Apr
2010
Articles from 1st Apr 2010
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Police and Trading Standards in mephedrone swoop at Chester shop
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
A LARGE quantity of the controversial legal high mephedrone has been seized following a raid at a shop in Chester. Read
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Merseyside railway stations get £500,000 upgrades
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
ALMOST £500,000 is being spent modernising three railway stations. Read
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Liverpool Council spends £100,000 to translate road signs in Chinese for Shanghai Expo
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
COUNCIL chiefs are to spend more than £100,000 translating city road signs into Chinese to mark Liverpool’s presence at the Shanghai Expo next month. Read
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Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols describes condom scheme as 'attractive'
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
THE Crosby-born Archbishop of Westminster appeared to soften the Catholic Church’s hard line image on contraception after he described arguments in favour of providing condoms in poor countries as “attractive”. Read
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Inquiry call after Liverpool mental health patient arrested over mother’s murder
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
A MAJOR inquiry was today demanded after a mentally-ill man was held on suspicion of killing his mother – six years after he killed his father. Read
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LDP Legal: We must remove taboo around death, says probate solicitor
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
We must plan the end, says probate solicitor Gaynor Lanceley, at Morecrofts Read
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LDP Legal: Maxwell Hodge sees in 50th year with radical management changes
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
MERSEYSIDE law firm Maxwell Hodge is embarking on a radical restructure in its 150th anniversary year. Read
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LDP Legal: Conveyancing specialist Keith Harper to deliver seminar at Liverpool Law Society
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL Law Society is hosting a seminar on developing conveyancing practices next week. Read
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LDP Legal: European court rules top Liverpool judge breached defendant’s human rights
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
A LIVERPOOL judge breached a defendant’s human rights, a European Court ruled this week. Read
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LDP Legal: Law Society pushes for frontline criminal lawyers to be more involved in decision making
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
FRONTLINE criminal lawyers could be called on by the Government for advice on how to reform the justice system, if Law Society proposals are taken on. Read
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Liverpool tops rich list for council staff earning £100,000 plus
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL council is at the top of a national league table of local authorities who pay senior staff more than £100,000 a year. Read
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Jon Venables won't be tried in secret, says home secretary Jack Straw
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
JON VENABLES will not be tried in secret if he is charged with the alleged offences for which he was sent back to prison, Jack Straw said. Read
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New Chester sheriff nominated
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
THE new Sheriff of Chester has been appointed and will take up her post in May. Read
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Unison express job concerns about new £451m Royal Liverpool Hospital
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
UNIONS have expressed concern about job security at Liverpool’s main hospital, after a £451m new-build project was given the go-ahead. Read
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An empty fire command centre in Warrington is costing more than £100,000 a month
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
A NEW “fire command centre” in Warrington – which stands idle, because of computer failures – is costing taxpayers more than £100,000 a month, a report by MPs reveals today. Read
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Chinese State Circus comes to Sefton Park
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
THE world premiere of the new Chinese State Circus production comes to the Big Top at Sefton Park this week. Read
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Liverpool council abandoned asylum seeker, says report
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
AN ASYLUM-SEEKING girl who fled forced prostitution and witchcraft in Cameroon was abandoned by Liverpool social workers who refused to believe she was only a child. Read
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Liverpool hopes to capitalise on Chinese tourism
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL is hoping to become a top destination for Chinese tourists following a visit to the city by a delegation of tourism industry figures from the country. Read
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Asylum case ‘Guilty-until-proven-innocent culture must change’, say experts
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
A LEADING asylum support network last night called for an end to a system in which the burden was on traumatised children to prove their age, rather than adult social workers. Read
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Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital doctor wins heart drug Dronedarone fight
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
A CAMPAIGN led by a Liverpool doctor to have a new heart drug available on the NHS has been won. Read
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Isle of Man college students to receive University of Chester degrees
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
A TIE-UP between the Isle of Man College and the University of Chester means students will be able to study for a wider range of courses without leaving the island. Read
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Harriet Harman pushes for Wirral Tory to go over “anti-gay” Facebook jibe
Apr 01 2010 | Liverpool News
LABOUR’S national deputy leader has joined calls for the Conservatives to kick out a councillor who made a homophobic remark on his Facebook page. Read
