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2009
Articles from 21st Jul 2009
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Steven Gerrard CCTV video footage shown to affray trial jurors at Liverpool Crown Court
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
CCTV footage showing Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard allegedly punching a businessman with the "style and speed of a professional boxer" has been played to jurors. Read
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Legal arguments delay start of Liverpool FC captain Steven Gerrard trial at Liverpool Crown Court
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
A DAY of legal argument has delayed the start of the trial of Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard. Read
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Birkenhead MP Frank Field’s report calls for ‘a new BBC’
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
BIRKENHEAD MP Frank Field last night demanded the abolition of the BBC “as we know it.” Read
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Liverpool City Council wants extra powers to ban takeaways and booze sales
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL council will submit a list of proposals to the Government at the end of this month calling for curbs on the sale of alcohol and restrictions on the number of takeaways. Read
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Tributes flow onto social networking site Facebook for the crash victims within hours of the tragedy
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
WITHIN hours of the deaths of the four friends, tributes started flooding onto social networking site Facebook. Read
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Wirral crash: A close community mourns death of four
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
TRIBUTES have been paid to four friends who lost their lives at a notorious Wirral black-spot. Read
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Without £929m Objective One Liverpool would have been “written off”
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
WITHOUT a European Union £929m invest-ment programme, Liverpool would have been “written off”, it was claimed yesterday. Read
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Tributes to Irish author of Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
TRIBUTES were paid to schoolteacher-turned-Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, who has died, aged 78. Read
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Future of Halewood: Government deal to save Jaguar Land Rover hangs in the balance
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
THE chance of breaking the deadlock between Jaguar and the Government over a £340m rescue loan are now just 50-50, a government minister warned last night. Read
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Government accused of betraying Merseyside asbestos sufferers
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
GORDON BROWN will today be accused of betraying English victims of an asbestos-related condition who will miss out on compensation available in Scotland. Read
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Late-night opening at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral for Liverpool John Moores University graduation week
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL’S Anglican Cathedral will extend its opening hours to 8pm this week, as it welcomes 4,000 graduating students and their families. Read
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Errors in Army payroll
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
AN ESTIMATED £140m of errors by the armed forces’ payroll system led yesterday to the Ministry of Defence’s accounts being “qualified” by Whitehall auditors. Read
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Communion services in Liverpool are hit by swine flu
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
CHURCHES in Merseyside have stopped sharing wine among the congregation, due to fears over swine flu. Read
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Tranmere Rovers boss John Barnes kicks off debut day of Wirral hospital’s new children’s department
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
WIRRAL Hospital’s new children’s department was officially opened by football legend John Barnes. Read
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Red fever reaches Asia as Liverpool FC begin Bangkok tour
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL FC fever broke out in Thailand as the soccer stars kicked off the first leg of their Asian tour. Read
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Suspected hooligans on show
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
THIRTY-TWO photographs of suspected football hooligans were published on the Most Wanted section of a new crime-fighting website. Read
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South Liverpool man jailed for killing parents in frenzied knife attack
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
A PARANOID schizophrenic who stabbed both his parents to death in a frenzied attack will be detained in hospital indefinitely. Read
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Low interest rates mean we’re richer
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
THE average family is £12 a week better off, compared to June last year, as lower interest rates continue to help mortgage payers, research showed. Read
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We’ve seen the moon – now let’s try Mars
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
THE astronauts who first landed on the moon aren’t dwelling on their small lunar steps. Instead, two of them urged mankind to take a giant leap to Mars. Read
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A special police team is hitting Liverpool criminals where it hurts most – in the pocket
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
CRIME is big business on Merseyside. It is estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of pounds a year and, at a time when long-standing legitimate companies are going to the wall as a consequence of the global credit crunch, a special police team are making sure those who deal in the illegal markets go out of business, too. Read
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Wirral - leading the fight against crime
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
WIRRAL has beaten the rest of Merseyside, according to crime figures released this week. Read
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Chinese toll of ‘official’ drinking
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
MASSIVE drinking bouts at work-related Chinese functions are taking their toll on the country’s executives. Read
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LDP Legal: Halliwells calls for staff to work four-day weeks
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
PARTNERS and staff at Halliwells are being asked to sign up to work a four-day week, in a bid to cut costs. Read
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Discovery in fight against cancer
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
A NEW way of killing cancer cells by treating them as biological refuse has been discovered by scientists. Read
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LDP Legal: Kirwans’ Claire Currie discusses the proposals for care service reform
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
Kirwans’Claire Currie discusses the proposals for care service reform Read
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Pleas for asbestos cancer victim’s colleagues
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
RELATIVES and solicitors acting for a cancer victim are urging his former colleagues to come forward with information about his exposure to asbestos. Read
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Knowsley Safari Park issues fresh baboon warning
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
KNOWSLEY Safari Park has served ”Anti-Social Baboon Orders” on the inhabitants of its monkey jungle, whose mischievous behaviour has recently reached new heights. Read
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Alan Sugar’s elevation causes TV stir
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
THE business entrepreneur and star of TV’s The Apprentice Sir Alan Sugar will today take up his seat in the House of Lords. Read
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Time on his hands as new Dr Who gives an extra dimension to TV role
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
THE new Doctor Who star, Matt Smith, made his first appearance as the Time Lord yesterday, sporting a preppy look in tweed jacket and bow tie. Read
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Wirral Council's payback as Iceland banks begin investment returns
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
A NEW schedule of payments from an Icelandic bank will see Wirral Council repaid “at least” 70 to 80% of a £2m investment. Read
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Claim delays
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
A FARMER is still living in a caravan two years after his home was decimated by the worst flooding in 60 years. Read
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Latvian man stands trial for late-night Southport cemetery rape
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
A MAN raped a 24-year-old woman in a Merseyside cemetery after they met in a late-night bar, a court was told. Read
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MPs say UK must produce more food
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
THE UK has a “moral duty” to produce more food such as fruit, vegetables and grains to prevent the world from going hungry, MPs have said. Read
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What you think of It's Our World
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
SINCE It’s Our World launched in the Daily Post, we’ve been inundated with your letters and emails on green issues. Here is just a small selection . . . Read
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Is a carbon trading network the answer?
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
IT SEEMS a global carbon trading network is the latest weapon in our arsenal to fight climate change, according to The Global Carbon Trading Report. Read
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National Trust’s Biosurvey Team at Formby
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
WE ALL knew that Merseyside is sprinkled with some of the prettiest villages and the most luscious natural spaces around but, according to the National Trust’s Biosurvey Team, it’s also a hive of activity for wildlife. Read
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The University of Liverpool scientists saving lives in quake zones
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL scientists have developed a safety system which could eventually protect buildings from earthquakes. Read
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Knives and forks parting ways
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
IT WAS once assumed a knife and fork always went together – but new research suggests the cutlery double act is being split up. Read
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Fraud and error increase in tax credits
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
THE level of fraud and error in the tax credits system has risen to 8.6%, figures released by the Treasury showed today. Read
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Holidays can be a real headache
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
PEOPLE planning to pack up their troubles with a trip away find sorting out their suitcases the biggest cause of pre-holiday tension, it was revealed. Read
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Maritime artist Brian Entwistle searches for his Tribute to Mersey which hung in Liverpool's Baltic Fleet
Jul 21 2009 | Liverpool News
AN ARTIST whose most famous painting went missing from a Liverpool pub is trying to track it down and put it in a gallery. Read
