Articles...
Aug 18 2007
PORTUGAL’S top law enforcement official has defended the style of investigation used by police in the Madeleine McCann case – bizarrely comparing it to that of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot....
Aug 18 2007
TWO internationally-renowned tall ships sailed into Liverpool this weekend and the public were invited on board for guided tours....
Aug 18 2007
CITY council leader Warren Bradley has written to Prime Minister Gordon Brown to ask Number 10 to help the council find a way of funding a £20m-plus gap in its culture year budget....
Aug 18 2007
LIVERPOOL’S new cruise liner terminal finally started to arrive at its new riverfront home last night....
Aug 18 2007
TOWN hall leaders in Liverpool last night sent a plea to the Home Secretary for £2m needed to cover the cost of teenage asylum seekers staying in the city....
Aug 18 2007
A FASCINATING collection of films showing Liverpool from the turn of the 20th century through to the Beatles era, has been released as the city celebrates its birthday year....
Aug 18 2007
A POULAR PE teacher who died in a white water rafting accident was remembered for his enthusiasm and “big heart”, at his funeral yesterday....
Aug 18 2007
FRIENDS and neighbours of Garry Newlove last night held a candlelit vigil close to his home and the spot where he was attacked....
Aug 18 2007
TRANSPORT leaders last night pledged to consult the business community before unveiling plans to tackle congestion on Merseyside....
Aug 18 2007
HISTORIC rivalries were celebrated and put to one side when a giant card was ferried across the Mersey from Wirral to Liverpool to celebrate the city’s 800th birthday....
Aug 18 2007
A MAN who stabbed his nephew through the heart has been acquitted of murder, but was found guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter....
Aug 18 2007
200 tickets sold out for this year’s ‘highlight’ event...
Aug 18 2007
A BURGLAR who took part in a £45,000 raid from a car showroom has been locked up for three years....
Aug 18 2007
DANCE music is usually about being at the forefront of the latest technology, but one DJ at this year’s Creamfields festival will be offering something a little bit different – and seriously “old school”....
Aug 18 2007
A WOMAN who sold drugs to help fund her own addiction has been spared a jail sentence....
Aug 18 2007
A VIDEO giving Liverpool fans a fly-through glimpse of their new stadium, including computer-generated players and crowds, was released yesterday....
Aug 18 2007
THE Government is being asked to halt the building of three mobile phone masts which were accidentally given planning permission by Wirral council....
Aug 18 2007
NEGOTIATIONS are under way to bring smash-hit play Brick Up the Mersey Tunnels back for a third run at Liverpool’s Royal Court theatre next year....
Aug 18 2007
WIRRAL’S ruling cabinet has overruled its highways experts to leave the door open for more residents’ parking schemes in future....
