Country diary: Life has returned to these bits from the blitz

Crosby to Hightown, Merseyside: The fragments of wall and chimney here were once the stuff of Liverpool’s homes, now they protect the coast and are home to sea beet, plovers and turnstones

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2023

Merseyside’s towpath to the past: a 20-mile walk along the Industrial Revolution’s first canal

Giant relics from previous centuries, a restoration effort and our writer’s childhood memories loom large on this hike along Britain’s first modern canal

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2023

Quiet woodland walk on the edge of Merseyside with lovely views

It's an incredibly scenic route perfect for a picnic

Liverpool Echo · Jun 25, 2023