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ITV News
38 minutes ago
- ITV News
Southport man disappears while backpacking in Malaysia
The mother of a British backpacker who has been reported missing in Malaysia say she feels "numb" and "just wants to bring him home". Jordan Johnson-Doyle, 25, had been solo travelling in South East Asia but he has now not been seen or heard from for almost a week despite daily contact with his mother. Family and friends have been trying to get in touch with the software engineer, from Southport, whose phone went dead in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 30 May. His last known location was the Healy Mac's Irish Bar in the area of Bangsar, on the outskirts of the city, at around 8pm on Tuesday, 27 May, when he sent his friend Owen a photograph of the pub's quiz night poster. Jordan's mum, Leanne Burnett, says she checked the "Find My iPhone" tracking service for the location of her son's mobile, and saw it was located at a residential flat block near the bar. She said: "I have been been feeling just sick, numb. I just want to get over there, find him and bring him home. I want him to know we're looking for him and we're coming to get him. "I have no idea what has happened. All I know is something is really wrong for him not to contact anybody. I know what he's like and he knows how worried everyone gets at home, that's why he checks in all the time. She went on to say that Jordan "knows my number by heart" and if he had lost his phone "he would go to the nearest hotel to use the phone, or go to an internet café. He'd find a way to get hold of us." As well as reporting Jordan missing to Merseyside Police, Leanne also contacted the British Consulate and police in Malaysia. She said the family had also tried to contact the hotel where Jordan is believed to have been staying, but struggled due to the language barrier. His workplace, an American company, has also been informed. She said: "It has been awful. But all his friends and family have been rallying round. We've pieced together the last pictures and memes he's been sending. We've got his messages so we're building up a timeline of his movements." Leanne says Jordan's dad is travelling to Malaysia on Sunday, 1 June, and she, his brother, stepdad and his best friends are travelling out on Monday. "We're just doing everything we can," she said. "Please share anything. If anybody has seen him, please share it far and wide. "If anyone has heard from him, seen him, seen him active on social media - anything. We just need to find him and bring him home."
Irish Daily Mirror
2 hours ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Concerns continue to mount over Liverpool FC parade after new image emerges
Concerns are escalating over the handling of Liverpool FC's Premier League victory parade, which culminated in a car ploughing into throngs of fans, resulting in nearly 80 injuries. A total of 79 pedestrians, including children as young as nine and an elderly individual aged 78, were injured when a vehicle struck fans on Water Street following the victory parade on Monday, May 26. In the wake of Monday's distressing events, questions have been raised about various aspects of the parade's organisation, safety measures, and traffic management protocols. The parade drew around one million people to Liverpool's streets as the team bus traversed a 15km route. Many are questioning how the vehicle managed to enter Water Street, which was pedestrianised for the event. However, concerns extend beyond this incident, with attendees raising issues about other parts of the route where cars and larger vehicles shared the road with large crowds. Specifically, the decision to keep one side of Queens Drive open has come under scrutiny. Given the sheer number of attendees, vehicles - including Heavy Goods Vehicles - were on the road simultaneously with many pedestrians, reports the Liverpool Echo. A concerned father, who attended the parade with his five year-old son, has shared photographs with that show large lorries and coaches driving along Queens Drive around 20 minutes prior to the team bus passing through. The images depict people and children in the road as vehicles are passing, raising serious safety concerns. Reflecting on the situation, the father remarked: "Looking at it now after what had happened, how on earth is a lorry allowed to drive through hundreds of people lined on both sides of the road?". Echoing his concerns, a former Merseyside Police officer, who joined the parade with his children near the Jolly Miller pub, revealed: "As soon as we got to the Jolly Miller I could see that they had closed the inbound carriageway, where the parade bus would come through, but they hadn't closed the other side." This led to numerous vehicles, including many Heavy Goods Vehicles, attempting to navigate the crowded road amidst a large number of people who were effectively trapped due to the crowd's size. The former officer noted: "There were lots of us asking what was going on, why were these vehicles being allowed through when there were so many people in the road? It instilled a bit of fear and anxiety. I couldn't believe they were still allowing traffic through that area." Following the alarming incidents during the parade in Water Street, questions are now swirling about the safety protocols established by the organisers. Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims from Merseyside Police shared details of the preparations for the parade, remarking: "In the lead up to this event we have been working closely with event organisers and a robust traffic management plan was put in place for the parade which included a number of road closures throughout the route and the city centre." Liverpool City Council has not yet released an official comment on questions surrounding its safety measures, but acknowledged receiving correspondence from elected officials on the issue, noting that council officers will respond in full shortly. On Friday, 53 year old Paul Doyle appeared in court, facing several charges in connection to the incident at the parade; he is being held on remand and will return to court for his plea hearing in August.
Daily Mirror
3 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
New Liverpool parade images raise questions as cop 'couldn't believe' his eyes
Attendees of Liverpool FC's Premier League victory parade reported chaotic scenes along the 15km route, with vehicles - including heavy goods lorries - sharing roads with dense crowds Concerns are mounting over the organisation of Liverpool FC's Premier League victory parade after a car ploughed into crowds on Water Street, injuring 79 people - including children as young as nine. Roughly one million fans had gathered for the celebration on May 26, and questions are now being asked about various organisational elements beyond the Water Street incident. Attendees reported chaotic scenes along the 15km route, with vehicles - including heavy goods lorries - sharing roads with dense crowds. One father, attending with his five-year-old son, captured images of large vehicles navigating Queens Drive just 20 minutes before the team bus arrived, with children clearly visible in the road. The dad said: "Looking at it now after what had happened, how on earth is a lorry allowed to drive through hundreds of people lined on both sides of the road?" A former Merseyside Police officer was equally concerned about Queens Drive staying open as he joined the parade close to the Jolly Miller pub with his children. He told Liverpool Echo: "As soon as we got to the Jolly Miller I could see that they had closed the inbound carriageway, where the parade bus would come through, but they hadn't closed the other side. "This meant that lots of vehicles, including dozens of Heavy Goods Vehicles, were trying to get along the road among loads of people, who were basically penned in because of how big the crowds were. There were lots of us asking what was going on, why were these vehicles being allowed through when there were so many people in the road? It instilled a bit of fear and anxiety. I couldn't believe they were still allowing traffic through that area." Calls are growing louder for answers about traffic management and crowd safety - and how the celebration ended in disaster. Cllr Alan Gibbons, who leads the Liverpool Community Independents Group, submitted a Right to Know request to Liverpool City Council requesting "urgent clarification and accountability" over safety and planning for the event. In an email to council chief executive Andrew Lewis, Cllr Gibbons said: "It is important to know whether sufficient measures were undertaken to protect the public. Based on footage circulating on social media and mainstream news outlets, a number of critical questions arise surrounding the circumstances of the incident, the preparedness of the authorities, and the overall safeguarding of the public." Clir Gibbons raised several questions about incident details and response, and whether lessons were learned from past events. He specifically asked about risk assessments, identification of vehicle-borne threats, and measures taken to prevent unauthorised vehicle access to parade routes. He added in his email: "Why does footage appear to show no visible police presence in the vicinity at the time of the vehicle entering the area? What was the contingency plan in the event of a vehicle breach, and how was it communicated to officers and stewards on duty?" Liberal Democrat leader Cllr Carl Cashman has also called for a judge-led full independent inquiry into the parade. Speaking about the safety measures taken ahead of the event, Merseyside Police's Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims said: "In the lead up to this event we have been working closely with event organisers and a robust traffic management plan was put in place for the parade which included a number of road closures throughout the route and the city centre." Paul Doyle, 53, from Liverpool, appeared in court on Friday charged with various offences connected with the parade crash incident. He was remanded in custody to appear in court next for a plea hearing on August 14.
BBC News
a day ago
- Health
- BBC News
Man arrested after woman left fighting for life in Liverpool
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman was left fighting for her life following an assault in Police said a woman in her 30s is in a critical condition in hospital following a domestic abuse incident on Phythian Close in victim was found with injuries to her head and face after an assault in the street at around 20:25 BST on Friday, the force said.A 48-year-old man from Kensington has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and taken into custody for questioning. Det Insp Leanne Toole said: "A woman has been left with extremely serious injuries as a result of this incident."Every report of domestic abuse is treated extremely seriously by Merseyside Police, and detectives will conduct an extensive investigation into this assault."Officers who attended made a swift arrest, and I hope every arrest we make reassures victims that their reports will be taken seriously. "We are determined to put domestic abuse offenders before the courts to protect vulnerable people across Merseyside."Det Insp Toole said detectives were speaking to potential witnesses at the scene and examining CCTV and doorbell appealed for anyone with information to contact them. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Politics
- Daily Mirror
BRIAN READE: ‘Haters may try to divide us but they can never conquer our spirit'
WITH the shocked and injured still strewn across Water Street, the lies began to spew. Without a thought for the fate of dozens of casualties hit by a driver at Liverpool's trophy parade, or the fears of hundreds of thousands of others who knew loved ones were present, the immigrant-haters, far-right trolls and conspiracy theorists frantically pushed their agenda on social media as they declared it a terrorist incident. Tommy Robinson's X account called it 'suspected terror attack,' high-profile Reform UK supporter Ant Middleton deemed it a 'terrible terror-type incident' and warned: 'Do not believe anything that comes from police statements or the msm.' The leader of the British First Party, Paul Golding, fired off four posts headlined 'POSSIBLE TERROR ATTACK' while dozens more raged about uncontrolled Islamism, diversity destroying the West, Britain getting what it deserves due to opening its borders… and on and on the cesspit seethed. They were all ignorant of the truth and all extremely dangerous. And what's worse they knew it. Which was why Merseyside Police, recalling what happened last summer in Southport, rushed out the news that the alleged perpetrator was a 53-year-old white, British man. Which only further triggered the trolls as they demanded to know why the 'two-tier' police had mentioned his ethnicity. Is it because he was white, they asked? No. It's because you knuckle-scraping keyboard warriors had left them fearing another riot. But something else was happening on social media platforms in the aftermath of Monday's incident, when transport was closed down in the ensuing chaos, leaving thousands of people who had travelled to Liverpool for the celebrations, stranded. Locals were offering their phones to those without power, lifts to other towns and their spare bedrooms for those with nowhere to sleep. Nathan Johnson, along with two friends, drove 26 people to different parts of the UK and arranged rides for many others. When, in the following days, the grateful recipients offered him petrol money, he told them to donate it to food banks. John and Kerri Davies, who run J&K Travel, called in staff, mobilised four minibuses and spent six hours transporting more than 400 people across the Mersey to the Wirral, and would not take payment. Oli Fountain was one of dozens offering somewhere to stay for the night, posting on X: 'Anyone stuck in town who can't get home give me a dm, have 2 sofas people can crash on, can put the kettle on and get people warm at least.' People turned up at Lime Street railway station with food and drinks, taxi drivers offered free lifts and hospital staff abandoned their bank holiday plans and went into work. This, along with the swift actions of the emergency services, was the real story of the human response amid Monday's panic. This is the real truth about people in this country, especially in my home city of Liverpool. That most are a font of goodness who want to unite communities not divide them. The individuals and political organisations who shout loudest about being the true patriots among us are often cowardly traitors consumed with prejudice. The real patriots are those who get on with helping others without caring what colour or race they are. As the aftermath of Monday's horror showed: Heroes don't always wear capes, but villains always wear their keyboards out with hate.
