00:00 I'm Emily Bonner, time now for your latest news updates.
00:03 John Venables has lost a parole board bid to be freed from jail with the panel ruling
00:08 that it was not satisfied that the release at this point would be safe for the protection
00:12 of the public.
00:13 Venables was 10 years old when he killed two-year-old James Bulger in 1993.
00:19 A new Mersey Ferry will be built at the historic Camel Laird shipyard in Birkenhead in a £26
00:24 million deal.
00:25 More than 120 people are to start work on the Cleaner Greener vessel alongside a three-week
00:30 project to refurbish one of the existing ferries.
00:34 Liverpool was transformed into a sea of red, blue and mini Santas last weekend for the
00:38 milestone 20th staging of the BTR Liverpool Santa Dash.
00:42 6,100 dashing Santas took part in the festive spectacular with this year's turnout being
00:48 the biggest since 2018.
00:51 That is all your local headlines for now.
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