Nov
2009
Articles from 2nd Nov 2009
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Peel’s Wirral Waters scheme will be bigger than the Olympics
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
PEEL Holdings is on the verge of submitting the largest planning application in the country as the next phase of the £4.5bn Wirral Waters project. Read
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Wirral council faces grilling over ‘special charging’ policy
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
WIRRAL Council will tonight face demands for an independent investigation into how vulnerable people in the local authority’s care remain unprotected from “financial abuse”. Read
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Health minister Andy Burnham urges more people to join organ donor register
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
MOST people would accept a donor organ if they needed one but only 27% are signed up to donate after death, research out today showed. Read
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Thousands attend Liverpool anti-hate crime vigil for PC James Parkes
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL’s diverse communities came together last night to hold a candlelit vigil for PC James Parkes who was a victim of hate crime. Read
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Heavy rain and gales sweep across Merseyside
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
HEAVY rain and gales swept across the region yesterday bringing an end to the mild weather of recent days. Read
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Soldiers receive heroes’ welcome on return to Liverpool from Afghanistan
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
THOUSANDS of people lined the streets of Liverpool to welcome home soldiers from the Afghan war zone with huge cheers. Read
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Liverpool bands Echo and the Bunnymen and The Wombats fly to Dubai Sound City
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL’S status as a global music industry brand gains yet more momentum this week with the inaugural Dubai Sound City. Read
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Pensioners who claim child benefit may be eligible for extra benefits under rule changes
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
PENSIONERS who receive child benefit may be entitled to more housing or council tax benefit when changes come into effect today. Read
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Beatles housemate is all art
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
IMAGES of work by the man who painted Paul McCartney’s psychedelic Magic Piano have been put on display in a Liverpool bar. Read
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Man ‘critical’ after shooting outside pub in Kirkby
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A MAN is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in the chest and stomach outside a Kirkby pub. Read
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Tranmere Rovers back Poppy Appeal
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
PLAYERS from Tranmere Rovers have given their support to the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal. Read
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University of Liverpool facing £1m cuts in historic building maintenance funding
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
THE University of Liverpool is set to lose up to £1m a year in funding to maintain some of the city’s most iconic buildings, the Daily Post can reveal. Read
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Solicitor threatens legal action over Wirral libraries report
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A WIRRAL solicitor is threatening to use a legal challenge to bring a draft report on library closures in the borough into the public domain. Read
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Halewood welder wins asbestos damages battle
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A FORMER Merseyside welder has won a long-running battle for compensation, after being diagnosed with terminal asbestos-related cancer. Read
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Campaign to raise awareness of dangers of asbestos reveals 776 male deaths from mesothelioma in Merseyside between 1981 and 2005
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A NEW £1.2m campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of asbestos reveals 776 male deaths from mesothelioma in Merseyside between 1981 and 2005. Read
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Wirral children’s centre plans to be approved
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
PLANS to create a children’s centre in a Wirral library look set to be approved by the council. Read
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Warrington based TalkTalk hit out over phoneline tax
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
MORE than 100,000 homes will be forced to give up their broadband internet under plans to introduce a controversial tax, Warrington-based TalkTalk said today. Read
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Wirral chocolatier wraps up his business as recession bites
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
ONE OF Wirral’s leading chocolatiers is closing his business because of the recession. Read
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M&S staff bonus aim
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
STAFF at high street chain Marks & Spencer are on track to share a £60m bonus pot following an improved performance by the group, it has been reported. Read
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South Liverpool ceiling fall pensioner’s death was an accident
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A CATASTROPHIC ceiling collapse which killed a pensioner at a Liverpool nursing home was accidental, a coroner’s jury ruled. Read
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Liverpool Daily Post writer honoured for his maritime excellence
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL Daily Post journalist Peter Elson has won Britain’s most prestigious award for maritime writers. Read
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Ex-Beatle George Harrison’s forgotten song completed 40 years later
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
IT’S not every day you find yourself writing a song with a former Beatle. Read
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Marina Dalglish receives MBE for her fundraising efforts for Liverpool cancer centre
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
MARINA Dalglish has been presented with an MBE for services to breast cancer patients in Merseyside. Read
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Device to sniff out terrorists
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
A DEVICE that smells human fear is being developed by British scientists and could soon be sniffing out anxious terrorists. Read
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Wirral songwriter completes George Harrison Beatles song 40 years on
Nov 02 2009 | Liverpool News
IT’S not every day you find yourself writing a song with a former Beatle. Read
