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2010
Articles from 11th Mar 2010
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£6.5m Wirral hotel plans look on course to get green light
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
A MAJOR hotel revamp hoping to serve the Open golf market is likely to be approved by councillors in Wirral tonight. Read
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Minister admits training failings after death of Liverpool solider
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
MILITARY training was “not as good as it should have been” when a Liverpool man was one of four soldiers killed in Afghanistan in 2008, armed forces minister Bill Rammell admitted. Read
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Liverpool murder gang locked up for total of 123 years
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
A GANG who shot dead a cyclist from point-blank range have been jailed for a total of 123 years. Read
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Dad who was mistaken for Liverpool toddler James Bulger killer Jon Venables threatens legal action
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
A FATHER who lives in fear for his life, after being mistaken for murderer Jon Venables, has threatened Jack Straw with legal action. Read
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Liverpool arts leader named in UK’s top 50
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
THE Chief Executive of Liverpool’s DaDa – Disability and Deaf Arts – is in the top 50 of Women to Watch in the UK’s cultural and creative industries. Read
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Liverpool city council offers olive branch to Tesco in war over regeneration scheme
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL Council last night extended an olive branch to supermarket giants Tesco in a bid to resolve a bitter dispute over a key regeneration scheme. Read
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Merseyside Police in top 10 of force performance ratings
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
MERSEYSIDE Police have been ranked seventh out of 42 forces in annual performance assessments. Read
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Father of kidnapped boy returns home from Pakistan
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
THE father of a five-year-old Oldham boy held captive in Pakistan has returned to the UK, according to sources. Read
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Liverpool to London: Merseyside to be given hints of its high speed train network future
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
DETAILS of a multi-billion pound high-speed rail network, which could vastly speed up Liverpool’s link with London, are due to be announced today. Read
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Ancient shipwrecks found in Baltic Sea
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
A DOZEN centuries-old shipwrecks – some of them unusually well-preserved – were found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany. Read
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Wirral council cancels a quarter of parking tickets for motorists
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
A QUARTER of parking tickets handed out each year in Wirral are later cancelled by the authority, according to details released under the Freedom of Information Act. Read
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Liverpool tea party toasted William Gladstone’s 200th birthday
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
A GLITTERING celebration of William Gladstone’s bicentenial was held at Stanley Park’s Gladstone Conservatory last night. Read
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Club with a 125-year history
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
CHESTER Football Club was founded in 1885 as an amalgamation of Chester Rovers and Old King’s Scholars. In the early years of the previous century, the club moved to its much loved stadium in Sealand Road. This remained home for 84 years until the final game against Rotherham, in April, 1990. Read
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Chester City FC wound up at High Court hearing
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
CHESTER CITY were wound up in a High Court hearing in London yesterday. Read
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Upgrade works on Liverpool's Rice Lane cause road chaos
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
MORE traffic delays are expected around Rice Lane as road works are extended. Read
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Flickr pictures go on show at Daily Post exhibtion
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
MORE than 50 of the best pictures of Merseyside life, taken by the Daily Post’s Flickr photographers, have gone on display in a public exhibition. Read
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Watchdog raps Merseyside Police for failing to report that they had lost Facebook killer Peter Chapman
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
MERSEYSIDE Police were last night criticised for failing to contact the Independent Police Complaints Commission sooner over their handling of the disappearance of a serial sex attacker. Read
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Campaign launched for more home dialysis
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to increase the number of patients in Liverpool getting dialysis at home. Read
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LDP Legal: Safety review urged after corporate manslaughter sentencing guidelines toughened
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
A MERSEYSIDE law firm is urging businesses to review health and safety policies after new sentencing guidelines for corporate manslaughter came into force. Read
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LDP Legal: Brabners advises on £6.9m health park sale
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
BRABNERS Chaffe Street advised long-standing property developer client Charter Medical on a £6.9m disposal of its Leigh Health Park medical portfolio. Read
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LDP Legal: David Kirwan says the police wasted their time when they acted against his client
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
Solicitor David Kirwan says the police need to face the music on car radio case Read
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LDP Legal: CPS comes under fire
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
CRIMINALS are escaping justice because of a lack of organisation within the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), a judge said. Read
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LDP LEGAL: £25m of legal aid payments for solicitors will be delayed
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
TENS of millions of pounds of legal aid payments to solicitors due this month will be delayed, the Legal Services Commission said last night. Read
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Madeleine McCann’s mother will be taking part in a charity run on Saturday alongside other families whose loved ones have vanished
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
MADELEINE McCANN’S mother will be taking part in a charity run on Saturday alongside other families whose loved ones have vanished. Read
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I have the right character to lead UK recovery, Prime Minister Gordon Brown insists
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
GORDON BROWN set the stage for a May 6 election by announcing a pay freeze for top public servants and a Budget in two weeks’ time. Read
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Government pay freeze provokes union anger
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
THE Government was last night accused of “insulting” senior staff in the civil service, NHS and elsewhere in the public sector after the Prime Minister announced a pay freeze under moves to save £3bn in the next three years. Read
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Alistair Darling has little room to manoeuvre in pre-election budget
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
THE final Budget before this year’s general election will be the most difficult Alistair Darling has had to deliver as Chancellor. Read
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Mother's Day gift guide: Mum’s the word for special gifts
Mar 11 2010 | Liverpool News
FROM Paris with love... treat your mum to this romantic bath and bodycare range using the finest natural extracts made in the UK, but with a 'City of Love' theme. Serenite has a light floral fragrance made with refreshing white tea and subtle notes of rose, thyme, hyacinth and musk. Serenite range from £4.50 for the bath salt envelope, bath soak, £13.95 and perfume, £23.50, all by Bath House from Map, stockists 020 7687 4005 and www.mapgiftshop.com. Read
