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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 31, 2005
500 Jobs on the Way; Pounds 17.8m Hi-Tech Centre Opens Door to First Tenants
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Byline: By DAVID JONES FIVE hundred jobs will be created in technology companies with the opening of a pounds 17.8m hi-tech centre in North Wales. The Centre for Advanced Software Technology (CAST) at Parc Menai, Bangor, is to become a hub for...
Apprenticeship Drop-Outs a Major Cause for Concern
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Byline: Matt Johnson TEACHERS, pupils, their parents and a whole raft of "experts" have all added their two pence worth to the annual debate on examination standards. Yet again, more school students have obtained more passes at better grades...
Are You Ready to Be Big Winners
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Byline: By DAVID JONES MEDICAL diagnostics equipment manufacturer Euro/DPC is no stranger to the winner's podium at the Daily Post's Achievement Wales Business Awards. The Llanberis-based company last year scooped the award for Large Business...
Arts Diary: Dance Queen Jodie Is Living Her Dream; from Line Dancing to Strictly Ballroom Philip Key Talks to a Liverpool Dancer
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Byline: Philip Key JODIE BINSTEED was so excited she could not avoid the cliche: "Corny as it sounds, I am living my dream," she tells me. Jodie, 21, was in rehearsals for a new show Strictly Ballroom Dancing which opens a British tour at The...
Arts Diary: Portrait of the Peer as a Private Man Comes to Village Gallery
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Byline: Philip Key A PORTRAIT of Lord Leverhulme that sparked a row in the 1920s has been chosen as Painting of the Month for September at the Lady Lever Gallery, the art gallery the peer built to honour his wife. The painting was commissioned...
AS I SEE IT: Farmers and Small Food Producers See Their Hard Work Earn Pennies While Selling for Pounds
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Byline: WITH RICHARD VAUGHAN-DAVIES TESCO'S grand mission to conquer the world - or at least this country - continues apace. It is staggering to think that pounds 1 in every pounds 8 we spend goes into the tills of one company. Tesco is so far ahead...
ATHLETICS: Constantine Double Joy at Carmarthen Championships
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Byline: By GARETH HUGHES COLWYN Bay's Thomas Constantine wound up his sparkling season with two victories and one third place in the Welsh inter-regional track and field championships taking place in Carmarthen. The Eirias High School pupil was...
Benson"s Law
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Byline: NICKY BENSON An employee has told us that by law he is entitled to two weeks paid paternity leave. Our contract of employment allows him to take three days paid paternity leave. Do we have to increase this to two weeks Employees do have...
BNFL Subsidiary May Be Sold to Engineering Giant; Nuclear Clean-Up Business Could Go to Amec
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Byline: BY TONY McDONOUGH BRITISH Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) has refused to confirm reports that the Government is considering a pounds 2bn privatisation of its subsidiary BNG. However, Cheshire engineering giant Amec has confirmed that it would be...
Business Ideas Blossom for IT Security Experts; Tony MC Donough, Meets Sue Beesley, Managing Director of Network Defence
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Byline: Tony McDonough SUE BEESLEY hates being stuck behind a desk and would love to be working in the garden. Which is presumably why she runs an IT company. The 43-year-old is joint managing director of Newton-le-Willows-based Network Defence,...
Business Lunch: Time to Whet Our Whistles as Old Favourite Goes Upmarket with a Fresh New Makeover
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Byline: By BILL GLEESON THE Pig & Whistle on Chapel Street is an old favourite with many of my colleagues at the Daily Post. Plenty of them have fond memories of supping pints there. So, on noticing the pub has had a fresh lick of paint and...
BUSINESS PROFILE: Costner Inspiration for Supporting CAST; Business Correspondent David Jones Talks to a Key Figure in North Wales' Burgeoning Knowledge Economy
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Byline: David Jones NORTH Wales will soon have its own Field of Dreams. A place where, like Kevin Costner in the hit movie of that name, people can not just come up with hugely fascinating ideas but actually bring them to life. Unlike the...
Cancer Survivor's Train Trip of Thanks
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Byline: By DAVID GREENWOOD A WOMAN given a one in 10 chance of surviving cancer was last night planning a fund-raising event to mark beating the disease. Jennifer Horsford, from Holyhead, refused to undergo a major operation when doctors found...
Carry on Matron; Inspectors Find Hospital Standards Are Improved
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Byline: By CARL BUTLER A HEALTH watchdog yesterday demanded more power for matrons. Conditions had improved at mid Wales hospitals since Powys Local Health Board became the first in Wales to appoint matrons after 30 years. Each of its nine...
Commercial Boom
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Byline: BY TONY McDONOUGH INVESTOR appetite for UK commercial property remains strong with net capital flows of around pounds 30bn expected in 2005, according to a new study. DTZ's Money into Property report states a figure of pounds 30bn would...
Council Profits as Charity Deal Falls Through
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Byline: BY ANDY KELLY A FORMER bank building once intended to be the new home of the Big Issue in Liverpool is to be sold to a developer for more than three times the price the charity agreed. Liverpool City Council had been involved in long-running...
Cricket: Lancashire Delight as Attacking Efforts Are Rewarded
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Byline: BY DAVID CLOUGH LANCASHIRE will be delighted with their efforts on day one at the County Ground after reducing Northamptonshire to 280-9 after losing the toss on a good batting wicket. Martin Love and Bilal Shafayat looked to be making...
Cricket: Tremlett Ready; Jones Doubt Has Big Man Set to Step into Attack
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Byline: By MYLES HODGSON CHRIS TREMLETT is eager and ready to answer England's call if Simon Jones' injury fails to heal and forces the selectors into a dramatic change for the crunch final Ashes Test at The Oval. The 6ft 7in Hampshire seamer...
CRICKET Tremlett's Hoping His Chance Has Arrived
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Byline: BY MYLES HODGSON CHRIS TREMLETT is eager and ready to answer England's call if Simon Jones's injury fails to heal and forces the selectors into a dramatic change for the crunch final Ashes Test at The Oval. The Hampshire seamer has waited...
Curbs Will Stoke Up Rural Prices; Demand for Councils to Relax Rules on Country Homes
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Byline: BY SOPHIE FREEMAN PROPERTY prices in rural areas could rise steeply over the next few years because of rules banning planning permission for new homes, it is claimed. Cheshire County Council and Chester City Council are being urged to...
Daily Post Comment: Time for Truth about Deepcut
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ONE day, possibly, the world will finally get to know the truth about what happened at the Deepcut Army barracks in Surrey between 1995 and 2002. But don't hold your breath waiting. Four young recruits, including 18-year-old Private Cheryl James...
Drunken Mob on Faenol Rampage; Police Called in after Complaints
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Byline: By DAVID GREENWOOD A NORTH Wales firefighter last night described how he had to call in the police to deal with a rampaging mob of boozed-up yobs at the Faenol Festival. Elfed Jones, 46, from Llangefni, who works at RAF Valley, said the...
Dylan JONES-EVANS: Planning Brings Rewards
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Byline: Dylan JONES-EVANS B ROWSING in the business section of a bookshop in Cardiff recently, I was amazed by the large number of books on strategy, although not one of them was geared towards the needs of the small firm sector. So what does...
EISTEDDFOTA: Heritage on Show at Disney
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Byline: with EMYR WILLIAMS LET'S forget the Eisteddfod scene in Wales for one week and focus our attention on Orlando in North America, where the stage is set at Disney's Contemporary Resort to welcome the North American Festival of Wales from tomorrow...
Football: Barton Is Poised to Keep Goal in Lex Trip; CYMRU ALLIANCE
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PLAYER-MANAGER Mike Barton may include himself in goal as Guilsfield gear up for a testing Cymru Alliance trip to Lex XI tonight. Craig Edwards returns after a three-match ban while Dave Jenks and Will Thomas may figure. Gresford Athletic entertain...
Football: Bruce Confident Little Can Inspire Tranmere's Season
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Byline: BY NICK HILTON Tranmere Correspondent ALEX BRUCE reckons the good times may just be beginning to roll in Tranmere's League One campaign - and for his own fortunes. The 20-year-old Birmingham City defender had to be patient this summer...
Football: Crouch Return as Barragan Strikes
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PETER CROUCH made his return from injury as Antonio Barragan's second-half strike ensured Liverpool Reserves picked up their first win of the season in the Barclays Premier Reserve League North at the Hawthorns last night. West Brom fielded a strong...
Football: Decision Delights Eriksson as Souness Revels in Finest Hour
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Byline: BY MARK BRADLEY SVEN-GORAN Eriksson backed Michael Owen to be a Newcastle goalscoring legend rather than a troubled "diva" as he insisted his pounds 17million move to St James' Park could give England an extra edge ahead of the World Cup...
Football: Eriksson Buoys Carragher after Terry Blow
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Byline: BY JOHN CURTIS SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON is bracing himself for the prospect of being without defensive lynchpin John Terry for the climax to England's World Cup qualifying campaign in October. The England coach has already had to rule the...
Football: Hartson Is Aware That Sven's Men Are Big Ask
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JOHN HARTSON believes Wales supporters will look at Saturday's match against England with revised expectations after the shake-up of the national team. New manager John Toshack has overhauled the Wales squad, and the team which lines up at the Millennium...
Football: It's Time to Get Them Back; England Defeat Survivor Davies Wants Wales to Forget Old Trafford Defeat
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Byline: By MARK CURRIE Chief Sports Writer talking to Simon Davies EVERTON'S Simon Davies has a point to prove against England on Saturday as Wales bid to wipe away the bitter memory of their World Cup humiliation nearly 12 months ago. A 2-0...
Football: Mackin Call-Up Allows Dragons to Cancel Match
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Byline: By CHRISTOPHER BEESLEY LEVI MACKIN'S call-up to the Wales Under-21 squad yesterday has enabled Wrexham to postpone Friday's scheduled League Two trip to Lincoln City. The Dragons now have three players on international duty with Mark...
Football: Moyes Can Bring Good Times Back - Davies
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Byline: BY MARK CURRIE WELSH international Simon Davies is backing his Everton manager David Moyes to bring the glory days back to Goodison Park. The 25-year old former Spurs midfielder, one of seven summer arrivals on the Blue half of Merseyside,...
Football: Moyes Can Lead Us into the Promised Land - Ace Davies
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Byline: By MARK CURRIE WALES international Simon Davies is backing his Everton boss David Moyes to bring the glory days back to Goodison Park. The 25-year-old former Spurs midfielder, one of seven summer arrivals on the Blue half of Merseyside,...
Football: Outcome No-One Had Predicted; How a Dream Reunion Went Sour for Owen and Liverpool
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Byline: IAN DOYLE LIVERPOOL yesterday proudly announced the arrival of a striker once courted by Manchester United. For many of their supporters, however, it wasn't quite the name they were anticipating. Of course, 19-year-old Ramon Calliste...
Football: Owen Sensation for Magpies; No Anfield Return for Michael as He Joins Geordie Strugglers in Surprise Deal
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Byline: By DAMIAN SPELLMAN ENGLAND striker Michael Owen will make his Premiership return with struggling Newcastle after the club pulled off their biggest transfer coup since landing Alan Shearer. Nine years after they invested a world record...
Football: Owen: Why I've Chosen Newcastle over Anfield; Striker Reveals How 'Growing Doubts' over Liverpool Deal Convinced Him to Go North
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Byline: BY IAN DOYLE MICHAEL OWEN last night admitted the uncertainty over Liverpool's late bid for his services persuaded him to join Newcastle United The 25-year-old, who will be unveiled at St James' Park at noon once the formalities have been...
Football: Strikers Hand Rhyl Fine Start to Season; WELSH PREMIER Airbus UK 1 Rhyl 2
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Byline: By JOHN BRIDGWATER RHYL clawed their way back from an early deficit to inflict the first Welsh Premier defeat of the season on the Wingmakers at Broughton last night. Making their first domestic appearance following their creditable Uefa...
Football: TOON RAIDER; Magpies Take the Michael from under Reds' Noses
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Byline: By IAN DOYLE MICHAEL OWEN yesterday agreed to join Newcastle after Liverpool refused to waver from their valuation of the striker The 25-year-old will be unveiled at St James' Park at noon today once the formalities have been completed on...
Football: Tosh Lifted by Terry 'S Withdrawal
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Byline: By JOHN CURTIS WALES boss John Toshack was given a boost last night when England star John Terry was forced to pull out of Saturday's World Cup showdown in Cardiff. England captain David Beckham also missed training yesterday, while Liverpool's...
Getting Green in Good Company; as a Water Company Pledges Millions to Eradicate Bad Smells in Bromborough, Kate Mansey Looks at the Struggle Still to Come for Merseyside's Dirtiest Firms
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Byline: Kate Mansey WATER firm United Utilities is set to spend pounds 4m on combating bad smells at its Bromborough water treatment plant. The pounds 4m will be spent on improving extraction, ducting and air-flow, building a sludge tanker-loading...
Glass Firm's Shares Surge on Rumours of Takeover; Trading Adds Pounds 90m to Value of Pilkington
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Byline: BY DAVID WINNING MORE than pounds 90m was added to the value of Pilkington yesterday on speculation that the glassmaker was attracting takeover interest. Around 15m shares in St Helens-based Pilkington had changed hands by mid-afternoon...
Good Evans; DJ Chris Thanks Caddy Natalie with Diamond Worth Pounds 10,000
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Byline: By GARETH HUGHES A NORTH Wales teenager was handed a pounds 10,000 diamond after helping DJ Chris Evans to victory in a star-studded charity golf tournament. Golf prodigy Natalie Harrison, from Rhuddlan, caddied for the ginger TV presenter...
Gossip
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DAVID WADE-SMITH obviously trying to bring a youthful vibrancy to his chairmanship of Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. One Daily Post reporter who contacted the businessman on his mobile phone on Bank Holiday Monday had great difficulty getting his...
Have Your Say: Steven Hunt, Managing Director of Steven Hunt & Associates
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THE engineering industry is at crisis point because of an extreme skills shortage and it is time to stop waiting for someone else to sort out the problem. I am the managing director of a Liverpool-based mechanical and electrical engineering consultancy...
Hi-Tech Deal Will Make the Mersey a Safer River; New Equipment Will Identify Ships and Help Prevent Collisions in the Irish Sea
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Byline: BY SOPHIE FREEMAN THE safety of ships entering and leaving the River Mersey is to be improved by technology providing on-screen information about each vessel as soon as it enters the waters. The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, which...
Hollywood under the Spotlight; Mike Chapple Meets the Merseyside Boy Who Turned His Childhood Dreams into a Glittering Career
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Byline: Mike Chapple AT THE age of 72, Philip French is the oldest and probably most respected film critic in national newspapers. His knowledge and genuine affection for the cinema know no bounds. This is reflected in his weekly column in...
Hospital Sets Up a 'Drunk Tank; Weekend Casualty Unit Will Treat City Centre Revellers
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Byline: BY SAM LISTER LIVERPOOL'S spiralling binge drinking culture has forced the city's biggest hospital to set up a mobile "drunk tank" to cope with out-of-control revellers. Around 60% of admissions at the Royal Liverpool's accident and emergency...
How Many People Did This Nurse Kill; Triple Murder Accused Found Dead at Home
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Byline: By DAVE HIGGENS A SENIOR nurse who has been found dead at home eight months before she was due to go on trial for the murder of three of her patients may have killed many more, police said yesterday. Anne Grigg-Booth, 52, was due to go...
Industrial Sector Confidence Grows; Most Firms Foresee Growth in Year Ahead
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Byline: By DAVID JONES A BUSINESS survey of companies in the industrial sector in the four counties of North West Wales has revealed a majority are confident of growth over the coming year. The survey of firms with between 11 and 250 employees...
Killer Arsonists 'Must Have Known Baby Was There; Evil Attackers Hunted after Fire Murder
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Byline: BY TOM WILKINSON RAIDERS who tied up a young mother before setting her house on fire must have known her baby son was in the same room, police said last night. Four-month-old Alexander Gallon died in the blaze at the house in Cowgate,...
Len Capeling: Always Seeing Red; Blues Cream of Crop Forever Anfield Bound
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Byline: Len Capeling DAVID MOYES does what Evertonians of a certain age have been doing for years and reaches for an unreach-able star. When Ian Rush became one of the greatest goalscorers the game has ever seen, those in Royal Blue remembered with...
Len Capeling: Four Boyhood Blues. S O Why Did They All Slip Away
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Byline: Len Capeling DAVID MOYES does what Evertonians of a certain age have been doing for years and reaches for an unreachable star. When Ian Rush became one of the greatest goalscorers the game has ever seen, those in Royal Blue remembered with...
Len Capeling: Sad Cisse Is a More Potent Weapon Than Slow Spaniard
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Byline: Len Capeling DJIBRIL CISSE cut a sad figure after Liverpool's 11th European trophy was duly captured in Monaco. Clearly distressed by rumours about his Anfield future, he found himself unable to revel in Liverpool's latest triumph. ...
Lennon's Scrawled Lyrics May Fetch Pounds 200,000; Classic Words on Back of Phone Bill
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Byline: BY SAM LISTER PHONE bill demanding pounds 12.15 from John Lennon will set back one of his fans at least pounds 200,000. The letter asking him to pay the outstanding amount has become one of the most expensive items to go under the hammer...
Letter: Transport Hell
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Byline: J King, Liverpool L4 HAVING recently returned from a holiday in Switzerland, where I travelled on the public transport system, I should warn readers that the experience can be somewhat traumatic. Here are a few points that prospective...
Lloyd's Can Cope with Katrina Pay-Offs; Huge Hurricane Claims Likely
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Byline: BY SOPHIE FREEMAN AS HURRICANE Katrina swept through the US, Lloyd's, the world's oldest insurance market, last night said it was well-placed to deal with the catastrophic financial impact of the storms. The high winds and flooding left...
London Eye: Pioneers in the New Age of Tailormade Materials
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Byline: BY JOHN HEFFERNAN NEWS that the channel at Mostyn harbour is to be dredged to a depth of 2 metres below current chart levels so as to facilitate the export of wings for the new giant Airbus A380 9, is a reminder of just how useful smaller...
Market Is Stifled by Europe Again
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Byline: Bill Gleeson WHY is it no surprise that billions of pounds worth of Chinese manufactured textiles are languishing in warehouses around the European Union? Of course, it shouldn't be a surprise because, after all, the EU is a centre of...
Motoring: Big Cat Heralds New Dawn for Jaguar
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THIS is the car that Jaguar hopes will help it turn the corner. Jaguar sales in the UK are down by 20% this year as buyers turn to its German rivals from BMW, Audi and Mercedes Benz. Jaguar styling has been criticised as being too retro, typified...
Motoring: BIKES: Valentino Rossi - This Is Your Life, at Least So Far
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Byline: William Leece ASK a non-biking motorsport follower to name a top bike racer and the chances are that Valentino Rossi will the first name that comes to mind. It's not always been so. But the young Italian, still only in his mid-20s, has...
Motoring: Full Service History Janet Butler: Dreaming of a Lexus
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AS COMMERCIAL director for electronic manufacturing services procurement at Marconi, Janet Butler deals with overseas companies but she is also passionate about business closer to home. Born and bred in Liverpool, when Marconi was asked to nominate...
Motoring: Stately Korean Steals a Price March on Rivals; Val Jessop Drives the Latest Hyundai Sonata 2.4 V6 Saloon
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Byline: Val Jessop HYUNDAI have gone for the jugular. They have produced a large saloon with voluptuous curves which, from a distance, you could be forgiven for mistaking as hailing from the Honda or Audi design labs. Of course, it is deliberate,...
Motorway Chaos after Lorry Bursts into Flames
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RUSH hour motorists were last night warned to avoid one of Europe's busiest stretches of motorway after a lorry fire brought chaos. Thousands of drivers were snarled up in jams after the blaze in a lorry carrying hydrogen peroxide on the M25 in...
MR BROCKLEBANK: Planning Equality Equality
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IS IT not high time for sexual equality in planning projects? ("Yes," you collectively roar). After the feminist outrage in the 1970s over giving hurricanes and typhoons women's names (which suggested that irrational and freak behaviour was a female...
Murder Case Nurse 'May Have Killed More Patients
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Byline: BY DAVE HIGGENS A SENIOR nurse who has been found dead at home eight months before she was due to go on trial for the murder of three of her patients may have killed many more, police said yesterday. Anne Grigg-Booth, 52, was due to go...
New Fire Laws Will Cost Firms Thousands; ' It's All about Saving Money
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Byline: BY HOMA KHALEELI NEW fire laws could cost small businesses thousands of pounds as they plough through do-it-yourself risk assessments, according to a Cheshire-based business lobby group. New regulations put the financial burden of fire...
New Work Timetable in Fight to Save Tram Project
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Byline: BY ANDY KELLY SIR DAVID HENSHAW has written to organisations across the region requesting their views on the revised timetable for the delivery of Merseytram. The Liverpool council chief executive is canvassing opinion from both the public...
Obituary: Lord Fitt of Bell's Hill
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GERRY FITT - Baron Fitt of Bell's Hill, in the County of Down, as he became in 1983 - was elected to Westminster in 1966 as the Republican Labour member for West Belfast. He worked tirelessly through the late '60s to draw the attention of fellow MPs...
Oil Prices Reach New High of $70 a Barrel as Refineries Are Damaged
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OIL prices topped $70 US dollars a barrel yesterday as traders began to assess the hurricane damage at production and refining sites in the Gulf of Mexico. Crude oil for October delivery surged during the afternoon to reach a new high of $70.85,...
Parents Battle Doctors to Save Gravely Ill Daughter; Hospital Wants to Withhold Treatment from Woman, 30
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Byline: BY HELEN HUNT THE High Court is being asked to decide on whether a Liverpool hospital has the right to withhold treatment from a 30-year-old woman suffering from a rare genetic condition. Medics at the Walton Neurological Centre say Eileen...
Police Waiting on Deepcut Report
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Byline: By JOHN BINGHAM A POLICE force that investigated the deaths of four recruits at Deepcut army barracks is expecting a report into its own activities "shortly". Surrey Police Force is due to be handed within the next few days a report by...
Pounds 10bn Man Opens Pounds 25m Fund Office
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Byline: By DAVID JONES THE head of one of the UK's top wealth management companies has visited North Wales to open new offices for an associate company. Mike Wilson is chairman of St James's Place Capital, a FTSE 250 company that owns The St...
Pounds 50m Scheme Award; Pair Win Centre Contract
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Byline: BY JESSICA SHAUGHNESSY UNITED Utilities has awarded a pounds 50m contract to two companies to deliver the expansion of the Mersey Valley Processing Centre near Widnes. A consortium of AMEC, the Cheshire-based international project management...
Pounds 6m Bid for Laird Docks; Owner Considering Northwestern Offer
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Byline: BY TONY McDONOUGH NORTHWESTERN Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders has offered pounds 6m to buy the dry docks at the centre of its dispute with landlord Reddington Finance. News of the offer comes as the shipyard group prepares to vacate the...
Private Business: Beetham Organisation Cuts Losses to Pounds 600k
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THE Liverpool-based Beetham Organisation specialises in the construction of mainly residential skyscrapers. In Liverpool its Beetham Tower in Old Hall Street is now one the city's most striking landmarks and planning has been approved for a second...
Put Wales on the Menu; Recipe for Success Glyn Mon Hu Hes on Why Its Time We Pushed Our Produce
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Byline: Glyn Mon Huhes THE cork pops on a bottle of bubbly and another celebration is under way. Champagne always hits the spot when it comes to saying something special but, call any old sparkling wine by that name coveted and jealously protected...
Racing: Maraahel for Strensall Glory
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Byline: By ARGUS MARAAHEL looks a serious prospect to provide Sir Michael Stoute with back-to-back victories in the Group Three Strensall Stakes at York today. The four-year-old colt acquitted himself superbly in the Juddmonte International Stakes...
Rebates for People Opting out of State Pension Should Go Up by 25
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THE rebates paid to people who opt out of the State Second Pension need to be raised by at least 25%, says a consulting firm. Watson Wyatt said there was a good case for increasing the National Insurance rebates the Government gives to people who...
Row over Future of Tourism Workers
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Byline: BY LARRY NEILD THE fate of 35 tourism staff has prompted a dispute over a planned merger between the newly-opened 08 Place information centre and city centre tourism offices. The Mersey Partnership, which operates the tourism offices...
RUGBY LEAGUE Hooker Higham Poised for Saints Return against Leigh
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Byline: BY IAN LAYBOURN ST HELENS'S Great Britain hooker Mick Higham will play his first match for three months against relegated Leigh at Hilton Park on Sunday. The 24-year-old, who is understudy at Saints to Keiron Cunningham, has sat out the...
Rugby Union: Waterloo Bidding to March Onwards
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Byline: BY IAN HARGRAVES WATERLOO'S two outstanding coaches, Ian Aitchison and Phil Winstanley, are determined to continue the relentless upward march that has made their club one of the pre-season favourites for promotion into the First Division....
Still Enjoying a Life on the Ocean Wave; Laura Davis Meets the Man Behind Clipper Ventures, Who Is Sharing His Passion for Sailing with Other People
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Byline: Laura Davis IT WAS sheer determination and the poetry of a Liverpool-trained sailor that kept the former Merchant Navy officer going on the lonely voyage that was to make his name. When the only sounds were the wind in the sails and the...
Students Snap Up Degree Places; Liverpool's Universities Full after Record Admissions Rush
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Byline: BY HOMA KHALEELI LIVERPOOL'S two main universities have seen places on courses fill up in record time after students from across the country applied to study in the city through clearing. Education experts and students say Merseyside's...
Suspect in House Blaze Death Is Named; Man Was Former Partner of Victim
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Byline: BY JESSICA SHAUGHNESSY THE man who police suspect started the fire which killed his former partner and then himself has been named. An inquest into the death of Karl Andrew Hanson, 36, who died in intensive care over the weekend, was...
Tears as Plane Turns Back for Emergency Landing
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PLANE passengers landed at Liverpool John Lennon Airport yesterday after enduring a terrifying emergency landing in Belfast. As travellers left the plane, they spoke of their terror when they heard a loud bang and saw smoke coming from the wings...
Teenage Yobs Made People's Lives a Misery; Court Slaps Asbo on Three Tearaways
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Byline: By ROLAND HUGHES NEIGHBOURS terrorised by three teenage tearaways last night welcomed a court ban on the yobs. The three 16-year-olds made life "misery" for residents on a Mochdre estate, said a community leaders. Tomorrow the youths...
TENNIS Henman: I'll Bounce Back from My Annus Horribilis
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Byline: BY SAM PETERS TIM HENMAN'S miserable year continued with a first-round exit at the US Open but the British number one vowed to come back stronger from his latest setback. Henman was a semi-finalist at last year's US Open and French Open...
Tennis: Henman Vows to Bounce Back after Open Exit
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Byline: By ALAN EASEL TIM HENMAN'S miserable year continued with a first-round exit at the US Open but the British number one vowed to come back stronger from his latest setback. Henman was a semi-finalist at last year's US Open and French Open...
The Lifesavers; Human and Hi-Tech Combine to Save Girl
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Byline: By ROLAND HUGHES A 10-YEAR-OLD girl was saved from drowning in a North Wales swimming pool - by a new hi-tech computer. The girl sank 12ft to the bottom of the deep end at Bangor baths. The computerised system raised the alarm within...
The Pounds 10m Match; What Saturday's Wales V England Clash Will Earn Our Economy ... but Most of It Will Stay in Cardiff
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Byline: By IAN PARRI SATURDAY'S mouth watering World Cup qualifier between Wales and England will provide a cash bonanza of more than pounds 10m for the Welsh economy - although most of it will stay in Cardiff. And it'll help the perpetually cash-strapped...
Time Traveller: Let Us Take You Back to 1961
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JANUARY 1 The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, ceases to be legal tender in the United Kingdom JANUARY 20 John F Kennedy becomes President of the USA JANUARY 25 President Kennedy reveals the Soviet Union has freed the two surviving...
Top Ten Films - This Week
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"MY TOP ten films change almost every week, and I could list ten films by John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock or Billy Wilder, or 10 westerns, films noir or musicals at the drop of a blocker as they used to say, probably still do, on Merseyside. Anyway here...
Viewpoint: FEEDBACK
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Byline: WITH IAN PARRI TO some among us geography can be a bit of a mystery. Ask them the name of Albania's capital city, or enquire about where you'd find Ulan Bator, and you might spark off a splinter-strewn attack of head scratching. Few could...
Wake-Up Call to Employers
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Byline: BY LIAM CHRISTOPHER BRITAIN'S business leaders are failing to protect their employees in the wake of the London bombings, according to a new survey. Most directors have never asked their staff about how best to tackle terrorism and hardly...
Wales Should Call Time on New Drink Law; Fears over Health Risks of 24-Hour Opening
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Byline: By TOM BODDEN Welsh Affairs Correspondent ASSEMBLY bosses should block new laws allowing pub, clubs and off licences to stay open longer until binge drinking was under control, Tory chiefs urged yesterday. The liberalised licensing hours...
We Don't Want Police Merger; Watchdog Will Fight to Keep Force Local
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Byline: By CARL BUTLER A POLICE watchdog last night vowed to save the North Wales force. Home secretary Charles Clarke said he wanted to revamp the police service across Wales and England. North Wales Police, one of the smallest forces in...
Where There's Muck There's Brass; Wales' Dirty Ad Campaign
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Byline: By TOM BODDEN Welsh Affairs Correspondent WALES' name will be mud as part of a new advertisement campaign to attract 100,000 visitors. The Wales tourist board is mounting an autumn campaign to sell the country as an allyear round destination,...
Worst Natural Disaster in United States' History; Scores Killed by Hurricane Katrina
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Byline: BY VICTORIA WARD AN URGENT appeal for financial aid was made last night as the United States began to come to terms with the true extent of the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. In what could prove to be the worst natural disaster...
Yale's US Family Head Back Home for Reunion
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Byline: By CARL BUTLER THE descendants of a North Wales man who founded a top American university are heading back for a reunion in his home village. Elihu Yale used his 18th century East Indian Company fortune to bankroll the Ivy League college...
