Feb
2010
Articles from 9th Feb 2010
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Garry Newlove's Warrington widow backs pub training
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
THE widow of a man beaten to death by a gang of drunken yobs yesterday called for pubs and bars to help end Britain’s binge-drinking culture. Read
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Call for teacher training shake-up
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
A GROUP of MPs today called for the bar to be raised on the qualifications needed to become a teacher, amid concerns the current requirements are too low. Read
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Disgraced senior Scotland Yard officer’s career in ruins
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
A SENIOR Scotland Yard officer’s career was in ruins last night after he was jailed for assaulting and falsely arresting a man in a petty row over money. Read
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Eleven injured in crash as bus and lorry collide in Liverpool city centre
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
ELEVEN people were taken to hospital after a bus and lorry smashed into each other at a busy Liverpool city centre road junction. Read
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Chandeliers at Liverpool town hall sparkle again after major clean-up operation
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
THEY have borne witness to many glittering occasions, both public and private, in their near 200-year long history. Read
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Arrest of Vauxhall 20 year old after Liverpool shooting
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
POLICE arrested a man in connection with the shooting of teenager at the weekend. Read
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Death rate at Royal Liverpool Hospital A&E ‘worst in the country’
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
ACCIDENT victims are more likely to die at the Royal Liverpool Hospital than anywhere else in England, shock new figures have revealed. Read
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Church of England urged to attract more men
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
THE Church of England’s national assembly has been urged to address a “testosterone deficit” among the faithful and attract more men into the pews. Read
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Space shuttle Endeavour blasts into orbit with UK astronaut
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
SPACE shuttle Endeavour – whose crew includes a North Yorkshire-born man – rocketed into orbit on what is likely to be the last night-time launch for the programme. Read
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Unhealthy cost of Google ads
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
THE Department of Health has spent more than £2.5m advertising on Google in the past year. Read
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Liverpool coroner's appeal for family
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL Coroner’s Office is appealing for the next-of-kin of 60-year old James Cain, who died at his home in Hunts Cross on Wednesday, January 27. Read
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Jimmy McGovern set to attend screening of Priest and Q and A session at FACT
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL writer Jimmy McGovern will attend a screening of his drama, Priest, at Picturehouse at FACT. Read
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LDP Legal: Weightmans solicitor Roddy Macleod discusses the threat to expert witness immunity
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
Weightmans’ Roddy Macleod on the threat to expert witness immunity Read
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Liverpool employment lawyer’s ‘darkest’ novel hits the shelves
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
ACCLAIMED Merseyside crime fiction author and lawyer Martin Edwards will see his 14th novel published this month. Read
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The High Sheriff of Merseyside has been made a non-executive director of Hill Dickinson
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
HILL Dickinson announced it has appointed former Grant Thornton chief executive David McDonnell as a non-executive director. Read
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LDP Legal: Three quarters of homeowners call for law change over snow and ice injury claims
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
NEARLY three out of four homeowners are calling for a law change to protect civic-minded people who clear snow off pavements from legal action. Read
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High-flying Liverpool lawyer jailed
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
A HIGH-FLYING City lawyer, who conned millions from her bank bosses to help a friend’s ailing airline, was jailed for five years. Read
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Warning over road closures in Wirral
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
ONE of Wirral’s major roads will be closed to allow works on the final stages of a roundabout. Read
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Hunt for young Liverpool and Merseyside entrepreneurs
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
ENTREPRENEURS from Merseyside are being urged to enter the Enterprising Young Brits competition. Read
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Liverpool and Merseyside schools share £5m to put on more clubs and trips
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
MERSEYSIDE schools are to share a £5m subsidy to offer more clubs after class and trips away. Read
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Liverpool postal workers climb for heroes
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
TWO Merseyside postal workers will climb 15 mountains in just 24 hours in honour of their friend who was wounded in Afghanistan. Read
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Liverpool construction company winscontract after being quizzed by Wirral pupils
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
A LIVERPOOL construction company has been awarded a £4.3m contract to build a pioneering eco-friendly school in Wallasey, after being interviewed by its pupils. Read
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Shock warning to Liverpool Playhouse ttheatre-goers over new production Ghost Stories
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
PREGNANT women, young children and those of a nervous disposition are being advised against watching a new production at the Liverpool Playhouse. Read
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Midwife cuts at Wirral's Arrowe Park Hospital
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
A MERSEYSIDE hospital is cutting the number of its midwives, despite investing more than £11m in a new women and children’s wing. Read
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History day memories at Wirral's Burton Manor College and Chester University
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
WIRRAL’S Burton Manor College and Chester University are organising a history day. Read
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Controversial regional fire control centres could be scrapped, MPs told
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to build new fire control centres – which is already years behind schedule and hundreds of millions of pounds over the original budget – could have to be scrapped, MPs were told yesterday. Read
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Go golfing for Wirral's Clatterbridge Cancer Research Centre
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
CLATTERBRIDGE Cancer Research is holding its annual spring golf day on March 27. Read
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Conservative plan to strip power from Liverpool and Merseyside councils over schools
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
MERSEY town halls will be stripped of powers to control the opening of new schools, under radical Conservative plans to run an “education revolution” from Whitehall. Read
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Post of Mayor to be retained in Ellesmere Port
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
ELLESMERE Port’s Charter Trustees have voted unanimously to retain the post of Mayor for the town. Read
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Nowhere Boy actress Anne-Marie Duff takes top honour at British Film Awards
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
ANNE-MARIE DUFF gave a loving “thank you” to her husband James McAvoy last night as she scooped the best actress gong at the London Evening Standard British Film Awards. Read
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Scientists’ fears over third-hand smoke
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
NICOTINE stains on clothing, furniture and wallpaper can react with a common indoor pollutant to generate dangerous cancer chemicals, say scientists. Read
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Evidence ‘deal’ in Wayne Rooney court case
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
A COURT case in which footballer Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen are being sued for £4.3m was abruptly adjourned. Read
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Liverpool's Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen hospitals bid for Foundation Trust status
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL’S main hospital is asking for people’s views on its application to become a foundation Trust. Read
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British pop rapper Tinchy Stryder to headline Wirral Festival
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
BRITISH rapper Tinchy Stryder is to headline the first major music festival due to be held in Wirral over the late May bank holiday weekend. Read
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Award for Newton-Le-Willows swimming club
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
A MERSEYSIDE swimming club has received a Swim 21 certificate marking it out as a professional, quality club, who can help athletes reach their full potential. Read
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Homeless exhibition puts Liverpool in focus
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
A PHOTOGRAPHY exhibition with a difference has showcased amateur talent in Sefton Park. Read
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A rose by any other name would smell as sweet . . .
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
AN ESTIMATED 1bn red roses will be cut and sold this Valentine’s Day, but a city restaurant is doing its bit to encourage its diners to nurture and not cut their flowers in full bloom. Read
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Reuse and recycle at Liverpool's Bluecoat this Valentine’s Day
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
VALENTINE’S gifts don’t need to be bad news for the environment, provided you opt for a sustainable approach. Read
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Victims’ families in Facebook meeting
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
FAMILIES of violent crime victims will meet politicians and Facebook executives this week to urge action over prisoners posting messages online from inside their cells. Read
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‘Afghan death toll is sad – but we can’t let the Taliban back in’
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
FALKLANDS veteran Simon Weston spoke of his sadness that the Afghanistan death toll had equalled that of the 1982 conflict. Read
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‘We must hold our resolve for the national security of the UK’
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
BRITAIN must hold its resolve in Afghanistan, the Defence Secretary insisted, as the UK death toll equalled that of the Falklands War. Read
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Operation Moshtarak: How the troops hope to drive the Taliban out
Feb 09 2010 | Liverpool News
WHERE is Marjah? Read
