Iain Watts

MERCURY PRESS. Liverpool, UK. Pictured: Megan Splain competing on the beam in the 2018 Gymnastics British Championships in The Echo Arena, Liverpool this afternoon.

MERCURY PRESS. 25/3/20. Liverpool, UK. Pictured: A couple do a hand stand amongst the daffodils in Sefton Park in Liverpool this afternoon

MERCURY PRESS. 7/5/20. Greater Manchester, UK. Pictured: WWII veteran Doug Farrington, 94, salutes from his front room window in Oldham. A WWII veteran banned from travelling to London to mark VE Day due to the coronavirus lockdown has held a poignant solitary tribute in his window instead. Doug Farrington, who served in the Royal Welch Fusiliers (7th battalion) between 1943 and 1947, saluted his fallen comrades and celebrated the day peace came to Europe through glass at his home in Oldham, Gtr Manchester. The 94-year-old, who sold Remembrance Day poppies for 22 years before retiring in 2017, was due to travel to London with the Royal British Legion for the VE75 celebrations, but was forced to cancel his plans as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in the UK. SEE MERCURY COPY

MERCURY PRESS. Wirral, UK. Pictured: The sun sets on the longest heatwave in five years last as people walk along the marina at West Kirby in Wirral last night. Cooler temperatures and wet weather are now expected with Storm Chris on the way.