Sep
2009
Articles from 15th Sep 2009
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Teenager guilty of Shorrocks Hill arson attack
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A TEENAGER was today locked up for four years over an arson attack that saw a Merseyside country club reduced to cinders. Read
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Actor Patrick Swayze loses cancer battle
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
Actor Patrick Swayze’s Dirty Dancing co-star Jennifer Grey led tributes today after he lost his two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Read
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Man walks into Liverpool pub and shoots himself dead
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
AN ARMED man walked into a Liverpool pub and shot himself dead. Read
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Fire chiefs to vote on loss of up to 120 jobs in Merseyside
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
FIRE chiefs will vote to cut 80 front-line firefighter jobs this week, as part of a package of measures which union officials believe will see the loss of around 120 posts. Read
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Unions and Prime Minister Gordon Brown to clash in Liverpool over cuts
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
GORDON BROWN will today pledge that his government will never follow the Conservative approach to recession of “slashing jobs and abandoning national pay bargaining”. Read
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Congo captive phones home
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A MERSEYSIDE film-maker, who is being held without charge in the Democratic Republic of Congo, made contact with his worried family yesterday. Read
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Gee Walker addresses TUC Congress in Liverpool
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
THE mother of murdered teenager Anthony Walker yesterday urged unionists to help instil positive policies to eradicate racism. Read
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Paradise Street bus station renamed after Liverpool One
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL’S Paradise Street bus station has been renamed. Read
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Liverpool gears up for the Bold Street Festival
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A CARNIVAL atmosphere will come to one of Liverpool’s most famous and historic streets later this month. Read
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Merseyside Police runs art competition for young people to support Black History Month
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
MERSEYSIDE Police are running an art competition for young people to support Black History Month. Read
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Liverpool - a city centre of good taste
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL’S commercial district will have a Continental flavour today as the city’s first Chocolate and Cheese Festival gets under way. Read
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Police to investigate death of hanged girl
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD girl found hanged in her bedroom was last night named by police as Charlotte Avenall. Read
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Liverpool Pier Head to host three day On the Waterfront film festival
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
MARLON BRANDO’S classic, On the Waterfront, will take centre stage at a free open-air film festival beside the River Mersey. Read
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Liverpool Dovedale Junior School pupils and staff are massage masters
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A SCHOOL plans to add massage to the lunchtime menu, so staff are as relaxed as pupils. Read
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Merseyside’s first open primary selects candidate for local elections in Wirral
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A FORMER Vauxhall worker was selected in what was believed to be Merseyside’s first open primary to select a candidate for next year’s local elections. Read
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Chartto help predict asthma
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A NEW chart to help doctors decide if a child is at risk of asthma has been developed by British experts, it was announced yesterday. Read
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Recipe for good health
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
BUDDING chefs from Merseyside schools will be rustling up healthy meals to celebrate British Food Fortnight. Read
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Business Secretary calls for European scrutiny of GM Europe sale to ensure fair deal for Ellesmere Port
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
BUSINESS Secretary Lord Mandelson has called on European regulators to ensure the Vauxhall plants in Ellesmere Port and Luton are not put at risk by any “political fix.” Read
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Abandoned baby: police step up search for mother
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
DETECTIVES searching for the mother of a newborn baby found abandoned in bushes, have released images of the cardigan used to swaddle the child. Read
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Riddle of ‘stolen’ Kennedy letter
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
THE FBI is investigating a “stolen” handwritten condolence note by Jacqueline Kennedy to Ethel Kennedy that was penned shortly after Robert F Kennedy’s 1968 assassination, it was reported. Read
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Bomb plot leader jailed for life
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
AIRLINER bomb plot ringleader Abdulla Ahmed Ali has been jailed for life with a minimum of 40 years, for planning what judge Mr Justice Henriques said was an atrocity comparable with the September 11 attacks. Read
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Elton John’s Ukraine adoption bid in doubt
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
SIR Elton John’s hopes of adopting a Ukrainian toddler have been thrown in to doubt after a government minister said the country’s laws would not allow it. Read
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Phillips to make TV judge return
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
AXED TV dance judge Arlene Phillips is to step back into her role for a new BBC series, So You Think You Can Dance, it has been announced. Read
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‘The greatest man there ever was’ – my hero husband
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
THE widow of a soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, as he went to the aid of an injured comrade, described him yesterday as “the greatest man there ever was” as mourners gathered at his funeral. Read
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Grenade shock
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A POLICE station was hastily evacuated yesterday after an elderly woman walked in off the street to hand in a hand grenade from the Second World War , police said. Read
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Striking Liverpool street cleaners’ wage dispute “could cost city taxpayers £8m”
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
STRIKING Enterprise staff are holding out for a deal which would see street cleaners paid up to £25,000 a year. Read
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Borrowers keep their homes
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
THE vast majority of people who got into mortgage arrears during the past two years did not lose their homes, research showed. Read
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Thrills and speed dates
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A THEME park has introduced a speed dating service on its rollercoasters. Read
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Eighteen killed in stampede as women queue for food hand-out
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
AT LEAST 18 women and girls waiting to get free flour died when a crowd surge swelled into stampede in the Pakistan city of Karachi. Read
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Staff suicides over cuts
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
FRANCE’S national phone company has held an emergency meeting to discuss a wave of staff suicides blamed on redundancies and cuts. Read
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Death crash driver ‘did not take his medicine’
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
AN EPILEPTIC lorry driver who killed two British tourists, after suffering a seizure at the wheel, stopped taking his medicine two weeks before the crash, a prosecutor said yesterday. Read
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Murder inquiry
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
POLICE launched a murder probe after finding the body of a missing graduate student from an elite US university in a college building where she had last been seen five days before. Read
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Family of south Liverpool parents killed by son take legal advice over NHS carers
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
THE sisters of a schizophrenic who stabbed their parents to death may launch legal action against “negligent” NHS carers. Read
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Witnesses sought after fatal Litherland car accident
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A MAN was killed after being hit by a car on Merseyside yesterday. Read
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Monster hole dug to fix flood risk area in West Derby
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
THIS monster hole is part of a multi-million pound scheme to fix recurring flood problems in a Liverpool suburb. Read
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Tranmere Rovers manager John Barnes helps clean the streets of Kirkdale
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
TRANMERE Rovers manager John Barnes teamed up with the probation service to help offenders clean up an estate. Read
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New rules to allow Wirral’s parking enforcement “spy car” to continue
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
NEW rules are being introduced by council chiefs so they can continue operating a controversial “spy car” used to enforce parking laws. Read
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NHS cheap calls pledge
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
PREMIUM rate phone numbers are to be banned across the NHS. Read
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Jobcentres ‘ineffective,’ say firms
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
BUSINESS leaders today called for Jobcentres to be “urgently reformed” to tackle rising unemployment. Read
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Campaign to help consumers
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to encourage shoppers to get to grips with their consumer rights. Read
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Business urges end to postal dispute
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
THE Government came under fresh pressure to intervene in the postal dispute when a leading business group called on ministers to “get a grip” of the row. Read
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Obama: Aggressive steps pulled US back from brink
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
PRESIDENT Barack Obama yesterday credited “aggressive and innovative” steps for pulling the US economy back from the brink – but he warned against complacency. Read
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Morecrofts litigator Jonathan Gorman discusses classroom punishments
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
Morecrofts litigator Jonathan Gorman discusses classroom punishments Read
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LDP Legal: Firms lining up for 5km race
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
THERE is still time for teams to enter the 5km challenge being held this Sunday. Read
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LDP Legal: Property lawyers agree market recovery is ‘false’
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
MERSEYSIDE’S property lawyers last night agreed that recent rises in the property market could be a “false dawn”. Read
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Knowsley Safari Park sea lions pick their keepers’ lottery numbers
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
TWO talented sea lions could change their keepers’ lives this week – by picking their lottery numbers. Read
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LDP Legal: Spike in demand for childcare lawyers after Baby Peter case, reports North West recruiter
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A LEGAL recruitment specialist is reporting a spike in demand for childcare solicitors, in the wake of the Baby Peter case. Read
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Beckham keeps it low-key and Posh
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
VICTORIA BECKHAM unveiled her latest fashion collection at New York fashion week, staging a series of small shows, rather than one extravaganza. Read
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Climate calls
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
LEGAL sector climate change lobbyists are calling on the G20 countries to implement more effective legislation to support the commitments they make to tackling climate change. Read
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23rd husband sought
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A CENTENARIAN from Malaysia is hoping to marry for the 23rd time to overcome her loneliness after her current husband was admitted into a drug rehabilitation programme. Read
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Plan to make Merseyside the “green” capital of Britain to be signed
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
A PLAN to make Merseyside the “green” capital of Britain will be at the heart of a landmark agreement to be signed today to end town hall in-fighting. Read
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Environmental report warns Liverpool’s economy faces major challenge from climate change legislation
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL’S economy faces major challenges from current and future climate change legislation, according to a major new environmental report. Read
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Merseyside drivers asked to leave their cars at home for TravelWise Week
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
DRIVERS across Merseyside are being asked to leave their cars at home next week in favour of cycling, walking or catching public transport. Read
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Liverpool murder investigation launched after fatal stabbing in Kirkdale
Sep 15 2009 | Liverpool News
MERSEYSIDE Police have launched a murder investigation following the death of an 18-year-old man. Read
