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JAMIE BOWMAN: The appeal of Daft Punk? It’s all about the helmets

YOU have to love pop music when we live in a world where Rod Stewart’s first number one in 34 years can be overshadowed by some French robots.Read

POP REVIEW: Mark Knopfler at Liverpool Echo arena

AS A child of the 1980s it was almost impossible to escape Dire Straits and their globe-conquering Brothers In Arms album.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: Fergie wasn’t the only Manchester legend deserving of a tribute this week

AS SOME of you may have noticed it’s been a weekend dominated by Manchester.Read

Queen guitarist Brian May to hand over Liverpool John Moores University Chancellor role to Sir Brian Leveson

A ROCK legend will meet a legal lord when a city university formally installs its new Chancellor.Read

Royal Liverpool Hospital medical director Dr Peter Williams says new building will be best in UK

THE Royal Liverpool Hospital’s top doctor says its new building will make it the best in the country.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: Sound City shows how lucky we are in Liverpool. Let’s fight to keep it that way.

THE sun came out, the music rocked and I had a rare weekend off. Yes, it’s safe to say that this year’s Sound City was one of the best yet.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: Saving The Caledonia is a fight we all need to get behind.

IT’S always a worry when you find yourself agreeing with Robbie Williams but the former Take That star had a point when he remarked this week that the current UK music scene is in need of a few rebellious voices.Read

Liverpool Bosch contact centre has potential to expand threefold

A CONTACT centre set up in Liverpool by German group Bosch could expand threefold after going 24/7 this week.Read

Birkenhead Sixth Form College becomes Microsoft academy and training centre

A WIRRAL college is to become a Microsoft academy and training centre.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: The Strokes were once a great band - what happened?

THE Strokes’ new album came out a few weeks ago. Did you notice? No, me neither.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: The Ding Dong campaign has put our beloved and bizarre pop charts back on the news agenda

IF LIKE me you are of that generation who excitedly kept a finger on the record button while listening to Bruno Brookes run down the Top 40, this week has seen a welcome validation of our good old hit parade.Read

Henry Willis & Sons Organ Works Ltd,St Anne Street. Organ keys waiting for restoration.

David Wyld pulling out all stops to make organ builder Willis a success

IT’S not often these days that a managing director tells you: “We have suffered none of the things you hear about banks doing.”Read

Cains launch £50m ‘Brewery village’ concept in bid to safeguard future of the brand

CAINS has launched an ambitious bid to create a £50m ‘Brewery Village’ on its historic Liverpool site.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: My early musical education was full of political protest against Thatcher but who’s protesting now?

“A TERROR without an atom of humanity” was Morrissey’s florid description of Thatcher following her passing this week. It’s probably the best thing he’s written for years.Read

Kerala Kitchen on Arrowe Park Road, Upton,

Restaurant review: Andrew Greenhalgh and friends head for the Kerala Kitchen in Upton, Wirral

Kerala Kitchen in Wirral curries favour with Andrew GreenhalghRead

Popular Liverpool city centre club re-opens under new name

A POPULAR Liverpool entertainment venue is to re-open to the public on April 19 after a £1.5m renovation.Read

Nolita Cantina Restaurant & Bar on Bold Street,City Centre.

Restaurant Review: Dining New York style at the new Nolita Cantina

Emma Johnson dines out New York style at NoLita CantinaRead

National Union of Teachers predict conference will make swift return to Liverpool

THE National Union of Teachers has predicted a swift return to “wonderful” Liverpool after the city again bowled them over during its annual conference.Read

Peels ports at the port of Liverpool Docks & Seaforth

Liverpool’s Superport strategy has potential, says logistics expert

LIVERPOOL’S credentials as a potential superport have been given a ringing endorsement by an international specialist who believes the region can poach business from the south coast of the UK.Read

Slow recovery for Merseyside firms, but manufacturers show improvement

MERSEYSIDE businesses are reporting a slow recovery but new figures still show some encouraging signs at home and overseas for manufacturing.Read

Stephen Hargreaves who plays organ in St Marys Church County Road Walton.

My Day Off: Insurance expert excels in world of professional musicians

Stephen Hargreaves is a director with insurance broker Griffiths & Armour, and a semi-pro organist who has achieved the best FRCO exam marksRead

JAMIE BOWMAN: Portraying John Lennon on film is never an easy job

THE news that former La’s bassist John Power will play John Lennon in a musical about the Beatles legend came as something of a surprise to those of us who remember his days fronting cosmic scallies Cast.Read

Oyster Grey Interior design Angela Gardiner

Small Business of the Week: Oyster Grey interior design diversifies to move with the times

INTERIOR designer Angela Gardiner knew the downturn was seriously starting to bite when even footballers were working to a budget.Read

This Is Our Story-The Liverpool Passion Plays at Liverpool Cathedral,written for performance in Holy Week. Jesus played by Mark Lewis is arrested.

Liverpool’s Anglican cathedral hails success of Passion Plays for Easter

LIVERPOOL’S Anglican cathedral has hailed the success of its first ever Passion plays held in the run-up to Easter.Read

Executive travel service aims to create 100 Liverpool jobs

HUSBAND and wife team Craig and Becky Richardson aim to create 100 jobs with an executive travel venture.Read

Will ‘Great Rotation’ leave investors spinning?

IT HAS always been a case that as the markets/asset classes move through cycles the smart money moves from one to another to maximise returns over the long term.Read

Liverpool’s Lantern Company’s celebratory exhibition of a decade of work at St George’s Hall

LIVERPOOL’S Lantern Company will bring together an exhibition of the very best of their weird and wonderful creations to celebrate their 10th anniversary..Read

Liverpool’s Epstein theatre gears up to mark its 100th anniversary

ONE of Liverpool’s cultural jewels will celebrate its 100th birthday this year and a weekend of events is planned to honour the centenary.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: The return of Suede has made me forget about my broken boiler

A FRIEND of mine recently told me I was the kind of bloke who gets nostalgic about what he eat for breakfast that morning.Read

Profile: Giant Sea Odyssey success for John Sutch Cranes

Alistair Houghton meets JOHN SUTCH, managing director of John Sutch CranesRead

JAMIE BOWMAN: NME readers should stop criticising One Direction

CAST your mind back to your first experience of pop music. If like me you’re a child of the early 80s, the chances are it will have happened while watching Top of the Pops. Mine was seeing Adam Ant – still one of the finest pop stars these islands have ever produced. But I was lucky. Very lucky.Read

Liverpool business confidence highest since 2007, says survey

CONFIDENCE levels among Liverpool’s businesses is at its highest since 2007.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: Neil Young could be our greatest functioning rock legend

BACK in the days before Merseyside had an arena, I was part of the team who regularly brought the world’s biggest acts (and Deacon Blue) to the Liverpool Summer Pops.Read

Hotel breathes new life into historic Liverpool landmark

THIS is the first glimpse inside the new hotel being created in one of Liverpool’s finest historical buildings.Read

Restaurant Review - Four Seasons Restaurant

John Sutton samples the sweet and sour treats on offer at Four Seasons, in Renshaw StreetRead

Finishing touches made to spectacular new production of The Phantom of the Opera at Liverpool Empire

THE finishing touches were being made to a spectacular new production of The Phantom Of The Opera, ahead of its opening at the Liverpool Empire last night.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: Kraftwerk’s London shows had me dreaming of the perfect band

MY FIRST-EVER trip to Glasgow this weekend gave me the chance to indulge in some Scottish-centric spotifying soundtracks.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: Waiting around 20 years for a new album is nothinhg to us indie fans

WHAT it says about my character I’m not sure, but many of my favourite hobbies and pastimes seem to involve an inordinate amount of patience.Read

Beyonce

JAMIE BOWMAN: The Beyonce miming controversy is nothing new in pop music

ALTHOUGH as political scandals go it’s not quite up there with Watergate or even John Gummer feeding his kids burgers, the furore over whether generously proportioned R’n’B hitmaker Beyonce mimed her way through the Star Spangled Banner has given Barack Obama the first presidential crisis of his second term.Read

Unions fear for patient care over Royal Liverpool hospital job cut proposals

BOSSES at Liverpool’s Royal hospital are being urged to rethink plans to shed up to 600 jobs.Read

Revealed: Wirral Coroner under investigation by Office for Judicial Complaints

THE Wirral Coroner is under investigation over his personal conduct after his business partner made up invoices and took money from clients.Read

HMV

JAMIE BOWMAN: Mourning HMV is fine but record shops aren’t dead

OPPOSITE my office, next to the Primark and the closed £1 discount store there’s a branch of HMV.Read

Revealed: Wirral coroner slapped with maximum fine for solicitors firm role

THE Wirral coroner has been fined and warned about future conduct after his business partner made up invoices and took money from clients.Read

Merseyside manufacturers bullish on recruitment and profits

MERSEYSIDE manufacturers are on a recruitment drive, signalling an uplift in confidence and orders.Read

Georgia Varley train guard Christopher McGee lodges appeal

A TRAIN guard convicted of causing the death of a teenager has officially lodged an appeal against his jail term.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: That awkward moment when Kate Bush accepted a CBE

DESPITE 2012 being my own ‘annus mirabilis’ (birth of daughter, Champions League triumph, Stone Roses reformation, the continuing rare ability to make money from writing) it wouldn’t be right if I didn’t start the new year with a moan.Read

Ben Hatton: Tablets will drive 2013 e-marketing

IN TERMS of data access, tablet computers have been the big success story of recent years.Read

New architect to take over at Liverpool’s Anglican cathedral

ONE of the most important non-religious posts at Liverpool’s Anglican cathedral is changing hands.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: Ignore the guns and the wigs. Phil Spector’s Christmas album is all you need.

IT’S a special time in the Bowman household this Christmas. Our first one with a little baby in tow means there’s going to be an invasion of relatives in our direction.Read

Museum of Liverpool wins Council of Europe 2013 prize

THE Museum of Liverpool has been named the European Museum of the Year for 2013.Read

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