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Croxteth

Bordered by West Derby and sharing an L11 postcode with neighbouring Norris Green families from Scotland Road were rehoused in Croxteth when their homes were demolished to make way for the second Mersey tunnel. Nearby Grade II-listed Croxteth Hall was the former country estate of the Earls of Sefton. Ex-Everton and England star Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen grew up and met in Croxteth.

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EXCLUSIVE: Dean Kelly who covered up Rhys Jones' murder found dead
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Croxteth Crew gang member Dean Stephen Kelly found dead at 31
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'Best big brother' told 999 he thought he was dying as he lay bleeding in a driveway
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Kasey Anderson died aged 24 after being knifed in the heart by 47-year-old girlfriend Natalie Bennett
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People 'don't understand' mum's sentence after she murdered 24-year-old boyfriend
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Natalie Bennett stabbed her boyfriend Kasey Anderson to death a week before his 25th birthday
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'My world is broken and everyone in Croxteth is broken' after Kacey Anderson's murder
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'Cheeky and pleasant lad' was stabbed to death aged 24 by his 47-year-old girlfriend Natalie Bennett
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Natalie Bennett gives thumbs up as she's jailed for life over Kasey Anderson murder
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Mum, 47, stabbed 24-year-old boyfriend in heart then aimed further blow with knife at his head
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Mum came home immediately after daughter's call on Bonfire Night
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"I haven't slept all night. It's unbearable to think what could have happened"
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Grenades found in house treated as 'targeted attack' as police hunt suspects
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Police said the incident could have caused "catastrophic damage"
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Two grenades found as men 'dressed in black' set fire to house
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The bomb squad have removed two grenades as homes were evacuated in Croxteth
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Live updates as homes evacuated after grenade found
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Firefighters found a grenade after putting out a blaze in a home
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Police evacuate homes after grenade found in burning house
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Two men dressed in black had broken into a house on Parkview Road and set fire to it
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Women lifted car off girl 12 after trick or treat horror
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Four years on from the incident nobody has been charged with the incident which led to an innocent girl, 12, suffering serious injuries
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Truancy, RAAC and worksheets: Three years of Dixons in Liverpool
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A look back at how the West Yorkshire-based trust has run three Liverpool schools
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'Gentle soul' stabbed to death in luxury flat
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Elliot Mulligan was murdered by his roommate
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Video shows inside destroyed Lobster pub after two people spotted 'starting the blaze'
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Two people were seen running from a burning pub after allegedly 'throwing an item' inside
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Lobster pub goes up in flames as suspects seen 'throwing item' inside
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Police said they believe that the fire has been caused deliberately at present
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Updates as Lobster pub cordoned off by police after fire
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Police say CCTV appears to show two people approaching the pub and throwing an item inside
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Man heard pensioner singing on way home from pub and decided to put an end to it
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Benjamin Fitzsimmons attacked the pensioner with a knife after he heard him singing outside his house
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Man knew exactly what to do after life changing moment in TK Maxx
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Rob Kelly got straight in his car after visiting the shop
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The warning signs that killer girlfriend Natalie Bennett would become a murderer
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Kasey Anderson died aged 24 after being stabbed in the heart by his 47-year-old girlfriend
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Natalie Bennett's final insult as she tried to get away with boyfriend's murder
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Mum knifed 24-year-old Kasey Anderson in the heart then tried to stab her gravely injured partner in head
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Friends all leave same touching tribute to murdered Kasey Anderson
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Kasey was slashed several times with a knife and suffered two stab wounds
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Family cry and applaud as Kasey Anderson's killer is found guilty
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Kasey's auntie Denise Anderson was heard to say "justice for my lad" as she left the courtroom
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Face of murderer Natalie Bennett who stabbed her 24-year-old boyfriend in heart
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Natalie Bennett, 47, was unanimously convicted of Kasey Anderson's murder this afternoon
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Family members in tears as Natalie Bennett guilty of murdering her boyfriend
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Natalie Bennett stabbed Kasey Anderson in heart before attempting to knife him in head as he lay gravely injured in driveway
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