Articles...
Nov 12 2007
LIKE anyone who kicks a habit, the lesson of ‘all things in moderation’ is a valuable one to learn. And so it could now prove for Rafael Benitez, who fell off the rotation wagon on Saturday but dusted himself off to make the subtle changes that brought a first home Premier League win for more than two months....
Nov 9 2007
SMOKING, once taken for granted in all sections of society, is fast becoming the number one social taboo. After the smoking ban in public enclosed spaces was introduced in July, further measures have seen its sale being banned to under-18s....
Oct 30 2007
IT GOES without saying that contemporary visual art provokes a strong reaction, and so it has proved with the Liverpool Biennial festival....
Oct 29 2007
AT least it’s only Manchester City presently keeping Liverpool’s place in the top four warm for them....
Oct 29 2007
THE proposal to use the hard shoulder of the M62 during the rush-hour, to help ease problems of congestion, must certainly merit further investigation – even though safety campaigners have rightly raised their concerns about the potential hazards of such a move....
Oct 26 2007
TIM CAHILL’S scoring return may have been the headline-grabbing story from last night’s UEFA Cup clash with Larissa but an expectant Goodison Park crowd cheered just as loud before the game when it was announced that Mikel Arteta would be making his 100th appearance in an Everton jersey....
Oct 26 2007
IT IS a shameful league to top, but Liverpool has managed it. The city has the highest percentage of pensioners living without central heating in England, according to the latest government figures....
Oct 25 2007
MANY people will have been both surprised and dismayed at the attempt by a backbench MP to re- introduce so-called "safe standing areas" to top-flight matches....
Oct 24 2007
THE Cammell Laird name has had a chequered history during its long association with the town of Birkenhead. From its proud hey-day as a great shipbuilder in the last century, it fell on hard times before re-opening around the time of the new millennium....
Oct 23 2007
FOR many people, the logic behind the way the NHS spends the billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money that is lavished on it remains a mystery....
