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Jan 11 2008
European Capital of Culture status returned to UK shores with a spectacular display of fireworks, acrobats and music tonight in Liverpool city centre....
Jan 11 2008
A GLOBAL audience of between 200m and 300m is expected to tune in to watch Liverpool’s £2m opening weekend to the start of European Capital of Culture celebrations....
Jan 11 2008
MADELEINE McCann’s grandfather today makes a heartfelt plea for the police, public and media to refocus their attentions on “the most important story” ... the search for the missing four-year-old....
Jan 11 2008
A FOOTBALL club owner from Merseyside was due to appear in court today over fraud and theft allegations....
Jan 11 2008
THE case against jailed Liverpool fan Michael Shields could be reopened in Bulgaria, campaigners said today....
Jan 11 2008
A CITY worker from Warrington plunged to his death from a 10th-floor luxury penthouse he had arranged to view, it was reported today....
Jan 11 2008
An unlawful killing verdict was recorded today on a Muslim teenager who was found dead on a river bank five months after she disappeared....
Jan 11 2008
A FORMER Liverpool businessman is missing and feared drowned after he tried to drive across a causeway linking a remote Scottish island with the mainland....
Jan 11 2008
The former Capenhurst Diffusion plant, on the Wirral border, emerged as an outside bet, as ministers triggered a furious row by describing the case for new plants as "compelling"....
Jan 11 2008
CHILDREN in blazers are gathered around the interactive whiteboard and are hanging on their teacher’s words....
Jan 11 2008
THOUSANDS of revellers expected for the spectacular opening of Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture are being warned to plan their journey to the festivities in advance....
Jan 11 2008
The quality and diversity of culture in Britain is truly world class, and this fantastic programme, drawing on culture from all around the world, provides the perfect opportunity to showcase the contribution that Liverpool makes to our world-class reputation....
Jan 11 2008
LINDA KELLY is hoping that Ringo Starr will be making another Sentimental Journey as well as opening Liverpool’s 08 celebrations....
Jan 11 2008
INTERNATIONAL football stars Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard turned out to the unveiling of a cake yesterday – only to find themselves on it....
Jan 11 2008
A portrait of Ringo Starr will be on display in the Green Room, a VIP lounge in the Echo Arena, Liverpool, tomorrow before the former Beatle joins the cast in a performance of the musical, The Greatest Story Ever Told....
Jan 11 2008
A 27-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a man shot dead at the wheel of his car on Merseyside....
Jan 11 2008
He said the plans are a “thoughtful and workable solution” to the “blight” on the neighbourhood....
Jan 11 2008
The body of Shafilea Ahmed, 17, from Warrington, was discovered on a river bank five months after she disappeared....
Jan 11 2008
THE Woolton Picturehouse last night celebrated its 80th birthday in style as a sell-out “house” sat back and enjoyed Liverpool on Film – a fascinating production showing the changes the city has seen over the years....
Jan 11 2008
Sarah Johnson told a jury at Stafford Crown Court yesterday that not telling the hospital Lee Knight may have anti-freeze in his body was the “biggest regret of my life”....
Jan 11 2008
THE Bishop of Liverpool has found himself embroiled in a religious discrimination lawsuit at the Oxford college where he is president....
Jan 11 2008
The 21-year-old was sentenced in 2005, after a court found him guilty of hitting Bulgarian bartender Martin Georgiev with a paving stone, leaving him with brain damage....
Jan 11 2008
A PRIZE-WINNING Merseyside designer is among a host of talent involved in the Design Show Liverpool, which held its official launch yesterday....
Jan 11 2008
Two teenagers in the public gallery began kicking the glass panel behind the dock and started shouting foul abuse at Judge David Swift....
Jan 11 2008
Among the mourners were past managers Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness, Roy Evans and Gerard Houllier....
Jan 11 2008
Li Guo Li, owner of Alan’s Kitchen, in Kensington, pleaded guilty at Liverpool Magistrates Court to four offences under food hygiene laws....
Jan 11 2008
A WOMAN arrested over the suspected murder of her two-year-old son has had her bail extended....
Jan 11 2008
HOME Secretary Jacqui Smith yesterday unveiled plans to ban de-activated guns during a visit to Liverpool which included a meeting with the parents of murdered schoolboy Rhys Jones....
Jan 11 2008
PLAYERS and staff from Rugby League side St Helens added their support to a project that intends to put the borough on the world map....
Jan 11 2008
HUNDREDS of badly-behaved youths in Sefton have stayed out of trouble after warning letters were sent to their parents....
Jan 11 2008
A TOTAL of 11 people were charged with a variety of drugs and money laundering offences last night after dawn raids by police in the Croxteth and Norris Green areas....
Jan 11 2008
Liverpool Crown Court heard police raided Frank Hannigan’s home in Churchill Avenue on May 18....
Jan 11 2008
THE only open prison places for juveniles in the country are to be scrapped at an institution in Warrington because funding has been withdrawn....
Jan 11 2008
A UKRAINIAN ship’s captain was found dead from leukaemia just three months after passing a medical in his homeland, an inquest was told....
Jan 11 2008
ASDA shoppers will be faced with £60 fines for misuse of disabled or parent and child parking spaces following a successful trial in six Liverpool stores....
Jan 11 2008
LIVERPOOL soccer legend Ron Yeats and his family were among residents hit by flooding for the second time in under two weeks....
Jan 11 2008
A 20-YEAR-OLD woman is in a critical condition in hospital, after the motorbike on which she was a pillion passenger was involved in a collision with a Ford Ranger vehicle....
Jan 11 2008
TRIBUTES have been paid by colleagues to a police officer who was found dead at the wheel of his car days before he was due to retire....
