Liverpool News for 3 March 2009

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UPDATE: 2,200 Vauxhall Motors employees caught up in brinkmanship Mar 03 2009

VAUXHALL’S Ellesmere Port plant could be closed down if its parent company General Motors does not get Government support, the company warned today.Read

Ofcom asks listeners for views on City Talk radio playing music Mar 03 2009

OFCOM wants listeners' views on plans to allow Liverpool’s only talk show station to play music.Read

Government accelerates Merseyside's school modernisation programme Mar 03 2009

THE Government today accelerated Merseyside's school modernisation programmme.Read

Murdered father-of-two Graham McKenna laid to rest in full military funeral (VIDEO) Mar 03 2009

A MURDERED Merseyside soldier was given a full military funeral as hundreds of mourners turned out to pay their respects.Read

Liverpool Hope Street redevelopment latest victim of credit crunch Mar 03 2009

THE proposed £100m redevelopment of Liverpool’s historic Hope Street has become the latest victim of the credit crunch.Read

Council tax increase approved by Wirral leaders Mar 03 2009

WIRRAL council last night approved a 4.4% increase in council tax despite another bid by opposition Conservatives and rebel Liberal Democrats to overturn controversial library closures.Read

Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird in final talks for £150m aircraft carrier contract Mar 03 2009

BIRKENHEAD’S Cammell Laird shipyard is poised for a jobs bonanza linked to a £150m Ministry of Defence contract.Read

Bomb found under Sefton Park lake in Aigburth is a British mortar Mar 03 2009

AN EXPLOSIVE device found buried in the silt beneath Sefton Park lake on Sunday night has been identified by army bomb experts as a British mortar.Read

Peel Energy bring new wind turbines to Liverpool waterfront Mar 03 2009

THE Port of Liverpool’s new £15m waterfront wind farm is up and running. The last of the four turbines, each 125 metres tall, has just been commissioned by Peel Energy, and all are now generating electricity.Read

Capital of Culture year costs taxpayer £68,000 in Freedom of Information requests Mar 03 2009

REQUESTS for data under the Freedom of Information Act cost Liverpool council more than £68,000 during Capital of Culture year.Read

Elvis Presley’s monogrammed shirt put on display at Beatles Story Mar 03 2009

A STRIPED polo shirt worn by Elvis Presley throughout the late-1950s is on display at the Beatles Story.Read

£17m plans for radiotherapy centre at University Hospital Aintree, run by Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology Mar 03 2009

BUILDING work on a £17m radiotherapy centre to treat Liverpool cancer sufferers could begin within the next few months.Read

Liverpool divorce lawyers back call to fund collaborative law Mar 03 2009

LEADING Liverpool family lawyers are backing calls to allow divorcing couples to claim legal aid when they use “collaborative” lawyers.Read

Chaos as Tories boycott Merseyside select committees Mar 03 2009

RADICAL plans to bring the “unaccountable” heads of powerful Merseyside quangos under control were in disarray last night when the Tories announced a surprise boycott.Read

Toxteth set to welcome BBC's Question Time Mar 03 2009

THE BBC’s flagship political discussion show, Question Time, is set to be broadcast from Toxteth for the first time.Read

Gordon Brown seeks unity at President Obama summit Mar 03 2009

PRIME Minister Gordon Brown flew to America last night for a meeting with Barack Obama, at which he hopes to secure the US President’s agreement on international action to tackle the global economic downturn.Read

Liverpool schools face £15m equal pay bill Mar 03 2009

LIVERPOOL schools are to be asked to foot a £15m bill to give equal pay to staff like cooks and cleaners.Read

Livepool is packed with fossils if you know what you’re looking for Mar 03 2009

IT’S one of Liverpool’s newest, swankiest shopping centres. But next to the polished floors and up-to-the-minute styles inside the Metquarter is a mine of altogether older treasures.Read

New book celebrates Liverpool FC and Everton’s shared past Mar 03 2009

A NEW book celebrating the unique nature of Merseyside’s football giants has been launched.Read

Thieves target disabled Wallasey man Mar 03 2009

A HOUSE-BOUND man was left “very shaken” after thieves smashed their way into his Wallasey home.Read

Weightmans and Bremners appointed to advise Helena Partnerships Mar 03 2009

WEIGHTMANS and Bremners have been appointed to advise a social landlord in St Helens.Read

Charge of the Light Brigade memorabilia fetches £4,400 at Liverpool auction Mar 03 2009

Thomas Wright was born in Warrington and ended his days in Widnes, and his Crimea Medal with Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman and Sebastopol clasps has been in the family ever since.Read

Charge for wider coffins Mar 03 2009

PEOPLE wanting wider coffins when they are buried will be charged extra by one council.Read

Colin Bell says internet file sharers could be caught by Pirate Bay case Mar 03 2009

Commercial/ IP lawyer Colin Bell says internet file sharers could be caught by a Swedish caseRead

Facebook warning to cash-strapped firms Mar 03 2009

RECESSION-BATTERED employers should crack down on the impact on productivity of internet misuse at work, a law firm warned yesterday.Read

Wirral company MD wins key UKIP position Mar 03 2009

A WIRRAL businessman has been elected to the UK Independence Party’s National Executive Committee.Read

Kensington woman Louise Gardener tells murder jury she “lost control” and stabbed mum-of-two. Mar 03 2009

A MERSEYSIDE woman has told how she stabbed a mother-of-two to death.Read

IVF rule changes on second parent Mar 03 2009

NEW rules allowing women who have children via IVF a wider choice in who they name as the second parent come into force next month.Read

Virus kills bacteria Mar 03 2009

A VIRUS that knocks out bacterial defence systems is the latest weapon in the fight against drug-resistant superbugs.Read

Scott Rees appoints three bilingual paralegals to boost minority services Mar 03 2009

SCOTT Rees & Co Solicitors has recruited three more bilingual staff to make its services more accessible to ethnic communities.Read

Demand to end ageism Mar 03 2009

ONE in eight MPs would be out of a job if they were subjected to the same “ageist” rules faced by millions of older workers, a new report claims today.Read

Every surgical patient at Whiston and St Helens hospitals to be screened for MRSA Mar 03 2009

EVERY patient entering two Merseyside hospitals for surgery will be screened for MRSA, it has been revealed.Read

Consultation starts on Supplementary Planning Document for Liverpool’s World Heritage Site Mar 03 2009

PUBLIC consultation starts this week about the proposed framework for new developments and conservation in Liverpool’s World Heritage Site.Read

Frozen lake could reveal chance of life on Mars Mar 03 2009

AN UNEXPLORED lake “frozen in time” for hundreds of thousands of years beneath Antarctica could contain “unique forms of life” that may even give clues to life on Mars, scientists claim.Read

Britons turn down sex for sleep Mar 03 2009

ALMOST 80% of Britons prefer a good night’s sleep to sex, a survey has revealed.Read

Everton’s NSPCC Hargreaves Centre gets new patron Mar 03 2009

EVERTON’S NSPCC centre has a new patron, thanks to one of the country’s largest holiday companies.Read

Return to work plea Mar 03 2009

RETIRED social workers are being urged to return to the profession to protect children at risk from abuse or neglect.Read

Ofsted inspectors lift Knowsley Village primary school’s 'failing' tag after head juggles management of two schools Mar 03 2009

A PRIMARY school has had its failing tag lifted, thanks to the intervention of a head teacher who juggled the management of two schools.Read

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse returns to UK Mar 03 2009

AMY WINEHOUSE has returned to Britain after her two-month Caribbean break amid fresh controversy.Read

Prison paintings by Kray twins auctioned for £14k Mar 03 2009

SEVEN paintings created by the Kray twins during prison art classes fetched triple their estimates at auction yesterday.Read

Liverpool opens stupendous canal link across Pier Head Mar 03 2009

Liverpool’s newly-built canal link across the Pier Head will help transform city tourism. Peter Elson reportsRead

Supermarket giant Tesco announces plan to create more than 200 finance jobs Mar 03 2009

The expansion of its UK banking operation, in Edinburgh, will see the Scottish capital become the headquarters for the firm’s finance arm.Read

Shots fired at Huyton house Mar 03 2009

SHOTS were fired at a house in the Huyton area yesterday afternoon.Read

Illustrious history of Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird Mar 03 2009

CAMMELL Laird is one of the foremost names in the history of shipbuilding, and its illustrious history dates back to the 1820s when shipbuilding first began in Birkenhead under William Laird, a Scottish entrepreneur.Read

Wirral council leader welcomes announcement about Cammell Laird Mar 03 2009

WIRRAL council leader Steve Foulkes last night welcomed the news Cammell Laird has been named as a preferred bidder in a multi-million pound MoD contract.Read

Lecture at Edge Hill University on why teenagers are miserable Mar 03 2009

TANYA BYRON, Edge Hill University’s newly-installed chancellor will deliver a free lecture on why the UK has the most miserable teenagers in Europe.Read

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