Jun
2010
Articles from 17th Jun 2010
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University funding plea to maintain UK’s wealth
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
UNIVERSITY funding for humanities subjects must be sustained if the UK is to keep its place on the world stage, the head of the British Academy said today. Such disciplines contribute to the UK’s health, wealth and international reputation, Sir Adam Roberts said. Read
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Watchdog backs sex lessons for five-year-olds
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
CHILDREN as young as five should be given lessons in sex and relationships, according to a health watchdog. Read
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Tributes to ’fearless’ Royal Marine from Warrington
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
TRIBUTES have been paid to a “selfless, brave and fearless” Royal Marine, from Warrington, who died in hospital in Britain after being injured in Afghanistan. Read
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Paris and Liverpool: what do they have in common?
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
AT FIRST glance, Paris and Liverpool make for unlikely twins. Read
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French president Nicolas Sarkozy looks to Liverpool to inspire regeneration of Paris
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy is looking to Liverpool for inspiration for a major regeneration of Paris. Read
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Labour councillors accused of handing out ‘jobs for the boys’ on Merseyside authority
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
LABOUR councillors were last night accused of carving up key positions on a Merseyside authority for themselves and cashing in thousands of pounds in the process. Read
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Liverpool children chauffeured in taxis to Camelot on annual trip
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
TAXI drivers set off in convoy from Liverpool with car-loads of children for their annual trip to Camelot yesterday. Read
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City of Culture bidders in Liverpool to make final presentations to judging panel
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
LEADERS of each of the four bidding teams hoping to be crowned the UK’s first City of Culture have been in Liverpool to make their final pitch. Read
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Changes planned for Cheshire leisure services
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
LEISURE facilities across west Cheshire could be taken over by a charitable trust. Read
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Bottle of whisky fetches £25,000
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
A RARE single malt has sold for just over £25,000, making it one of the world’s most expensive bottles of whisky, auctioneers say. Read
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Mersey projects in line for Prime Minister’s ‘best public building’ prize
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
THE Runcorn Bridge and a new university boiler house are in the running for a top Prime Ministerial architecture prize. Read
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You're dead, cancer patient told
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
A HEALTH trust has launched an investigation after a cancer patient was allegedly told he could not book a hospital appointment – because he was dead. Read
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Officials 'could not have foreseen Shannon abduction'
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
SOCIAL workers and other agencies which worked with Shannon Matthews’s family for 13 years could not have prevented her abduction by her own family, a report said last night. Read
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LIPA lends its expertise to tour guides at Liverpool FC
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
OFFICIALS at Liverpool FC have called in a top training team – to coach the Kop’s tour guides. Read
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George Osborne names head of banking commission
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
THE former head of the Office of Fair Trading will lead the coalition Government’s commission to examine the potential break-up of Britain’s biggest banks, Chancellor George Osborne said yesterday. Read
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Ex-Brookside star to join Hollyoaks
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
OVER The Rainbow contestant Stephanie Davis and former Brookside star Alex Fletcher are to join the cast of Hollyoaks as a new Liverpudlian family. Read
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LDP Legal: OFT warns of £40m executor bill
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
FAILING to shop around for will preparation and executor services could be costing consumers around £40m a year, the Office of Fair Trading warned yesterday. Read
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LDP Legal: Hill Dickinson planning third developers conference
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
HILL DICKINSON is holding its third developers conference at Chester Zoo. Read
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LDP Legal: Armstongs’ Ian Carruthers
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
Armstrongs’ Ian Carruthers warns against ditching health and safety laws Read
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LDP Legal: EAD closes suburb office in expansion u-turn
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
LAW firm EAD is closing its Old Swan office. Read
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LDP Legal: Barristers’ tough questioning “undermines” court evidence, Liverpool study finds
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
WITNESSES who are schooled in the way barristers are going to question them give more accurate court testimony, researchers in Liverpool have found. Read
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Cameron claims Labour grants to the North may have been ‘fiddled’
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
DAVID CAMERON sparked anger yesterday when he claimed a £1bn Labour aid fund to pump-prime vital new industries across the North had been “fiddled”. Read
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St Helen’s firm convicted of safety breaches in connection with the Buncefield oil explosion
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
A MERSEYSIDE company has been convicted of health and safety breaches in connection with the Buncefield oil depot explosion. Read
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Youth “hub” opens in Wirral
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
THE first of Wirral’s new and improved Youth Hubs has been launched in a fire station. Read
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Notorious Liverpool city centre eyesore starts to be demolished
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
AN EYESORE corner of Liverpool’s World Heritage Site is set to be transformed into an office block with space for 500 workers. Read
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Nature TV sofa sale
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
A TELEVISION star which has been familiar to viewers for six years is to be sold off to raise cash for charity – the BBC Springwatch sofa. Read
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Breast cancer survival rates ‘worse than Norway and Sweden’
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
ALMOST 1,000 deaths from advanced breast cancer could be prevented each year if England’s survival rates matched those in Norway and Sweden, research showed today. Read
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Entries invited for sand sculpture competition
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
A SAND sculpture competition and BBQ are being held in Wirral to kick off the summer’s activities. Read
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Liverpool Garston waste processing plant could save tax payers millions, according to firm behind the plans
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
MERSEYSIDE tax payers could save millions of pounds if a new hi-tech waste processing plant is given the go-ahead, a public inquiry heard. Read
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Liverpool Broadgreen Primary School pupils learn about British Lung Foundation anti smoking campaign
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
PRIMARY school pupils have been learning about the dangers of passive smoking. Read
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Talks in BA cabin crew row break down
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
TALKS aimed at resolving the British Airways cabin crew dispute have ended without agreement. Read
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Dismay as EU rejects ‘traffic light’ food labelling
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
CONSUMER groups voiced dismay last night after Euro-MPs rejected the most popular form of food nutrition labelling – a “traffic-light” colour coding system already in wide use. Read
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Wirral Council blunder left family living in a caravan
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
WIRRAL Council is to pay out more than £5,000 in compensation after a blunder by planners led to a family living in a caravan for an extra year while they waited for their home to be built. Read
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North End writers summer song writing project
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
NORTH End Writers is holding its first songwriting project this summer. Read
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Lennon and McCartney auditions at the Royal Court, Liverpool
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
BUDDING John Lennons and Paul McCartneys took to the stage at Liverpool’s Royal Court for the chance to star in a musical about Lennon’s life. Read
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Ofsted’s new inspection system criticised for ‘creating failure’
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
THE new OFSTED inspection regime came under fire yesterday as figures showed almost half of schools were not giving pupils a good education. Read
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Former Everton FC star Paul Gascoigne to stay in hospital after crash
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
FORMER Everton and England footballer Paul Gascoigne, is expected to remain in hospital for several more days following a serious car crash, a hospital spokeswoman said last night. Read
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Report recommends reduction in drink-drive limit and random breath tests
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
A DRASTIC lowering of the legal drink-drive limit, random breath tests and possible permanent driving bans for persistent offenders were recommended yesterday in a Whitehall-commissioned report. Read
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Wicked musical celebrates £100m milestone
Jun 17 2010 | Liverpool News
SMASH hit musical Wicked has conjured up box office magic by grossing £100m in the UK. Read
