Daily Post (Liverpool, England) back issues from November 2007:
The final countdown; With just 60 days until 2008, a clarion call goes out to Liverpool's business community today: You have a part to play in making Capital of Culture year a global hit.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY DAVID BARTLETT Daily Post Staff THE biggest-ever summit of Liverpool's top decision makers will today issue a "call to arms" to guarantee 2008 is a worldwide success. With just 60 days to go before the city is crowned European Capital of Culture, 300 of ...
Handshake on the road to Irish reconciliation; Face-to-face 14 years after bomb blast.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY ALAN WESTON Daily Post Staff IT WAS a sight that would have seemed impossible only a few years ago. Colin Parry, whose 12-year-old son Tim died as a result of an IRA bomb attack in Warrington in March 1993, last night shook hands with Gerry Adams, the man who was most ...
Man is cleared after 10 years' jail.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... A COACH party tour guide who was sentenced to an 18-year jail termafter being convicted involvement in a pounds 6 million drug smuggling plot was yesterday cleared at London's Appeal Court. Aleading judge acted after hearing of prosecution failures to disclose potentially ...
A dream come true.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... OSCAR winner Rachel Weisz will live "every little girl's dream" when she appears as Snow White in a series of new Disney images. ...
Businessmen's pounds 15m 'bank heist' outlined to jury.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... A GROUP of businessmen defrauded NatWest Bank out of more than pounds 15 million, a court heard yesterday. The money was transferred from a bank in St Helens, in five days between the end of April and early May 2004, Southwark Crown Court was told. Most of it was ...
Some of the major investments in Liverpool in preparation for 2008.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... pounds 3.9m in the Lime Street concourse refurbishment and new passenger facilities pounds 825,000 in underground station enhancements including new signs pounds 1.5m James Street station concourse refurbishment pounds 6mSandhills station revitalisation ...
Alcohol abuse soars.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... THE numbers of people asking for specialist alcohol services in Wirral has increased by 54% over the last three years. The borough's problem with alcohol was revealed yesterday at the launch of what was described as a "more joined up approach" to overcome the devastating effects ...
Madeleine's father back at work.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... AS THE six-month anniversary of his daughter's disappearance approaches, today Gerry McCann will start a return to work at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. The father of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann will report for duty after making a brief statement where it is ...
IN BRIEF: Ghost ships leave legal costs in wake.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... A LOCAL authority faces a legal bill of up to pounds 1m in the wake of the controversial US ghost ships planning row. Hartlepool Council initially refused permission for the ships to be recycled at a coastal site on the outskirts of the town and, despite later giving Able UK the ...
IN BRIEF: Watson home.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... OPERA singer Russell Watson said he was "happy to be alive" as he was discharged from hospital on his daughter's birthday following an operation on a brain tumour. Watson, 40, spoke a few emotional words to waiting media as he left the ...
IN BRIEF: Town for sale.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... A TEXAS town is up for sale on eBay. Albert, a 13-acre historic town, is around 70 miles from the state capital Austin and includes a house, dance hall, tavern and a schoolhouse ...
IN BRIEF: Monkey PC.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... A POLICE constable who made monkey noises at a black prisoner as he stood in a holding cage has been forced to resign. Wayne Bell must leave the Metropolitan Police over the incident at ...
CLAIM YOUR FREE HALLOWEEN AUDIO BOOK.(Features)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Download a FREE audio version of Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula when registering for free email ...
ONLINE TODAY:.(Features)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Find out where the best bonfires are taking place on our ...
MOST POPULAR.(Features)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 1 Everton stadium sites were offered to Liverpool FC 2 Probe launches after John Arne Riise's pay slip appeared on web 3 ...
Music fans rush to book hotels for MTV awards; Dockland date to bring in millions.(Features)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY DAVID BARTLETT Daily Post Staff MORE than 2,500 hotel room nights have already been booked for the staging of the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs), the Daily Post can reveal. It comes just a day after it was revealed the prestigious awards ceremony would be ...
It's an ill wind.(Features)
Nov 01, 2007 ... A FREAK storm almost ruined Liverpool's chances of securing the MTV Europe Awards, it emerged last night. But chief executive of the Liverpool Culture Company, Jason Harborow, said that executives from the music channel were so impressed by the way his team handled the disaster ...
Police want strict parking controls for Liverpool fans; ANFIELD REPORT SPECIAL DAY TWO.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY LARRY NEILD Daily Post City Editor ILLEGALLY parked cars should be towed away from streets around Liverpool FC's new pounds 400m stadiumto prevent the Anfield area being gridlocked on match days. That is the new demand from Merseyside Police in response to ...
Walk-in city clinic to help fight rise in sexual health problems.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... A NEW sexual health clinic is being opened to combat a huge rise in infections in Liverpool. The walk-in clinic on the first floor of the NHS centre on Great Charlotte Street will be a one-stop shop for sexual health services, including contraception, disease testing and ...
Fifth man held over Leonardo robbery.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... A MAN will appear in court today in connection with the theft of a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece worth up to pounds 40m. The Madonna with the Yarnwinder was taken from Drumlanrig Castle, near Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, in August 2003. Police retrieved the ...
New ground expected to strengthen LFC's hold on top of Anfield jobs league.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... LIVERPOOL FC is the largest employer in the Anfield area, with 256 staff on its payroll. They work in the offices, ticket offices, club shop, museumas well as in the grounds maintenance section. The number also includes playing and coaching staff. On match days, a further 1,400 ...
Trains delayed.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... TRAIN services were disrupted last night after fears that a man might throwhimself off a bridge at Fazakerley station. The disruption lasted for around 45 minutes while British Transport Police attempted to talk the man, in ...
130ft iconic tower to be Mersey's 'gateway'.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY AMY SALTER Daily Post Correspondent AN ICONIC tower, twice as high as the Angel of the North, is set to become the new gateway of the River Mersey. It will replace the old radar tower that has guided shipping into the Port of Liverpool since the 1980s. ...
Man, 47, in court accused of killing.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... A MERSEYSIDE man accused of murdering a man whose body was found in Tranmere appeared at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday. Daniel Breaks, 47, is charged with the murder of Simon Sutton, whose body was found wrapped in a carpet in an alley in Tranmere on April 16. ...
Ramsay hits back after bad review.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... CELEBRITY chef Gordon Ramsay attacks food critics and offers to provide the canapes at their funerals free of charge. The chef and TV star, whose New York restaurant Gordon Ramsay at the London was criticised in a New York Times review, says he is "sick to death of being judged ...
Friends united in grief to mourn bus collision boy; Floral tributes left at scene as dozens remember 'Dids'.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY CAROLINE INNES Daily Post Staff THE teenage friends of a Liverpool schoolboy who watched in horror as he was knocked down by a bus last night paid tribute to the "outgoing" 15-year-old, who had dreamt of one day owning a restaurant. Dozens of Daniel ...
'A candle to light your way Daniel, shine for your family'.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... LAST night tributes were left on website Gone Too Soon to Daniel Baxendale. One wrote: "A candle to light your way Daniel. Look for my Chris up there, he will guide you. Shine for your family, they will miss you, but the ...
Watchdog bans sale of 'wine' that isn't.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... THE UK's wine watchdog has banned the sale of a low alcohol drink in a row over manufacturing rules. Sovio, a Chilean distilled "wine" which contains just 8% alcohol, has been removed from wine lists on the orders of the Wine Standards Branch of the Food Standards Agency (FSA), ...
Press has treated me like Diana, says Mills.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY SHERNA NOAH and JOSIE CLARKE Daily Post Correspondents HEATHER Mills McCartney claimed she was close to suicide, compared herself to Princess Diana and the McCanns, and accused Sir Paul McCartney of stalling on their divorce settlement in dramatic TV interviews ...
LIVERPOOL DAILY POST: All eyes turning on Liverpool.(Leaders)
Nov 01, 2007 ... AFTER so many years of planning and waiting, there was a sharp reminder today that Liverpool's Culture year really is just around the corner. With 60 days until the city is crowned European Capital of Culture, a call to arms has been issued by Liverpool's leaders. ...
THE DAILY POST & YOU.(Features)
Nov 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: Trams could ease traffic.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: T Martin I FULLY agree with S Thompson, of Aigburth (Daily Post Letters, October 29) that Manchester's trams are an ugly sight. This is because, to save money back in the 1990s, they were built specifically to fit in with the standard height platforms of the ...
Letter: A total myth.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BH I READ with interest the coverage in the Liverpool Daily Post last week regarding the possible return of terraces at football stadia and your paper's stance against them. I am 47-years-old and have followed Liverpool Football Club since the age of four. I ...
Letter: Use the river.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: Peter Moore Dutton IN SEPTEMBER, I went to the Sustrans Connect2 presentation at Chester University, and I am very pleased that now the bid has entered the ultimate stage of the Big Lottery Fund's pounds 50m contest. It was interesting to learn about the four projects ...
Letter: Abortion limit.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: Steven Gee THERE has been some debate in the House of Commons with regard to the reduction in the abortion time limit of 24 weeks. What bemuses me so much about this is the abortion limits in our fellow European states. On average, the abortion limits there ...
Letter: A right to choose.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: K Swift I AM completely for a woman's right to choose, but I am glad that there is some suggestion that a review of the abortion laws may be on the cards. The current laws were laid down 40 years ago. It was a very different time - how can those laws possibly ...
Letter: Prices plummet.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: P Marsh THE news that buy-to-let and recently bought flats in new developments are likely to plummet in price comes as no surprise. Like many formerly wealthy Northern cities, Liverpool had a glut of attractive but run-down buildings which could be bought up ...
Letter: Sensational sound.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: J Morris ON MONDAY night, I was walking past the Ship Inn, in Hoylake, when through the window came the sound of a trumpet playing like I have never heard it before. On entering, I discovered that the trumpeter ...
Letter: Giving credit.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: Miss E Bloom LARRY NEILD'S article, attributing all of the success of Liverpool's regeneration over the past lOyears to Messrs Henshaw and Hilton, begs one simple question. If these ...
Letter: City's success.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: Sydney Jarvis I THOUGHT that Mike Storey and Warren Bradley had been the council leaders since 1998, not Sir Henshaw or Mr Hilton. We are always too ready to blame ...
Letter: Worthy of praise.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BD Crowther THE new John Lewis store, in Paradise Street, will be very welcome, along with all the other new developments in that area. It is, however, hard to believe that all of these plans were solely down to the past and present chief executives of the city ...
Letter: Best-paid officials.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: T Jageroth I AM pleased that your article regarding "Men of Vision" did not include any Liberal Democrat councillors. I mean, what have they done for our city? Just because they meet every day and make decisions, that doesn't mean they should take ...
Firework terror in off-licence attack.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... A BABY escaped serious injury after a man in Halloween fancy dress set off an industrial-style firework in an off-licence, said police. The man, who was wearing a skeleton mask, exploded a firework containing up to 200 rockets inside the shop in Tonge Moor Road, Bolton. ...
Garden Festival site plan 'key in city's revival' Outline of restoration.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY DAVID BARTLETT Daily Post Staff REDEVELOPMENT of Liverpool's former International Garden Festival site is a key project in the city's renaissance, the man behind the new park plan insisted yesterday. Peter Swift, landscape architect for developers Langtree ...
Hospice plans.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... BUILDING work has begun on a pounds 2.37m hospice to provide specialist care for people with terminal illnesses in Aintree. An official turfcutting ceremony will take place at the site on November 10 with local MPs ...
Brosnan quizzed over assault.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... JAMES BOND star Pierce Brosnan is being investigated in connection with the alleged assault of a photographer in Malibu. Brosnan, 54, was not arrested or detained over the incident which happened outside a Mexican restaurant in Malibu on Friday night, Los Angeles County sheriff ...
Rising cost of dying.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... IT COSTS an average of nearly pounds 6,000 to die in the UK after the expense of a funeral rose by 10% during the past year. The average cost of a funeral is now pounds 2,390, but the ...
Top Lib-Dem calls for city council to boycott ID cards; 'Civil disobedience' pledge from Clegg.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY ROB MERRICK Political Correspondent LIVERPOOL city council should lead a boycott of the government's controversial identity card scheme, the Liberal Democrats' likely new leader said yesterday. Nick Clegg urged the party's flagship local authority to ...
Deco 'The Dude' nominated for award after putting the bite on a burglar.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... A GERMAN shepherd dog which chased off a burglar from his owner's Wirral home has been shortlisted for a national award. Deco the dog bit the intruder on the behind, after he broke in to Jane Sansom's flat in Rock Ferry. Now the dog, known fondly as The Dude, has been ...
LONDON MARKET; In association with BUSINESS.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BILL GLEESON RETAIL stocks surged yesterday as takeover talk and the long-awaited results of a Competition Commission inquiry into the supermarket sector lifted shares. Currys owner DSG International charged more than 7% ahead - up 8.6p at 129.5p - amid ...
WALL ST; In association with BUSINESS.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BILL GLEESON THE Dow Jones Index rose 137.54, or 1%, to close at 13,930.01. Broader stock indicators ...
Johnson's shares plummet; Profits warning sparks 31% slump In association with BUSINESS.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BYAUSTAIRHOUGHTON Daily Post Business Staff DRY CLEANING and workwear firm Johnson Service Group saw its share price crash by almost a third yesterday after it issued a profit warning. At its annual general meeting yesterday, Johnson warned profits for 2007 ...
New man at helm of Cheshire fuels group NWF; In association with BUSINESS.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BILL GLEESON Stepping down ... NWF distribution group chief executive Graham Scott CHESHIRE fuels and distribution group NWF has a new chief executive today as Richard Whiting succeeds Graham Scott. Mr Scott officially retired yesterday after 12 ...
McGoff planning drive for expansion; In association with BUSINESS.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BILL GLEESON MERSEYSIDE building services firm McGoff & Vickers is spending a "six-figure sum" on an expansion drive. The Bootle-based business, which was formed in 1925, now employs more than 100 people and has a client list which includes Pierhead Housing ...
Woolies cautious on festive cheer; In association with BUSINESS.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BILL GLEESON RETAIL chain Woolworths reported weaker store sales yesterday as it geared up for the Christinas trading season in cautious mood. The group said like-for-like sales from its retail business were 0.4% lower in the 38 weeks to October 27, compared ...
IN BRIEF: Weak dollar a bitter blow for sugar firm.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... PROFITS at sugars and ingredients firm Tate & Lyle fell 19% after a weak US dollar and high European maize costs hit trading figures. The company, which has issued three profit warnings this year, said adjusted profit before tax were ...
IN BRIEF: Profits warning.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... BUILDING and maintenance group Rok warned that the credit crunch would hit its development business as institutional property investor confidence waned. Full-year profits in the ...
IN BRIEF: Imprint bid.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... RECRUITMENT firm OPD has revealed that it has been in"advanced discussions" with smaller rival Imprint over a proposed recommended offer for the group. OPD ...
IN BRIEF: Appointed.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... MORTGAGE bank Northern Rock said private equity firm Blackstone had been appointed as an additional financial adviser to the company, working alongside Merrill Lynch and ...
IN BRIEF: Shortfall.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... INTERNET Business Group, an online advertising and media specialist, said it expected annual sales and profits to be around 10% below ...
Watchdog report may help create more supermarkets; Competition 'could benefit customers'.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: BY HOLLY WILLIAMS Daily Post Correspondent THE Competition Commission said yesterday that shoppers needed more supermarkets in some areas, as it outlined plans to overhaul planning rules and force grocers to sell some of their landbanks. The long-awaited ...
'Surprising' upturn in UK house prices.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... HOUSE price growth remained robust during October with prices rising by 1.1% despite weakening demand. Nationwide Building Society said the "surprisingly strong increase" equalled the 1.1% gain seen during June, making it the joint-biggest monthly rise so far in 2007. At the ...
TIME OUT: LOOKING BACK.(Features)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Send your captioned old photographs to the address on the letters page with a return address on the back CAPTION(S): After serving up a million cups of tea over 21 years, Liverpool council education department tea lady Harriet Whelan, 65, of Woolton, was ready to ...
TIME OUT: QUIZ CHALLENGE.(Features)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 1. Which state of the USA is known as the Bluegrass State? 2. Which European country colonised Libya and Eritrea during the 19th century? 3. From which of Shakespeare's plays did Aldous Huxley take the title of his novel Brave New World? 4 ....
Man held shears to partner's neck.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... ANORRIS Green man who held a pair of rusty shears to his partner's neck in front of their two children was jailed for two years yesterday. Liverpool Crown Court heard that on September 3, Peter McCollumhad a row with his girlfriend Lorraine Britton. During this he ...