Sep 23 2009 | Everton FC News
NORMALLY around this time of year we implore David Moyes to field his strongest side in the Carling Cup, what with it representing a great chance to win some silverware and all the rest of it. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Everton FC News
HULL are hoping tonight’s Carling Cup tie against Everton can lift the gloom surrounding their slide into the bottom three of the Barclays Premier League. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Everton FC News
YAKUBU is poised to take the latest step in his comeback from injury when Everton hit the Wembley trail again this evening. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Everton FC News
THE very reason for which the Carling Cup attracts increasing derision could well provide encouragement for Everton this evening. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool FC News
Rafa Benitez had thrown down the gauntlet to his fringe players to grab the chance to force their way into his plans on a more regular basis. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool FC News
RELIEVED Jamie Carragher admitted Liverpool rode their luck to claim Carling Cup victory at Leeds United. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool FC News
THEY came to relive the old times at Elland Road last night. Thankfully for Rafael Benitez, however, the same did not apply to his team. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool FC News
THE understudies didn’t quite fluff their lines but this was certainly no award winning performance. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Comment
A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT claim to be the "crime-fighting party" was unravelling last night – when figures revealed big falls in Tory-run areas as well. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Comment
NICK CLEGG was facing a damaging revolt on two fronts last night at the Liberal Democrat conference, as he prepared to warn voters not to sleepwalk into a Tory government. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Comment
IT COMES around every year, with the falling of the leaves and pledges from Anfield that this will, finally, be Liverpool's Premiership year. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Comment
COME on, hands up. Which brainiac came up with National Meetings Week – an entire five days dedicated to minute- taking and spending more time in boardrooms? Read
Sep 23 2009 | Horse Racing
QUEEN Elizabeth II Stakes favourite Rip Van Winkle produced a good final piece of work yesterday to delight connections ahead of Saturday’s Ascot feature. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Horse Racing
WILLIAM HAGGAS is hoping High Standing can get back to winning ways in the John Guest Diadem Stakes at Ascot on Sunday. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
Bank of England rate-setters are fearful of "false dawns" despite more positive signs for the struggling UK economy Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
Travel specialist Holidaybreak today said it was on track to meet expectations for the year as school trip bookings remained resilient. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
HOUSEBUILDING group Redrow is to raise £156m in a fully- underwritten rights issue backed by a syndicate of banks led by Merrill Lynch International and JP Morgan Cazenove. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
The Liverpool Daily Post has joined forces with the National Apprenticeship Service to launch a campaign to encourage Merseyside companies to sign up to the Government’s Apprenticeship programme. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
PROPERTY agents have completed five lettings in two weeks at the newly-refurbished Winwick Quay Business Park, in Warrington. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
THE Liverpool branch of waterproofing specialist BriggsAmasco has won three contracts worth more than £800,000. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
A MERSEYSIDE businessman is urging companies across the region to take on apprentices. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
DARESBURY Science & Innovation Campus has been named Most Outstanding Science Park at the United Kingdom Science Parks Association Awards. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
FORMER Littlewoods group Shop Direct has cut annual losses, but admitted growth could suffer as it reins in customer credit to avoid bad debts. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
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Sep 23 2009 | Business News
DEBTS of £3m led to the demise of 190-year-old Wirral law firm Lees Lloyd Whitley (LLW). Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
THE Daily Post Skills for the Future campaign wants to create 500 new apprenticeships on Merseyside. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
EDENMARK Property is making available a retail unit in London Road in Liverpool city centre. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
THE economic downturn has had a huge impact on commercial property across the region, forcing landlords to rethink their letting strategies. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
LIVERPOOL hotels bounced back with a bumper August after a miserable year for the trade. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
A FIGHTING fund may be set up to pay for a legal challenge to the first workplace parking levy to be approved by a local authority. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
DELAYS to the Airbus A380 superjumbo could mean that the firm won’t be able to introduce its new generation single-aisle jet for another 15 years. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
LIVERPOOL agency Edward Symmons is seeking offers for the freehold interest in a commercial property in Old Swan, Liverpool. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
THE £2.5m modernisation of Castle Chambers, in Liverpool, is nearing completion. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
WHITEGATES’ latest property auction has generated sales of £1m. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
SAVINGS firm Park Group says its corporate voucher sales have risen this year, while its Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
THERE are usually two reasons why equities go up in price. Either earnings are rising or there is an increase in the multiple of earnings, known as the PE ratio, that investors are prepared to pay. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
CHESHIRE-BASED contractor and developer Pochin’s has slumped to a loss before tax of £9.4m in the year to May 31, compared with a £1.8m profit the previous year. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
HIGH street retail chain JD Sports Fashion delivered a robust first-half performance, but stockbrokers have scaled back their full-year profits forecast, on expectations of a slowing trading environment. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
THE head of the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) was in Liverpool last week to speak to the region’s corporate advisors. Marcus Stuttard, head of AIM, was bidding to encourage more of the region’s companies and investors to engage with it. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
A TRIO of directors from fibre-optic network specialist’s i3 Group have successfully cycled all the way from Land’s End to John O’Groats in aid of three charities – Cancer Care, Water Aid and MacMillan Cancer Support. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
LIVERPOOL’S two main universities are to jointly deliver a £9.5m leadership development programme for small firms. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business News
THERE is no lying down on the job at Perfect Bedrooms, the Liverpool firm which has claimed several significant new contracts. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
A MAJOR shopping centre crashed into receivership, it was announced yesterday. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
THE city’s cultural attractions big and small will be open into the night tomorrow for a unique chance to see things in a very different way. The Long Night will see the city’s museums and galleries open to the public and celebrating into the evening. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
MERSEYSIDE’S firefighters could be asked if they want to strike for a second time, it emerged last night. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
ALAN HANSEN and a host of Liverpool legends got into the swing of things yesterday to raise money for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
A 19-YEAR-OLD man was shot during an attack by up to four men outside shops in Merseyside. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
THREE cars were involved in a collision in Wirral last night. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
PUBS have been fined thousands of pounds after private investigators caught them illegally showing Liverpool and Everton games on Sky. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
A MAN has denied murdering three-year-old Francesca Bimpson in an arson attack. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
A WELSH steam engine at a tourist railway overlooking a coal mine is being forced to run on fuel from Siberia. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
THE prospect of a tidal power scheme on the Mersey Estuary has moved a step closer with the launch of a feasibility study into plans – and a new £22m fund to support marine renewable energy. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
THE Church of England needs to shed its middle-class Marks & Spencer-only image in order to attract the Asda and Aldi generation of worshippers, a senior bishop has warned. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL remains fully committed to its presence at the World Expo Shanghai 2010, a senior executive at Liverpool’s regeneration agency confirmed last night. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
THE HPV vaccine catch-up programme is now under way in Wirral, thanks to schools and general practice nurses. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
A MAN charged with assault after making a citizen’s arrest on a youth he believed was throwing apples has complained to the police watchdog. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
AN ACTION plan was launched after not enough Liverpool women had their first pregnancy check-up in the recommended time. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
TELEVISION chef Lesley Waters served up roast dinners to pensioners yesterday. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
POP superstar Kelly Clarkson is bringing her All I Ever Wanted tour to Liverpool’s Echo Arena next year. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
A DENTIST has admitted groping a young nurse and flashing his leopard-print thong at a second, but told a disciplinary tribunal he did not mean to upset them. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
THE number of homes changing hands dipped slightly during August as the property market suffered its traditional seasonal slowdown. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
REGIONAL news programming on ITV could be losing up to £64m by 2012, Ofcom has warned. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
ATTORNEY General Baroness Scotland’s job was hanging in the balance last night, after she was fined £5,000 for employing an illegal worker as a housekeeper. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
THE end of a successful 25-year campaign to clean up the River Mersey was marked with a major conference in Liverpool with Lord Heseltine as guest speaker. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
THE man behind Cornwall’s successful Eden Project delivered a public lecture in Liverpool last night. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
POLICE are hunting a Polish national found guilty of cultivating cannabis . Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
A YOUNG boy has been found after going missing for three days. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
UNION leaders from Ellesmere Port’s Vauxhall plant joined European colleagues in a rally to support Belgian car workers in Antwerp today. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
JURORS trying a former Liverpool Labour councillor accused of downloading indecent images of children have heard from a computer expert. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
FIRE crews spent the night dousing gas cylinders caught in a docklands blaze. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
A YOUTH who mugged an 81-year-old children’s writer could be as young as 15, police said last night. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
THE youngest children from large families are among those who may miss out on vital vaccinations, the health watchdog warned. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
WORLD leaders and industry chiefs sought to build momentum for a new international deal on climate change, as they attended a United Nations summit aimed at speeding up progress on agreeing cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
FAMILIES with bins collected fortnightly were told their maggot problem is not a “health hazard”. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
TWO people have been killed in a helicopter crash near Blackpool. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
A DISABLED driver was hit with a parking fine – because Wirral Council’s “spy car” could not see his blue badge. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
THE BBC’s governing body was accused of “arrogance” by an influential group of MPs, over its response to criticism of the Corporation’s commercial arm. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
A BLACK Tie Ball in aid of the NSPCC’s Safe Place Appeal will take place this winter in Wirral. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
DAME Shirley Bassey has held a glittering reception at The Ritz to launch her new album. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
SIGHTINGS of what is thought to be a northern bottlenose whale in the River Clyde last night sparked a rescue operation. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool News
EMERGENCY patients are more likely to die in NHS hospitals when their admission coincides with an influx of newly-qualified doctors, a study has shown. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Letters
WITH or without the £9m European grant as an excuse, we should not be surprised by Southampton’s port owner and their council’s attempt to sink Liverpool’s chances to install facilities to cater for full “turn-around” cruises (Daily Post, September 18) as they see their port as the rightful major beneficiary of the cruise industry. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Golf News
GOLF: Britain and Ireland have been so badly hit by withdrawals that despite four successive wins in the Seve Trophy – now renamed the Vivendi Trophy – they are underdogs against Continental Europe in Paris this week. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool Arts
CALIFORNIAN singer Corinne West plays what promises to be a great gig at Mello Mello on Thursday. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool Arts
CINEMA: The Abandon Normal Devices festival opens with a screening of Lynn Shelton's Humpday, a funny and daring take on the 30-something buddy movie. Events will be held at venues across the city until Sunday as part of the brand new festival of cinema and digital culture.FACT festival passes, above, £35 for 10 films, £20 for six, 0871 704 2063, full AND programme at www.andfestival.org.uk Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool Arts
THE University of Liverpool’s Victoria Gallery & Museum is hosting an Egyptian-themed family afternoon on Saturday. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool Arts
A SOCIAL gaming extravaganza is taking place at FACT tomorrow. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Liverpool Arts
THERE are few moments of light in Lawrence Till’s stage adaptation of Kestrel for a Knave and even fewer under Nikolai Foster’s direction. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Manchester City captain Kolo Toure steered the club into the fourth round of the Carling Cup by scoring the winner in extra-time to beat Fulham 2-1 at Eastlands. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Scott McDonald led the way as Celtic showed their determination to hold onto the Co-operative Insurance Cup by dumping Falkirk out 4-0, while arch-rivals Rangers progressed beating Queen of the South 2-1. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Everton were barely extended as they cruised into the fourth round of the Carling Cup with an emphatic 4-0 defeat of under-strength Hull. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Danny Welbeck's second-half goal proved enough to send 10-man Manchester United into the Carling Cup fourth round with a 1-0 win over Wolves. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Rob Andrew has admitted that Riki Flutey's shoulder injury has brought into sharp focus the problems England have with key players being based in France. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Bob Bell has been appointed Renault's acting team principal for the remainder of the Formula One season in the wake of the Singapore race-fixing scandal. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Captain Andrew Strauss has provided a veiled warning that England's one-day team are playing for their futures at the Champions Trophy. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Jenson Button is hoping several hours of simulator work will help him strengthen his grip on the Formula One world title. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Sol Campbell could be left in limbo until the January transfer window after walking out on Notts County. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
England will play five-time World Cup winners Brazil in a friendly in Qatar on Saturday, November 14. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Sol Campbell could be left in limbo until the January transfer window after walking out on Notts County. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Renault has confirmed its intention to remain in Formula One, despite the stain on their reputation caused by the Singapore race-fix scandal. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Notts County have confirmed Sol Campbell has left the club "by mutual consent" after the former England defender asked to cancel his contract following only one game. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
England captain Andrew Strauss insisted no decision has yet been made on the future of Steve Harmison. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Carson Yeung has moved closer to completing his takeover of Birmingham after his company, Grandtop International Holdings, increased their share capital in the midlands club to 81.7%. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
A burning desire to win Wimbledon is one of the major reasons why Justine Henin has decided to return to the professional ranks next year. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Everton insist there is no police investigation into allegations by El-Hadji Diouf that bananas were thrown at him at Goodison Park on Sunday. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Police are set to continue their inquiries into an allegation that Blackpool striker Jason Euell was racially abused during the Carling Cup defeat by Stoke at the Britannia Stadium. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Sheikh Mansour has completed a 100% buy-out of Manchester City. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Mark Hughes has called for some balance in the analysis of Manchester City. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Sol Campbell's future as a Notts County player is in doubt after only one game, according to reports on Wednesday morning. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Graham Onions refuses to be daunted by the task which faces him and his England team-mates over the next week. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Portsmouth manager Paul Hart was not just relieved but delighted with his side's 3-1 win over Carlisle in the Carling Cup - and insisted his team are showing form that suggests their perilous Premier League position is false. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Pat Symonds has revealed it was out of "misguided devotion" to Renault he engaged in one of sport's greatest conspiracies. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
West Brom manager Roberto Di Matteo hit out at Arsenal teenager Jack Wilshere for his part in Jerome Thomas' sending-off as Arsene Wenger's young Gunners moved into the fourth round of the Carling Cup with a 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez felt his much-changed team were rewarded for their hard work after edging past Leeds 1-0 in the Carling Cup on Tuesday night. Read
Sep 23 2009 | National Sport
Barnsley boss Mark Robins claimed that Tuesday night's 3-2 Carling Cup win over Premier League new boys Burnley is proof his side can defeat big teams at home. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Other Sports
HANDBALL: Performance director Lorraine Brown has revealed that Great Britain’s women are hopeful of victory in their pre-qualification double header against Finland this week. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Other Sports
CYCLING: Buoyed by a spectacular year on the road, Great Britain enter this week’s Road World Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland in confident mood. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Other Sports
MOTOR RACING: Flavio Briatore’s punishment for fixing last year’s Singapore Grand Prix has been described as “excessive” by the head of Spain’s motor sport federation. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Other Sports
ANDY MURRAY will rest his injured left wrist for the next fortnight but is hopeful of playing in the Japan Open. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Working Day
MICHELLE BENNETT, 31, is the marketing manager for Northern Vision, organisers of the Tradition-ICAP Liverpool International Tennis Tournament, in Calderstones Park. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Weird World
A council voted to start issuing Asbos to car clampers. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Weird World
The peaceful hush of the Royal Academy was broken by cannon fire for a special exhibition. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Weird World
A “scaredy-cat” Bengal tiger damaged his species’ fearless reputation after getting stuck at the top of a 15ft activity tower. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Weird World
A cow was rescued by firefighters after it got stuck while going for a swim in a river. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Weird World
A man ended up buying back his own stolen property after it was sold on to an elderly couple. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Weird World
A man was arrested in Greece for growing marijuana on the central reservation of the country’s main motorway. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Weird World
A man plagued with coughing fits for two years was found to have a 1in piece of plastic fork in his lung inhaled while sucking a soft drink. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Weird World
A man who threw thousands of golf balls into California’s Joshua Tree National Park for more than a year to “honour deceased golfers” has been charged with littering. Read
Sep 23 2009 | News
LIVERPOOL student union chiefs have attacked “arrogant” business leaders for recommending a hike in tuition fees. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business Opinion
THERE are usually two reasons why equities go up in price. Either earnings are rising or there is an increase in the multiple of earnings, known as the PE ratio, that investors are prepared to pay. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business Opinion
FOR those who’ve successfully made it through the process of university admissions, a whole new world awaits. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business Opinion
IT’S a sad day when a firm that can trace its roots back 190 years closes - law firm Lees Lloyd Whitley this week became the latest victim of the tough economic conditions. Read
Sep 23 2009 | Business Opinion
FOR those who’ve successfully made it through the process of university admissions, a whole new world awaits. Read