Former multi-million pound businessman demanded free ferry ticket from Liverpool
He argued with staff at Stena Line that he should allowed a free ticket to Belfast because he knew the owner
05:00, 14 JUL 2021
A disgraced tycoon was arrested in Liverpool after demanding a free Stena Line ferry ticket to Belfast.
Nobu Su, a 62-year-old Taiwanese shipping magnate, was sent to jail for contempt of court last week in relation to a long-running legal dispute over a business deal gone sour.
The flamboyant businessman was once the boss of a hugely successful set of companies but had his assets frozen in 2014 and was declared bankrupt with debts of £654million last year.
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Black Liverpool MP says her family were racially profiled by Met Police
The officers reportedly turned on their heels when asked why they were stopping the group
05:00, 5 JUL 2021
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Liverpool s first black MP Kim Johnson, at the General Election 2019 count, at Wavertree Sports Park (Image: Daily Mirror)
Liverpool s first black MP said she and her family were racially profiled by officers from London s Met Police.
Kim Johnson, Labour MP for Riverside, told the ECHO she was with her son, his friend and their wives in the capital on Friday, June 18, when the incident occurred.
Ms Johnson and the group arrived in Earlham Street, Covent Garden, at around 9.30pm, towards the end of the Euro 2020 clash between England and Scotland, when throngs of football fans were in the area.
Toxteth is picking up the pieces after the year from hell under coronavirus
The ECHO investigated how an area which was on the up has handled the covid crisis
07:27, 4 JUL 2021
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Hope mural on Granby Street (Image: Andrew Teebay/Liverpool Echo)
As 2019 drew to a close, a stroll around Toxteth would have told a story of an area gradually leaving behind decades of decline, neglect and bad press. The bold, exciting colours of the Granby Four Streets are a world away from the bleak rows of abandoned terraces left to slide into dereliction for decades. Locals say streets that have been left to rot for years are now alive with the sounds of children playing and family life, thanks in no small part to the efforts of local activists.
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