Articles...
Sep 19 2006
PLANS for Liverpool's tallest waterfront tower appeared in tatters last night after a government review condemned them as "joyless" and "weak"....
Sep 19 2006
TWO men yesterday staged a sit-in at the top of a part-dismantled wooden rollercoaster at Southport’s doomed Pleasureland complex....
Sep 19 2006
STAND-IN firefighters saved Formby pinewoods from a large- scale blaze yesterday....
Sep 19 2006
TALKS between striking firefighters and officials ended without resolution again last night....
Sep 19 2006
THE Liverpool Biennial has always provoked a reaction with its eye-catching and outrageous exhibits, and this year is no exception....
Sep 19 2006
A WORRIED councillor is calling for a review of communal changing rooms after a 16-year-old admitted raping a girl at a Wirral swimming pool....
Sep 19 2006
SPECIALLY-TRAINED prosecutors are needed to end Merseyside's "shameful" record for bringing rapists to justice, the Liberal Democrats said yesterday....
Sep 19 2006
SIX handymen are being employed by Liverpool Council to do odd jobs for anyone over the age of 50 – for free....
Sep 19 2006
A MAN will appear in court again today charged in connection with the death of a 48-year-old Liverpool mother who was killed in a hit and run incident with her partner....
Sep 19 2006
LETTERS are being sent to suspected kerb crawlers' homes summoning them to court as part of a major Merseyside operation to tackle prostitution....
Sep 19 2006
SOUTHPORT'S Pleasureland closed down for good earlier this month. City Editor Larry Neild travelled to the resort for a walk down memory lane and to see what the future holds...
Sep 19 2006
THE father of murdered mother Chantel Taylor mounted a protest on top of Wallasey tunnel after being told his grandchildren will not get compensation....
Sep 19 2006
STOCKS of car child seats have run out across the region as new laws came into force yesterday which mean under-12s have to be properly strapped into cars....
Sep 19 2006
CHERIE BOOTH last night said that equal stress needed to be placed on individuals' responsibilities as well as their human rights....
Sep 19 2006
THE Liverpool-based lead singer of Echo and the Bunnymen has been cleared of assaulting two fans after a concert....
Sep 19 2006
A WOMAN from Wirral has been persistently pursued with council tax demands for a house she sold in Liverpool four years ago....
Sep 19 2006
WILL Liverpool be ready for 2008 when the city celebrates being European Capital of Culture? It depends on what the interpretation of the word "ready" means....
Sep 19 2006
A CAR jacker who mowed down a grandmother in a hatchback he had stolen from her sister minutes earlier has been jailed for life....
Sep 19 2006
WIRRAL Council is to press local health trusts to pay their bills quicker after it was revealed they owe the authority more than £3m....
Sep 19 2006
PROTESTERS in several Muslim countries have demanded an apology from Pope Benedict XVI for his remarks on Islam and violence, while Malaysia - which heads the world's biggest Islamic bloc - said his prior expressions of regret were not enough....
Sep 19 2006
WITH thousands of people gathered in New York's Central Park to protest against the violence in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan, one speaker likened the destruction there to the Holocaust....
Sep 19 2006
A NEW drop-in centre for people with mild to moderate mental health problems has opened in New Brighton....
Sep 19 2006
SOMALIA'S president narrowly escaped an assassination attempt yesterday when a car bomb exploded outside the parliament building in the city of Baidoa, but the blast and a subsequent gun battle left 11 people dead....
Sep 19 2006
BRITAIN has pledged £15m next year to a new partnership designed to supply poor countries with lower-cost life-saving medicines for Aids, tuberculosis and malaria....
Sep 19 2006
COUNTRY music star Willie Nelson was charged yesterday with possession of narcotic mushrooms and marijuana after his tour bus was stopped in the US....
Sep 19 2006
THE body of a young woman was discovered by workmen as they arrived to start work, police said last night....
Sep 19 2006
WIRRAL council has announced it is to sponsor the borough’s Environmental Business of the Year Award for 2007....
Sep 19 2006
A BENEFIT cheat, who falsely claimed in £1,977.12 in benefits from Warrington Council, has been sentenced to 100 hours community service and ordered to pay back the overpayment....
Sep 19 2006
A FULL search was under way last night after reports that there may be a gun inside a prison....
Sep 19 2006
PARENTS in Sefton who have yet to get their babies vaccinated are being urged to think again....
Sep 19 2006
UP TO nine Liberal Democrat MPs will stage a revolt today over a tax shake-up that threatens to derail Sir Menzies Campbell's first conference as leader....
Sep 19 2006
THEY are known across the land for being red – but postboxes in Southport appear to be changing colour....
Sep 19 2006
CARBON dioxide (CO2) emissions from new cars are falling, but not at a fast enough rate to meet reduction targets, it was revealed yesterday....
Sep 19 2006
SCHOOLCHILDREN from West Lancashire have had their passports stamped for safety thanks to an innovative cycle training scheme....
Sep 19 2006
RESIDENTS in south Liverpool will be able to find out more about healthcare services in their area at a special event later this month....
Sep 19 2006
CASTLE Park Arts Centre, in Frodsham, is holding an Open Art Exhibition of local artists’ work until October 21....
Sep 19 2006
A COUNCIL is under fire after boasting about how good its bus services were - months after doubling fares for school children and slashing £1m from the transport budget....
