Aug
2008
Articles from 5th Aug 2008
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Revealed: The Madeleine McCann efits of suspects police didn't release
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
Portuguese police chose not to publish e-fits of suspicious men seen in Praia da Luz before Madeleine McCann went missing - despite voracious media interest in the case meaning the images would have been propelled into households worldwide. Read
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Madeleine McCann: Sightings across Europe revealed
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
A little girl calling herself “Maddy” and claiming to have been taken from her mother on holiday was seen in Amsterdam at the time Madeleine McCann disappeared, the case files show. Read
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Is this one of the last sightings of Madeleine McCann?
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
This CCTV image was one of the earliest clues in the search for Madeleine McCann. Read
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Madeleine McCann: New e-fits released in police files
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
Portuguese police drew up e-fits of suspicious men seen hanging around Praia da Luz before Madeleine McCann went missing but never made them public, the newly-released files reveal. Read
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Madeleine McCann: Prosecutors claim police uncovered little
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
Portuguese prosecutors ruled that the massive Madeleine McCann police investigation uncovered “very little” conclusive about the child’s fate, newly-released files revealed today. Read
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Madeleine McCann: Witness sketch revealed
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
This rough sketch map shows where a key witness was when she believes she saw Madeleine being abducted by a mystery man. Read
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Madeleine McCann: Parents draw strength from release of Portugal files
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
Files from the Portuguese police investigation into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance have helped her parents to “draw strength” because of the lack of any evidence that their daughter is dead, the family spokesman said today. Read
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Madeleine McCann: The 48 questions mum Kate refused to answer
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
Kate McCann refused to answer 48 questions put to her by Portuguese detectives after she was made a suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance, the police files reveal. Read
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Madeleine McCann: Pictures of Portugal flat released
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
Pictures from inside the apartment where Madeleine McCann is believed to have been snatched were released for the first time today. Read
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Madeleine McCann: British DNA expert warned against evidence
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
A British scientist warned DNA tests on a sample from Kate and Gerry McCanns’ hire car were inconclusive just days before the couple were made suspects, official police files revealed tonight. Read
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Michael Causer's family pay tribute to "the life and soul of the party"
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
THE family of a Liverpool teenager who was killed in an alleged homophobic attack have paid tribute to a boy who was "the life and soul of the party". Read
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Madeleine McCann: Police release 20,000-page dossier
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
The secrets of Portuguese detectives’ investigation into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance were laid bare today with the official release of thousands of pages of evidence. Read
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Copperas Hill sorting office to close
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
ROYAL Mail this afternoon announced plans to close Liverpool’s Copperas Hill sorting centre and move work to Warrington by next year. Read
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Madeleine McCann DNA tests 'too complex to be meaningful'
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
THE secrets of Portuguese detectives’ investigation into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance were laid bare yesterday with the official release of thousands of pages of evidence. Read
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Hopes of third appeal for convicted killer
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
CAMPAIGNERS hoping to free a Wirral man they believe was wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife have been given fresh hope that a new appeal could be launched. Read
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Court service launches online guide for jurors
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
A NEW on-line guide was launched last week that aims to help potential jurors feel better prepared when going to court. Read
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Martin Forshaw on police liability if they fail to act over threats that lead to the murder of a witness
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
THE House of Lords last week ruled the police were not liable to pay damages for failing to act on threats which led to the murder of a witness. Read
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Shopping centre urges customers to spurn their bras in aid of two good causes
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
A LIVERPOOL shopping centre has a strange request of its visitors – it wants bras. Read
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Promising young bike racer killed
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
A 23-YEAR-OLD Cheshire motorbike racer, tipped as a future world champion, died in hospital yesterday after he fell from his bike and was hit by another rider during a race. Read
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Liverpool's students feel pinch as credit crunch begins to bite
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL students are worth less to the city’s economy than two years ago, a new study has revealed. Read
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Accused gets extra time for escaping
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
A YOUNG man who fled from Liverpool Crown Court after being sentenced has been locked up for an extra five months. Read
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Ex-Ritz chef opens new restaurant - with plans for a takeaway alongside
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
A FORMER Ritz chef has opened a 100-seat restaurant in a former do-it-yourself shop in Wirral. Read
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Lawyer shortlisted for top national arts support award
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
A NORTH-WEST arts patron and lawyer is in the running for a national award for his work supporting the arts on Merseyside. Read
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Homicide laws shake-up proposals under attack
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
A LEADING Liverpool crime law-yer has criticised the Government for a proposed change to homicide law that could allow killers to escape a murder conviction. Read
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Spend ‘big money’ now and end residents’ sewage misery, United Utilities chief urged
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL city council’s deputy leader has demanded "big money" be spent to stop elderly people’s homes in south Liverpool being flooded with raw sewage. Read
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Crashed Isle of Man ferry returns to service
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
THE Isle of Man ferry that crashed into a Liverpool dockside returned to service yesterday. Read
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Culture supremo Redmond takes up new ‘job of a lifetime’ at waterfront museum
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
AN ICONIC Liverpool figure has taken up his post as the new chairman of National Museums Liverpool. Read
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Katona’s mother allowed to go free
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
THE agoraphobic mother of reality TV star Kerry Katona left her house for the first time in two years yest- erday – to be sentenced for benefit fraud. Read
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Museum guide with a real story to tell
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
A FORMER deckhand will be giving guided tours to a unique museum piece at the Albert Dock in Liverpool. Read
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Fears over plans to elect chief of police
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
RADICAL plans to give Liverpool its own directly elected police chief are a recipe for "blame- shifting and buck passing", a leading city councillor has warned. Read
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Something nasty down in Farmer Ted’s woodshed
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
DOWN on the farm, something wicked this way comes. Farmer Ted’s, in Flatman’s Lane, Downholland, is a working farm that doubles as a theme park for children who want to pet and stroke cute fluffy little animals. Read
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Globespan fined over faulty instruments
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
A BUDGET airline which flew a faulty jet 3,000 miles from Liverpool to New York was fined £5,000. Read
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Everton FC and Keith Wyness: Your verdict
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
EVERTON fans have delivered a damning verdict of the club’s former CEO in an exclusive online survey. Read
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Rail chaos threat to Mathew Street
Aug 05 2008 | Liverpool News
CHAOTIC rail engineering plans are threatening the success of key Capital of Culture events in Liverpool over the next month, the Daily Post can reveal. Read
