Jan
2008
Articles from 16th Jan 2008
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Revealed: The £70million wasted on failed Merseytram dream
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
TRANSPORT bosses spent £70m of taxpayers’ money on the Merseytram fiasco - without a single piece of track being laid. Read
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Rhys Jones murder: Teens arrested over firearms offences
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
DETECTIVES hunting the killer of 11-year-old Rhys Jones have arrested two teenagers in connection with firearms offences. Read
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Wife's anger in wake of Garry Newlove murder verdict
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
THREE teenagers were found guilty today of the murder of father-of-three Garry Newlove. Read
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Liverpool University student admits Canary Wharf bomb hoax
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
A DRUNKEN Liverpool university student claimed a bomb had been planted at London’s Canary Wharf – while acting out a scene from the film Deja Vu. Read
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Thomas Harrison stabbing: Man admits murder
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
A MERSEYSIDE man is today facing a life sentence after he admitted knifing a young dad to death. Read
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Man ‘stabbed friend to death’
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
A MERSEYSIDE man stabbed his drinking partner to death in front of the victim’s girlfriend, a court heard yesterday. Read
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£9m investment threat over forced Edge Lane house sales
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
MILLIONS of pounds could be withdrawn from the Edge Lane West project if developers are prevented from forcing homeowners to sell their houses, a planning inquiry heard yesterday. Read
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Labour of love as Sir Paul puts Linda’s photographs on display
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
SIR Paul McCartney is to stage an exhibition of photographs by his late wife Linda. Read
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Police seal off scene of unexplained death in flats
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
AN INVESTIGATION was launched after the body of an elderly man was found at a flat in Aigburth. Read
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Olympics to cost Merseyside £86m in lotto grants
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
Local authority leaders reacted with fury after an extra £675m was diverted from the National Lottery’s good causes pot to pay for the 2012 Games. Read
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University students in cheating scandal
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
HUNDREDS of Merseyside students are paying thousands of pounds to get their degree coursework written for them to ensure they pass. Read
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Date set for first phase of Liverpool One: May 29
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
THE date has been set for the grand opening of Liverpool One. Read
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Watchdog to give verdict on Merseytram fiasco
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
THE Audit Commission will tomorrow publish its long awaited report into the collapse of the Merseytram scheme. Read
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Hunt for an actor who can fill Bill Shankly’s boots
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
HE REGULARLY tops polls of the greatest football managers and is revered more than 26 years after his death. Read
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Teenagers’ privacy threatens treetop playground
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
PLANS to build a high wire adventure playground in the treetops of Croxteth Country Park are hanging in the balance - because of the privacy of teenage girls. Read
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Home Bargains expansion will create 700 new jobs
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
A FAMILY business that started life at a single shop in Old Swan has been given the green light to build a massive new headquarters in Merseyside. Read
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08 crew beaten in race leg
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
THE Liverpool 08 crew were narrowly beaten by New York in the latest leg of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race from Fremantle to Singapore. Read
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Fatal car accident
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
A 27-YEAR-OLD woman died after the car she was travelling in smashed into a tree in Warrington. Read
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Post Office moves to new site
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
CHARING Cross Post Office, in Birkenhead, will be on the move next month. Read
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Screening campaign bid to slash cancer deaths
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
A CANCER screening strategy is being launched today in Merseyside to reduce the amount of people dying from the disease in the region. Read
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End to mother’s American gun hell
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
A MERSEYSIDE woman has won the right to come home from America after being shot in the head and then accused of murdering her husband, who died in the same incident. Read
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Radical reforms likely to save £10m library funds
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
THE future of many libraries across Wirral could be under threat as part of a radical “root and branch” review of the borough’s cultural services department. Read
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Government’s recognition for airport’s achievements
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
JOHN Lennon Airport is celebrating a milestone after public recognition of its achievements from the Government. Read
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Britain’s top brains hold annual festival in city
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
SIR RANULPH FIENNES and Professor Robert Winston will be among the country’s top scientists coming to the city for a prestigious annual festival later in the year. Read
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Gang robs 12-year-olds
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
THREE 12-year-old boys were robbed by a masked gang who dragged them into an alleyway in Widnes. Read
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Rolls-Royce jobs campaign petition goes to No 10
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
WORKERS from a Liverpool Rolls-Royce factory threatened with closure presented an 18,000-name petition to 10 Downing Street as part of a campaign to save the plant yesterday. Read
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Hit-run suspect bailed
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
A MAN arrested after an elderly man was killed in a suspected hit and run has been bailed by police until March. Read
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Ormskirk: it’s in Liverpool’s ‘field of gravity’ says comic Culshaw
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
A FAMED impressionist says his home town is in Liverpool’s “field of gravity” and should therefore take its place on our final Liverpool Map artwork. Read
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Historic Parkgate in line for conservation revamp
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
MODERN developments could be removed from the Cheshire conservation area of Parkgate as part of a revamp of the historic seaside town’s status. Read
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Missing driver is dead
Jan 16 2008 | Liverpool News
THE body of a former Liverpool businessman who went missing along a causeway between his island home and the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland has been found. Read
