The woman was sadly declared dead at the scene as emergency services said a car smashed into a brick wall late on Friday night

A woman has tragically died after a car smashed into a brick wall late last night.

Emergency services scrambled to Allerton Road in Woolton, Liverpool, at around 11.30pm on Friday (September 4) to reports of a serious car crash.

A white Vauxhall Astra was seen with damage to its rear while a red Nissan Juke is said to have left the road and crashed into the brick wall at the junction of High Street.

Sadly, a 38-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene, Liverpool Echo reports. Her next of kin have been informed and will be supported by specially trained officers, Merseyside Police said in a statement.

Photographs of the scene show the extent of the damage, with the wall and a post box among the crumbled debris in the road.

Sergeant Phil Everett, of Merseyside Police Matrix Roads Policing department, said: “Our thoughts are with the family members of the woman who sadly died following the collision late last night and they are being supported by a specially trained family liaison officer.

“We are in the early stages of an investigation into this incident and it is now our priority to confirm exactly how the collision occurred.

“We know this happened late last night when many residents may have been inside their homes but if anyone saw what happened or were driving through the area just before the incident occurred then please get in touch.

“Similarly, if you live in the area and have doorbell footage of the incident, please contact us. You may have information or footage that could be vital to our investigation.”

Today (September 5), the area remained cordoned off as Merseyside Police’s serious collision investigation unit attended the scene. A white Vauxhall Astra car could be seen on the green in the middle of the east and westbound carriageways of High Street while the garden wall appears completely destroyed.

Further debris, including what appeared to be a car engine, was scattered across the road.

One Woolton Village resident, who witnessed the incident, said it was the second time a car had crashed into the wall at the Allerton Road junction in less than one year.

He told the ECHO: “The car was a Nissan Juke, just crushed. It came up the road, clipped another car, and it just rolled and hit the wall. The wall was damaged anyway at this end. But this just took it down a bit more.”

One woman, who lives on Allerton Road, said she was alerted at around 11pm last night to police vehicles and fire engines on the street, and a helicopter hovering overhead.

Multiple residents said they had been unable to leave the area today due to their cars being contained within the widespread cordon, which spanned the whole High Street from Speke Road to Allerton Road, and Allerton Road itself.

The westbound carriageway of High Street was reopened at around 9.40am. The eastbound carriageway remained closed until 10.30am as the white car was removed by Recovery North West roadside assistance.

The debris was cleared and the damaged wall fenced off by Highways Maintenance.

Anyone who witnessed the crash at the junction of Allerton Road and High Street last night, who has any information, CCTV or dashcam, is asked to contact @MerPolCC, 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 with the reference 26000727021.

A woman has avoided jail for allowing her paralysed sister to die after leaving her to rot in ‘toxic’ conditions.

Michelle Neill, 55, had pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 48-year-old Kelly Neill by gross negligence.

Judge Richard Marks KC said it was a ‘highly unusual and exceptionally distressing’ case as he sentenced her to three years in custody, suspended for three years.

Earlier, the defendant sobbed in the dock of the Old Bailey as the victim’s son Jake Neill-Knight, 26, branded her ‘pure evil’ for failing to look after his mother.

Anthony Orchard KC described how Ms Neill had died from sepsis after contracting severe bed sores while in the defendant’s care.

The victim had previously worked as a stroke nurse and became paralysed after suffering a stroke herself in 2018.

She lived in ‘toxic’ and ‘appalling’ conditions after her sister took over as sole carer following the death of their mother.

At the time of her death, no disability benefits were being received into the household and there had been no visits from a GP or social services for ‘many months’.

On the morning of October 20 2022, the defendant had called for an ambulance to attend the family home in Deptford, south London.

Paramedics found Ms Neill on the floor of the living room in unsanitary conditions, surrounded by dirt, decay and clutter. She was distressed, non-verbal and groaning.

Mr Orchard said: ‘In the front room they were greeted by the smell of excrement, urine, general dirt, and decaying flesh. The room was in a dreadful state, with clutter everywhere.

‘Kelly Neill was on the floor, wrapped in a soiled and filthy bed sheet, surrounded by urine, blood and flies. She was wet.’

On lifting her, the paramedics saw she had multiple severe bed sores with obvious signs of infection and necrosis with flies and at least one cigarette butt stuck to her leg.

She was taken to St Thomas’s hospital in London and died on October 23 2022.

A post-mortem examination found the cause of death was sepsis, due to multiple skin ulcers and the previous stroke.

Prior to her death, Ms Neill’s son had argued with his aunt over her care and told her that his mother needed to be in a home.

But the defendant disagreed and controlled access the house, the court heard.

Mr Neill-Knight had last seen his mother in February 2022 and went to Spain that summer to visit his girlfriend, returning to the UK after the death of his grandmother.

Reading a victim impact statement in court, Mr Neill-Knight described the ongoing and devastating loss of his mother in ‘harrowing’ circumstances.

He said his mother had been ‘stolen’ in a ‘disgusting manner’ with her ‘dignity stripped and her body defiled’.

He told the court: ‘When she first went into hospital before she died, I could hardly recognised her, she was a shell of what used to be, so small, curled up stiff and rigid….The bed sores were horrendous.’

Mr Neill-Knight described guilt about what happened, but said: ‘The guilt we carry because of the choice that Michelle made is unjust.

‘I can’t even begin to imagine how anybody could walk past a person or ignore someone in my mum’s condition leading up to her death.

‘I’d help a random stranger if they were in that way, so a family member, no sane person would do what my aunt has done to a member of their family.

‘My mum wasn’t just someone Michelle cared for or a job she was getting paid for. No, my mum was her only sister, her little sister.

‘She was supposed to look after her. Protect her. Her own flesh and blood, that she walked past for God knows how many days before calling an ambulance.

‘How could you do that, see that, smell that, feel that and do nothing? That is pure evil.’

Mitigating, Jennifer Dempster KC said Neill had expressed ‘genuine remorse’.

Earlier this morning, Neill had told her: ‘This does not end for me today. This will be something I will carry for the rest of my life. I will never forgive myself for what has happened.’

Judge Marks noted Neill, who had anxiety and depression, was ‘completely unable’ to care for her sister and ‘incapable of seeking help’.

He added that it was ‘impossible to accept’ she had been unaware of the severity of her sister’s condition.

He told her: ‘I also accept that you loved Kelly and you are genuinely and profoundly remorseful for events.’

The judge said he would suspend her sentence due to her ‘personal mitigation’ and because she is not likely to reoffend.

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The scenic village is among the county’s oldest settlements

A pretty village located about six miles from Cambridge offers a “little gem” airfield museum which was once home to an RAF base. Bottisham is a relatively large village with a population of 2,400, as recorded in 2021.

The village was previously known as Bodekysham and Bottlesham and is among the county’s oldest settlements. There is evidence of human activity dating back thousands of years with archaeological finds, including flint tools and Iron Age remains, showing that people have lived there since prehistoric times.

Bottisham underwent a series of changes over the years after several fires destroyed many homes, leading to the rebuilding of the High Street. The village also played a crucial role during the Second World War with the former RAF Bottisham.

The airfield was initially used for RAF operations but later became home to American fighter squadrons and contributed in the Allied war effort, according to Bottisham Parish Council.

After the war, part of the former airfield site became home to Nicholas Copernicus Grammar School for Boys in 1948. Today, the history of the former RAF base is a popular attraction: Bottisham Airfield Museum.

The museum, which opened in 2009, commemorates the former airfield and those who served during the war. It welcomes visitors and offers a café as a pitstop for those enjoying a day there.

The museum has been described by previous visitors on Google as offering “Interesting displays” with “knowledgeable and enthusiastic” volunteers. It was also described as a “little gem”.

Aside from the former airfield and museum, the village hosts a GP surgery, a primary school, a village college, and several pubs, restaurants and shops including The Bell, Lexi’s Café and Bakery, and Bottisham Community Sports and Social Club. The village, perfectly situated between Cambridge and the horse-racing town of Newmarket, offers classic countryside views throughout.

However, beautiful scenery and a rich history come at a cost. House prices in Bottisham averaged £540,750 over the last year, according to Rightmove. The majority of properties sold in the village during the last year were detached properties, selling for an expensive £668,000.

Meanwhile, semi-detached properties sold for an average of £430,00 and terraced reached £388,750. According to Office for National Statistics, the average house price in East Cambridgeshire was provisionally £344,000 in June 2026.

If you hate trying to clean your food waste bin clean and cannot seem to stop flies from getting into the bin, there are a few tricks you can try to keep the flies away.

A binman on TikTok has shared his method of keeping flies away from your food waste bin that might be worth giving a go.

@theno1.binman Keeping your food waste bin clean #simplerrecycling #binday #binman #binmen #Binformation ♬ original sound – The No1 Binman

How to keep flies away from your food waste bin

The No.1 Binman, also called Ashley, posts videos on TikTok giving people advice on how to make sure their bins are collected and kept clean.

In one of his videos, he has shared some advice on how to keep food waste bins clean and avoid attracting flies.

All you have to do is pick up some large compostable food waste bags and place them inside your food waste bin.

You can fill the compostable bin bag with smaller bags throughout the week.

On collection day, you simply tie the large compostable bag up and remove it from the bin.

You can then add a new liner to the bin for the next week.

He said: “It’s that simple, add your other ones inside it.

“As long as you keep the bin lid closed and out of the sun, it’ll keep it nice and clean and it’ll stop the flies from getting in.”

Ashley added that all councils will accept compostable bin bags when collecting waste.

The government website has a few rules on what liners can be used in food waste bins.

The website says: “There is no requirement for caddy liners to be provided to households or for them to be used.

“Where liners are used, you should promote the use of liners that have the lowest carbon and wider environmental impacts.”

Liners that can be used in the bins include:

• bio-based biodegradable plastic
• bio-based compostable plastic
• bio-based non-compostable plastic
• fossil-based non-compostable plastic (for example, polyethylene)
• bio or fossil-based recyclable plastic
• paper
• repurposed plastic bags (originally intended for purposes other than food waste collection)
• reused newspaper

You should not use fossil-based biodegradable plastic or fossil-based compostable plastic liners.

You should check the government website regularly as the list of recommended liner materials is reviewed often.

Will you be using this method to keep flies away from your food waste bin in future? Let us know in the comments.

The Oasis ‘Live in 25’ reunion tour grossed each of the Gallagher brothers around £100million, and is set to be followed by another reunion tour next year.

But until today, the inside story of how and when the warring pair made their peace has never been told.

A feature documentary, Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, premieres at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday night with Noel Gallagher describing Liam as ‘delightful’ and saying that, although Liam has never apologised to him, they have managed to rebuild their relationship.

And the pair put on a brotherly display during the photocall earlier in the day as they posed with their arms around each other. 

Noel, 59, said that he was taken aback by his own emotional response to his reconciliation with Liam and had to turn his back on the audience for much of the 41 date tour to hide his tears. 

He said: ‘All the little things that used to annoy us about each other have gone away. We have come out of it now as equals.’

He added: ‘Here is a word which I never would have thought I would say about him: delightful.’ 

He added: ‘We get along now, we text like normal people. The music brought us together.’

The brothers put on a brotherly display at Venice Film Festival on Saturday as they were seen with their arms around each other during the photocall 

The pair’s feature documentary Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger premieres on Saturday night at the prestigious festival 

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Despite the apparent outbreak of peace the Gallagher brothers opted not to submit to a press conference where they could be asked about their relationship. 

Director Will Lovelace said: ‘They seem to be getting on pretty well.’

In the documentary, where they are both interviewed, Liam notes that the make up was effected: ‘Without saying a word’. 

He never apologised to his brother despite their infamous rows in Oasis before the 2009 break up, and the sniping in the years which followed, including slurs against Noel’s daughter Anais and Noel’s second wife Sara.

Indeed, Sara is not even mentioned, despite the fact that it is widely accepted that their divorce paved the way for the truce, with Liam having called her ‘Yoko Ono’ – and worse.

Liam clearly doesn’t want to discuss or say sorry for what happened. He says: ‘Leave it out mate, we had a little argument, you know what I mean.’ 

He later adds: ‘I didn’t mean it to be the way that it was.’

The film makers admitted that the Gallaghers were not really on speaking terms when the filming began, during rehearsals for the tour. 

They travelled separately and the tour promoters unusually only paid them once they had completed all 41 dates because they had such a history of conflict.

Because they weren’t on speaking terms they were interviewed separately initially, with Noel saying that he simply couldn’t envisage sharing a stage with Liam again.

Their first meeting, in a rehearsal room before the tour, is filmed, and neither is able to look the other in the eye. 

Liam enters the room, asking why the drums have a baffle on them and says: ‘Shall we start?’

He leaves at the end of the day the moment his vocal performance is over, leaving the rest of the band to finish the track as the door swings behind him.

Noel later says to his bandmates: ‘He comes in a bad mood. He leaves in a bad mood. He just comes in and then f***s off.’

Writer Steven Knight said: ‘We didn’t really know how it was going to go when we started. These are British working class men, they are not going to hug and kiss each other.

Noel, 59, said that he was taken aback by his own emotional response to his reconciliation with Liam and had to turn his back on the audience for much of the 41 date tour to hide his tears

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He said: ‘All the little things that used to annoy us about each other have gone away. We have come out of it now as equals’

Liam opted for his signature khaki colour and aviator shades for the photocall 

Because they weren’t on speaking terms they were interviewed separately initially, with Noel saying that he simply couldn’t envisage sharing a stage with Liam again

The brothers were joined by their artistic director Alberto Barbera 

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Despite the apparent outbreak of peace the Gallagher brothers opted not to submit to a press conference where they could be asked about their relationship

Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger will launch on Imax screens and in cinemas in November

‘It wasn’t until they were into the tour that they were in a place where they were able to sit down with each other. ‘

Liam refused to do a run through on the eve of their first concert, in Cardiff last year, and showed up for the event with 20 minutes to go. 

Noel is seen nervously pacing the loading bay waiting for him. He says that when Liam arrives: ‘He asks: “What’s the catering like?” and he adds that he is astonished when Liam grabs his hand so that they arrive on the stage hand in hand.

Liam, never one for too much introspection, says: ‘You just have to put on your big boy pants and get on with it. Do it well and move people.’

As the 41 date tour goes on, their children meet each other for the first time and relations thaw. 

Noel has Sonny and Donovan with ex wife Sara and Anais with first wife Meg Mathews.

Liam has Lennon, Molly and Gene who went on tour, and love child Gemma who lives in New York.

Noel says: ‘My kids met his kids. They didn’t know each other they have never met they are all best friends now.’ 

Liam adds: ‘They are loving it – f***ing spangled every night.’

Initially, Noel believes that even though they have agreed to the tour they will not make up. 

He says: ‘I was born with one fatal flaw in my character: I will not forgive people. That is something I was born with. I haven’t got any forgiveness in me at all.’

Of his brother he says: ‘He’s a man who truly does not give a f***. He is who he is and that’s the way of that. He’s not going to change. He’s not going to come to us, we have to go to him.’

Later in the documentary they are interviewed together with Noel laughing at Liam’s jokes and saying: ‘I forgot how funny he was.’

Director Will Lovelace said: ‘There was definite tension and, from our perspective as observers, that didn’t dissipate until that first moment when the expectant energy of the crowds met the nervousness of the band. 

‘That was a real moment of alchemy. It was like something incredibly special happens when these people who’ve been waiting 16 years for this momentous thing to happen got it.’

Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger will launch on Imax screens and in cinemas in November, and the directors say that they hope that the fans who couldn’t get – or afford – tickets will finally get as close as possible to the experience of having been there.

They added that they counted up the number of f-bombs which were included in the edit from the potty-mouthed brothers: 179.

The US military says it has hit three Iran-linked oil tankers after ballistic missiles were launched towards two of its warships in the region.

US Central Command (Centcom) said on Saturday it had “permanently disabled” a tanker near Kharg Island and another near the Strait of Hormuz, and “completely destroyed” a third in the Gulf of Oman.

Centcom said it “successfully evaded” multiple attacks from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeting a US aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer. No American troops were harmed, it said in a statement.

Iranian state media earlier reported that one of its oil tankers had been struck by US missiles off the coast of Kharg Island.

“Let the message to the IRGC be clear: If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost – taking out three of yours,” said Admiral Brad Cooper, Centcom’s commander.

“We will not hesitate to defend American forces, and if necessary, destroy Iran’s limited and exposed oil fleet.”

The strikes come nearly a week after renewed attacks between the US and Iran, which followed a month of relative calm between the warring sides.

The US and Israel launched wide-ranging strikes on Iran on 28 February, with Iran responding by attacking Israel, US bases and allied states in the Gulf, and effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz to marine traffic.

Amongst the winners announced on the morning of Saturday September 5 was the BL2 5HU postcode, which includes the area around Eksdale Avenue.

Everyone on the street who has an eligible ticket will receive the daily prize of £1,000, alongside the other 19 winning postcodes that were drawn today.

Postcode Lottery is a subscription-based lottery that raises money for charities.

Not only do players win cash prizes, but good causes also receive essential support.

Your postcode works as your ticket, and for £12.50 a month, you’re entered into every prize draw, and there are guaranteed winners every day.

People play with their chosen postcode and are automatically entered into all draws.

Prizes include the weekly Millionaire Street prize and monthly £250,000 or Postcode Millions prizes.

If your postcode gets picked in the £250,000 prize, for example, every ticket in that postcode wins £250,000.

Every day, there are £1,000 prizes to be won for every ticket in 20 postcodes.

If you play with two tickets, you receive double the winning prize amount.

The results of the prize draws can be found on the Postcode Lottery website.

Players have raised more than £1.7 billion for thousands of good causes in Britain and internationally.

The only way is up, then, as Spurs head north to Nottingham to meet Oliver Glasner’s Forest. Their season has not got off to a much better start, though last week’s draw with Liverpool has at least got them off the mark. He is yet to hand a full debut to his headline addition, club-record signing Liam Delap, while Daniel Munoz is also in line to start for the first time.

The now widely used Mercator map was created in 1569 by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator.

Its main purpose was to help European sailors navigate the oceans, as cartography Professor James Cheshire at University London College explained.

“He wanted a straight line to be drawn on a map to look like a straight line in reality if you followed a compass bearing,” he told the BBC. “That was what it was intended to do, and that’s what it does brilliantly well.”

To keep those angles correct on a flat map, Mercator had to stretch the grid lines wider as they moved away from the equator toward the poles.

His map accommodates for the curvature of the Earth by making countries near the equator seem much smaller than they are, with countries nearer the poles appearing stretched.

The distortion is a result of it being impossible to accurately represent the surface of a globe on a two-dimensional chart.

More than 450 years on, Mercator’s creation is still the basis for many of the maps we see in classrooms, on TV and online, including Google Maps.

But critics of the Mercator map say there is a psychological effect to viewing some places as smaller than they actually are and others as larger, as we instinctively view bigger things as more important.

For Kenyan geographer Kioko Muendo, this has implicitly downplayed Africa’s vast resources, population and investment opportunities.

“Maps are more than just guides for travellers – they shape how regions are perceived politically and economically,” he told the BBC.

The firebrand left-wing politician alleged the bank had shut down his accounts without notice or explanation.

Goerge Galloway is suing Bank of Scotland after claiming they shut down his bank account which he held for 40 years. The veteran left-wing politician, 72, said his account which he held in the bank’s Byres Road branch in Glasgow was closed “without explanation or notice”.

Dundee-born Galloway alleges the action was unlawful. Lawyers representing the former MP confirmed they’ve launched legal proceedings against Lloyds Banking Group, which owns Bank of Scotland.

Writing on social media, Galloway said: “Thirty-nine years ago, I opened a personal bank account with Bank of Scotland in Byres Road, Glasgow. Yesterday without explanation or notice they closed my accounts.

“My parliamentary and old age pensions are paid into these accounts. The mortgage on our family home is paid out of them. They haven’t heard the last of this.”

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In a flurry of furious follow-up posts, he warned the bank: “I will not stand by while you use your usurious power to wreck my family life… you have broken the law and you must already know that.”

Galloway, who has recently been living outside of the UK including stays in Russia and China, alleged he’d been given no notice of the closure. The socialist firebrand and broadcaster, who leads the Workers Party of Britain, added he’d been sent a cheque with his funds but had “no other bank with which I can lodge it”.

Yesterday Galloway wrote: “Who gave the order to Lloyds Bank to close my 39 year account with Bank of Scotland? We don’t know.

“But in the light of my legal team’s injunction upon them this afternoon on the preservation of evidence, we will find out. Count on it.”

KRW Law said in a statement: “We confirm that we have issued pre-action correspondence to Lloyds Bank in respect of the actions of Bank of Scotland. Without explanation or notice they closed the bank accounts of our client George Galloway.”

Galloway, who served as Labour MP for Glasgow Hillhead and Kelvin from 1987-2005, has long courted controversy for his strident views on foreign policy, the Middle East and Russia. He was expelled from Labour under Tony Blair over his opposition to the Iraq War.

He is also a fierce critic of Israel’s occupation of Palestine – and defeated Labour in the 2024 Rochdale by-election by hammering the party on Gaza, although lost his seat months later in the general election.