Sep
2009
Articles from 1st Sep 2009
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Liverpool Women's Hospital to tag embryos to reduce chance of mix ups
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
A LIVERPOOL hospital is to tag embryos electronically to reduce the chance of IVF mix-ups. Read
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Views of Liverpool's older people wanted for new scrutiny panel
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
THOUSANDS of people aged over 50 are being asked to help improve services for older residents in Liverpool. Read
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World’s biggest birdfeeder survives Wirral vandal attack
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
AFTER almost being destroyed by vandals, the world’s biggest bird feeder could be seen in all its glory yesterday. Read
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Stowaway kitten coming home after 300-mile trip
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
A CURIOUS cat who ended up 300 miles from his Merseyside home, after hitching a ride with a removal van, will be reunited with his three-year-old owner today. Read
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RNLI Hoylake and West Kirby Lifeboat show’s record crowds stunned as daredevil Arrows stay sharp
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
MORE than 30,000 people watched the world-famous Red Arrows perform an awe-inspiring display over a packed Wirral coastline yesterday. Read
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Quarter of a million people flock to Liverpool’s Mathew Street Festival
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
As Liverpool gets back to business as usual, Jade Wright looks at the sucesses of this year’s Mathew Street Festival Read
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Distraught father of Maghull Creamfields car crash victim releases dove in her memory
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
THE distraught father of Creamfields car crash victim Dominique Williams released a dove in his daughter’s memory at a remembrance service for road accident victims. Read
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Bootle gun victim ‘remembered nothing’
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
A MERSEYSIDE man went to hospital with a gunshot wound in his leg – but told police he did not know how or where it happened. Read
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She Loves You was The Beatles’ best seller
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
IT WAS only the band’s second number one, issued as Beatlemania was in its infancy – but newly- compiled figures show She Loves You to be the biggest-selling Fab Four track ever released in the UK. Read
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A tour of Liverpool’s historic Bridewell jail
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
NORMALLY, to get inside this city centre “crash pad”, complete with all rooms en-suite, you had to be part of a select band. Read
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Classic Rover wrecks Wirral shop
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
A SHOP owner is facing a massive repair bill after a classic car crashed into his disused business – destroying the facade. Read
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Wirral councillor's unemployment fear
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
A WIRRAL politician has called for action after a think tank survey revealed the extent of unemployment in Birkenhead. Read
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Merseyside’s chief constable, Bernard Hogan-Howe, says city can look forward to bright future as he bids farewell
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
FROM a first-floor window looking out across the Albert Dock and south down the river, Merseyside’s departing police chief has had a prime view of Liverpool’s ever-changing scenery. Read
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Merseyside’s Chief Constable, Bernard Hogan-Howe, believes the community are the key to tackling crime
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
THE people of Merseyside are the key to a successful police force, Mr Hogan-Howe believes. Read
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Thousands of visitors flock to Wirral Food and Drink Festival
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
RECORD numbers of visitors flocked to the Wirral Food and Drink Festival over the Bank Holiday weekend. Read
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An aspirin a day ‘does more harm than good’
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
HEALTHY people taking aspirin to prevent heart attacks could be doing themselves more harm than good, experts have concluded. Read
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Veteran Mersey tug is the first boat to open for UK Heritage Open Days
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
AN HISTORIC Mersey tug will be the first ship to take part in a national scheme to open unusual heritage venues. Read
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Artist faked disability
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
A SWEDISH art student was fined 2,500 kronor (£217) for faking mental illness for an art project. Read
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Festival record
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
REVELLERS at the Leeds Festival broke a record for the largest back massage chain. Read
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Bog standards stay high
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
MORE than 150 hardy sportsmen and women braved the wind, rain and mud yesterday to take part in the World Bog Snorkelling Championship. Read
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Very dim future for 100w lightbulbs
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
IT HAS illuminated our lives for over a century – but from today the old-fashioned 100 watt incandescent lightbulb is to be phased out as part of a European Union drive to curb climate change. Read
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Historic hall site remains empty – one year after fire
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
THERE has still been no decision made about the future of the site of a listed building – more than a year after it was destroyed by fire. Read
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University of Liverpool to build a £25m super science laboratory
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
A NEW £25m “super-laboratory” is to be built in a bid to make Liverpool a world- class nerve centre for tomorrow’s scientists. Read
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Wounded Liverpool bar worker gets £7k payout after bar-room assault
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
A FORMER barmaid has received compensation after being assaulted by two drinkers. Read
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Klaus Voorman unveils specially commissioned Beatles artwork at Liverpool’s Hard Days Night hotel
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
A WORLD-RENOWNED artist ended a two-year wait to unveil a specially commissioned artwork. Read
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LDP Legal: Solicitor makes Twitter call to Liverpool's legal fraternity
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
A SOLICITOR is calling on Merseyside’s legal fraternity to embrace online social networking via Twitter. Read
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LDP Legal: Pro bono work ‘up’ in recession
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
THE Law Society has published research debunking the fear pro bono work would reduce during the recession. Read
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LDP Legal: Weightmans mental health specialist Daivd Hewitt is wary of new healthcare law
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
Weightmans mental health specialist, David Hewitt, is wary of new healthcare law Read
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Liverpool university researcher given £168,000 grant to investigate ovarian cancer
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
A MERSEYSIDE researcher has been given £168,000 to further his quest into discovering how ovarian cancer spreads. Read
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Truck murder riddle of Stacey Lawrence, 9
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
POLICE were trying tonight to piece together the last movements of a nine-year-old girl believed to have been strangled in a lorry by her mother’s boyfriend. Read
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Ted Kennedy visit artefacts on show in Belfast
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
RARE artefacts from John F Kennedy’s 1963 visit to Ireland have been unveiled in Belfast as part of a new memorial exhibition on the assassinated US president. Read
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Liverpool boosted by Mathew Street festival success
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
THE Mathew Street Festival turned Liverpool into a party capital this weekend, attracting hundreds of thousands into the city centre. Read
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Fletcher brothers inherit honour of guarding Queen from childhood friend
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
TWO brothers have inherited the honour of guarding the Queen from a soldier who grew up in their street. Read
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Christians against poverty to expand in Liverpool to beat recession
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
A DEBT centre is expanding to help people struggling in the recession. Read
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It's Our World: Mersey Basin Campaign conference
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
This free half-day event features a line- up of top speakers, including the secretary of state for the environment, Hilary Benn (via a live video link from London), the government's former chief scientific advisor Professor Sir David King, former environment minister Lord Heseltine and Bishop James Jones of Liverpool. Read
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It's Our World: Green Tourism Business scheme’s gold award for Liverpool
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL is now officially one of the UK’s most environmentally friendly conference destinations after achieving gold status from the Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS). Read
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It's Our World: Recycling school uniforms
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
IT’S that time of year again, the nights are drawing in, the leaves are turning gold and it’s time to choose a fabulous new pencil case to make going back to school that bit more bearable. Read
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It's Our World: Solar panels add to a home's value
Sep 01 2009 | Liverpool News
REMEMBER the days when we all dreamed of a designer kitchen – Le Creuset pots boiling merrily on the Aga, the Dualit toaster doing its thing and more Alessi gadgets than we knew what to do with? Read
