Sep
2009
Articles from 16th Sep 2009
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Profits upgrade at buoyant Next
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
HIGH street fashion chain Next upped its annual profits forecast for the third time in five months today as it thanked better ranges and a welcome improvement in consumer confidence. Read
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Packed TUC Liverpool fringe meeting demands answers on long-term future of Ellesmere Port’s Vauxhall plant
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
UNION leaders last night vowed to fight for the long-term future of Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant. Read
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Union leaders demand health and safety assessments on high heels at Liverpool’s TUC Congress
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
UNION leaders kicked up a fuss over high heels yesterday by demanding women should be allowed to wear “sensible” shoes to work. Read
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown: We'll back Ellesmere Port
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
GORDON BROWN yesterday pledged hundreds of millions of pounds to support car production at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant. Read
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Light aircraft crashes on Hoylake beach prompting rescue operation
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
A DRAMATIC light aircraft crash landing prompted a rescue operation on Hoylake beach. Read
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Relief as 'round the world' Liverpool film maker is released
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
A MERSEYSIDE filmmaker was freed last night after being held without charge in the Democratic Republic of Congo while on a round-the-world trip, his brother said. Read
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Liverpool soldier killed in firefight in Afghanistan
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
A LIVERPOOL soldier was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan. Read
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Yoko Ono’s £260,000 gift to Liverpool John Moores’ students
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
DISADVANTAGED students will have a chance to study at a city university, thanks to a new John Lennon awards scheme funded by his wife. Read
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Liverpool man, 32, arrested over stabbing of Kirkdale teenager
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a dying 18-year-old staggered into a hospital just before his death. Read
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Crews say fire in Wirral youth club was suspicious
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
FIRE crews were called to a blaze at a youth club. Read
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Liberal Democrats claim Merseyside and Cheshire would get an extra 417 police officers under their spending plans
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
MERSEYSIDE and Cheshire would gain an extra 417 police officers on the beat under Lib-Dem plans to axe identity cards. Read
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Liberal Democrats would cut wages of top Merseyside town hall staff under spending cut plans
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
TOWN halls would be forced to slash the pay of their top staff by up to 25% under savage Liberal Democrat spending cuts unveiled yesterday. Read
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Councillors reject plans for 150,000-tonne waste plant in Liverpool Garston
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a 150,000-tonne waste processing plant in south Liverpool were thrown out by planners yesterday. Read
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Improvements ordered at Liverpool asylum screening unit after inspection report
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
A LIVERPOOL screening unit for asylum seekers is being ordered to make a number of “urgent” improvements to its facilities. Read
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Beckham children’s top role model
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
FOOTBALLERS and pop stars are the best role models for children, according to a new poll today, which found most adults believe youngsters have no-one to look up to. Read
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Tourists cut off by landslide
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
AS MANY as 50 foreign tourists, including several Britons, remained stranded in a north Indian valley last night, after roads were closed because of landslides. Read
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Captain’s blog
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
A FERRY service has been rigged up with the latest technology to keep passengers and transport companies informed of sailing timings through the website Twitter. Read
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Stars mourn as Patrick Swayze loses cancer fight
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
DIRTY Dancing star Patrick Swayze was described as a star whose “light will shine forever” as Hollywood mourned his death. Read
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Liverpool Reads launches with thousands of free copies of graphic novel The Savage
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
VOLUNTEERS from Merseyside fire service filled their engines with free books to deliver across the region. Read
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Skeleton uncovered
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
EXPERTS are examining the remains of a 4th Century skeleton discovered during an archaeological dig. Read
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South Liverpool academy to send pupils to China
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
PUPILS attending a new city academy are to be sent on work experience – in China. Read
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Blogging mad
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
A TRAVEL company apologised to a man about his holiday woes after he published them online. Read
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Minister applauds equality scheme
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
HIGHER education minister David Lammy has applauded a scheme which encourages black Liverpool students to go on to university. Read
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Portrait is shortlisted
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
A PORTRAIT of a young swimmer hoping to compete at the 2012 Paralympic Games has been shortlisted for a major photography award. Read
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River runs orange
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
A NINE-MILE stretch of river turned a bright shade of orange after iron ore washed out of an old mine, the Environment Agency said. Read
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New power link approved
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
PLANNING chiefs have approved a major new electricity link between Ireland and Wales. Read
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Jobs help urged as axe falls on historic Lancaster Bomber plane factory
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
WORKERS at a factory where thousands of Lancaster bombers were built said it was “a sad day” yesterday, after BAE Systems announced it will shut the site. Read
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Comic Eddie Izzard in marathon charity finale
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
COMEDIAN Eddie Izzard is celebrating after finishing his 43rd marathon in 51 days. Read
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Tributes as flamboyant TV chef Keith Floyd dies, aged 65
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
CHEFS and former colleagues have paid tribute to Keith Floyd after his death from a heart attack Read
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Resort swaps donkeys for cycles
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
BLACKPOOL has launched the country’s first large-scale cycle hire scheme in a move aimed at transforming the resort’s reputation. Read
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Luxury Bentley smashes through wall of Liverpool Woolton mansion
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
A DRIVER was last night recovering after smashing his luxury car through the wall of a south Liverpool mansion. Read
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Olympic boxer found hanged
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
BOXING manager Frank Maloney was being treated for a suspected heart attack last night, after finding one of the sport’s most promising young fighters hanged in his flat. Read
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Health testing by text message for Liverpool and Knowsley patients
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
EMBARRASSED young people who are too shy to go for a chlamydia check-up can now text for tests. Read
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Rail parking rise
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
RAIL companies have been accused of raising station car parking charges by up to 50% to offset January’s small cut in rail fares. Read
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Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw hails Merseyside’s Find Your Talent art scheme
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
CULTURE secretary Ben Bradshaw visited Liverpool yesterday to meet young people who have benefited from a pioneering arts scheme. Read
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Former Liverpool Daily Post picture editor Stephen Shakeshaft’s new exhibition shows the lost world of Liverpool
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
Acclaimed photographer and former Daily Post picture editor Stephen Shakeshaft tells Peter Elson how Liverpool’s people and the fast-changing backdrop of the city inspired his latest exhibition Read
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Trampoline sales on up
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
SALES of trampolines have grown by more than three times in a craze sparked by celebrities such as Madonna and Victoria Beckham, a supermarket said. Read
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Cut out problem foods – and end the discomfort
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
FOOD intolerance could be the main reason people with chronic inflammation disease (CID) continue to suffer, scientists revealed yesterday. Read
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Early periods increase birth risk
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
GIRLS who start their periods at a young age could go on to have problems giving birth when they are older, research suggested today. Read
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Funds for Liverpool's Marina Dalglish cancer treatment centre reach half-way milestone
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
MARINA DALGLISH said she was “delighted” yesterday at the progress being made on a new £17m radiotherapy centre in Liverpool. Read
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Hunters ‘target' ex Beatle Paul McCartney’s estate
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
ANTI-HUNT activists claim they have filmed huntsmen trespassing on Sir Paul McCartney’s deer sanctuary. Read
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Liverpool teenager gets four years for £1m arson attack
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
A TEENAGER who burned down a Merseyside country club has been locked up for four years. Read
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Banned Accrington Stanley and Bury footballers lodge appeals with the FA
Sep 16 2009 | Liverpool News
FIVE professional footballers are preparing to appeal convictions for betting on their own match. Read
