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Jan 20 2008
FLOOD warnings for across Merseyside have been issued by the Met office for tonight and tomorrow....
Jan 19 2008
AN EXPLOSION in convictions for illegally carrying knives and other offensive weapons in the region is revealed in new government figures....
Nov 7 2007
PLANS to axe 65 post offices in Merseyside and Cheshire were yesterday met with protests and predictions the move would be disastrous for customers....
Nov 5 2007
THE drinks industry last night belatedly hit back at calls on Merseyside for a ban on alcohol licences in area where binge boozing is a problem, branding the idea “barmy”....
Nov 5 2007
ALEX SALMOND wants a referendum to determine whether the Scots want indepen-dence, while Tory leader David Cameron calls for a ban on Scottish MPs from voting on issues that affect only England. Both moves will, some say, pave the way for a Disunited Kingdom, a break-up of a nation formed over 300 years ago....
Oct 22 2007
HEADTEACHERS on Merseyside have been handed the power to exclude children for their first offence as councils and the government try to clamp down on bad behaviour in the classroom....
Oct 19 2007
ARRESTS of Merseyside football supporters fell sharply last season, while hooliganism was on the rise again across the rest of the country....
Oct 15 2007
A CITY council investigation of finances at schools believed to be putting too much cash into savings accounts is expected to take at least four months....
Sep 4 2007
HEALTH experts say they are confident more children are taking up exercise, after research showed just a fifth of Merseyside’s youngsters are doing enough to ward off obesity....
Sep 1 2007
AN EXTRA 48 Merseyside police officers will carry controversial Taser stun guns under changes being introduced today....