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Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
A daily newspaper and news website serving the cities of Liverpool and Merseyside, England. Stories cover local, state, and national events in politics, news, entertainment, culture, sports, and recreation, with selected stories included of international significance.
Articles from August 2, 2005
Abdullah Takes Saudi Crown on King's Death
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Byline: BY LIAM CHRISTOPHER Daily Post Correspondent SAUDI ARABIA'S ruler, King Fahd, died early yesterday in a Riyadh hospital and his brother, Crown Prince Abdullah, has been appointed the country's new monarch, the Saudi royal court announced...
Airbus Can Help Us Put Concorde Back in Air
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Byline: By MARK HOOKHAM Parliamentary Correspondent CONCORDE campaigners are appealing to North Wales aviation giant Airbus for help in restoring the supersonic airliner. The Save Concorde Group will hold a crunch meeting with the company this...
ARTS DIARY: Pics Pics with Everything at Green Days Cafe; Photographer Helps Create Gallery. Philip Key Reports
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Byline: Philip Key LIVERPOOL photographer John McDonald rather liked the cafe he discovered in the city's Lark Lane. 'It was very pleasant with nice music playing and I noticed a photograph on the wall. So I was immediately interested.' The...
Athletics: Athens Hero Sotherton Ready for Helsinki Test
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Byline: BY DAVID MARTIN A REVITALISED Kelly Sotherton is adamant she will come out firing on all cylinders when the World Championships heptathlon starts on Saturday. The Olympic bronze medallist believes she is in even better condition than...
Athletics: The Record Breakers
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Byline: By GARETH HUGHES RECORDS tumbled in the NJ Evans Dolgellau five-mile race, which attracted a quality field. Though Buckley's Clive West notched up yet another impressive victory he failed to beat Luke Northall's course record, but Birchfield's...
Ballroom Glitz; Hundreds Remember Happy Days at Restored Pier Show
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Byline: By ROLAND HUGHES A MAN who rescued a North Wales pier from dereliction yesterday vowed to keep the doors open to summer tourists. Steve Hunt spent two years renovating the 105-year-old Colwyn Bay pier after selling his home to buy it....
Changing Face of the Local; National Pub Writer of the Year Mike Chapple Reports on the Trend of Transforming Traditional Public Houses
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Byline: Mike Chapple DESPITE what the national statistics say about the demise of the public house no-one could deny that Liverpool is in love with its traditional boozers. Hence the interest - and sometimes abject outrage - when anyone decides...
COMMUNITY SPORT: One AC Who Did Win the Champions League This Year
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Byline: BY PETER GUY Daily Post Staff AC DYNAMOS under10s have completed an incredible season by being crowned Champions League winners in the Wirral Mini-Soccer League's Under-10s Champions League. The team won the Wirral Mini-Soccer League's...
Cricket: Cheshire Victory Would Turn U P Heat on Title Rivals
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Byline: BY NEIL GOULDING CHESHIRE have named a strong team ahead of what could prove to be a crucial home clash with Oxfordshire at Nantwich Cricket Club, which runs from Sunday (August 7-9). Andy Hall's team have given themselves a great chance...
Cricket: Collingwood Call-Up Covers 'All Bases
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Byline: BY JAMIE GARDNER ENGLAND hope they have 'covered all bases' by adding Paul Collingwood to the squad for the second npower Test against Australia at Edgbaston. Adverse weather in the Birmingham area - including a tornado last week - have...
Cricket: Hurt Spinner Giles Rounds on His Critics
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Byline: BY MYLES HODGSON ENGLAND spinner Ashley Giles has hit back at criticism that he is not worth a place in the team bidding to wrest the Ashes back from Australia. And as Michael Vaughan's men prepare for the second Test starting at Edgbaston...
Cricket: League Triumph over Liverpool
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Byline: BY MIKE TALBOT-BUTLER A STRONG all-round performance by the Murray Smith Cheshire County League enabled them to reverse recent results and beat the Littlewoods Gaming Liverpool Competition by 74 runs at Grappenhall on Sunday and reach the...
Cricket: Tourists Unlikely to Make Changes as Gillespie Impresses
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Byline: BY JOHN CURTIS RICKY PONTING has indicated that Australia will name an unchanged team for the second Test with England - despite Michael Kasprowicz's late attempt to force his way ahead of Jason Gillespie into the starting XI at Edgbaston...
David BANKS: Aled's Rant Is More Corporal Jones Than Lloyd George; WALES' MOST OUTSPOKEN AND CONTROVERSIAL COLUMNIST
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Byline: david BANKS AS contributions to political debate go, the one tapped out by Aled Cottle was hardly the most helpful. Wales has seen more than its fair share of great orators, men and women who were able to sway public opinion through the...
David BANKS: What Has This Englishman to Be Proud Of
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Byline: david BANKS AND talking of unhealthy contributions to debate, this missive recently arrived after a recent column. Now, I have to preface it with a health warning - I don't believe someone could be stupid enough to hold these views. ...
DAVID CHARTERS: That's Me in Pink Bermuda Shorts and Sun Hat
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Byline: DAVID CHARTERS 'DID you have a good break?" asked colleagues when I stumbled into the office, swollen-footed and short of breath, heather seeds still embedded in remote crevices of my being. Yes, indeed, I was returning from a week's...
Day That Shook the Earth I Walked; on Saturday the World Will Remember the 60th Anniversary of the Atom Bomb Exploding over Hiroshima. That Morning Brave Liverpool Man Was a Few Miles Away, Dressed in Rags. There Was a Terrible Flash and the Ground Trembled David Charters Reports
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Byline: David Charters THE day which would change the history of man began normally in the prison camp. Those who had died overnight were hauled from the grass-topped shelters for burial by four drained, stooped men, who stepped along, hollow-eyed,...
Death Crash Boy Racer Gets Sentence Cut; 'Any Mum Would Wish That He'd Died Instead
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Byline: By HYWEL TREWYN and GLYN BELLIS A GRIEVING mum whose son was killed when a laughing boy racer crashed his car yesterday watched as a judge slashed the seven-year sentence. Anthony Boyd, 20, of South Kinmel Street, Rhyl, must now serve...
Derek Flushed with Success over Toilet Seat Invention
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Byline: BY GRAHAM DAVIES Daily Post Staff EVERY parent must have experienced it. The children are fast asleep in bed when you suddenly feel the urge to answer a call of nature. Now you are faced with a dilemma - do you pull the flush and risk...
Don't Bother Cryin G - You Didn't Take Chance I Gave You; 13-Yr-Old Yob Breached Asbo Hours after Court
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Byline: By GARETH HUGHES A TINY tearaway caught breaching an anti-social behaviour order just 48 hours after he appeared in court was last night in local authority care. The 13-year-old wept as a district judge told him he faced a spell behind...
Don't Risk Missing out on Bryn Gala
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HIS week the Faenol Estate between Bangor and Caernarfon means only one thing: The National Eisteddfod. But when the Eisteddfod is over and before the excitement has even had a chance to die down, it will mean yet another brilliant celebration of music...
Do You Know Finest Family in N.Wales
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Byline: By ROLAND HUGHES ONE lucky North Wales family will be jetting around the world thanks to a glittering Daily Post competition. If you know anybody who deserves to be named the North Wales Family of the Year, then you can help. Or if...
Dynamic Firm Doubles Orders
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Byline: By DAVID JONES Business Correspondent VOICE and data communications specialist Total Network Solutions says sales growth has doubled so far this year. Order intake has grown month-onmonth from pounds 1.5m to pounds 3m, creating potential...
ERYRI2005: THE NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD COMES TO NORTH WALES : Results
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YESTERDAY Girls solo 12-16: 1. Alys Roberts, Criccieth; 2. Meinir Wyn Rees, Caernarfon; 3. Elen Williams, Cowbridge. Solo folk song under 12: 1. Caryl Medi, Maenclochog; 2. Steffan Rhys Hughes, Llandyrnog; 3. Lleucu Gwawr, Caernarfon. Solo recitation...
ERYRI2005: THE NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD COMES TO NORTH WALES : Support Your Local Festival; Archdruid Calls on Gorsedd to Back the Smaller Eisteddfodau
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Byline: By EMYR WILLIAMS THE new archdruid yesterday called on all Gorsedd members to turn out for their local eisteddfodau. Selwyn Iolen's comments came as he stood by his vow to only speak Welsh on the National Eisteddfod Maes at Y Faenol,...
Families Pay Tribute to Two Teenagers Killed in Crash
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Byline: BY LIAM CHRISTOPHER Daily Post Staff THE families of two teenagers killed in a car crash outside a school in Ellesmere Port have paid tribute to them. Craig Boulton, 18, of Deerwood Crescent in Little Sutton died at the scene of the crash...
Family's Shock at Car Crash Death of Soldier
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Byline: BY LIAM MURPHY Daily Post Staff A YOUNG soldier from Wirral died in a car crash after watching Liverpool's Champions League qualifying match against Welsh side TNS. Lance Corporal Paul Steven Charlesworth, 22, was described as a 'loving...
Football: Benitez: Criticism Shows We Are Threat
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Byline: BY IAN DOYLE RAFAEL BENITEZ believes his revitalised Liverpool have turned Jose Mourinho into a worried man. The Chelsea manager has been a con-stant critic of the European Cup holders ever since his team were beaten by the Anfield outfit...
Football: Benitez Mourinho Is Clearly Worried
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Byline: By IAN DOYLE RAFAEL BENITEZ believes his revitalised Liverpool have turned Jose Mourinho into a worried man. The Chelsea boss has been a constant critic of the European Cup holders since his team were beaten by the Anfield outfit in last...
Football: BLUES PLAN RAID FOR BAROS
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Byline: By IAN DOYLE EVERTON are considering an attempt to lure Milan Baros across Stanley Park to Goodison David Moyes has earmarked the shock transfer as he strives to solve his team's striking shortcomings ahead of next week's Champions League...
Football: Chelsea Face Fight for Essien, Warns Aulas
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Byline: BY ADRIAN CURTIS Daily Post Correspondent CHELSEA must battle it out with Manchester United and Arsenal for the services of Lyon midfielder Michael Essien, according to the French club's chairman Jean-Michel Aulas. The French champions...
Football: Fergie Leads Owen Race
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Byline: By ALAN EASEL RAFAEL BENITEZ last night ruled Liverpool out of the race to sign Michael Owen, leaving Manchester United in pole position to land the 25-year-old Real Madrid striker. The England international is expected to rejoin the...
Football: Ince Still Has a Big Role to Fill
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WOLVES midfielder Paul Ince will be hoping to inspire the team to promotion before retiring from the game, according to former Molineux striker Don Goodman. Ince intends to call an end to his playing career at the end of the new season and said...
Football: Little: Visa Hitch Won't Cost Whitmore Dear; Missed Training Can Be Caught Up on in Couple of Weeks - Manager
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Byline: ICK ILTON TRANMERE ROVERS manager Brian Little is confident Theo Whitmore should not have a heavy price to pay in football terms for missing out on the summer's pre-season preparations at Prenton Park. The Jamaican international's return...
Football: Liverpool Reap Rewards from Summer Rebuilding; UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFIER
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Byline: I AN OYLE RAFAEL BENITEZ believes Liverpool's positive pre-season is proof they are already reaping the rewards of his summer squad rebuilding. The European Cup holders continue the defence of their crown this evening when they entertain...
Football: Moyes Eyes Baros for Stanley Park Switch; Everton Manager Earmarks Liverpool Striker after Schalke Withdraw from Race
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Byline: BY IAN DOYLE Daily Post Staff EVERTON are considering an attempt to lure Milan Baros across Stanley Park to Goodison David Moyes has earmarked the shock transfer as he strives to solve his team's striking shortcomings ahead of next week's...
Football: Rhyl Reward Fans with Belle Vue Tie; Lilywhites to Hold Match at Own Ground
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Byline: By MARK CURRIE Chief Sports Writer Rhyl fans celebrate the Lilywhites' away-goals win over Lithuanian side Atlantas which set up a tie with Norwegian outfit Viking Stavanger WELSH Premier side Rhyl are rewarding their loyal fans by their...
Football: Sending-Off Results in Fine for City Defender
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Byline: BY NEIL TURNER Chester Correspondent CHESTER CITY have fined their left wing-back Abdul El Kholt i following his dismissal during the preseason friendly match at Blackpool last Saturday. The former Yeovil Town and Cambridge United player,...
Football: Smith's SOS for a Spare Keeper; Dragons' Urgent Appeal for Back-Up Ahead of Tonight's Prestigious Racecourse Friendly KEVIN RUSSELL TESTIMONIAL WREXHAM V MAN UTD TONIGHT 7.45PM
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Byline: By MARK CURRIE Chief Sports Writer WREXHAM tonight entertain a Manchester United side likely to include internationals Edwin Van der Sar, Gabriel Heinze, Phil Neville and Louis Saha in their final friendly match before kicking off the new...
Football: Summer of Toil Will Bring Us to Premiership Boil; Champions League Second Qualifying Round, Second Leg, Liverpool V FBK Kaunas, Anfield, Tonight, 7.45pm Benitez's Rafa-Lution Geared Up for Long Haul
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Byline: By IAN DOYLE RAFAEL BENITEZ believes Liverpool's positive pre-season is proof they are already reaping the rewards of his summer squad rebuilding. The European Cup holders continue the defence of their crown this evening when they entertain...
Football: Three-Way Battle for Lyon's Essien
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Byline: By ADRIAN CURTIS CHELSEA must battle it out with Manchester United and Arsenal for the services of Lyon midfielder Michael Essien, according to the French club's chairman Jean-Michel Aulas. The French champions have already rejected Chelsea's...
Get Your Camp of the Playing Fields; Travellers Ordered by Court to Quit School Site
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Byline: By CARL BUTLER TRAVELLERS were yesterday ordered by a court to quit their illegal camp on a North Wales school's playing fields. Flintshire taxpayers face a repair bill running into thousands, warned a Hawarden High School governor. ...
Golf Northwest: A Couple of Aces to Defy the Odds; Sue Follows Husband Yakub's Hit Show
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Byline: BY HAROLD BROUGH Golf Correspondent HE ODDS against a hole-in-one will always set the mathematicians a challenge. But the odds against a young couple securing one each inside a week at the same club would surely cause a calculator to blow...
Golf Northwest: AROUND THE CLUBS
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Local results and events LANCASHIRE UNION OF GOLF CLUBS Mixed age: Lancashire Boys 7 / 2 Yorkshire Boys 10 1 (at Bolton Golf Club) Foursomes: Burrows/Nixon lst to Best/Jewell 5&4; Doherty/Rabbich bt Butler/Maw 5&4; Wilson/Howard...
Golf Northwest: Bert Is Relishing His Charity Role
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Byline: BY HAROLD BROUGH Golf Correspondent W HEN Bert Dyson's nine-to-five working life came to an end he accepted the challenge from a casual remark at his golf club that with spare time he should take on some charity work, raising money to buy...
Golf Northwest: Capper Hooks a Notable Scalp on the Way to Final
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STEVEN CAPPER may have missed out on the ultimate success at the English Amateur Championship at Bromborough, but the Caldy player played some superb golf over the week. In the semi-finals he scored a notable upset, beating muchfancied fellow boy...
Golf Northwest: Hoylake Winners on Open Highway
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THE finalists in the2005 Hoylake Trophy took the chance to sample what lies in store for the world's best golfers next year when they competed over the famous links at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. In spite of rather thundery looking skies, the weather...
Golf Northwest: Waring Is Crowned English Champion; Bromborough Golfer Pips Wirral Rival Capper in Final
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Byline: BY RICHARD WILLIAMSON Daily Post Staff PAUL WARING found the perfect antidote to the disappointment of missing out on a place in the Walker Cup squad by being crowned the new English Amateur champion. The Bromborough golfer put a frustrating...
Golf: Wie Targets Men after Open Debut
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Byline: BY MARK GARROD Daily Post Correspondent TEENAGE sensation Michelle Wie made a pleasing debut in the Weetabix Women's British Open but she has already set her sights on playing in the men's event in the near future. The 15-year-old...
Government Warned over Ulster Army Cuts
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BRITISH government moves to disband units of the Royal Irish Regiment could further set back the return of the Northern Ireland Assembly, it was claimed last night. Democratic Unionist leader the Rev Ian Paisley sounded the warning after Northern...
Is This All Hot Air; No, This Woman Is REALLY Studying for Her PhD in Playing Invisible Guitar
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Byline: By STEVE BAGNALL A NORTH Wales rock chick is writing a doctorate - on the air guitar. Dance teacher Amanda Griffiths is studying the art of invisible rhythm and lead for a University of Salford PhD. It will take her another four-and-ahalf...
It's Time We Had Real Parliamen; Plaid Demands Power for Wales
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Byline: By TOM BODDEN Welsh Affairs Correspondent PLAID Cymru will today launch a petition to demand a 'real parliament' for Wales. The party's leadership will announce the campaign at the National Eisteddfod at Y Faenol, near Bangor. It coincides...
Knifed to Death; Victim Lost Friend in Tube Bombing
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Byline: By CAROLINE GAMMELL A FOOTBALL fan who was stabbed to death on a bus in a row with a young thug had recently consoled the family of a close friend killed in the King's Cross suicide bombing, it was revealed last night. Richard Whelan,...
LEGAL WEEK: CPS Closes Down Its Robbery Unit
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Byline: BY SARAH CHAPMAN Daily Post Staff THE Crown Prosecution Service's team of specialist robbery lawyers has moved out of the police station they have been based in for the past three years. From today, the Merseyside CPS robbery unit will...
London Market
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MONDAY. INVESTORS were in the money as upbeat results from HSBC put the FTSE 100 Index on course for a third week of gains. HSBC set a high bar for the remaining big three banking stocks to clear this week after unveiling a 5% improvement in profits...
Major Global Presence Lifts HSBC Profits to over Pounds 6bn
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Byline: BY LOUISA NESBITT Daily Post Correspondent BANKING giant HSBC yesterday said it had put more cash aside to cover problem debts as rising interest rates and the slower housing market took their toll on UK consumers. The worldwide group...
MARK LAWRENSON: Derby-Less Draw Still Real Deal for Moyes's Men
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Byline: MARK LAWRENSON I KNOW I said that getting Liverpool would be the worst draw for Everton - well, now I take it back. I watched Villarreal on several occasions last season and they will be very difficult to get past. This might send...
Mark Lawrenson: Oh No. Blues Draw the Spanish Arsenal; Villarreal Test Will Be Tough Euro Task
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Byline: Mark Lawrenson I KNOW I said that getting Liverpool would be the worst draw for Everton - well, now I take it back. I watched Villarreal on several occasions last season and they will be very difficult to get past. This might send...
MARK LAWRENSON: Owen May Wear Wrong Red
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Byline: MARK LAWRENSON TAKING logic and common sense into account, Liverpool's most pressing transfer priority is a centre-back. Apart from the impeccable Jamie Carragher, there is Sami Hyypia and at a push Djimi Traore, and while Zak Whitbread...
MBNAmoving into Loans Services Market
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Byline: BY BILL GLEESON Business Editor CHESTER based MBNA Europe Bank has acquired one of the UK's fastest growing financial services businesses, Loans.co.uk. Founded in 1997 with six people, Loans.co.uk employs over 400 people across its two...
Millionaire Who Killed Wife Gets Seven Years
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Byline: BY LIAM CHRISTOPHER Daily Post Correspondent MILLIONAIRE architect Michael Morton was jailed for seven years at the Old Bailey yesterday for killing his estranged wife who disappeared without trace eight years ago. Her body has never...
Motor Racing: Button's on His Own in Contract Wrangle
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Byline: BY ALASTAIR MOFFITT JENSON BUTTON has been told he must fight his contract battle with Williams on his own as BAR contemplate replacing both their drivers. Button wants to stay at BARHonda next season and is attempting to find a way out...
Murder Suspects May Be in Europe; Hunt Is on after Racist Killing
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Byline: By WILL BACHELOR AN international manhunt was under way last night for two men wanted in connection with the murder of black teenager Anthony Walker. The 18-year-old student was bludgeoned to death with an axe by a gang of racist thugs...
OBITUARY: Les Braid
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THE Beatles were introduced to the Cavern by a group which featured a 6ft 2ins former cabinet-maker on the bass guitar. For the Swinging Bluegenes had been the pioneers of what would later be known as the Mersey Sound, thumping out vaudevillian...
OUR MAN IN WESTMINSTER: Position of Power Power
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Byline: CHRIS MONCRIEFF WHATEVER anybody may say to the contrary, the Prime Minister and his wife are not singing from the same hymn sheet on the present terrorist crisis. Nobody can complain that Mrs Blair - or Ms Booth, as she prefers to call...
Out and About
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Young gardeners were thrilled to hear that their hard work had paid off when they won joint first place in the best school garden/best kept school held as part of Colwyn in Bloom. Pictured standing amongst their home grown tomatoes, peppers and aubergine...
People DETECTIVE: Do You Have Any Memories of Griff; BRINGING FAMILY AND FRIENDS TOGETHER
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Byline: Gill Whitley S IXTY years is a long time, but an 89-year-old gentleman is hoping some people from the Pwllheli/Portmadog areas will remember him. Griff Gleed Owen, who shares his birthday with the late Sir Winston Churchill, November 30,...
Racing: Edas Primed to Ease Home
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Byline: By ARGUS EDAS can bounce back to form for trainer Luca Cumani when he tackles a mile and a half for the first time at the seaside today. The three-year-old steps up from 10 furlongs for the totesport.com Brighton Challenge Cup and he...
RACIST KILLING: Is Racism on the Increase in City Proud of Its Tolerance
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THE murder of Anthony Walker is thought to be the first race-hate killing on Merseyside since the 1987 murder of student Roland Carmignole in Liverpool city centre. But is it indicative of a wider trend towards racism in a city which has long been...
RACIST KILLING: Police Name Two Men in Hunt for Axe Murderers; Public Show Unprecedented Support in Hunt for Killers Jessica Shaughnessy Reports
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Byline: Jessica Shaughnessy POLICE last night thanked the Merseyside public for an unprecedented show of support in trying to catch the killers of black teenager Anthony Walker. More than 50 'significant calls' from people with information has helped...
RACIST KILLING: United in Shock and Grief for Anthony; Hundreds Flock to Pay Their Respects. Jessica Shaughnessy Reports
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Byline: Jessica Shaughnessy MERSEYSIDE community has united in shock after the brutal murder of 'loving' Anthony Walker who was killed because of the colour of his skin. Hundreds of people descended on the entrance to McGoldrick Park, the scene...
RACIST KILLING: We Must Forgive Seventy Times Seven, Says Grief-Stricken Sister
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ANTHONY Walker's sister Dominique last night said she forgave her brother's killers. Quoting from the Bible she said. ' Seventy times seven we have to forgive', that's what Jesus said. So we have to, we have to forgive. 'For me, I know, it's...
Rallying Round
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Byline: By IAN JONES A BROTHER and sister team are rapidly hitting top gear as they make their mark within the rallying world. Driver Daniel Nieroda, 20, and his navigator Nicola, 17, both of Conwy, feel the understanding which exists between...
Rate Hikes Put Homes in Peril; 200 People in N.Wales Facing Mortgage Crisis
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Byline: By MARK HOOKHAM Parliamentary Correspondent MORE than 200 people in North Wales are on the brink of losing their homes as interest rate hikes began to bite. Mortgage lenders launched 221 repossession actions in county courts between April...
Reggae Night Murder Accused 'Was Dancing with a Friend
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A MAN accused of murdering a woman on a packed dance floor had his arms around a female friend when the shot was fired, a court heard today. Dwane Haughton, 29, nicknamed 'Vicious' by friends, spent the night of Natasha Derby's killing with Dominique...
Rush for Tickets to Star-Filled Festival; Faenol Up There with Top UK Summer Events
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Byline: By STEVE BAGNALL Elin Fflur on stage at last year's Faenol Festival ORGANISERS of the Faenol Festival last night said this year's event was on course to be the most successful ever. With four weeks still to go, almost 70% of tickets have...
Sailing: Light Wind Slows Up Regatta
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Byline: By ANDREW STRATTON PROGRESS was slow in Royal Dee Yacht Club Regatta at Beaumaris during the Menai Strait Fortnight yesterday. A short course was set because of the light variable breeze but even this had to be drastically reduced. ...
Sailing: Whittle Carves out Victory in Falcons
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Byline: BY ANDREW STRATTON PROGRESS was slow in the Royal Dee Yacht Club Regatta at Beaumaris during the Menai Strait Fortnight yesterday. A short course was set because of the light, variable breeze and even this had to be drastically reduced....
SOCIAL DIARY; A Week in the Nightlife of the North West
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Byline: with CAROLYN HUGHES ERSEYSIDE Special Investment Fund hosted a special VIP reception last Tuesday featuring networking guru Will Kintish. Leading business owners mingled over wine and canapes at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, while Will, accompanied...
Stab Victim 'Led Hunt for Tube Blast Friend
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A MAN stabbed to death on a bus in a row over thrown food consoled the family of a close friend killed in the King's Cross suicide bombing. Richard Whelan, 28, was repeatedly knifed as he returned home from a night out in Upper Street, north London,...
THE DEBATE: Are Skyscrapers Vital T the City's Regeneration - NO Dougal Paver, MD, Paver Downes and Co-Editor of Residential Review; We Can Reinvent Our City from Historic Buildings
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Byline: Dougal Paver EVERYBODY needs a misspent youth, if you want my opinion. A big chunk of mine was spent, respectively, in Barcelona and Dublin, two cities that demonstrate how the appeal of quality architecture can help sustain long-term...
THE DEBATE: Are Skyscrapers Vital T the City's Regeneration - YES John Elcock, Liverpoolbased Urban Consultant; It's an Amazing Place, but Not a Heritage Park
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Byline: John Elcock OF all UK cities, Liverpool can claim more than most to be the father of the skyscraper, with Peter Ellis's early work in Oriel Chambers (1864) influencing Burnham and Root's pioneering buildings later that century in Chicago....
The Trendy Way to Pool Your Favourite Read; Baths a Hot-Spot for 'Book Crossing
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Byline: By ROLAND HUGHES NORTH Wales book lovers are joining in the latest literary sensation by taking public reading to a new level. A new world-wide phenomenon, called bookcrossing, sees readers leave their favourite books in public places...
Tightrope-Walking Ants - Minus the Safety Net; Thousands Flock to See Museum's Amazing Colony of Leafcutters
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Byline: BY GRAHAM DAVIES Daily Post Staff OU have heard of a flea circus. Now meet Liverpool's tightrope-walking ants. These bugs, which live at World Museum Liverpool, get their breakfast by gingerly crawling along a piece of string. In fact,...
Trevor Peake: CLUB NEWS FROM AROUND THE REGION
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Byline: Trevor Peake ADAM PARTINGTON had rounds of 66-68 to win the Club Championship at CLAYS by two strokes from Daniel Williams, who had a pair of 68s with Andrew Evans (73-68) third. The Rowland Cup for best nett score went to Ernest Williams...
Trevor Peake: Edward Aims for Top Spot at Blackpool; Ace Hopes to Go One Better
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Byline: Trevor Peake SIMON EDWARDS leads a ninestrong Welsh contingent in the 146man field contesting the De Vere PGA North Region Championship over 54 holes starting at Heron's Reach in Blackpool today. The 34-year-old Wrexham-based professional,...
Two Held and One Charged over Failed Bomb Attacks
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Byline: BY LIAM CHRISTOPHER Daily Post Correspondent ARMED police investigating the failed July 21 bomb attacks arrested two men in London last night - hours after one suspect in Italy was charged with terrorist offences. The arrests were made...
Two Walk out in St George's Hall Row
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Byline: BY LARRY NEILD City Editor A DONATION from one of Liverpool's leading developers towards the redevelopment of St George's Hall could lead the public to suspect unfair practice, it was alleged last night. The claim was made by the very...
Viewpoint: Capital Eye
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Byline: TOM BODDEN IT may be fashionable for politicians to declare their allegiance to a football club. But few choose an unfashionable side outside the upper echelons of the sport's mega-rich hierarchy. One who is being rewarded for unstinting...
Viva: Help Your Guy Become a Real Smoothie; Abigail Hughes on the Ferrari of Male Grooming
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Byline: Abigail Hughes WHEN it comes to the complicated business of blokes and vanity, do not be fooled. They might profess not to give two hoots about their appearance - refusing to trade in their industrial bar of soap for a neat tube of facewash,...
Viva: It's like I'm a New Woman; Meet the Winner of Our '10 Years Younger in 10 Days' Competition
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Byline: By ABIGAIL HUGHES ERE is the winner of our fabulous competition to win a whopping pounds 500 worth of intensive beauty treatments at Pinky 2 beauty salon and Nikki Charls hairdresser to make one Viva! reader look 10 years younger in just...
Viva: Life LINE; SOLVING YOUR PROBLEMS
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We live in a quiet area and my son, who is eight, wants to go out and play in the park with his friends. I feel there should be an adult with them but he insists that none of the other mums go and he doesn't want to be the only one with a mum hanging...
Viva: Planesailing; Hannah Stephenson O Nwhy Long Hau Lneednt Be a Big Drag
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Byline: Hannah Stephenson AT the start of any holiday, the plane journey can set the tone - from checking in, t o seat allocation, upgrades and behaviour of cabin crew and fellow passengers. So, how can you be sure of getting the best out of your...
Why We Must Accept This Gift
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HE offer by the Beetham Organisation of pounds 200,000 towards the restoration costs of Liverpool's historic St George's Hall is beyond doubt both generous and altruistic. Beetham is a major developer which has profitably invested millions of pounds...
