Articles...
Sep 28 2007
A 21-YEAR-OLD woman ended up fighting for her life in a critical care unit after an out-of-hours doctor told her she only had tonsillitis....
Sep 28 2007
A first batch of 150,000 ribbons has been produced for Liverpudlians to wear in solidarity against gun crime....
Sep 28 2007
LIVERPOOL’S Capital of Culture celebrations will help “return the city to its rightful place on the world stage”, council leader Warren Bradley said last night....
Sep 28 2007
A man arrested on suspicion of planting a nail bomb in a Liverpool teacher’s car has been released on bail....
Sep 28 2007
A TRAINEE captain undergoing a marine examination was steering an Isle of Man ferry in the Mersey when it was in collision with a cargo ship in thick fog, an official report revealed yesterday....
Sep 28 2007
THREE men and a youth were jailed yesterday for a total of 86 years for the murder of Liverpool teenager Liam Smith, whose gang it is thought may be linked to the investigation into the killing of 11-year-old Rhys Jones....
Sep 28 2007
LIAM SMITH’S mother last night described the devastating moment she had to agree her son’s life support machine should be turned off....
Sep 28 2007
LEGENDARY director Martin Scorsese is to make a documentary film about the life of Beatle George Harrison....
Sep 28 2007
FASHION guru George Davies gazed from the window of Liverpool’s most expensive penthouse apartments yesterday and was full of admiration for the changing face of his home city....
Sep 28 2007
EXCITED youngsters fired questions at Liverpool FC captain Steven Gerrard yesterday as he visited a Liverpool charity to talk about healthy eating....
Sep 28 2007
“ADOPTED baby, human experiment, Scouse institution, pantomime dame”, reads the intriguing blurb on the latest celebrity autobiography to hit the shelves....
Sep 28 2007
ACROSS the Universe, a groundbreaking musical set to the background of 33 classic Beatles’ songs, had a special premiere in Liverpool last night....
Sep 28 2007
ENVIRONMENTAL concerns for the future of migratory birds along the Hoylake waterfront have delayed plans to turn an abandoned toilet into a smart cafe....
Sep 28 2007
THE fantasy of having a beer festival which falls off the back of a lorry to instantly furnish your own private party has become a reality, thanks to two Merseyside entrepreneurs....
Sep 28 2007
SO THE drum roll has started, the five- minute bell has been rung and the conductor has raised his baton as we finally get ready for that step into the spotlight that is European Capital of Culture Year 2008 . . . well, almost....
Sep 28 2007
LIVERPOOL’S Summer Pops next year will be a month-long extravaganza that is bigger and better than ever, according to its organiser....
Sep 28 2007
LIVERPOOL’S new Arena will host events for more than 120 days next year....
Sep 28 2007
PAUL McCARTNEY will headline at a “once-in-a-life time” concert celebrating the best of Liverpool’s musical past and present....
Sep 28 2007
THE organisers of the Mathew Street Festival plan to bring it back next year with a broader base of genres....
Sep 28 2007
ONE of the most stylish places art lovers could find themselves in, in 2008, may also be one of the most unexpected....
Sep 28 2007
SPECIALLY commissioned “pavilions” and a programme of winter lights are among the 2008 attractions promised for Liverpool’s communities....
Sep 28 2007
LIVERPOOL is already known as a city of festivals, and 2008 will take that to new heights....
Sep 28 2007
INTERNATIONAL delegates will flood into Liverpool next July as the European Youth Parliament is held in the city for the first time....
Sep 28 2007
LIVERPOOL is unusually blessed with extraordinary concert venues....
Sep 28 2007
FROM world-renowned masterpieces to cutting- edge new commissions, visual arts in the city will cater for all tastes from the classical to the modern throughout 2008....
Sep 28 2007
AN ARTIST who has spent the last two years commemorating modern-day Liverpool with a huge panoramic painting of the city will enter the home stretch in 2008 – and complete his work in front of the public....
Sep 28 2007
A MIDNIGHT ball raised £8,500 for a Liverpool cancer charity last night....
Sep 28 2007
IT WAS all hands on deck when 24-year-old Anna Hudson went into labour in the back seat of her parents’ car in the middle of a Merseyside housing estate....
Sep 28 2007
A MAN was threatened by two masked robbers wielding a hammer during a robbery at a Merseyside pub....
Sep 28 2007
TWO men are due to appear before magist- rates today after police seized a large stash of guns, silencers, ammu- nition, cash and drugs on Merseyside....
