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Is Liverpool worth visiting for other reasons than the Beatles?
Absolutely! Liverpool is a cool city with lots to offer, even if you're not a huge Beatles fan. You will love seeing museums filled with history and cool ships, beautiful cathedrals that reach for the sky, and yummy food from all over the world.
Plus, they even have two famous soccer teams for all you sports fans! So yeah, Liverpool is a blast even without the Beatles.
1974 Tyneside, remember when...
It was a year marked by economic and political unrest in the UK, with a bitter national coal miners' strike and two General Elections - both narrowly won by Harold Wilson’s Labour Party - chief among the news headlines. Bombs planted by the IRA in London, Guildford and Birmingham detonated with deadly effect as the ‘Troubles’ of Ulster reached the British mainland. And the infamous Lord Lucan vanished from his home in London following the murder of the family’s nanny. The aristocrat was never seen again.
In our region, the new ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear was formed, incorporating the metropolitan boroughs of Newcastle, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland. A huge new modern housing project, the Byker Wall, was officially opened in Newcastle’s east end, replacing many of the area's demolished Victorian-era terraced streets. And, in sport, Newcastle United were well-beaten, 3-0 by Kevin Keegan’s Liverpool side, in the FA Cup final on a day to forget at Wembley Stadium.
Approaching Newcastle city centre from Byker in 1974
Our 10 archive photographs recall some of what was going on around Tyneside 50 years ago. We see the oil tanker Yorkshire under construction at Swan Hunter at a time when shipbuilding was still a going concern on the industrial River Tyne. The vessel was built at two yards - Walker and Hebburn. In Gardner Street, North Shields, residents were protesting about their substandard housing. And, on a lighter note, at the Thomas Wilson social club in Low Fell, Gateshead, punters were enjoying an evening’s entertainment courtesy of singer Kim Kent.
Singer Kim Kent performing at the Thomas Wilson Social Club, Low Fell, Gateshead, in March 1974
The 1970s sometimes get unwarranted bad press, but for youngsters at the time, it really was a fun decade to grow up in, and one lit up with great music, television and films. Checking out the UK singles chart in the last week of June 1974, there were hits for Elton John with Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me, Sparks with This Town Ain’t Big Enough ForThe Both Of Us, and 10CC with Wall Street Shuffle.
South Shields railway station in February 1974
Miners from Marley Hill Colliery picketing at Stella North power station, near Lemington, in February 1974
On television, at time there were still only three channels, the listings for Saturday, June 29, included comedy with The Two Ronnies, the talent show New Faces, and the American detective series Columbo. If you fancied a trip to the flicks in Newcastle, meanwhile, the gangster film Dillinger was showing at the ABC, there was Kung Fu action in Way Of TheDragon at the Odeon, and at Studio 1 you could watch Roger Moore starring as James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever. Those were the days…
Gale force winds forced the Greek cargo ship Aliki aground on the Black Middens at Tynemouth in September 1974
A deserted St James' Park, Newcastle, during the close season in 1974
Demolition of buildings at the defunct Rising Sun Colliery, Wallsend, in 1974
Residents of Gardner Street, North Shields, protest against poor living conditions, September 1974
Members of 1st Ryton Brownies in February 1974
The tanker Yorkshire under construction at Swan Hunter on the River Tyne in 1974
england going to semis this euros is the most unfair thing to happen this decade
It would be so fucking funny if France became the first team to win the euros without scoring a single goal from an open play
OH AND TRENT!!! DONT THINK I WASNT GONNA SAY ANYTHING!!!😭
What a PENALTY from my goat like actually!!! He’s been having a rough time with Southgate holding back but once he’s given the chance he never disappoints!! That pen was beautiful but what else more can you say when he strikes the ball so well everytime! And you know what!?… it might actually be coming home this time and I so very much love this for TRENT specifically just because of what he’s been through. But YES our boy is the reason why they are facing the Netherlands Wednesday!!! Also facing his Captain Virgil and teammates Gakpo and Gravenberch 🤞🏾
OH AND TRENT!!! DONT THINK I WASNT GONNA SAY ANYTHING!!!😭
What a PENALTY from my goat like actually!!! He’s been having a rough time with Southgate holding back but once he’s given the chance he never disappoints!! That pen was beautiful but what else more can you say when he strikes the ball so well everytime! And you know what!?… it might actually be coming home this time and I so very much love this for TRENT specifically just because of what he’s been through. But YES our boy is the reason why they are facing the Netherlands Wednesday!!! Also facing his Captain Virgil and teammates Gakpo and Gravenberch 🤞🏾
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Awwwwww little Trent and his brothers🥹
Painted by Thomas Robinson (April, 2024).
Emad Al Swealmeen detonated a bomb in Liverpool after a failed asylum claim, an investigation finds.
A man who died when his homemade bomb went off outside a hospital had a grievance against the British state because his asylum claim was rejected, a police investigation has found.
Emad Al Swealmeen's device exploded in a taxi outside Liverpool Women's Hospital on 14 November 2021.
The 32-year-old was killed, but driver David Perry escaped the blast.
Counter Terrorism Policing North West said his grievance "combined with mental ill health" led to the attack.
The force's report into the bombing said it was "most likely" that Al Swealmeen's grievance against the British state for failing to accept his asylum claim had "compounded his mental ill health, which, in turn, fed that grievance and ultimately a combination of those factors led him to undertake the attack".
Det Supt Andy Meeks said it was believed Al Swealmeen intended to go into the hospital and detonate his device, but it was likely that it had exploded earlier than planned.
He said there was no evidence anyone else was involved in the attack.
The explosion, which was captured on the hospital's CCTV, propelled ball bearings through the taxi, blowing out its front windscreen.
The glass hit a tree 52ft (16m) away and damage was caused to the hospital's windows.
Det Supt Meeks said Al Swealmeen, who was born in Iraq, had gone to considerable lengths to stay in the country, including converting to Christianity, although the authenticity of his conversion was in doubt.
A previously confidential 2015 asylum judgment, released to the BBC in 2022, also revealed his claim of being a Syrian refugee had lacked basic facts.
The force said Al Swealmeen came to the UK in 2014, having applied for a visa in Abu Dhabi claiming he wanted to travel for a holiday and to watch the filming of Britain's Got Talent in Belfast.
He falsely claimed to be a Syrian national when interviewed by Home Office officials and his asylum claim was rejected.
Det Supt Meeks said Al Swealmeen began a conversion to Christianity in 2015, when his asylum appeal rights were exhausted, and was baptised at Liverpool Cathedral in November that year.
He forwarded letters of support from members of the church community to the Home Office to support his asylum claim in 2017.
In January 2020, a further asylum claim was rejected on the basis he had not truly accepted the Christian faith and rejected others.
Det Supt Meeks said Al Swealmeen's deterioration in mental health coincided with developments in his asylum case.
He said he was detained by police under the Mental Health Act in 2015 and was later sectioned.
The investigation into the attack found Al Swealmeen rented a flat in Rutland Avenue, about 1.5 miles (2.4km) from the hospital, with the "sole purpose" of building the bomb.
Officers found mixing bowls and bags of chemicals inside the flat, along with a mobile phone containing instructions on how to make explosives.
A search of his other address, which he shared with other asylum claimants in Sutcliffe Street, uncovered two unfinished improvised firearms.
A subsequent search of his mobile phones found they had been largely erased and he had taken precautions to conceal his intentions.
As a result, the report said officers would "never truly know why Al Swealmeen took the actions that he did that led to the explosion".
Following the report's publication, Merseyside Police's Assistant Chief Constable Jon Roy said the public's reaction to the attack had been "unbelievable", adding: "In the face of adversity, they were strong and determined and unbowed."
"Ultimately, the aim of terrorists is to create conflict, distrust and fear, but that didn't happen here and people across Liverpool stood shoulder to shoulder," he added.
St Patrick’s night in Liverpool.
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