Jul
2009
Articles from 6th Jul 2009
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Two bikers targeted in Liverpool drive-by shooting and chase
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
TWO men riding scrambler bikes were targeted in a drive-by shooting. Read
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Murder probe as man is mown down in Liverpool street
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
A MURDER investigation is under way after a Liverpool father was killed by a car. Read
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£200m climate change threat to Merseyside economy
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
MERSEYSIDE'S economy could be £200m a year worse off by 2020 unless urgent action to tackle climate change is taken, a new report warns. Read
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Liverpool Women’s Hospital relaunches no-smoking drive
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL Women’s hospital is spending thousands of pounds clearing up cigarette butts – because people are ignoring its no smoking rules. Read
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Joint fire and police team launched in Merseyside to investigate rise in arson at businesses
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
A NEW team to track down arsonists who torch businesses for the insurance money was launched in Merseyside. Read
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Miliband rejects MI6 Facebook row
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
FOREIGN Secretary David Miliband has defended the next head of MI6 after details of his personal life were posted on social networking website Facebook. Read
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Drop in airport spending
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
THE amount British holidaymakers have spent at UK airports has plummeted in recent months. Read
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Hundreds of thousands hit by flooding
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
AT LEAST 16 people died and more than 320,000 evacuated homes in southern and central China after heavy rains toppled houses, flooded roads and damaged a dam. Read
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Liverpool Daily Post reporters scoop eight awards
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
THE Daily Post reigned supreme at an awards ceremony recognising contributions to the newspaper industry. Read
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Ninth detainee release nearing
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
IRAN has said it will release the eighth of nine British embassy employees detained in Tehran late yesterday, Foreign Secretary David Miliband revealed. Read
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£60.2m loans for dental work
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
BRITONS have taken out personal loans worth an estimated £60.2m to fund private dental treatment. Read
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Doctors and nurses to be paid less in the north under the Conservatives, it's claimed
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
DOCTORS and nurses would be paid less in the north than in the south under shock Conservative plans, it was claimed last night. Read
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Blast for US actors playing Britons
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
THE star of a hit US TV series has criticised the trend for Hollywood actors to be cast as British heroes. Read
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Bog record is smashed
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
ONE of the most unusual and gruelling events in the sporting calendar was completed in a world record time. Read
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Knowsley council’s apprentice scheme to be rolled out across Merseyside
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
KNOWSLEY’S Apprentice scheme has proved so successful it’s going to be rolled out across all Merseyside’s boroughs. Read
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Stars out for plaque to actress Richard
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
A STAR-STUDDED audience turned out to remember actress Wendy Richard as a plaque was unveiled in her memory. Read
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Ritchie’s grand bid for green estate
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
BRITISH film director and pop star Madonna’s ex-husband Guy Ritchie has submitted plans to make his country estate more eco-friendly. Read
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Tributes to respected World War II veteran Liverpool-born Charlie Crute
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
A DECORATED World War II veteran and respected lifelong socialist has died. Read
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Multiple births call
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
PARENTS expecting twins and triplets are missing out on vital information to protect their babies’ health, an expert warned today. Read
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Festival dryout
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
A LOCAL beer festival had to be stopped a day early after it ran out of beer, organisers said. Read
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Liverpool's first Science and Technology festival finishes with a mechanical polar bear
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL’S Festival of Science and Technology ended yesterday with visitors at the World Museum coming face to face with a mechanical polar bear. Read
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Deathtrap Southport road to be redesigned to cut the number of car crashes
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
A BUSY Merseyside road which sees almost 10 crashes a year is set to be redesigned to tackle its accident toll. Read
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Coffee could reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
A FEW cups of coffee a day may be all that is needed to reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. Read
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Arson is suspected in a recording studio fire in Liverpool city centre
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
ARSONISTS may be to blame for a blaze which sent smoke billowing over Liverpool city centre. Read
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MG Rover fraud probe
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
THE Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is to investigate the collapse of MG Rover after a four-year probe into the Midlands car- maker’s demise. Read
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Iran frees journalist
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
A JOURNALIST, with joint British and Greek nationality held in Iran for more than two weeks, was reported by Iranian state TV last night to have been released. Read
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Firefighters evacuate 500 Liverpool residents after gas cylinders found near fire
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
HUNDREDS of people were allowed to return to homes they evacuated in Toxteth. Read
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Manager blamed for The Beatles’ break-up dies
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
A FORMER music manager, blamed by many Beatles fans for the group’s split, has died. Read
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Earliest Bible is published on internet
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
ABOUT 800 pages of the earliest surviving Christian Bible have been recovered and released on the net. Read
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Halewood transmission plant Getrag Ford wins new work and revamp
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
BOSSES at a Halewood car parts plant facing a cut in shifts have pledged more than £100m investment and a new product launch next year. Read
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The Race for Life gave me hope following the death of my mother
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
THE first time I did the Race for Life was June 19, 2005. Read
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Thousands take part in Race for Life at Birkenhead Park
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
FIVE thousand women descended on Birkenhead Park yesterday to take part in the Race for Life. They all shared a common goal – to have fun and raise money to beat cancer. Read
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Poorer pupils shunning modern language GCSEs
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
JUST one in four of the poorest teenagers take a modern foreign language at GCSE, new figures showed. Read
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Conductor Vasily Petrenko and artistic director Jude Kelly are among those receiving honorary degrees from Liverpool University
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
VASILY Petrenko is to be given an honorary degree from Liverpool University next week. Read
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Union fury at call for pay freeze
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling has failed to rule out a pay freeze for public sector workers, sparking warnings of possible industrial action from union leaders. Read
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Elderly sight cure
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
THE surgeon who pioneered laser eye surgery to cure short-sightedness has ann-ounced a new technique which could prevent millions going blind. Read
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Merseyside police chief Bernard Hogan-Howe on shortlist for Northern Ireland Chief Constable job
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
MERSEYSIDE’S Chief Constable is on the shortlist to become the new police chief of Northern Ireland. Read
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3 killed in bomb blast
Jul 06 2009 | Liverpool News
SUSPECTED Muslim guerrillas detonated a bomb near a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines today, killing at least three people and wounding more than two dozen others. Read
