Mercury Press Agency has been covering news and pictures stories out of Liverpool and across the North West for more than 40 years

Thanks to the power of our electronic database we have built up a vast archive of material that is available to publishers all over the world.

If you can't find a picture that your looing for then, why not contact our picturedesk on 0151 709 6707 one of our photographer's will be willing to help you find that particular image...

Here are a few examples of of the kind of stories and pictures it contains;

• the strikes of the seventies and eighties when Liverpool became a byword for industrial unrest.
• the Militant era when left-wingers, led by the likes of Derek Hatton ruled the City Council.
• the aftermaths of the horrific disasters at Hysel and Hillsborough.
• the birth and tragic deaths of the Halton Septuplets.
• the horrific murder of James Bulger and the agony that followed.

If you want to access this material, call our news or picture desk on 0151 709 6707 or e-mail archive@mercurypress.co.uk

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