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Comment: Liverpool dons Cultural crown

NEARLY everyone has remarked on how successful Liverpool’s year as Capital of Culture has been. But it is good to see those comments backed up by hard evidence. Read

Comment: Outbreak should not have been kept secret

THE fact that vulnerable people, whose wellbeing was the responsibility of a local authority, were at risk of exposure to the deadly Legionella bacteria, is a worrying one. Read

Comment: Crucial to keep people informed

IT SHOULD come as no surprise to anyone that the future plans for policing on Wirral have come under scrutiny from local politicians. Read

Comment: Barclays jobs boost for region

THERE is some good news today from one of the UK’s banks: Barclays is bucking the trend and bringing a jobs boost to Merseyside. Read

Comment: Rent dodgers must pay price

THE economy is casting a long shadow over the property market. As the Daily Post revealed yesterday, house sales figures have fallen by almost half, with experts unable to predict when the trend is likely to end. Read

Comment: Trams return to city agenda

TODAY we reveal that plans for a tram system for Liverpool are set to return to promin-ence on the city region’s political agenda, some three years after the Merseytram project was shamefully dropped by the Government. Read

Comment: Why Liverpool One will win

TODAY’S eagerly awaited grand opening of the second phase of Liverpool One comes at a difficult moment in some ways, with the financial world in a state of confusion and chaos over the ongoing credit crunch crisis. Read

Comment: Is council tax plan realistic?

SHADOW Chancellor George Osborne managed to pull a rabbit out of the hat at the Tory party conference in Birmingham yesterday, by unveiling plans that could freeze council tax bills for millions of families for two years. Read

Comment: Liverpool can stage a Capital show

FOLLOWING on from an exciting, crowd-pulling Spider or two, Liverpool can now boast that Capital of Culture year has also lured pop superstar Beyoncé Knowles. No-one could ever possibly claim that the city’s year in the spotlight has been short on variety. Read

Comment: Is city academy playing fair on expulsions?

THE expulsion figures for Liverpool are nothing short of astonishing. Is it really acceptable that just one seat of learning – a flagship academy, to boot – can account for nearly a quarter of all pupil expulsions in the city? Read

Comment: Effort needed on health figures

HOW you view the latest health figures for Merseyside will depend on which side of the River Mersey you live or work on. Read

Comment: Welcome spur for homes sales

FIRST-TIME buyers have been among the most prominent victims of the latest “boom and bust” economic cycle. When house prices were soaring, the cost of a home became prohibitive. Now, in the middle of a credit crunch, affordable mortgages are extremely hard to come by. Read

Comment: We can all watch our water use

THE idea that areas of Liverpool have such low water pressure that fire fighters may find their efforts compromised is extremely worrying. Read

Comment: Tough challenge for our schools

SCHOOLS in Merseyside and Cheshire are facing a funding crisis because of declining pupil numbers. This means that schools are left with less cash in their coffers, with the consequence that they are unable to pay for the number of teachers they need. Read

Comment: DNA database safeguards vital

THE security of one’s personal information has become a hot political issue, both in terms of the Government’s plans for a national ID card scheme, and the regular reports of security lapses. Read

Comment: City no place for ‘hard man’ bouncer outrage

THE news that a bunch of lantern-jawed nightclub bouncers are rolling into Liverpool to slug it out in a bid to discover which one is the toughest is as depressing as it is pathetic. Read

Comment: Willpower holds key to success

NO-ONE would dispute the fact that Liverpool’s citizens could, on the whole, be healthier. Years of poor showings in national league tables have only served to underline the sickly status of many residents. Read

Comment: Assurances vital on power plant

IT CAN come as no surprise that news of a controversial waste- fuelled £330m power plant, to be built near the banks of the Mersey, has gone down like a lead balloon in some quarters. Read

Comment: Bank collapse affects us all

YESTERDAY saw more shock waves billowing through the world’s financial markets with the collapse of the top US investment bank Lehman Brothers. Read

Comment: No place yet for soccer terraces

IT’S a fairly safe bet that many of those calling for the return of football stadium terraces, at the Lib-Dems’ conference in Bourne- mouth yesterday, are not regular visitors to their own local soccer clubs. Read

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