May
2010
Articles from 7th May 2010
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Election 2010: Luciana Berger wins in Liverpool Wavertree as Merseyside Labour bucks trend
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
LABOUR'S Luciana Berger overwhelmingly crushed the Liberal Democrats in the key seat of Liverpool Wavertree increasing the party's majority by 2,000. Read
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Election 2010 in pictures - elation for some and despair for others as results emerge
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
Elation for some and despair for others as the results begin to emerge through the night Read
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Labour's Bill Esterson's convincing win in Sefton Central
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
LABOUR’S Bill Esterson romped to a convincing victory in the new Sefton Central seat. Read
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Election 2010 in pictures - locations throughout the region gear up for results
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
Locations throughout the region gear up for the results Read
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Labour's Stephen Twigg wins West Derby seat
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
LABOUR’S ‘giant killer’ Stephen Twigg was returned to parliament after winning a solid 52% majority in West Derby. Read
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Merseyside results from General election
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
Liverpool Read
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Election 2010: Angela Eagle holds Wallasey
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
SITTING Wallasey MP Angela Eagle last night held her seat, despite a massive campaign across the constituency by the Conservatives. Read
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General election 2010: Wirral West, Tory Esther in Poll Position
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
THE Conservatives looked to be narrowly ahead as counting finally got under way in Wirral West in the early hours. Read
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Election 2010: Labour’s Joe Benton holds Bootle
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
LABOUR’S Joe Benton defended his Bootle seat 20 years after he first became an MP. Read
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Election 2010: Stephen O’Brien holds Eddisbury for the Conservatives
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
A SMILING Stephen O’Brien celebrated with party colleagues after retaining his Eddisbury seat with a huge majority of more than 13,000. Read
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Election 2010: Stephen Moseley wins Chester for the Conservatives
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
STEPHEN MOSLEY is Chester’s new MP for the Conservatives, after winning nearly 19,000 votes in the General Election. Read
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Election 2010: Still no result in Sefton Central
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
CANDIDATES in Sefton Central were last night hoping a potentially huge voter turnout would prove decisive in their race for Westminster. Read
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Warrington South: Marginal seat targeted by the Conservatives
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
ALL eyes were on Warrington South last night as the marginal seat was targeted by the Conservatives. Read
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Election 2010: George Howarth holds Knowsley for Labour
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
LABOUR’S George Howarth romped home to victory in the newly-created Knowsley constituency and told the BNP voters had “rejected bigotry”. Read
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Election 2010: Tories to win but Lib-Dems will hold balance of power
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
THE Conservatives were on track to win the General Election this morning – but an overall majority appeared out of David Cameron’s grasp. Read
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Hung Parliament likeliest outcome of knife-edge election
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
DAVID CAMERON is facing days of wrangling before he can claim the keys to No 10. Read
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Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage speaks of lucky escape from plane crash
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
FORMER Ukip leader Nigel Farage last night spoke about his “miraculous escape” from a light plane crash after an election stunt went dramatically wrong. Read
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Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson loses seat in east Belfast
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
NORTHERN Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson sensationally lost his seat in east Belfast early today. Read
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Liverpool polling chaos as nation heads for a hung Parliament
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
HUNDREDS of angry voters faced election chaos last night as polling stations in the key Liverpool marginal seat of Wavertree ran out of poll forms. Read
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Election register chaos hits Chester
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
HUNDREDS of Chester voters were potentially denied their right to vote after polling stations did not have an up-to-date electoral register. Read
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Warrington North: Labour expecting to hold on to its safe seat
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
LABOUR was expecting to hold on to its seat in Warrington North. Read
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Election 2010: Conservatives eye Warrington South
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
ALL eyes were on Warrington South last night as the marginal seat was targeted by the Conservatives. Read
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Labour expected to hold Liverpool Riverside
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
LABOUR appeared to be on course to retain the safe seat of Liverpool Riverside. Read
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Ex Lord Mayor Steve Rotheram expected to take Liverpool Walton
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
THE rock-solid Labour constituency of Walton looked almost certain to be held by the party. Read
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Election 2010: Lib Dems confident of decent show in Garston and Halewood
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT candidate Paula Keaveney said she was confident as she awaited the result at last night’s count. Read
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General Election: Surge in votes causes delay in Birkenhead count
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
A LAST-MINUTE surge in postal votes caused a delay at the Birkenhead election count last night. Read
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Stephen Twigg on course to take Liverpool West Derby
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
LABOUR candidate Stephen Twigg last night looked set to become MP for Liverpool West Derby. Read
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General Election: Tories confident of Wirral South win
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
TURNOUT in Wirral South was the highest it has been since the 1997 General election with Conservative candidate Jeff Clarke confident of a win. Read
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Arena gig comic makes most of the big time
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
LOOKING back a year ago, when John Bishop was trying out material for this show in front of a handful in the city, putting on such a grand show at the Arena might have seemed incredibly ambitious. Read
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Council spent £200,000 on abandoned computer project
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL Council chiefs spent nearly £200,000 of taxpayers’ money on an ambitious project to develop a computer system which they have been forced to abandon. Read
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Rain fails to dampen spirits at Chester Races
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
GLAMOUR pusses outnumbered horses as thousands flocked to Chester Racecourse for Boodles Ladies Day. Read
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Police disappointed by criticism of Claudia Lawrence inquiry
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
THE police force investigating the suspected murder of missing chef Claudia Lawrence said it was disappointed by criticisms about the “thorough, professional and challenging” inquiry. Read
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Mankey Monkeys go under the hammer for Alder Hey charity appeal
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL’S latest public art extravaganza succeeded in raising more than £7,000 at a charity auction for the Alder Hey Imagine appeal. Read
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Liverpool’s Light Night of cultural events will be biggest in UK
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL’S cultural venues are keeping their doors open into the night next Friday, as part of a European-wide celebration of the arts. Read
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New Mersey dredger named at Liverpool Cruise Terminal
May 07 2010 | Liverpool News
PEEL Ports pushed out the boat at the naming of its new dredger Shoalway, at Liverpool Cruise Terminal. Read
