Stories From The City

The ECHO's Liverpool Crown Court reporter Neil Docking and content editor Gary Stewart are joined by Detective Chief Inspector Mark Baker of Merseyside Police to discuss how "The Iceman" assassin Mark Fellows was brought to justice for the murder of "gangland enforcer" John Kinsella and Salford's 'Mr Big' Paul Massey. Top of the agenda is how officers investigated the brutal shootings, the vital clues they pieced together to form the overwhelming case against the hitman and his accomplice Steven Boyle, the moment both men were undone by Boyle "grassing" on his partner in crime and the reaction to their life sentences. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

On February 12, 1993, two-year-old James Bulger was abducted and murdered by 10-year-olds Jon Venables and Robert Thompson. I Let Him Go by James's mum, Denise Fergus, will be published on January 25 (Blink Publishing, £16.99) and in an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with the ECHO, she reveals how she believed her son would come back to her after the trial of Venables and Thompson. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In the first episode of the ECHO's new podcast, Stories from the City, Liam Thorp sits down with Liverpool's colourful mayor Joe Anderson for an honest and revealing chat about how he deals with criticism, his health, what drives him and how much longer he might carry on in the role For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy