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2009
Articles from 2nd Jul 2009
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WIN an unbeatable match day package and a new Everton shirt
Jul 02 2009 | Everton FC News
THE new Everton Two store in the Liverpool One shopping centre, will be opened tomorrow by Everton manager David Moyes. Read
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Jack Rodwell salutes David Moyes impact - Everton FC latest
Jul 02 2009 | Everton FC News
EVERTON midfielder Jack Rodwell believes manager David Moyes is the man to guide him through the next stage of his career. Read
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Fernando Torres: Liverpool FC boss Rafa Benitez has made me a better player
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool FC News
Fernando Torres has saluted manager Rafael Benitez for turning him into the most feared striker in the world. Read
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Juventus out of the running for Liverpool FC's Xabi Alonso
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool FC News
JUVENTUS have ruled themselves out of the running to sign Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso. Read
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Andriy Voronin’s return apart – it’s so far so good for Liverpool FC
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool FC News
RAFA BENITEZ must feel like he’s found a peseta but lost a pound. Read
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Richard Irvine: The glory of Glastonbury
Jul 02 2009 | Comment
SHE’S well off key, I said as Lady GaGa cavorted on stage at Glastonbury. Read
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A Capital analysis
Jul 02 2009 | Comment
SO HERE we are, it is July already. A whole six months have gone since Liverpool passed on the Capital of Culture baton. Read
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Fashion Victim: In hard times - we all turn to the bottle (of fake tan)
Jul 02 2009 | Comment
LADIES, brace yourselves for a beauty revelation that is so huge that it will knock your bronzed little world off its very axis. Read
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Carry on summer
Jul 02 2009 | Comment
Dawn Collinson bags a few bargains so you can enjoy a great day at the beach Read
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Hatton Flight gets go-ahead for Old Newton Cup
Jul 02 2009 | Horse Racing
HATTON FLIGHT has been given the go-ahead to bid for compensation in Saturday’s bet365 Old Newton Cup at Haydock Park. Read
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Woolworths website 'gets 1m visitors'
Jul 02 2009 | Business News
Shop Direct says 1m people logged on to its Woolworths website in its first week of trading. Read
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Delphi car parts plant aims to cut 71 Kirkby jobs
Jul 02 2009 | Business News
TALKS have started between unions and car parts maker Delphi after the firm announced plans for 71 redundancies at its Kirkby plant. Read
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Slumdog boosts Cineworld sales
Jul 02 2009 | Business News
BLOCKBUSTERS including Slumdog Millionaire, X-Men and Transformers drove half-year box office sales up by 17.9% at Cineworld, the group said yesterday. Read
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Building group Morgan Sindall on track to hit targets
Jul 02 2009 | Business News
TRADING at construction group Morgan Sindall is in line with expectations, despite the challenging market conditions. Read
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Architect’s RIBA role to promote design excellence
Jul 02 2009 | Business News
ARCHITECT Matt Brook has been elected to represent the region on the profession’s governing body. Read
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OPINION: Joel Jelen on the art of spin
Jul 02 2009 | Business News
SO, IS that it then? What with all the political turmoil on the domestic front, is that the end of spin? Read
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Chamber calls for green art
Jul 02 2009 | Business News
LIVERPOOL Chamber of Commerce is launching a “green” art competition as part of Liverpool’s Year of the Environment 2009. Read
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Concept PR wins housing account
Jul 02 2009 | Business News
SOUTHPORT agency Concept PR has been appointed to create a marketing and PR campaign for sheltered accommodation development Heald Farm Court. Read
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Plumes of smoke blacken Liverpool skyline as tyre fire takes hold
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A LARGE quantity of car tyres went up in smoke in a blaze at a scrapyard in Liverpool last night. Read
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Air links between Liverpool and London have had a troubled history
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
AIR links between Liverpool and London have had a troubled history. Read
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Bootle carer turned up drunk for work
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A CARER neglected his severely disabled patient while drunk. Read
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Sky-high taxes robbed Liverpool of London air link
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
SOARING air taxes are killing off chances of restoring a direct Merseyside air link with London, MPs were told yesterday. Read
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Liverpool grave of Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe restored by fan
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
THE grave of “the Fifth Beatle” has been lovingly restored by a keen fan after years of neglect and ruin. Stuart Sutcliffe, who was the original bassist of The Beatles for 18 months, in the early 1960s, lies in a grave in Huyton. Read
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Competition launched to win Beatles’ first contract
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
THE Beatles’ first contract was taken from under lock and key yesterday to be shown off to fans who are being offered the chance to win the document. Read
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Michael Jackson’s Heal The World recorded in memory of James Bulger
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A GROUP of entertainers from Merseyside recorded a music video of late pop legend Michael Jackson’s Heal The World to help the James Bulger Red Balloon Centre Appeal. Read
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Wirral MP Frank Field condemns second job clampdown as “absurd”
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A MERSEY MP has vowed to go to jail, rather than comply with a "nasty" new law requiring every detail of his “second job” to be revealed. Read
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Southport family’s shock as home is wrecked by lightning
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A FAMILY’S recently renovated home was destroyed by fire after lightning hit the chimney. Read
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More stashing cash under the bed
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
INCREASING numbers of people are stashing their savings underneath beds because they do not trust bankers, research shows. Read
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Samples kept by ice cream
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A POLICE force has been storing samples from suspects and car crash victims alongside ice cream, according to a report. Read
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Russian Church takes over vandalised Wirral chapel
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
THE Russian Orthodox Church is to take over a derelict cemetery chapel in Wirral which had been plagued by vandalism. Read
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Art in the City at Liverpool Bluecoat this weekend
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
UP-AND-COMING creative talent has an outlet this weekend at the courtyards of the Bluecoat, in the centre of Liverpool. Read
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Liverpool firefighters come to gosling’s rescue
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
FIREFIGHTERS took to the waves yesterday to come to the aid of a stricken gosling which had become separated from its parents. Read
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Final farm show
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A 170-YEAR-OLD agricultural show is expected to attract 100,000 visitors when it opens for the final time. Read
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New team at Liverpool's Parr Street Studio where Coldplay recorded hits
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
THE recording studio where some of the country’s leading musical talents recorded some of their best-known works has a new lease of life, after being taken over by a dynamic new team. Read
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Tributes pour in as veteran TV actress Mollie Sugden dies
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
COMEDY actress Mollie Sugden has died in hospital after a long illness, aged 86. Read
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Robot artist exhibition is being staged in Liverpool
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
ROBOCOP, Star Wars’ C-3PO and Metal Mickey all left their mark on popular culture and now another android is hoping to inspire the masses . . . this time to get involved in art. Read
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Two die after rail explosion
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
TWO children have died after suffering severe burns in an explosion that followed a train derailment in northern Italy, bringing the death toll to 16, officials said. Read
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Liverpool cabbies' treat for school pupils
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
GENEROUS black cab drivers ferried blind and partially-sighted children to a theme park. Read
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Fourth man jailed for Liverpool brawl which left student dead
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
THE final member of a four-strong group who killed a Liverpool student during a drunken brawl has been put behind bars. Read
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Statue smashed
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
FIVE people have been arrested for smashing the face of a Lenin statue in Ukraine’s capital, Kiev. Read
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Doorstep peddling ‘must be banned’
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
ENERGY companies must be banned from peddling their products on doorsteps, trading standards chiefs said. Read
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Loans frozen as fees face rise
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
MINISTERS’ plans to freeze grants and increase tuition fees next year are a “real kick in the teeth” for students, union leaders said. Read
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Stars bid farewell to Farrah Fawcett
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
HOLLYWOOD bade a final farewell to actress Farrah Fawcett yesterday at a private funeral in Los Angeles. Read
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Best job in the World
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A BRITISH man started work in “the best job in the world” – a six-month contract as caretaker of the islands on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Read
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Patients trial home dialysis machines
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A NEW home dialysis machine as small as a sewing machine is set to be launched at a UK hospital for the first time. Read
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Minister refuses to let Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs go free
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
RONNIE BIGGS has been refused parole by Justice Secretary Jack Straw, who accused the Great Train Robber of being “wholly unrepentant” about his crimes. Read
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‘Walk of Fame’ plan for Liverpool stars
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
THE great and good of Liverpool could be honoured for their devotion to the city on a new Sunset Strip-style Walk of Fame. Read
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Liverpool’s Chines Youth Orchestra under threat due to funding row
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL’S award-winning Pagoda Chinese Youth Orchestra is under threat due to a funding row with the city council. Read
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Winnie Johnson begs Moors Murderer Ian Brady to find her son
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
HEARTBROKEN Winnie Johnson broke down in tears yesterday as she begged Moors murderer Ian Brady to reveal to her the 45-year secret of where her son is buried. Read
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Two arrested after Ellesmere Port fire
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire in Ellesmere Port. Read
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£7m flood pipe work on course to stop Huyton flooding misery
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
WATER company United Utilities said it was on schedule to finish work on a major pipe scheme after thousands of households in Huyton suffered flooding misery. Read
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Government to run London to Scotland rail line after franchisee defaults
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A MAJOR London to Scotland rail franchise is to be run by the Government, after giant transport group National Express refused to fund the loss-making East Coast Main Line beyond the next few months. Read
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Michael Shields refused pardon by Ministry of Justice
Jul 02 2009 | Breaking News
MICHAEL Shields will not be freed from jail early after he was refused a Royal Pardon today. Read
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Good to see fact – not spin
Jul 02 2009 | Letters
LAURA DAVIS'S critical analysis on the legacy of Liverpool's 08 year (Daily Post, June 30) was refreshing. It was good to see an article based on hard facts, rather than the usual words that have been spun, re-spun and, just in case, spun again. Read
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Comic Daliso Chaponda gives preview ahead of Edinburgh Festival gig
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool Arts
THE man dubbed “the world’s only Malawian comedian” is performing a Liverpool preview of the show he is taking to the Edinburgh Festival. Read
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Henny Acloque’s first UK solo show opens at the Ceri Hand Gallery
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool Arts
IT’S a series of uncomfortable worlds that Henny Acloque has created for her solo exhibition at the Ceri Hand Gallery. This is fantasy without the feelgood factor, more HP Lovecraft than Enid Blyton. Read
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Wirral’s Summer Serenade concerts are fast selling out
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool Arts
TICKETS are on sale for the final 13 concerts in Wirral’s 2009 Summer Serenade programme. Read
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Daily Post Arts Editor’s Pick of the Day: Thursday July 2, 2009
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool Arts
EVENT: TATE Liverpool is holding a multi-coloured festival of performance art to coincide with its exhibition Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour 1950 to Today. Produced in partnership with Hope Street Limited, it includes interactive activities and live performances, above, and the cafe has created a special colourful menu just for the occasion.Tate Liverpool, 6-10pm, www.tate.org.uk/liverpool Read
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Swine flu could claim up to 6,000 lives in Liverpool
Jul 02 2009 | Swine Flu Latest
SWINE flu could claim up to 6,000 lives in Liverpool if the pandemic hits the city, latest figures predict. Read
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Malaysian consortium given tour of Toon
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
The sale of Newcastle could have moved a step closer after a group of Asian businessmen were shown around the club on Thursday. Read
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Permit boost for Milijas
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Wolves have announced Serbia midfielder Nenad Milijas has been granted a work permit. Read
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Anderson adds weight to Ashes claims
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
James Anderson signalled his determination to play a key role in the Ashes with a timely display for England to help them take control of their warm-up match against Warwickshire. Read
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Jack in the bag for Gunners
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Arsenal have tied up promising teenager Jack Wilshere on a new long-term contract as the Gunners continue to look to the future. Read
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Williams sisters to meet in final
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Serena Williams fought back from the brink of a shock defeat to set up another Wimbledon final with her sister Venus after victory over Elena Dementieva in the longest women's semi-final in history. Read
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Mowbray makes moves
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Tony Mowbray has begun moves to put his own stamp on Celtic by releasing Paul Hartley and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink as he awaits an answer from Marc-Antoine Fortune. Read
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Serena survives semi scare
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Serena Williams fought back from the brink of a shock defeat to stay on course for a third Wimbledon title with victory over Elena Dementieva in the longest women's semi-final in history. Read
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Vidic agent plays down exit talk
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Nemanja Vidic's agent has quashed speculation the Manchester United defender will leave Old Trafford this summer. Read
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Gordon wants place back
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon has warned Marton Fulop he is ready to fight for his place after putting an injury nightmare behind him. Read
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Thomas aims to take second chance
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
New Wigan midfielder Hendry Thomas is determined to make a success of his career in England having been given a second chance by the club. Read
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Murray seeking many happy returns
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Andy Murray must find a way to shoot down the top gun in tennis if he is to send the nation's hopes soaring by reaching Sunday's Wimbledon final. Read
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Wounded Lions make wholesale changes
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
British and Irish Lions boss Ian McGeechan has made wholesale changes for Saturday's final Test against world champions South Africa. Read
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Springboks' Botha blow
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
South Africa lock Bakkies Botha has lost his appeal against a two-week ban. Read
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Coates dismisses Martins link
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Stoke chairman Peter Coates has dismissed speculation linking the club with a bid for Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins. Read
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Roddick: I'll be ready for Murray
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Andy Roddick insists he has plenty left in the tank for his Wimbledon semi-final against Andy Murray after an epic five-set win over Lleyton Hewitt. Read
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Wigan complete deal for Thomas
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Wigan have signed midfielder Hendry Thomas from Honduran club Deportivo Olimpia on a three-year contract, subject to international clearance. Read
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Williams sisters plot long-term supremacy
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Venus and Serena Williams believe they can continue to dominate the women's game for years to come as they focus on making this year's final at Wimbledon another family affair. Read
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Reid confirms Clarets in for McCarthy
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Hamilton have confirmed Burnley's interest in teenage midfielder James McCarthy. Read
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Campbell considers options
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Sol Campbell is ready to make a decision on his future but looks unlikely to agree a new deal with Portsmouth. Read
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Vickery can tame beast - Rowntree
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Phil Vickery has been backed to cope with the "huge psychological challenge" of a prospective British and Irish Lions Test match return. Read
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Arsenal chief Gazidis wants salary cap
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis believes the Premier League should consider a salary cap in a bid to achieve financial stability. Read
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Williams plot long-term supremacy
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Venus and Serena Williams believe they can continue to dominate the women's game for years to come as they focus on making this year's final at Wimbledon another family affair. Read
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Donovan questions Beckham's commitment
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
David Beckham has come under a blistering attack from Los Angeles Galaxy team-mate Landon Donovan just as he prepares to return for action with the Major League Soccer team. Read
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McCarthy reveals long pursuit of Surman
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Mick McCarthy has revealed Wolves have been tracking new signing Andrew Surman for three years and hopes his arrival will not be viewed as taking advantage of Southampton's current off-field problems. Read
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Hewitt makes Murray favourite
Jul 02 2009 | National Sport
Lleyton Hewitt backed Andy Murray to beat Andy Roddick and become the first male British player to reach the Wimbledon final since 1938. Read
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Jennings weighs up Scotland switch
Jul 02 2009 | Other Football
A MOVE to the Scottish Premier League has tempted Steve Jennings into cutting his ties with Tranmere. Read
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It’s Madrid 2 United 0 as Benzema opts for Bernabeu
Jul 02 2009 | Other Football
REAL MADRID have got the better of Manchester United in the transfer market once again – after Lyon accepted a bid from the Spanish side for Karim Benzema Read
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Harriers duo prepare for championship test
Jul 02 2009 | Other Sports
LIVERPOOL Harriers duo Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Jack Meredith are ready for the biggest test of their blossoming careers. Read
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West Cheshire five to star in schools competition
Jul 02 2009 | Other Sports
FIVE West Cheshire AC girls will compete at this year’s English Schools’ Track and Field Championships. Read
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St Helens schools add skateboarding to timetable
Jul 02 2009 | News
MERSEYSIDE schools have unveiled a new weapon against childhood obesity – skateboard lessons. Read
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Fashion: New Look does it for Sophie Maddocks
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool Life
Wallpaper pattern inspired fabric lands designer a dream job. Dawn Collinson reports Read
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Get ready for an Indian Summer with Monsoon’s seasonal offerings
Jul 02 2009 | Liverpool Life
Inject your wardrobe with a tropical twist. Emma Pinch rifles through Monsoon’s glorious summer collection Read
