Articles...
Apr 11 2008
I COULD, if I wanted to, repeat a previous column today. Maybe the one following Roma in 2002, or Olympiakos in 2004. The obvious ones to repeat are the Chelsea games from 2005 and 2007, but I’m saving those for the end of the month....
Apr 10 2008
IF THERE is any truth in the phrase, "No pain, no gain", then Liverpool city centre traders must be in line for a period of prosperity like no other. The rebirth of the city has certainly been painful for those whose businesses were unfortunate enough to fall within the cone-zone of the Big Dig....
Apr 10 2008
THEY just keep on coming. Whatever it is that ties Liverpool so closely with the premier European club competition, there’s no sign that its magic is waning, as Anfield was witness to yet another night of delirious excitement, leaving shredded nerves and strained larynxes as its legacy....
Apr 9 2008
THERE are few subjects that prompt a bigger mailbag to the Liverpool Daily Post than planning. It is a subject that provokes strong opinions, especially when the proposals concern the city centre....
Apr 8 2008
LIVERPOOL already has one of the highest mortality rates from cancer in the country, with lung cancer accounting for just under a third of deaths every year....
Apr 7 2008
MANAGEMENT at Aintree were rightly congratulating themselves over the weekend, after a memorable three-day festival of racing concluded with yet another classic Grand National, watched by millions upon millions worldwide....
Mar 28 2008
THE latest figures on children’s alcohol consumption are about as worrying as they can get for parents. A detailed survey by the Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, shows a third of Merseyside youngsters – around 57,000 teenagers in the North West – binge drinking on a weekly basis....
Mar 27 2008
SO THE makers of the world’s cheapest car now own one of the most famous luxury marques on the road. Tata, the Indian firm that has brought us the £1,300 Tata Nano car, has sealed a £1bn deal with Ford for the sale of Land Rover and Jaguar....
Mar 26 2008
THE plan to replace the Royal Liverpool Hospital has been a protracted and, at times, controversial affair. And now, just when all seems settled, another dissenting voice has made itself heard....
Mar 25 2008
MANY patients will be shocked to learn that hundreds of records have gone missing from Merseyside’s hospitals and surgeries over the past two years....