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Christian Aid project in India

Christian Aid key environment projects shows every penny counts in little red envelopes

IT’S the little red envelope that makes a huge difference. This week is Christian Aid week, and around Merseyside people are raising money to help those less fortunate.Read

Mathew Street Festival brings 320,000 music lovers to Liverpool

LIVERPOOL’S businesses were last night celebrating the boost to the economy from one of the most successful music festivals the city has ever seen.Read

New Order's Bernard Sumner: my thanks to legendary Liverpool club Eric’s

ERIC’S was the club that launched a generation of Liverpool bands. From Echo and the Bunnymen to The Mighty Wah! and OMD, its name has become synonymous with the Scouse scene.Read

Funding for West Kirby Oil project

THE Transition Town West Kirby project has won funding for an exciting youth inclusion project.Read

Eco-youngsters turn up heat on politicians

TWO young Merseyside eco- detectives have taken on a new mission over the festive period – to grill top politicians about the aftermath of the Copenhagen Climate Change talks.Read

Special Report: Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa

ADA GUIDO walked 12 miles to the nearest hospital in the blistering hot sun, cradling her desperately ill toddler. It would be an extraordinary feat of endurance and love, before you consider that she’s nine months pregnant, and painfully malnourished herself.Read

Dean Johnson

Wirral songwriter completes George Harrison Beatles song 40 years on

IT’S not every day you find yourself writing a song with a former Beatle.Read

Mersey tidal power a step closer with £22m boost

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

Royal backing sets seal on £10m Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital in Wirral

IT IS already the busiest equine hospital in the UK, handling more than 2,000 sick or injured horses a year. Now, thanks to a £9.5m fund-raising drive, the Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital, in Leahurst, near Neston, is set to retain its crown as a world leader in veterinary treatment.Read

Kings of Leon perform at the Liverpool Echo Arena

Music Review: Kings of Leon, Liverpool Echo Arena

SELLING out New York’s Radio City Music Hall was the warm-up.Read

Coldplay performing at the Liverpool Echo Arena

Music Review: Coldplay, Liverpool Echo Arena

IF ever there was a man who sums up the phrase "dance like there's nobody watching" it’s Chris Martin.Read

Crowded House, Summer Pops, Liverpool

MUSIC REVIEW: Crowded House, Summer Pops, Liverpool

THE Kiwis certainly brought the weather with them last night.Read

Southport Flower Show

Bloomin' 'eck

WITH one million blooms, 100,000 visitors and 34 acres of showground, Southport Flower Show is always fabulous - and this year is no different.Read

Folk star Kathryn in town festival line-up

THERE'LL be dancing in the streets when St Helens play hosts to its first free music festival. Read

Welcome to a boom town

WARRINGTON has been hailed as a business mecca in a new report out tomorrow.Read

Floral tributes following a road accident in Liverpool

Road-deaths memorial to replace makeshift shrines

LIVERPOOL is to get its first permanent memorial to people killed on its roads.Read