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A professional approach to murder

Murders most foul will join microscopes and quills at a conference about how thriller writers and forensic scientists can fight real crime. David Charters reports Read

Richard Gannon won and broke the record for the Gobi Desert Challenge

Loneliness of the long distance runner

As Team GB touches down to a fanfare of praise and plaudits, Emma Pinch meets a man who has had a spectacular sporting win of his own in Asia Read

Putting Helleborines on the map

Laura Davis takes a walk on the wild side to report on a project to locate our rare orchids Read

Liverpool Daily Post Hidden Sculpture Walk

THE Daily Post’s Hidden Sculpture Walk takes you on a tour of public art in Liverpool city centre, from historic pieces, such as the art deco figures of Night and Day on the Georges Dock Building, to modern works including those created for the International Garden Festival. Read

Priceless archive strikes a chord

THERE is no Minotaur at the centre of the labyrinthian network of stairs, corridors and creaking elevators that leads to the Liverpool Record Office, but there is a priceless treasure. Read

Items in the archive include:

ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS: An almost complete set of management committee minutes dating from 1843, annual reports from 1850, and correspondence from musical luminaries. Read

Gillian Gibbons: Choosing a life of adventure was the best decision I ever made

Despite jail, the threat of 40 lashes and a baying mob calling for her execution, ‘Teddy-bear teacher’ Gillian Gibbons tells Emma Pinch she has no regrets Read

Sean Keyes from Sutcliffe engineers infront of the Liver Building

The future's bright for Liverpool's old buildings

PETER Elson finds that Liverpool is as much a city of engineering as of architecture as Britain celebrates a century of structural engineering. Read

Thrilling flurry of smoke, steam and noise

WELL, it must have been a great day out as Mrs Elson said so. And she’s not one to mince her words if expectations are unsatisfied. Read

Entrepreneurs to work longer

A SURVEY has shown that the working hours of North West entrepreneurs have increased to more than 50 hours a week. Read

Are there dangers in your suitcase?

Many people return from holiday with illegal souvenirs. Laura Davis reports Read

China: 57.92%

Turkey: 4.92% Read

LAST year, Customs officers working at EU borders intercepted 43,000 shipments of pirated products, compared to 37,000 the previous year.

A third of these contained cigarettes, with clothing and fashion accessories the second most common items to be found. Read

Two great claims to fame

Out of the past is emerging a new Liverpool treasure, reflecting two sides of the city’s astonishing past. Peter Elson reports Read

John Esmonde

THE Good Life was a highly successful, but typically unpretentious BBC situation comedy from the 1970s. After a slow start, it became very popular and, incredibly, repeated repeats have not dimmed its appeal more than 30 years later as a stalwart from TV’s golden age. Read

It’s your turn to see how the other half live

AS Merseyside’s first family, the Earl and Countess of Derby have given the annual public opening of Knowsley Hall a personal theme for Capital of Culture. Peter Elson reports. Read

Life is as fragile as the flip of a coin

As Radovan Karadzic stands trial for war crimes, Crosby student Nadina Osmani recounts her own family’s escape from war-torn Bosnia 16 years ago, and how she has come to regard Liverpool as home Read

Our rich tradition of Chinese cooking

AS THE athletes limber up in Beijing, Emma Pinch looks at how Chinatown has given Liverpudlians’ tastebuds a work-out over the years Read

Perfect place to spend our autumn days

While increasing numbers of state pensioners live on the breadline, at the other end of the scale, luxury American-style retirement villages are booming. Emma Pinch reports Read

The Scouse accent: Dey talk like dat, don’t dey?

RESEARCHINHG his new book about the Scouse accent was a very personal journey for journalist Peter Grant. Here he recalls the experience Read

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