Jun
2009
Articles from 26th Jun 2009
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Scientist Maura O'Donnell voted Daily Post Merseyside Woman of the Year
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
A SUCCESSFUL scientist with a conscience has been crowned this year’s Daily Post Merseyside Woman of the Year. Read
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Liverpool rapist found guilty of pensioner's murder
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
A RAPIST was convicted today of murdering a pensioner while on the run from a secure mental health unit. Read
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown to offer voters more powers
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
GORDON BROWN will next week offer voters more power over public services, including the police, as he sets out his programme for the last months before the general election. Read
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Liverpool City Council leader Warren Bradley facing Liberal Democrat rebellion
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL Council leader Warren Bradley was last night facing a rebellion from within his own benches over his continued support for convicted councillor Steve Hurst. Read
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Peel Holdings to sponsor Liverpool’s presence at Shanghai World Expo 2010
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
DEVELOPERS Peel Holdings will be the lead sponsor of the Liverpool Pavilion at the World Expo 2010, it was announced last night. Read
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Masked robber escapes with cash box after confronting security guard
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
A MASKED robber escaped with a cash box after confronting a security guard outside a bank in Garston yesterday. Read
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Vandalism disrupts Wirral Line train services
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
VANDALISM is thought be behind a train fire that brought services grinding to a halt on the Wirral Line yesterday. Read
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RBS outlines support for Liverpool FC owners in letter to fans
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
THE Royal Bank of Scotland has taken the unprecedented step of writing to Liverpool Football Club’s supporters to justify its continuing financial support of the club’s American co-owners. Read
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Walking With Dinosaurs at Liverpool Echo Arena
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
SIXTY-FIVE million years later – they’re back. More than a dozen life-size dinosaurs were limbering up at the Liverpool Echo Arena yesterday ahead of their assault on the city later this summer. Read
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Merseyside nominations sought for the Queen’s Voluntary Award
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
CIVIC leaders were yesterday sent into their communities to find local heroes suitable for a Royal award. Read
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Major exhibition of Cecil Beaton portraits opens at Liverpool Walker Art Gallery
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
AN EXHIBITION of nearly 50 portraits by celebrity photographer Cecil Beaton opens at the Walker Art Gallery today. Read
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Leading politicians face Liverpool’s young professionals
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
LEADING national and local politicians submitted themselves to a “Question Time” style grilling by Liverpool’s young professionals at FACT. Read
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London Tube train drivers bring Shakespeare to the tracks
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
The initiative is being introduced on the Piccadilly line where drivers and station staff have been issued with a booklet of quotations. Read
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Mersey Gateway Bridge inquiry comes to an end
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
THE public inquiry into proposals for a second bridge across the River Mersey ended yesterday, with supporters saying the £431m plan was “top priority”. Read
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Cult Liverpool band Deaf School a highlight of of Everyman and Playhouse autumn season
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
FOUR shows by cult Liverpool band Deaf School will be a highlight of the Everyman and Playhouse theatres’ autumn season. Read
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Liverpool University works to secure future of the damselfly
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
The southern damselfly has seen numbers fall by almost a third (30%) in the UK since 1960, and is globally threatened. Read
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Bath keeps it World Heritage Status
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
THE only entire city in Britain to be declared a World Heritage Site will keep its prized status, after inspectors ruled that a modern housing development did not spoil its character. Read
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Backstreet Boys are back with Liverpool Echo Arena gig
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
AMERICAN boyband the Backstreet Boys are to appear at the Echo Arena Liverpool as part of their up-coming European tour in support of their forthcoming album, This Is Us. Read
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E-fit clue as police hunt Burscough attacker
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
DETECTIVES in West Lancashire have released an image of a man they would like to talk to in connection with an assault. Read
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Vicar of Baghdad gives Liverpool talk on life in the Green Zone
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
“I’M NOT what people usually expect from a local vicar,” laughs Andrew White. Read
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Classic Everton FC memorabilia collection opening to the public
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
THE 1906 FA Cup Trophy is set to take pride of place in a new exhibition of Everton memorabilia. Read
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Conference salutes Liverpool’s culture links with universities
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
CULTURE Campus Liverpool, the partnership between Liverpool’s universities and the city’s arts and culture sector, has hosted a major symposium this week. Read
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Farah Fawcett loses cancer fight, aged 62
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
UNITED States actress Farrah Fawcett died yesterday, aged 62, following a long-running battle with cancer. Read
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Swine Flu virus ‘cannot be contained’
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
PARTS of the UK have so many cases of swine flu that the virus cannot be contained, the Government announced. Read
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Boost for Liverpool charity
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
A CHARITY that helps the families of sick children has been given a £7,000 boost. Read
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Dedication of Alder Hey nurses honoured as trio rack up 140 years of care
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
THREE nurses, with more than 140 years of combined experience in Merseyside health care, have retired. Read
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The Sixties will swing again
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
THE Sixties will swing again when a major photographic exhibition including rare portraits of The Beatles, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones, opens in London later this year. Read
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Merseyside and Cheshire in grip of childcare crisis
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
MUCH of Merseyside and Cheshire is in the grip of a childcare crisis, it was claimed yesterday – with new government rules set to make it worse. Read
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Black tie ball for Pain Relief Foundation at Liverpool Marriott Hotel
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
THE Pain Relief Foundation is hosting its 30th anniversary Black Tie Ball at the Marriott Hotel, in Liverpool’s Queen Square, on Saturday night. Tickets for the event are £45 and include a welcome drink, a four-course meal and entertainment. Read
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Conservatives pay back £250,000 of expenses claims
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
DAVID CAMERON stole another march in the expenses scandal yesterday, by announcing that Conservative MPs are repaying a staggering £250,000 of "disproportionate" claims. Read
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House of Commons apologises to Wirral MP for wrong advice on expenses
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
EMBATTLED Wirral South MP Ben Chapman has been told by the House of Commons incorrect payments made to him for his mortgage probably resulted in “no overall loss to public funds”. Read
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Wirral health chiefs release consultation into Warrens Nursery plans
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
RESULTS of a consultation into controversial plans for a new medical centre on a stretch of green belt have been published. Read
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Road deaths reach all time low
Jun 26 2009 | Liverpool News
There were 2,538 people killed on the roads in Britain in 2008 – the lowest annual total since records began in 1926. Read
