Apr
2009
Articles from 15th Apr 2009
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Another chance to pay personal respects to the Hillsborough 96
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
CONDOLENCE books from 20 years ago will sit alongside new versions at Liverpool town hall until tomorrow. Read
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Anfield welcome for a day of tributes - Hillsborough 20 years on
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
MERSEYSIDE will come to a poignant halt today to mark the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. Thousands of people are set to stand silent to remember the 96 Liverpool fans who died on April 15, 1989. Read
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MP urges rule-change to reveal Hillsborough disaster secrets
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A LIVERPOOL MP yesterday called for the Government’s “30-year rule” surrounding the release of official documents to be axed to reveal the secrets of Hillsborough. Read
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Burglary day of action results in 40 arrests throughout Liverpool and Knowsley
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A BURGLARY day of action resulted in 40 arrests. Read
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Beatles guitarist George Harrison is awarded post humous Hollywood star as Sir Paul McCartney looks on
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
SIR Paul McCartney joined hundreds of fans and friends to see a posthumous star awarded to Beatle George Harrison on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last night. Read
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Pilot wrote off helicopter in emergency landing at Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
FOUR people escaped with their lives after a helicopter pilot lost control of the aircraft at Liverpool John Lennon airport. Read
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Liverpool dockside bars win back drink licences
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
FOUR bars and clubs in Liverpool’s Albert Dock will relaunch on Friday after having their licence to serve alcohol restored. Read
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Liverpool John Moores academics refuse to ‘police’ international students
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
LECTURERS at a city university are to boycott new immigration rules ordering them to monitor international students. Read
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Terror arrest: Friend says students are innocent as police continue to search Liverpool properties
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A FRIEND of two Liverpool students arrested in raids on suspected terrorists is to set up a petition calling for their release. Read
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St Helens man jailed for blinding partner with handbag
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A CHILDREN’S support worker who blinded his partner in one eye by hurling a handbag at her in a drunken rage has been jailed. Read
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Residents asked to get creative for Liverpool Map campaign
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
THE people of Merseyside have put their signature to the Daily Post’s Liverpool Map Campaign. Read
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Liverpool nurse: Secret filming ‘was only option to reveal neglect’
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
AN UNDERCOVER nurse from Liverpool carried out secret filming because it was the “only option” to reveal the neglect of elderly patients on a hospital ward, a disciplinary hearing was told yesterday. Read
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Thousands gather for Hillsborough 20th anniversary
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
Thousands of people gathered today to mark the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. Read
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Culture secretary's Hillsborough memorial speech alternately applauded and barracked
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
Culture secretary Andy Burnham's speech was alternately applauded and barracked by those at the memorial service. Read
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Liverpool-born teenager killed in Devon tractor crash
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
TRIBUTES were last night paid to a Liverpool-born teenager who was killed in a car crash. Read
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Lord Mandelson given a blueprint to save the region's car components
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
BUSINESS Secretary Lord Mandelson was today given a blueprint to save the region's car components industry hit by the economic downturn. Read
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Tax matters to voters
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
ALMOST half of the public would change their vote according to which party offered the clearest personal tax policy, a survey revealed last night. Read
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Bridge collapse
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
EMERGENCY teams were working last night to rescue 30 children after a footbridge collapsed in Peru’s highlands, plunging the youngsters and their teachers more than 230ft into a ravine and killing at least eight people. Read
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Change leader to stop this nonsense: Cameron
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
GORDON BROWN bears personal responsibility for creating the sort of culture that allowed a senior Downing Street aide to consider smearing senior Tories, David Cameron said last night. Read
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Police face new G20 inquiry
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A FRESH investigation into police conduct during the G20 protests was launched last night after video footage showed an officer hitting out at a woman during the summit. Read
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Merseyside MP Frank Field: Downing Street is an ‘agent of terror’
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
MERSEY MP Frank Field last night accused Gordon Brown of allowing No.10 to become “an agent of terror” in the wake of the smear campaign run by his closest adviser. Read
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‘Only slim women worked on jets’
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A CABIN crew boss was forced to employ only young, slim and single women to crew its private charter aircraft, a tribunal heard yesterday. Read
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Wirral's Bidston Windmill to open to the public after £120,000 restoration project
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A MAJOR £120,000 project to restore Bidston Windmill to its former glory has been completed – six years after the landmark closed to the public. Read
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Murdered man was stabbed in back
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
POLICE investigating the “horrific” killing of a man whose dismembered body was found in five countryside locations revealed last night he was stabbed in the back. Read
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Anger and despair – but fight goes on - Hillsborough 20 years on
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
IN THE later months of 1989, as 96 families contemplated lives without their loved ones, thoughts turned to justice. Read
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First rise in home sales for a year
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
INTEREST in property rose for the fifth month in a row during March, with sales increasing for the first time for more than a year, figures showed last night. Read
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An amateur Liverpool boxer jailed for 21 months after Wirral bar attack
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
AN INTERNATIONAL amateur boxer, who attacked a doorman for making a false allegation against him, has been jailed. Read
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Bernie Lubell brings his giant crocheting machine to Liverpool's FACT
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A GIANT crocheting machine powered by pedalling visitors will be the centrepiece of FACT’s next exhibition. Read
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Liverpool gunman caughts with loaded revolver gets nine years
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A GUNMAN caught roaming the city with a loaded revolver was last night beginning nine years behind bars. Read
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Missing Netherton schoolgirl found safe
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A 13-YEAR-OLD girl has been found safe and well after going missing for a week. Read
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Police play at Prenton Park to raise funds for Wirral children's hospice Claire House hospice
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
POLICE and footballers are clubbing together to raise money for a Wirral children’s hospice. Read
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Liverpool man was minutes from death in the middle of Loch Ness
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A LIVERPOOL man has spoken of the terrifying moment he thought he would die on Loch Ness. Read
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Former Liverpool Daily Post editor Jane Costello’s book Bridesmaids shortlisted for Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance
Apr 15 2009 | Liverpool News
THE former editor of the Liverpool Daily Post has been shortlisted for one of the UK’s biggest fiction awards. Read
