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Horror-fest Farmaggedon returns to Farmer Ted's on October 6.

The monster-filled adventure park is back with a terrifying new experience for 2023. This year, guests can take on the zombie warzone, an adrenaline-filled, pyrotechnic, zombie shoot-em-up experience that puts you on the frontline.

Firm favourites including 'the beast of terror', 'the meat locker', 'maze of death', and 'the fear-go-round' will also return in one of the country's top scare attractions.

Across the Farmaggedon grounds, guests can enjoy a range of live music, dancers and street performers as well as on-site food and drink. Kicking off on October 6, horror fans can book tickets for varying dates up until Halloween.

• Helena Bonham Carter
• Simon Pegg
• Bella Ramsey
• Jensen Ackles
• Gwendoline Christie
• Cary Elwes

Two people have died after becoming trapped in their car in a flooded road in Liverpool.

Police said officers were called to Queens Drive in the Mossley Hill area at 21:00 BST on Saturday night.

Passers-by fought to help the man and woman who were stuck inside a black Mercedes in deep floodwater.

Emergency workers took them to hospital, but they were pronounced dead.

Amateur footage filmed in the area appears to show water gushing on to the road - which dips under a bridge.

Met Office data shows heavy rainfall at more than 32mm (1.25 inches) an hour near where it happened

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People living in the area told the Liverpool Echo the road has been problematic for some time. They said several cars had become stuck in deep water in the area over the last few months.

Liverpool's deputy lord mayor Richard Kemp said he had repeatedly raised the alarm about flooding at the spot for about 20 years.

Tickets for Merseyside's only horror film festival have today gone on sale.

The Dead of Night Film Festival has been running for the past four years and is Liverpool's only film festival dedicated to horror. The aim is to bring new independent horror short and feature-length films to the general public.

The festival will take place at Southport's Bijou Cinema and will run from October 7 to 8. This year, seven films will be screened and twenty short films. A one-day ticket for the festival is £12, while a weekend ticket is £20.

The Bijou Cinema is a community cinema tucked into Post Office Avenue with 75 seats and an Optoma 8000-lumens projector.

The Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz star will attend the event, which will take place at Liverpool Exhibition Centre on October 21 and 22.

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Helena Bonham Carter and 'The Boys' star Jensen Ackles have already been confirmed to appear at the event

The long-empty landmark in Liverpool's city centre was once the home of Liverpool's Irish Centre but has been empty since the late 1990s. Constructed in 1816, the Wellington Rooms served as a ballroom for much of its history.

The once-grand building, situated on the corner of Great Orford Street and under the shadow of the Metropolitan Cathedral, was then formerly operated as Liverpool Irish Centre from 1965 to 1997. It was once a place that staged elaborate dance events and operated as a function room, but closed down in the late 1990s and has not been in use since.

Since its closure, the Grade II* listed building has fallen into a significant state of disrepair, with the centre being a central focus of the ECHO's Stop the Rot campaign. Urgent works were carried out on the neoclassical building in a bid to plug gaps in the roof and slow the impending decay on the structure.

edit: the Echo's typo in the title was niggling me

Liverpool's International Slavery Museum has cut ties with the company run by Sir David Adjaye but it will still use his design for its redevelopment.

Adjaye Associates had led the architectural design of the museum's £57m plans.

It follows reports in the Financial Times (FT) three women had accused Sir David of sexual assault and harassment.

BHe has previously denied the allegations.

Three women, all previously employed by Sir David, have accused him of different forms of "exploitation", the FT said, and have claimed their dealings with him had disrupted their careers and caused serious mental distress.

Earlier this year he admitted he had "entered into relationships which though entirely consensual, blurred the boundaries between my professional and personal lives," adding, "I am deeply sorry".

Upton Viking Festival takes place from 10.30am on Saturday, August 12, and Sunday, August 13 at Warwick Park, Upton.

Visitors will be able to experience the reality of Viking lives 1,000 years ago with a complete living history Viking camp as well as enjoy battle reenactments, combat and culture.

Viking lovers can also take part in axe throwing, archery, craft stalls, and activities for all ages including a funfair. Food and drink stalls will also be available.

Still time to make it.

A redeveloped parkland on the banks of the River Mersey will be an "eco-haven" and "benefit coastal bio-diversity for decades to come", Liverpool City Council has said.

Southern Grasslands, on Riverside Drive, has been created using recycled soil to prepare part of the Festival Gardens site for housing.

Trees and shrubs have been planted at the park, also built on landfill.

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The site, which was home to the Liverpool International Garden Festival in 1984, was bought by the council in 2015 and is split into three zones:

• Development Zone - the site of the Festival Hall dome, which is being now being prepared for housing
• The Gardens - Oriental Gardens set around the remaining original Festival Gardens
• Southern Grasslands - former festival site land which has now been reopened as parkland

The 90-acre site had been derelict since 1997 and part of the gardens, features such as Chinese pagodas, Japanese gardens and water features, were reopened in 2012 after after a £4.5m redevelopment.

About 30 people gathered at Liverpool Town Hall on Tuesday, loudly opposing the idea of a "15-minute city".

However it was not being discussed by the neighbourhoods committee, nor has it ever been a Liverpool City Council policy.

As councillors went inside they were accused of "betraying" the city.

The council's leader, Liam Robinson, said he did not know whether the protesters had genuinely or deliberately confused the issues.

It's a topic I am interested in, but can't make these. Pity.

Earlier in the month the council announced that it had been waiting for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to verify the causes of death of the birds after scores were reported along the Sefton coastline.

DEFRA has now confirmed that the birds found at the start of July died from bird flu. The council has said they are working with DEFRA to "ensure all cases are reported and the dead birds are dealt with safely".

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Atomic Pro Wrestling is a Liverpool-based promotion with their third show at the start of August.

I have been meaning to go and I am hoping that the third time's a charm.

It's a Canadian documentary about new towns developed to take the overspill from big cities, specifically Liverpool.

After being exhibited at two other locations, it was put on display at Crosby on 1 July 2005.

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I went for a walk down on the beach last week and just found out that today is the 18th anniversary of it's installation there. Took a few photos, of which this is one.

It means they can, legally, go for a pint now but probably best to avoid the pubs on South Road!

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