Daily Post (Liverpool, England) back issues from January 2008:
Gunman escapes after shooting PC; Woman attacked in violent pub raid.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LIZA WILLIAMS Daily Post Staff A POLICEWOMAN from Ormskirk is recovering at home after she was shot by a robber fleeing from an "extremely violent" pub raid. Dog handler Katie Johnson, 29, who lives in the Ormskirk area, was blasted in the leg by a shotgun ...
Two men injured in separate shootings.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... TWO men were shot in Liverpool on Sunday night in separate attacks. Police are not linking the incidents in Toxteth and Broadgreen, but do believe the latter to be a targeted attack. In the first incident at 7.30pm, in the Solway Street area of Toxteth, a 22-year-old ...
IN BRIEF: Airport staff call off New Year strikes.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE first of a series of New Year strikes by workers at seven airports, including Heathrow and Gatwick, was called off last night following a breakthrough in peace talks over a row about pensions. Thousands of firefighters, security, and clerical workers were due to walk out for ...
IN BRIEF: Girl held after guns found.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A 15-year-old girl has been arrested after two guns were discovered at a house in Knowsley, Merseyside. The teenager was bailed along with a 54-year-old man and a ...
IN BRIEF: Murder probe.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A MURDER inquiry has been launched after three men arrived at a hospital with gunshot wounds. Medics called officers from Greater Manchester Police to North Manchester General Hospital last night after the men arrived bleeding. A force ...
Liverpool's explosion of pride; Thousands turn out to herald start of historic year.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY SAMANTHA PARKER AND CAROLINE INNES AFINAL chime of the world's highest and heaviest bell and a spectacular 40ft firework heralded the start of Liverpool's Capital of Culture year. Thousands of people braved the cold and piled into the warmth of the ...
TV promotion for a day will make broadcasting history.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... LIVERPOOL will make broadcasting history when it takes over a TV station for 24 hours today. Liverpool City Council gave approval to the Culture Company to book airspace on Information TV, channel 167 on Sky. It will be the first time in ...
How our city's proud Christian traditions will help shape the celebrations throughout 2008; CAPITAL OF CULTURE.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... LIVERPOOL'S rich Christian tradition will forma key part of the city's Capital of Culture celebrations. The city's two most important Christian religious leaders explained their vision of Liverpool 2008, and beyond, to the Liverpool Daily Post. Rt Rev James Jones, ...
First day of an era that defines the city's future; CAPITAL OF CULTURE The countdown is over and it's time to deliver. David Bartlett assesses the mood as Culture year kicks off.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: David Bartlett THE day has finally arrived. Today, January 1, 2008, marks the start of Liverpool's reign as European Capital of Culture. A total of 1,671 days have passed since the accolade was awarded to the city on June 4, 2003 amid scenes of celebration, ...
'Capital of Culture is an opportunity we should grab with both hands' CAPITAL OF CULTURE.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... IN MAY, Liverpool will welcome in a new Lord Mayor. Today, Liverpool's first citizen, and the man chosen to wear the mantle for 2008, outlined their hopes for 2008. Lord Mayor Cllr Paul Clark, pictured, inset, said: "The past year has been a fantastic year in which to ...
The city is alive with an air of artistic anticipation as a year of variety begins; An optimistic Philip Key looks forward to a year he feels will put the city on the map Liverpool 08.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Philip Key THE question most frequently asked of me in 2007 was: "What do you think of the Capital of Culture?" I have always been positive because there is really no other answer. Maybe in the early days with all the comings and goings and minor scandals it ...
Everton archive is world's greatest football collection.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY CAROLINE INNES Daily Post Staff IT IS the world's biggest collection of football memorabilia relating to a single club, and last night the Everton Collection was officially born. The Everton Collection Charitable Trust proudly announced that it has now ...
Warning to Kenya tourists.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... BRITISH tourists were last night advised against all but essential travel to areas of Kenya's two biggest towns as postelection violence erupted in the East African country. With the death toll since last week's disputed poll climbing past the 120 mark, the Foreign Office (FO) ...
Ken Dodd cancels showafter surgery at Royal hospital.(News)(Concert review)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY MIKE CHAPPLE Daily Post Staff KEN DODD has been forced to cancel his New Year Happiness Show tonight at Birkenhead's Pacific Road Arts Centre after being taken to Liverpool's Royal University Hospital. The 80-year-old comedian was taken to the Royal ...
Rush hour sends our CO2 emissions soaring.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... RUSH-HOUR congestion is resulting in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions equivalent to nearly 2,700 plane trips from the UK to Europe, according to a new study. The hold-ups mean Britain's 10.5 million car commuters are producing an extra 80,817 tonnes of CO2 between 8am-9amand ...
LIVERPOOL DAILY POST: A milestone, not the end; An independent newspaper Established in 1855.(Leaders)
Jan 01, 2008 ... LIVERPOOL embarks today on the most significant 12 months in its modern history. After four and a half years of hopes, plans, dreams and ambitions, 2008 is here at last, and our home city is officially European Capital of Culture. As we embark on this thrilling year, it is ...
THE DAILY POST & YOU.(Leaders)
Jan 01, 2008 ... 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: Right move to switch funds.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tayo Aluko THE views of war veterans like Cllr Colbert are crucial to the debate about disinvesting Merseyside pension funds from the arms trade (Debate, Dec 4), just as sailors' contributions informed the public about the slave trade in the 18th century. The ...
Letter: Airport warning.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: C Parker YOUR recent report outlining the decline in the city region's economic growth rate was followed shortly after by the news that both Easyjet and Ryanair were starting services from Manchester airport, whilst still maintaining their commitment to Liverpool ...
Letter: Lots of police perks.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: BW Hale SERVING Police Officer GK "would love to know what the perks of the job are." (Daily Post, letters December 27). For a start, who else can retire on full pay at 55 - and frequently much younger? We all admire and respect good police ...
Letter: We have culture too.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: J Exley YES MISS K Green (Letters, December 24), I agree that Prague is an exceptionally beautiful city. With so many fine buildings and often two concerts of classical music every day, it is a cultural oasis. Yet in her contrasting scorn of Liverpool, I ...
Letter: Danger pay a must.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: GP I THINK most people have a lot of respect for front-line officers like yourself GK (Wirral, letters, December 27, 2007), but when you mention colleagues I assume you are talking of front-line colleagues. What amazes me is that back room colleagues get the ...
Letter: KIND words.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Stephen Yip ON BEHALF of KIND, I would like to send out thanks and appreciation to everybody who contributed to our 2007 Christmas appeal. Despite a very difficult economic climate, we have managed to distribute over 900 family-sized hampers and thousands of ...
Letter: Appalling debt drive.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: J Kelton I COULD not agree more with Jill Jenkins (Letters, December 31) when she says she is sickened by the drive to get us all out spending before we have finished the turkey leftovers. We are a country that is drowning in debt and if the economists' ...
Letter: Fight the good fight.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: W Oliver A SENATE and a parliament work in Australia, but wouldn't in this country as it's church vs state here and state rules OK by bureaucracy. It's St Luther, Church of England, St Peter, Church of Rome and St Columba, a Celtic saint. A mitre of ...
Letter: Seasonal road rage.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Janet Wood I NOTICED this year when visiting relatives over the Christmas period that car drivers have become very aggressive. On several occasions drivers would rudely flash their lights when other drivers were merely obeying the speed limit. If ...
OBITUARY.(Features)(Obituary)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Pat Kirkwood SHE was a looker, everybody could see that, and in a flight of fancy, Kenneth Tynan, the critic, who was a connoisseur on such matters, would describe her legs as the eighth wonder of the world, though sticklers for detail might have suggested that the ...
THE DAILY POSTCARD.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... To order copies of pictures in the Daily Post contact Photosales on 0151 472 2549 or 285 8414 ...
It's as easy as ABC; MR BROCKLEBANK.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... ALONG with the Adelphi Hotel at the other end of Lime Street, Liverpool's former ABC Forum Cinema looks splendid after its pre-spring clean. Why not ornament this once super cinema's facade with a triangular-shaped neon ABC sign replica to return the pride in its appearance? ...
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rev Harry Ross EVERY day a sizeable proportion of people spend a great deal of time in pursuit of making money and much of that time in the hope of making enough so that they will never have to work again. For many it will take the form of gambling - whether ...
How to live up to your New Year resolutions; Everyone has good intentions at this time of year but, as Emma Pinch discovers, they often don't make it past the end of January.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Emma Pinch AS FESTIVE traditions go, it ranks up there with queuing at Marks & Spencer's returns counter on December 27, and goes something like this. New Year's Eve, 10pm. Giving your spare tyre a pat you confidently declare that this is "all going to go ...
I want to be open to new opportunities.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: David Seddon DAVID SEDDON, operations manager at the Harbour Club gym in the Crowne Plaza, last year resolved to boost his experience in the leisure industry and to lose two stone. "The first one went okay, I worked for a gym in Sydney then became operations ...
Divorces are likely after the holidays; Cases can treble at this time.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY VICKY ANDERSON Daily Post Staff LAW firms in Liverpool could be bracing themselves for a New Year divorce boom as couples stressed by the Christmas period end their marriages. Some leading specialist practices reported taking on up to three times their ...
Law student is aiming for the Olympics.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A LIVERPOOL law student is hoping to represent Great Britain in the 2012 Olympics, as she combines her studies with her ambitions to be one of the country's top trampolining talents. University of Chester student Amy Sims has just represented Great Britain at theunder-19World ...
Stuart Jones on harassment in the workplace.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... SINCE 1997, employees have been afforded protection from harassment not only by discrimination legislation but also under the Protection from Harassment Act. However, in Conn v Sunderland City Council, the Court of Appeal has emphasised the true purpose of the Act; providing ...
Dentist uses city clinic for bone marrow donations.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A LIVER POL dentist became one of the many supporters of Ella and Sam when he agreed to host a bone marrow registration session in his city centre practice. Andy Healey hopes his regular clinics, which have been running since last year, would help the Southport siblings. ...
Parents' New Year wish is a gift of life for children; In the final part of our Inspiration Series, the family of two children in desperate need of bone marrow transplants appeal for help for their battling youngsters.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: David Higgerson reports SALLY WRIGHT will start the New Year today in the same way she ended the last - with the plight of her two children at the forefront of her mind. The names Ella and Sam Wright have become well known across Merseyside in the last two ...
Pipers wedding attracts the stars.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... FAMOUS names from the world of film and television turned out yesterday for the wedding of Billie Piper and fellow actor Laurence Fox. The pair tied the knot in a 50 minute ceremony at the Parish Church of St Mary's in Easebourne, West Sussex. Piper, 25, wore a ...
Murder charge.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... POLICE last night charged a man with the murder of a father of six. Darren Catherall, 40, was found unconscious in Norley Hall, Wigan, on Christmas Day. He later died in Wigan Royal ...
Sad end to oarsmen's training as ITV pulls documentary.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A REALITY TV show about how Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave trained a group of Liverpool teenagers into a top-class rowing team may never be shown. Redgrave's Raw Recruits followed the oarsman as he trained eight inexperienced young men from some of the roughest parts ...
Flood victims face new threat of bogus officials; Council warning on conmen.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY VICKY ANDERSON Daily Post Staff BOGUS claims assessors are targeting victims of the Knowsley floods, it emerged last night. Knowsley Council has warned that unofficial claims officials and loan companies are trying to extract information from victims of the ...
Couple bite into rare pearl in clams.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A COUPLE in Florida enjoying a plate of steamed clams made an unusual discovery - a rare purple pearl. George and Leslie Brock stopped at Dave's Last Resort and Raw Bar at the beach on Friday Mr Brock was about halfway through a dozen clams when he bit down on something hard, a ...
LONDON MARKET.(Business)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE London market finished its final session of 2007 in negative territory yesterday as blue chips limped towards the end of what has been a difficult year for UK stocks. The FTSE 100 Index closed down 20 points at 6456.9, marking a gain of 3.8% over the year, which comes in ...
WALL ST.(Business)
Jan 01, 2008 ... STOCKS sank yesterday as a modest upturn in existing home sales failed to lift investors' downcast spirits. The Dow fell 106.41, or 0.80%, to ...
Gresham rebels put board to the vote; 'Unrealistic' deal led to split.(Business)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY TONY McDONOUGH Deputy Business Editor A LISTED property trust that has been plunged into civil war over the proposed sale of industrial land in Liverpool will hold an extraordinary general meeting later this month. Shareholders of Gresham House will vote on ...
Eastern Europeans to buy distillery.(Business)
Jan 01, 2008 ... ONE of the oldest whisky distilleries in Scotland is to be acquired by a consortium of buyers from Eastern Europe in a seven figure deal, it was reported. The Edrington Group, home to the Famous Grouse and Macallan whisky brands, is understood to be selling its Glenglassaugh ...
Waitrose's Arab deal.(Business)
Jan 01, 2008 ... WAITROSE said yesterday it will launch its first overseas store in April after signing a deal for more than 20 supermarkets across the United Arab Emirates. The UK's sixth biggest grocer has struck a deal with Dubai-based store operator Spinneys to open a 23-strong chain of ...
Fears of budget clampdown at EMI.(Business)
Jan 01, 2008 ... EMI's new private equity owners are believed to be planning to impose strict rules on artist signings and make sweeping budget cutbacks at the music group, a report said yesterday. Terra Firma, which took EMI private in a pounds 2.4bn deal in September, is said to be launching a ...
This is your strife, Michael Aspel; Is it the end for Aspel? With Liverpool his last stop hosting the Antiques Roadshow before retirement, where does broadcasting's famous silver fox go now? Peter Elson asks the man himself.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Peter Elson HE IS undoubtedly Britain's suavest former drainpipe-layer, who started his working life as a publisher's tea boy, quenching the thirst of our leading writers. After this eclectic start, Michael Aspel's career has run through the golden age of ...
The day Liz Taylor kissed me.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... IN THE 1980s, Michael Aspel was ITV's answer to Parkinson, with a top-line Saturday night chatshow called Aspel & Co that attracted premier guests, some rarely seen, such as Elizabeth Taylor. "Just like Sinatra had a comeback with his voice, so Liz Taylor lost weight and ...
One of the guys.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THERE was a definite pecking order in the BBC's television staff broadcasters, which became apparent as Michael Aspel rose from being a humble announcer to newsreader. "News readers and news people are quite daunting and way up above mere announcers," he recalls. As ...
Culture has its place, but that's rarely found in a crisis.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: DAVID CHARTERS THE culture lay in the charm of the woman speaking with gloved-passion about her man, who kept goal for the grand old football team in the drizzling days of trams and spluttering chimneys, when the players checked Mass times at the local churches, so that ...
TIME OUT: LOOKING BACK.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Send your captioned old photographs to the address on the letters page with a return address on the back CAPTION(S): The dark side of a white Christmas (part II): ...
TIME OUT: QUIZ CHALLENGE.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... 1. Which British bird has a red patch on its face and a bold yellow stripe along its wings? 2. Which of the Channel Islands does not allow visitors to bring cars? 3. What type of building would be crenellated? 4. Which Central American ...
Your Stars.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Patric Arundell Aries March 21-April 20 Chatty or what? You'll just want to carry on where you left off last night. You'll be keen to find out how all your friends and close family faired. If you are thinking of getting fitter in 2008, you may even start to ...
Afsoun has steel to triumph.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY ARGUS AFSOUN can floor the Jonjo O'Neill duo of Black Jack Ketchumand Wichita Lineman in the Steel Plate And Sections Hurdle at Cheltenham. The O'Neill yard has been out of form for some time and after Black Jack's capitulation last time it would take a ...
Horse & Jockey suffer fall at first hurdle in cup; AMATEUR FOOTBALL Houlihans Birkenhead Sunday.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY WENDY WHITELEY THE last fixture in the President's Cup first round got under way after the weather postponed the match last week - and despite all efforts the Horse & Jockey fell to Rock Ferry Social 4-2. Rock Ferry go on to play Parkside next week in round ...
West Kirby remain on top after beating Maghull; AMATEUR F OOTBALL Carlsberg West Cheshire.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY ARTHUR GREEN VAUXHALL Motors Reserves, having only lost one of their last six games after starting their Carlsberg West Cheshire League Division One campaign with 13 straight defeats and a 5-0 hammering against Marine Reserves, were in defiant mood when they met again ...
The Office party at end of year with four-goal win; AMATEUR F OOTBALL Wallasey & District Sunday.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY TOM POTTER THE Office left it late to party but ended the year with a 4-0 success in the Premier Division Cup semi-final by overcoming a hard-working Cheshire Cheese with three goals in the final six minutes. Things could have been different if goalkeeper ...
United reserves thrill big crowd; AMATEUR F OOTBALL Cheshire Building Society Cheshire League.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY MIKE TALBOT-BUTLER A CROWD of more than 500, the biggest to watch a game in the Second Division of the Cheshire Building Society Cheshire League sawFC United of Manchester reserves beat promotion rivals Club AZ 3-1 at Goredale Avenue, Gorton. The ...
MEET THE CHAMPION.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Name: David Hird Age: 20 Occupation: Greenkeeper at Leasowe Club: Leasowe Handicap: Scratch Are you a sports person? Yes. I have played every sport, particularly football and running. I used to play for Wirral ...
Caldy on top in push to aid Trust.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE ladies of Caldy Golf Club are the champion fund-raisers for the ELGA Trust, the charity for girls' golf. Golf clubs throughout England were asked to help the Trust celebrate its 25th birthday by fundraising at a summer stableford competition. Caldy ladies' ...
Charity drive overcomes setbacks to help hospice.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... BLUNDELLS HILL have raised more than pounds 16,000 for the Claire House children's hospice at Clatterbridge with one of the region's biggest fundraising efforts of the year and despite the mishap to the star of the campaign, a beautiful stallion called Jelly. Jelly's owner Sue ...
Petrie is new top man at Golf Union.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE new man at the top of English golf is John Petrie, whose CV includes a BA (Hons) in Business Studies from Liverpool University. The former Army officer has been appointed chief executive at the English Golf Union. Petrie takes up his new role on January 2. Petrie ...
Cheshire club lands honours.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2008 ... CHESHIRE club Carden Park has been awarded national recognition of its junior golf programme. The golf resort at De Vere Deluxe Carden Park has been honoured with two accreditations that recognise its work in developing junior players. The course has been awarded the ...