Daily Post (Liverpool, England) back issues from October 2007:
Hundreds enthralled as power boats turn River Mersey into a race track.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... FULL STORY: PAGE 6 CAPTION(S): Power boat racers in action on the River Mersey over the weekend, as hundreds lined ...
Security scare as JLA intruder boards plane; EXCLUSIVE Investigation under way after man breaks through control point and sits on aircraft.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY CAROLINE INNES Daily Post Staff AN URGENT reviewof security has been launched at Liverpool's John Lennon Airport after a man walked on to the runway and boarded an empty plane. It is understood the incident took place at 6am on Saturday and involved an ...
Thousands of city council workers 'face health risks' EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY DAVID BARTLETT Daily Post Staff THOUSANDS of workers at Liverpool City Council have been left vulnerable to illness and injury, it emerged last night. The Health and Safety Executive has issued the local authority with an official notice to improve its ...
New smoking laws need to go further; Youth group urges tougher measures.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY ALAN WESTON Daily Post Staff A LIVERPOOL anti-tobacco youth group warned that the latest measures to stop young people buying tobacco did not go far enough. New legislation which came into force today makes it illegal to sell tobacco to anyone in England ...
Weakest Link presenter to divorce.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... TELEVISION presenter Anne Robinson is to divorce her husband John Penrose after 27 years of marriage. The couple are splitting on the grounds of irreconcilable differences and a decree nisi is expected next month. A spokesman for the pair said: "There is no-one else ...
IN BRIEF: Veteran DJs celebrate 40th anniversary.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... VOICES from the past returned to the BBC's airways yesterday to celebrate the 40th anniversaries of Radios 1, 2, 3 and 4. Veteran DJs Tony Blackburn and Paul Hollingdale, actor Stephen Fry and comedian Matt Lucas were among those joining the celebrations. The BBC ...
IN BRIEF: Death collision on motorway.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... ONE man died and two other people suffered serious injuries when a car believed to be travelling the wrong way along a motorway collided with another vehicle. The crash happened between Junctions 40 and 41 of the ...
Big names unite to give something back to city; Liverpool's finest enjoy dazzling ball.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY ALAN WESTON Daily Post Staff STARS and celebrities joined some of the biggest names in the property industry for one of Liverpool's richest-ever charity balls. Wayne Rooney's fiancee Coleen McLoughlin was guest of honour at the Liverpool Property Aid ball, ...
Stalker makes my life hell, says Merseyside model.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... MERSEYSIDE model Danielle Lloyd last night revealed her life is being made hell by a stalker who has bombarded her with silent phone calls and emails. The 23-year-old, who has now alerted police, said she had even moved home in an attempt to stop the intrusion into her life. ...
Hunt for drive-by shooting gunman.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A DRIVE-BY shooting took place in Liverpool city centre on the same weekend a city-wide anti-gun crime appeal in memory of Rhys Jones was launched. A man was seen leaning out of the window of a vehicle as it drove along Vauxhall Road firing a gun at another car, which was parked ...
1,000 voices for charity.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... MORE than 1,000 children have added their voices to a charity single recorded in the splendour of Liverpool Cathedral. Warchild will be released as a download tomorrow, with proceeds split between children in Africa and Merseyside charities. Youngsters from school ...
IN BRIEF: Body found in search for woman.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... POLICE searching for a woman who disappeared while walking her dog have discovered a body, officers said yesterday. Kelly Hyde, 24, was last seen with her whippet Scrappy leaving the Brynteg garage, ...
IN BRIEF: Bond actress dies, aged 80.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... LOIS MAXWELL, who found fame playing the James Bond movie character Miss Moneypenny has died, aged 80. The Canadian-born actress was described as "perfectly cast" in her role as the secret service secretary who had a thing for 007. Maxwell starred in 14 Bond films playing ...
IN BRIEF: Magic price.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A RARE set of Harry Potter books kept under lock and key in a police station sold for almost pounds 20,000 on an internet auction. The seven books, signed by JK Rowling, are believed to be one of only a few such sets in the ...
IN BRIEF: Premium prize.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... TWO Premium Bond holders have each won pounds 1m in October's double jackpot. The first winner is a man living in the London borough of Bexley. Bond number 117HY449711 was bought in October 2006, and the ...
Merseyside 'operations ban on fat patients' Surgery 'restricted', says TV show.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY JESSICA SHAUGHNESSY Daily Post Staff HEALTH chiefs in part of Merseyside are restricting operations to patients who are deemed to be too fat, it will be claimed tonight. Halton and St Helens Primary Care Trust is one of just 16 PCTs in England that have ...
Leap into void raises cash for charity.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... STAN BOARDMAN, Liverpool's Lady Mayoress, Hilary Clark, and council leader Warren Bradley all took a 200ft leap of faith for charity at the weekend. They abseiled off the Royal Liverpool Hospital. Joined by the hospital's chief executive, Talib Yaseen, and Ms Clark's ...
High schools to close.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... UP TO four high schools could be shut as part of a pounds 400m revamp of Liverpool's high schools, it has been claimed. Education chiefs warned they had no choice but to sacrifice some schools to ensure the Government comes up with the millions needed to rebuild and upgrade the ...
Hundreds thrill to Mersey powerboats spectadular; Local team misses out on podium place.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY JESSICA SHAUGHNESSY Daily Post Staff HUNDREDS of spectators looked on as Liverpool's first powerboat racing team narrowly missed winning a podium place on the Mersey. It looked like Team Williams would secure a trophy when one of its boats was powering ...
McCanns to answer 4O 'key' questions.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE parents of missing Madeleine McCann were last night waiting for police to ask them 40 "key" questions about the disappearance of their daughter. Liverpool-born Kate and Gerry McCann are said to be eagerly awaiting the quiz in a bid to end speculation about their involvement ...
Big Brother chatroom.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... SCHOOLCHILDREN in Liverpool will take part in a Big Brother-style diary room chat as part of a government consultation. The Time to Talk roadshow will visit schools in the city, asking children to use a video diary to record their thoughts on a wide range of issues. ...
BLOG OF THE DAY.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Latest pictures from the Pete Price book launch and the opening night of King Cotton ...
THE LATEST NEWS.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Keep up to date with the latest news from ...
MOST POPULAR.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... 1 Moyes puts faith in Yakubu-McFadden strike pairing 2 Steven Gerrard backs Rafael Benitez over rotation policy ...
Legends may play match for Rhys memorial; EXCLUSIVE Proceeds would go to community centre.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By DAVID BARTLETT Daily Post Staff A FOOTBALL match featuring legends of Everton FC and Liverpool FC could be held to help raise money for the Rhys Jones Memorial Fund. Representatives from the Fund are in talks with Everton about staging the match at Goodison ...
Facing up to Atlantic.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... FOUR British women are hoping to break two world records in an Atlantic rowing race - and take 25,000 people with them on the crossing. The Atlantic Angels are asking each supporter to post a photograph of themselves ...
Escaped chimp shot dead.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... AN INVESTIGATION is under way after a chimpanzee escaped from his enclosure at Whipsnade Zoo and was shot dead by his keepers. The Zoological Society of London, which runs the Bedfordshire tourist attraction, confirmed that the animal had been killed in the interests of public ...
Lessons in good health for pupils who walk to school; Crusade to beat jams and cut obesity.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY DAVID HIGGERSON Daily Post Staff THOUSANDS of children at 350 schools across Merseyside will this week take part in a new campaign aimed at encouraging them to walk to school. Organisers hope the region-wide project will lead to reduced road congestion at ...
Killer awaits appeal ruling.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE man convicted of the brutal killings of Lin and Megan Russell is waiting to hear whether Appeal Court judges will re-examine his case. Michael Stone, 46, is serving at least 25 years after twice being convicted of the hammer murders of Lin Russell and her daughter, Megan. ...
Wife's sea plunge.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A WOMAN died yesterday after falling overboard from a cruise liner just before docking at a British port. Police were alerted after reports of the woman going overboard from the Oceana cruise liner ...
Disabled would lose benefits if they turned down jobs.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... SICK and disabled people would be stripped of incapacity benefit if they refused to take a job, under new hardline Tory plans. Welfare-to-work programmes would also be privatised, as part of a package to offer pounds 1,600-a-year tax breaks for couples bringing up children. ...
We'll win a snap election, says Cameron; Pledge to abolish stamp duty on first homes.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY ROB MERRICK reporting from Blackpool DAVID CAMERON relaunched the Tories as the tax-cutting party yesterday, as he shrugged off dismal poll ratings to insist they were ready to fight - and win - a snap election. Opening the Conservative conference in ...
LIVERPOOL DAILY POST: Vital city service needs a shake-up.(Leaders)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A DISTINCT whiff of passing the buck and a culture of "not me, guv" pervades the story we run today about the shortcomings of Liverpool city council's occupational health service. Investigators from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently visited the council and found it ...
LIVERPOOL DAILY POST: Vigilance crucial.(Leaders)
Oct 01, 2007 ... AT A time when airports continue to be on high alert for terrorist threats, it is deeply worrying to hear about an incident at Liverpool John Lennon airport in which a man was able to breach security and board a ...
THE DAILY POST & YOU.(Leaders)
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE Daily Post strives at all times to be balanced, fair and accurate in its coverage. All its journalists have a duty to maintain the highest professional and ethical standards, as set out in the newspaper industry Code of Practice, which is designed both to protect the rights of the ...
Letter: Speeding is a serious offence.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Louise Baldock I READ with the interest the letter from motorist J Guinan, of Wavertree, who believes the police should be concentrating on "more serious matters" rather than catching speeders (Daily Post, September 28). I do not agree that speeding is not ...
Letter: A sad effort.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Alex Black AS A senior citizen, I would like to comment upon the letter from P Sinclair (Elder statesman, September 24) which praised Sir Menzies Campbell, the leader of the Liberal Democrat Party, and predicted thousands of over-50s will vote for him in the next general ...
Letter: Greatest asset.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: L McGrath BY BOOKING Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney for the European Capital of Culture, it seems that the Culture Company does at least recognise that The Beatles are Liverpool's greatest asset. However, might I suggest that the Culture Company ...
Letter: Cultural year.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: George Gibbons I REFER to the letter by Altu Collingwood (Daily Post, September 27). It is no surprise that someone employed and involved in our new city developments should try to bolster the Culture Company. The events that were "hi-jacked" by ...
Letter: No notice.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: P Mather FOR ALL the bluster about the fantastic line-up for 2008 with those old gems Macca and Ringo to star, it was intriguing to see how much attention the rest of the world paid to the unveiling. I didn't see a mention ...
Letter: Step aside.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Cllr Leah Fraser YOUR political correspondent Rob Merrick should be wary of Government promises to "review" closure plans for Remploy's Central Cutting Unit in Wallasey (Minister vetoes Remploy closures, Daily Post, September 26). Similar promises were made over the ...
Letter: Saving Remploy.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Mrs B Ellis I AM glad that the Government is to help save Remploy. Some 13 years ago, I bought a mattress in Birkenhead which has a label on it to show it had been made by people with ...
Letter: King Cotton fails.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Christine Jennings THE praise heaped on Jimmy McGovern and his King Cotton is a case of the Emperor's New Clothes. Why on Earth is no-one prepared to step forward and tell the truth? My husband and I left at the interval because we could stomach no more of ...
Letter: Severe sentences.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: A Green IT IS good to see that justice has caught up with four members of Liverpool's gang culture. But, in one case, "full" justice has not been done. One member, quote was jailed for 20 years. He will serve 10 years." This judicial hypocrisy in sentencing ...
Letter: Childhood values.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: K Williams I HAVE to say I found it quite sad to read that when Steven Gerrard met up with young children on Merseyside last week, all they wanted to know was how much he earned and whether he owned a ...
OBITUARY: Angela Lambert.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... SHE was perhaps a modern woman and she spoke of the benefits of the pill and equal opportunities; but, in her writing, her smile and her curious stare, there was an understanding of old manners confronting new circumstances, That feeling permeates her most famous novel, A Rather ...
THE DAILY POSTCARD.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... To order copies of pictures in the Daily Post, contact Photosales on 0151 472 2549 or 285 8414 CAPTION(S): ...
Legacy of 2008; LARRY NEILD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: LARRY NEILD SO, AFTER holding our collective breath, the culture people have finally unveiled their programme for 2008. Correct as ever, I predicted they would produce a satisfactory programme, and indeed they have. Will we all be raiding our piggy banks to rig ourselves ...
THOUGHT for the DAY.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... JESUS said: 'Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs" (Matthew 5:3). What did He mean? If we are poor and without the means of providing for ourselves, we depend on others to help us - the way children do. Therefore, if we are poor in spirit, we ...
Festival site land handover.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... EXTENSIVE plans to restore Liverpool's former garden festival site have taken a crucial step forward. Councillors agreed to hand over land next to the 67-acre site so developer Langtree McLean can start its pounds 250m scheme if it gets the final go-ahead from the Government. ...
Surgery causes division between Labour MPs; Split over greenbelt supersurgery.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY LIAM MURPHY Daily Post Staff TWO of Wirral's Labour MPs are at loggerheads over plans for a "supersurgery". Wirral Primary Care Trust wants to locate a doctors' surgery on the former Warrens Nursery site, in West Wirral. Objectors have fought a ...
Cold weather at Arctic drives geese south to Martin Mere.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A NATURE reserve is experiencing an early population boost thanks to foul weather in the Arctic Circle. Like millions of Britons who have headed to the Med in search of warmer weather after a bad summer, poor conditions in Iceland have sent thousands of Pink-footed Geese south ...
Plan to remove Edge Lane eyesores.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... PLANS to improve a retail park next to a key gateway into Liverpool have been submitted to planners. Isle of Man-based multi-millionaire Albert Gubay's Derwent Holdings, wants to initially concentrate on bulldozing part of ageing Edge Lane retail park, building seven new stores ...
Sports club demolished.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BULLDOZERS have moved in to demolish a former leisure centre to make room for Liverpool FC's new stadium. The Vernon Sangster sports centre closed earlier this year because its site is required for the new Liverpool ground in Stanley Park. The building, home to sports ...
Mersey lawyer battles for Northern Rock customers.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY JESSICA SHAUGHNESSY Daily Post Staff A MERSEYSIDE solicitor is leading a landmark case against troubled bank Northern Rock for the way it is treating customers in debt. Ron Hutcheon, a partner at Liverpool-based R James Hutcheon Solicitors, says the ...
Palm House hosts what could be the first of many glittering events.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A STARLIT ball which raised pounds 8,500 for a leading Liverpool cancer charity has provided the perfect springboard for similar events in the future, organisers said last night. The Midnight Garden Ball, held at Sefton Park Palm House, was a fundraising event for the Roy Castle ...
Potential bidders tour Ford's Halewood car plant.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BUYERS leading the race for Merseyside's Jaguar and Land Rover have been given tours of the Halewood car plant. Private equity group Terra Firma is understood to be the latest bidder considering a buyout, which would include the factory and its 2,400 staff. An ...
Britons hurt in bombing; International News.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... MALDIVES police arrested seven men allegedly involved in a bomb blast that wounded 12 foreign tourists, a government spokesman said, adding that police were pursuing other suspects. The nail-packed, home-made bomb was detonated outside the crowded Sultan Park in the capital, ...
Protesters dismiss Burmese 'gesture' International pressure on regime International News.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY SIMON BAKER Daily Post Correspondent BRITISH campaigners pushing for political change in Burma last night accused the country's oppressive regime of a "token" gesture in allowing a meeting between a United Nations envoy and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. ...
Hamas ceasefire call 'just a ploy' International News.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... HAMAS called last night for a temporary ceasefire with Israel, a possible indication of the growing pressure the Islamic group faces after months of isolation. Gaza's Hamas government "is ready to offer a truce at this time", Mohammed Awad, a senior Hamas official, told a Gaza ...
Carving out a niche for Liverpool; The great Italian Renaissance of the 15th century inspires a classical artist working today from an old shop in Bootle. David Charters reports.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: David Charters LAZY grass stretches and yawns to the whims of the breeze on the lawn of this garden, behind what was once the florist's shop, opposite the tall trees and glowering blackbirds in the town cemetery - on a road where wary, high-tailed cats prowl and ...
A rebirth of every form of art, literature and thought.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE Renaissance, or Rebirth, was a period of European history which lasted from the mid-15th century to the end of the 16th century. It was a revival of interest in classical Greek and Roman learning. Its development was helped by the fall of Constantinople, capital of the Holy ...
Drawing on a childhood steeped in the supernatural.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: PETER ELSON IS IT any surprise that novelist Susan Hill, whose ghost story, The Woman in Black, has enjoyed stupendous worldwide stage success, is attracted to supernatural tales? While staying with her maternal grandmother Bailey and assorted ageing female ...
ARTS DIARY: MUSIC Italian Reflections/Philharmonic Hall.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: GLYN MON HUGHES AS THE dismal summer fades away into the cold mists of autumn, how thoughtful of the Royal Liverpool Philhar-monic to put on a programme celebrating the sunnier climes of Italy. And what a varied programme, too. The dark mystery of Verdi's ...
ARTS DIARY: Excellent delivery saves Beatles film; FILM Across the Universe/Woolton Picture House.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY MIKE CHAPPLE Daily Post Staff THE concept of building the foundation of a film around Beatles classics performed by other artists has been tried before - to spectacularly disastrous effect. All This And World War II bombed (pun intended) at the box office ...