Feb
2011
Articles from 17th Feb 2011
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BBC’s international TV industry event finds new home in Liverpool
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
AN ANNUAL international television showcase has chosen Liverpool as its new home. Read
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Tranmere Rovers in talks with US company over takeover
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
TRANMERE Rovers could follow Liverpool by becoming the second Merseyside football club to fall under the influence of American investors. Read
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Who are potential Tranmere Rovers owner Club 9 Sports?
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
US INVESTMENT company Club 9 Sports says its business is in advising, investing and operating in the sports entertainment and media industries. Read
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Navy ship frees pirates’ hostages
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
BRITISH sailors have freed five hostages who were held captive by Somali pirates for three months. Read
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Flybe pilots reject pay deal
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
PILOTS at budget airline Flybe, which has services from Liverpool to Isle of Man and Belfast, have rejected a deal on pay and conditions and could vote on industrial action if urgent talks fail to provide a breakthrough. Read
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Thousands of men and women in wedding dresses to run Liverpool race
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
THOUSANDS of men and women will run a 5k race in Liverpool– wearing wedding dresses. Read
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Tom Hicks and George Gillett court case result due today
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL FC’s former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett will today (THURS) find out whether they will be allowed to sue for damages over the sale of the club in the USA. Read
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Duchess of Cornwall Camilla takes on an Archers role
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
THE Duchess of Cornwall made a cameo appearance on BBC Radio 4’s edition of radio soap The Archers last night. Read
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Man-made warming linked to floods
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
MAN-MADE greenhouse gases have increased the risk of flooding in the UK, a groundbreaking report has claimed. Read
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Blood unit may be privatised
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
THE Department of Health is in talks about privatising part of the NHS blood service to make it more “commercially effective”. Read
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Wirral council’s ruling coalition accused of ‘gagging’ scrutiny of spending cuts
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
WIRRAL’S ruling Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition was accused of “gagging” the scrutiny of spending cuts by postponing meetings set up to examine them. Read
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Liverpool council braces itself for ‘worst cuts in living memory’
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
LIVERPOOL was today bracing itself for what are expected to be the most severe cutbacks the city council has ever had to make. Read
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Government spends nearly £180,000 chartering flights to Cairo to rescue stranded Britons
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
THE Government spent nearly £180,000 chartering two flights to rescue stranded Britons in Cairo, but only eight passengers have so far paid for their seats. Read
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Military pledge 'must be honoured’
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
THE Government should honour a pledge to define in law the Military Covenant, MPs were told. Read
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David Cameron offers hope to Crosby Coastguard station
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
DAVID CAMERON offered hope to campaigners fighting to save Crosby coastguard station yesterday, when he admitted ministers had yet to "prove" the case for any closures. Read
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Alder Hey Hospital heart unit set to expand after national cardiac review
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
ALDER Hey’s heart unit is set to expand, treating more patients and benefiting from investment, a cardiac care review decided last night. Read
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Fazakerley Hospital denies patient ‘eviction’ claims
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
THREE Merseyside hospitals denied they would use trespassing laws to evict numbers of vulnerable patients. Read
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Families pay tributes to tragic blaze-death soldiers
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
TRIBUTES have been paid to two soldiers killed in a fire at Camp Bastion, in Afghanistan. Read
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Long-running Quiggins legal battle ends in £1,560 payout
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
FORMER Liverpool retail centre Quiggins was last night ordered to pay £1,560 to a member of the team who battled unsuccessfully to save it. Read
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Suitcase body partner quizzed
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
POLICE are continuing to question a man after a 30-year-old woman was found dead in the garage of her house, weeks after she was last seen by relatives. Read
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Fury over plans to introduce same-sex unions in church
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
CONTROVERSIAL plans to allow same-sex couples to “marry” in church face furious opposition from leading Christian groups. Read
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Two-billionth Uncle Joe's Mint Ball rolls of production line in Wigan
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
THE two-billionth Uncle Joe’s Mint Ball has rolled off the production line in the Lancashire town where it all began more than a century ago. Read
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Former Everton FC player Paul Gascoigne: I’ll pay tax debts
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
FORMER Everton star Paul Gascoigne promised at the High Court to pay off his debts to the taxman to avoid the threat of being made bankrupt. Read
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PM David Cameron hits out at sex offenders ruling
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
DAVID CAMERON said he was appalled the Government must reform the sex offenders register and put the rights of paedophiles and rapists above protecting the public. Read
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Ex-boxer Naseem Hamed fined
Feb 17 2011 | Liverpool News
FORMER world boxing champion Naseem Hamed was fined more than £1,000 after pleading guilty to driving offences after he drove following a lengthy ban without re-taking his test first. Read
