birkenhead is a deprived area.ort of place we know can be especially vulnerable to drug and alcohol problems. but this is a community which is fighting back. and here in birkenhead they've come up with this concept of a recovery village. what is that? a recovery village? there are already loads of different services here working to help people struggling with addiction, but now they're working together in much closer cooperation so the rehab hub, the recovery cafe down here, and the place where groups meet for mutual support round the corner, they're all working on really close co—ordination to get people off the drink and off the drugs. it is organisations coming together as a collective of the wirral to work with a kind of shared goal. so we will do this test for you today. one of the main players here is wirral ways, a drug and alcohol service, and they're right at the heart of the recovery village. it's notjust another person that is coming in, it is an individual and that individual has got their own needs, th

i am in birkenhead spending a year getting to know tony.in, but so much more than that. of course, tony comes with plenty of baggage but it's not all bleak. do you want a hand with these ones as well? yes please. today we are out on the town. as soon as we get them out it will start raining again, you know? it probably will, won't it. a street showcase of his photography. i can be here for two or three hours and nobody even stops to look. it has been both a passion and a therapy. you take the pictures? ido, yeah. after setting up, a chance to catch up and when tony says dabbling, what he means is using heroin. how have you been, mate? i'm 0k. i'm still dabbling but i haven't been as good as this for years. it has taken me a while to get off the cocaine. crack cocaine? i packed that in nearly a year ago. a year in september it will be. the beginning of september last year i stopped. so off the crack, and that is a relief because that was a thing that actually was threatening tony's life. here, hold this. and on you as well. 0k, he's still on

the main trial area is birkenhead. a birkenhead.e theory _ birkenhead. as your correspondent said, the whole theory behind - birkenhead. as your correspondent said, the whole theory behind it. birkenhead. as your correspondent said, the whole theory behind it is | said, the whole theory behind it is to prevent other organised criminals from simply filling the void and stepping up when a large gang is taken up by a police operation. birkenhead has seen quite a lot of proactive policing over the last year and a half. unfortunately, there have been high—profile firearms incidents and you will be aware of the murder of ellie edwards on christmas eve. apart high—profile incidents, there have been a number of gun seizures. there were firearms seized any large number of arrests, and it has been trialled in other areas in merseyside. one success story, before it was known as clear hold build, a large organisation was taking a police operation. it was similar to the scene is described in cheetham hill before. there were people scared to walk

he appeared before magistrates in birkenhead this morning charged with a total of nine offences includingily harm, possession of a firearm and ammunition and using a stolen car. the court heard a converted scorpion submachinegun was used in the attack. connor chapman was not asked to enter any plea and was remanded in custody until his next appearance. the hearing at wirral magistrates�* court only lasted three minutes and connor chapman stood throughout in the dock of courtroom number six, answering as his name was put to him but giving no other details. he was wearing a grey tracksuit, long hair and a beard and he stared ahead with his head held high as the charges against him were read out. the charges cannot be dealt with by magistrates so the case has been committed to crown court that he will next appear before liverpool crown court on monday. four others have previously been arrested in connection with the shooting, of those three have been released on bail while further inquiries are carried out at the fourth has been recalled to prison on licence. thank you, judith moritz. a woma

he appeared before magistrates in birkenhead this morning charged with a total of nine offences includingvous bodily harm, possession of a firearm and ammunition and using a stolen car. the court heard that a converted scorpion submachinegun was used in the attack. connor chapman was not asked to enter any plea and he was remanded in custody until his next court appearance. the hearing here at widow magistrates�* court only lasted for three minutes and connor chapman stood throughout in the class will dock of courtroom number six answering as his name was put to him but giving no other details. he was wearing a grey tracksuit long hair and a beard and he stared straight ahead with his head held high. as the charges against him were read out. those charges cannot be dealt with ultimately by magistrates so this case has been committed to crown court and he will next appear before liverpool crown court on monday. for other people have previously been arrested in connection with the shooting, of those three have been released on bail while further inquiries are carried out and the fourth has