Feb
2009
Articles from 24th Feb 2009
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Curtain down on Liverpool's Capital of Culture year with final celebratory evening
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
THE Culture Company paid a final farewell to 2008 last night with a special thank you event. Read
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Wirral Council's Cabinet backs 4.4% Council Tax rise
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
WIRRAL'S Cabinet members have backed a 4.4% Council Tax rise – and a bid to become a municipal bank. Read
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Planning inquiry for £431m Mersey Gateway will start on May 19
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
ARGUMENTS for and against building a second Mersey bridge crossing will be heard by a planning inspector from May 19. Read
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My mother is the best in the world
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
CANCER-BATTLING Jade Goody was described as the “best mum in the world” by her young son as she began married life. Read
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Stalemate in Israel
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
ISRAEL’S moderate Labour party has rejected Benjamin Netanyahu’s appeal to join his future government, hindering the hard-line leader’s efforts to create a measured coalition that would enjoy international support. Read
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School laptop robber jailed
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
A ROBBER who targeted 11-year-old girls in a school playground to steal their laptops was last night behind bars. Read
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Charles supports scheme to save the albatross
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
MANKIND must rediscover the need to “work in harmony with nature” if it is to survive, the Prince of Wales said last night. Read
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Tories plan to ‘ground’ tearaways
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
CHILD tearaways who make the lives of others a misery could be grounded for up to a month under new Tory plans. Read
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Special meeting of Liverpool’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender network following verdicts into Michael Causer’s death
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
THE Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender network are holding a special extraordinary meeting tonight following the verdict into the death of Michael Causer. Read
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I can't understand why they say it's downgrading, says fire crew manager
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
CREW manager Jeff Crane has worked for the fire service for 25 years. Read
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More Merseyside fire stations could go part-time
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
EVERY fire station in Merseyside could be assessed to see if it can be “downgraded” to save money, city fire officers confirmed last night. Read
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Congestion cuts earn Merseyside £889,000 government award
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
EFFORTS to cut congestion on Merseyside roads have earned the region a government cash boost of more than £889,000. Read
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Special road signs for bikers to be erected in Cheshire
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
SPECIAL road signs are being erected to warn motorcyclists of the dangers of speeding along key routes in Cheshire. Read
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Drunk and vulnerable children hanging around the streets picked up by Merseyside Police operation ‘Staysafe’
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
DRUNK and vulnerable children hanging around the streets were taken home by police during a nationwide police crackdown. Read
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Liverpool Council staff show their charitable side
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL City Council has doubled the number of staff giving to charity since joining the Geared for Giving Campaign and relaunching its workplace giving scheme. Read
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We will survive fall in pupil numbers, Liverpool College principal insists
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
THE principal of a redundancy-threatened independent school has insisted it will remain in the city for centuries to come. Read
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Guantanamo prisoner flies home
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
FORMER Guantanamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed had an emotional reunion with his sister last night as he was released from a UK air base. The British resident, who was held at the US jail for more than four years, was set free from RAF Northolt. Read
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Liverpool Philharmonic Hall evacuated by fire alarm during Brainiac Live show
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL'S Philharmonic Hall had to be evacuated last night during Brainiac Live. Read
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Help plea as Merseyside homes waiting list escalates
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
HOMES that cannot be sold because of the property crash should be bought up by the government for Merseyside’s rising army of homeless, MPs demand today. Read
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Annoucement expected over Everton FC clash with Stoke City after BNP U-turn
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
EVERTON FC and Merseyside Police are due to make an announcement this morning about Everton’s clash with Stoke City. Read
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Chester to host eighth annual cheese-rolling competition
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
CHESTER’S world-famous cheese rolling championship will take place today with a twist. Read
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Liverpool's Princes Park given new heritage status
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
AN HISTORIC Liverpool park has had its status upgraded in recognition of its national importance. Read
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Park ‘key example’ of Paxton’s work
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
NICK BRIDGLAND, from English Heritage, said: “Princes Park is a key work of the highly influential landscape designer, Joseph Paxton. Read
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Drugs store teenager locked up
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
A TEENAGER has been locked up for 4½ years for storing ammunition and drugs. Read
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Man claimed disability cash while working in scrapyard
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
THIS is the conman who claimed nearly £35,000 in benefits by saying he could barely walk – captured on camera running a scrapyard. Read
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Francesca Bimpson family poised for move into new home
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
THE family of a three-year-old girl murdered in an arson attack are set to be moved to a new house in Liverpool. Read
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Cannabis guilt of camper van man
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
A GRANDFATHER who smuggled drugs worth £824,000 into the UK in a camper van, accompanied by his grandson, was jailed for five years. Read
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Marchers unite in friendship to fight breast cancer
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
TWO Liverpool women, whose families have been devastated by breast cancer, are leading the way in the annual Mersey March Friendship Walk to raise funds for research. Read
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Woman stabbed 14 times in street
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
A YOUNG mother was stabbed 14 times in a frenzied knife attack after being chased for smashing a window, jurors have heard. Read
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Bill shock over long-lost son
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
A MAN might lose his flat because he has to pay more than £18,000 for the upbringing of the 16-year-old son he never knew he had. Read
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Attack victim ‘scared to death’
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
THREE drunk teenagers who boasted they wanted to “beat up a P--i” pleaded guilty to killing an Indian sailor who was literally scared to death. Read
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Cameron cash vow
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
DAVID CAMERON mounted a bullish defence last night of his party’s links with major donor Lord Ashcroft. Read
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Hill Dickinson appointed lawyer to new £225m Chester Zoo
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
ST PETER’S Square-based law firm Hill Dickinson has been appointed as sole legal advisor for the £225m redevelopment of Chester Zoo. Read
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Culture minister praises British Oscar winners
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL-BORN Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has paid tribute to the British Oscar-winning talent that rounded off a bumper crop of awards season success. Read
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Morecrofts’ managing partner Helen Broughton highlights a potential pitfall with using experts in family law cases
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
Morecrofts’ Helen Broughton says the way family law uses experts is flawed Read
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Young advocates through to Law Society public speaking final
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
FOUR schools have made it through to the final of Liverpool Law Society’s second annual public speaking competition. Read
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Sefton not planning further schools’ closures
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
SEFTON Council’s education chief has denied the closure of a primary school that shed 185 pupils will be the first of many closures. Read
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Delight for Wirral couple targeted by burglars as stolen treasures are returned
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
A WIRRAL couple have been reunited with treasured family heirlooms after a £10,000 burglary at their home last month. Read
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United Utilities engineer uses water dowsing to find leaking pipes underground
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
HE ADMITS he has no idea how it works – but the ancient art of water divining is being used by a utility company engineer to locate and fix burst water pipes. Read
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Halewood's JLR staff to vote on pay freeze and four-day week
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
STAFF at Jaguar Land Rover, in Halewood, will vote next week on a plan to accept a one-year pay freeze and a four-day week in exchange for a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies for two years. Read
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Police in hunt for PO cash robbers
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
ROBBERS attacked a security guard outside a Liverpool post office sparking a police manhunt. Read
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Four more men appear in court over Steven Gerrard bar ‘brawl’
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
FOUR men charged with offences in connection with the same brawl, at Southport’s Lounge Inn, which saw Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard accused of assault and affray, appeared in court yesterday. Read
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Postal union CWU in appeal to PM Brown to save Liverpool sorting office
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL postal union leader Mark Walsh has requested a face-to-face meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown to argue the case for a city mail centre. Read
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Dreamspace creator Maurice Agis guilty of health and safety breaches
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
THE creator of the inflatable artwork Dreamspace which broke free from its moorings and flipped over, killing two people, was found guilty today of breaching health and safety rules. Read
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Geoff Dornan, 71, banned from rollerskating by court
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
DEFIANT 71 year old skater Geoff Dornan has vowed to appeal after magistrates handed him a roller ban today. Read
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Everton FC's Stoke match back on original date after BNP rally is cancelled
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
EVERTON'S home Premier League match with Stoke City has been put back to its original date after the BNP cancelled a rally in Liverpool. Read
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Murderer Anthony De Asha found dead in Walton Prison
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
A FORMER Merseyside firefighter who murdered his wife was found dead in his prison cell today. Read
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Aigburth artist’s plans to create business directory out of Liverpool’s iconic waterfront
Feb 24 2009 | Liverpool News
A LIVERPOOL artist is amassing a huge business directory that will double up as a work of art. Read
