Dec
2009
Articles from 7th Dec 2009
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Public tip-off leads police to on-the-run Runcorn newlywed wanted in connection with his wife’s murder
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
AN ON-THE-RUN newlywed, wanted by police in connection with his wife’s murder, was caught after a tip-off from the public, it emerged last night. Read
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Man’s body was found hanging in Calderstones Park
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
A MAN’S body was discovered hanging in a city park. Read
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Liverpool Community College students come together for musical fundraising event in aid of children
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
A GROUP of students are aiming to turn a college project into a major fundraiser for the children’s charity, Liverpool Unites. Read
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Susan Boyle is still top of the UK charts
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
SUSAN BOYLE last night held onto the top spot in the album charts with I Dreamed a Dream. Read
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High-speed rail not air will bring better Liverpool links to London, say MPs
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
NORTHERN airports should abandon hopes of winning flights to Heathrow and accept high-speed rail as a better option, a report headed by a Liverpool MP says today. Read
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Gordon Brown steps in to revive Everton’s Kirkby dream
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
A RESCUE plan for Everton Football Club's aborted move to Kirkby will be launched this week – after the personal intervention of Gordon Brown. Read
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Angler rescued from sea after falling off rocks
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
AN ANGLER was rescued from the sea yesterday after falling from rocks, Coastguard officials said. Read
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Protection for turkeys
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
TURKEYS have been given their own round-the-clock security guard to keep them safe from thieves in the run-up to Christmas. Read
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Wirral's New Ferry Butterfly Park faces closure threat
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
A POPULAR tourist attraction and site of biological importance in Wirral has been told to shut by the end of January. Read
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Fivers set for ATM comeback
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
THE £5 note is set for a New Year comeback in UK cash machines, after the Bank of England yesterday said it would launch a campaign to increase its circulation. Read
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Wirral shoppers look on in horror as gang attack Birkenhead jewellers' shop
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
A FOUR-STRONG robbery gang attacked a Merseyside jewellers in front of scores of Christmas shoppers. Read
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Railway sleepers
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
NEARLY two out of three passengers have fallen asleep on trains – with more than a quarter of them managing to miss their stop, a survey showed. Read
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Police caption Italian Mafia number 2
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
POLICE in Sicily have captured the Cosa Nostra’s No 2 in a raid in Palermo. Read
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Flying start for Wirral's Calday Grange Grammar School’s £3.75m charity fundraiser
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
AN AMBITIOUS bid by a Merseyside school to raise £3.75m for charity is off to a flying start. Read
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Award-winning head to take hot-seat at Garston and South Liverpool Business and Enterprise Academy
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
AN AWARD-WINNING headteacher who turned part of his school into a farm has been appointed as principal of a new Liverpool academy. Read
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Four held in Russian fire inquiry
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
FOUR people were in jail last night pending an investigation into a nightclub fire that killed at least 112 people in Russia’s worst blaze in decades. Read
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Keep the faith, Catholics are urged
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
THE head of the Catholic Church in Dublin has urged young people not to abandon their faith, in the wake of a damning investigation into 30 years of clerical child sex abuse that was kept secret. Read
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New plans will protect Wirral's Dee Estuary
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
PLANS to expand the conservation areas on the Dee Estuary are expected to be announced soon by the Government. Read
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New lead in fight against cancer
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
“LIVE” pictures of spreading breast cancer cells have highlighted a biological pathway that scientists hope will lead to new treatments. Read
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Jersey police: We’ll find Liverpool drugs barron Curtis Warren's millions
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
DRUGS baron Curtis Warren could face an extra decade behind bars – unless he coughs up tens of millions of pounds. Read
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Court got murder verdict right, say Meredith Kercher's family
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
THE family of murdered British student Meredith Kercher last night returned home pledging to try and get on with their lives. Read
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Chancellor Alistair Darling: Big earners will shoulder tax burden
Dec 07 2009 | Liverpool News
ALISTAIR DARLING last night left the door open to a windfall tax on bankers’ bonuses, amid reports that the move could be central to this week’s Pre-Budget Report. Read
