Daily Post (Liverpool, England) back issues from February 2008:
Doctors bracing for huge cancer upsurge; EXCLUSIVE pounds 15m investment in new radiotherapy suites as NHS prepares for flood of cases.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY DAVID HIGGERSON Daily Post Staf A SURGE in the number of people suffering from cancer across Merseyside has forced health chiefs to plough pounds 15m into extra treatment, the Daily Post can reveal. Cases of some cancers are expected to double by 2020 with ...
Ex-Brookside actor has pounds 20,000 court fine reduced.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... FORMER Hollyoaks and Brookside star Philip Olivier has managed to get a pounds 20,000 fine slashed after insisting he has no savings to pay the debt. The 27-year-old actor, who hit television screens as pin-up Tinhead in Channel 4's Brookside, became the first person in ...
Stricken ferry was hit by freak wave; Pollution fear as ship runs aground.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY VICXY ANDERSON Daily Post Staff TWENTY-THREE people were rescued from a ferry which was at risk of capsizing after being hit by a freak wave in the Irish Sea last night. The Riverdance eventually ran aground at Blackpool, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency ...
IN BRIEF: Iraq 'torture' court gag is lifted.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE High Court has lifted a gagging order that had stopped the press and media from reporting the controversial details of a legal battle concerning allegations of torture and brutality by British troops in Iraq. The abuse is said to have occurred after soldiers were ambushed on ...
IN BRIEF: Tax deadline extended.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... OFFICIALS at HM Revenue & Customs yesterday extended the deadline for people to complete their self-assessment tax returns following problems with its website. The ...
IN BRIEF: YouTube share.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BRITISH YouTube users who post popular video clips are to be paid for their efforts. They will earn a share of the revenue generated from the adverts which run alongside their clips - ...
Newest restaurant offers a taste of the high life; 34th-floor venture is not just pie in the sky.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY VICKY ANDERSON Daily Post Staff LIVERPOOL has no shortage of unique venues for diners to enjoy a meal in unusual surroundings. A converted church and prison are among the wide-ranging selection, but none provide the uplifting experience of the city's latest restaurant ...
Schools introduce Somali studies.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... SCHOOLS in south Liverpool are among the first in the country to introduce Somali as a language subject. Liverpool City Council is planning to ...
Giving the capital food for thought.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THERE are two venues in the country that come in higher than Panoramic, but the Liverpool venue is the tallest public restaurant. Vertigo, on the 42nd floor of Tower 42, formerly the NatWest Tower in London, is a Champagne and ...
The worst day of my life was when doctors told me I had ovarian cancer.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... LYNDA Dobson describes the date she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer - April 2 last year - as one of the worst of her life. Every year, 7,000 women in the UK are diagnosed with ovarian cancer - as many as 5,000 die. Now 10 months on, she considers herself quite lucky, having ...
Merseyrail judged top operator.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... MERSEYRAIL has regained its crown as the country's number one operator for punctuality and reliability, it was revealed last night. Last January the operator admitted it had lost its position with a public performance measure of 92.8% in 2006 but vowed to get back the top slot. ...
IN BRIEF: Mersey fire crews 'among the best'.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... MERSEYSIDE'S fire crews are trumpeted as being among the best in the country in a new report. The latest audit commission report into England's 46 fire authorities praises Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service for fostering a "culture of improvement". The authority ...
IN BRIEF: Murder inquiry suspect bailed.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... A MAN who was arrested in connection with the murder of Henry McHarron has been released on bail pending further enquiries. The 30- year-old man from St Helens had been arrested on ...
IN BRIEF: Abortion row.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE row over the 24-week abortion limit intensified yesterday after it emerged survival rates for very premature babies have more than doubled at a top hospital. A study from ...
IN BRIEF: Husband held.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE husband of a Baftanominated make-up artist who disappeared was arrested yesterday on suspicion of her murder, sources said. Diane ...
IN BRIEF: Charity night.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... LIVERPOOL star Peter Crouch joined Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah last ...
Blast turned city builder into 'human fireball' Power company admits safety breach.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY RICHARD DOWN Daily Post Staff A CONSTRUCTION worker on a Liverpool development was turned into a human fireball after he fell against a live cable that should have been disconnected five months earlier. Peter Mason suffered serious burns in an explosion and ...
Victim still suffers terrifying flashbacks.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... PETER MASON, now 30, is back in work but still suffers terrifying flashbacks. Mr Mason, of Conway Drive, Birkenhead, said: "I'm made up that they've gone guilty and the way the court is dealing with it - it's amazing, I'm speechless." He has been plagued with psychological ...
Cheshire 'no' to challenge.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... CHESHIRE County Council leaders have ruled out a legal challenge to plans to merge local authorities across the county. Councillors concluded that expending ...
European model for new Liverpool; David Bartlett looks at a pounds 500mContinentalstyle ownership plan to bring Liverpool FC back to its loyal fans.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: David Bartlett FANS last night unveiled their vision for the future ownership of Liverpool FC under a "one member, one vote" scheme. Rogan Taylor, a Kop season ticket holder and a director of the Football Industry Group at the University of Liverpool, is ...
This isn't a pipe dream . . . Anfield fans' financial power could add up to a 'do-able' takeover of Liverpool Football Club.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Isn't this a pipe dream? You've no chance, have you? IT'S no pipe dream; it's doable. Liverpool FC has millions of fans across the world. Most of them will have been worrying about what has been happening to our club lately. And they'll be realising that life as a Liverpool fan ...
GOLF: Poulter quotes 'out of contex; FANS' ANFIELD VISION ONE MEMBER, ONE VOTE.(Sport)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY CHRIS WRIGHT IAN POULTER has reacted angrily to a magazine article which claimed the Ryder Cup winner believed he was the only player capable of challenging world number one Tiger Woods. Poulter gave the interview, which will be used in March's edition of ...
Historic building saved.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... AN HISTORIC city synagogue which closed after 70 years has been saved for future generations. The building in Greenbank Drive, Sefton Park, shut on January 8 after its congregation dwindled to fewer than 40, with only one service being held a week. But its survival ...
70 police launch fakes and drugs raid; Operation Snowball targets anti-social behaviour scourge.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LAURA SHARPE Daily Post Staff MERSEYSIDE Police uncovered 13,000 counterfeit DVDs and PlayStation games, almost pounds 50,000 in cash and a professional cannabis farm in dawn raids yesterday. Houses in the Breck Road and Anfield area were targeted by more ...
Vietnamese youth seized.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... A 15-YEAROLD youth from Vietnam has been remanded into local authority care after police found him as they raided a suspected drugs farm. At Wirral Magistrates Youth Court the boy, who can't be named, was charged with cultivation of class C drugs. ...
We'll oust unhelpful councillors; Members may face election fight with anti-stadium group EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY RICHARD DOWN Daily Post Staff OPPONENTS of Everton's plans to relocate to Kirkby are planning to oust "unsupportive" councillors at this May's elections. Kirkby Residents Action Group (Krag) will ask residents attending tonight's meeting at the Catholic ...
DANCE Dance Triple Bill/ Liverpool Empire.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: PHILIP KEY THERE were three very different dance companies on stage at the Empire last night as part of the British Dance Edition 2008 gathering in Liverpool. One mixed film with dance, another jazz and a third tried circus-like ribbon twirling. ...
Healthy lifestyle message vital.(Leaders)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE number of cases of cancer in the North-West is increasing at an alarming rate - but it seems we only have ourselves to blame. Health experts believe that modern, unhealthy lifestyles are at least partly responsible for the current surge in cancer cases. Medical ...
Letter: Georgian dereliction.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Charles Korsham I HAVE to congratulate Peter Elson for another informative and valid story about the plight of our Georgian architecture. It is an utter and diabolical disgrace in 2008 to be able to be talking about the dereliction of our Georgian heritage on such a ...
Letter: Great opportunity.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Philip Griffiths IT IS good news for Merseyside that Peel Ports has applied for planning permission to scrap ships in Liverpool (Daily Post Business Week, Jan 30). Peel's initiative will create a much needed new industry to the area and in doing so, create a ...
Letter: An expensive shed.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: John Sage SO, THE new Floral Pavilion on New Brighton's sea-front is rising from the ashes of the old. And is it the "iconic" building promised by the Hackett gang? Unfortunately not, it's a shed. A very expensive shed, but a shed nonetheless. It is the kind ...
Letter: Memorable display.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... I FEEL that I must write and congratulate all who helped put together the Respectacles exhibition. What a pity it was on for such a short time. Maybe with public demand they could bring it back? One cannot say it was enjoyable, but it was memorable, thought-provoking and so ...
Letter: More taxes.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Caldeira AS A Merseyside entrepreneur, I was dismayed by Alistair Darling's confirmation last week of the estimated pounds 700m tax increase, to be paid by the UK's business community, in extra capital gains tax next year. As chairman of the Liverpool ...
Letter: Failing the elderly.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Cllr Leah Fraser TODAY'S report, "Sefton and Wirral Councils accused of abandoning pensioners", finally blows the whistle on any claims Wirral Council has on supporting many of the borough's 58,000 over-65s. Ivan Lewis, the social care minister in the Government, ...
Letter: Clear signs.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: George Gibbons HAVING walked around Liverpool today - it's nice to see it looking cleaner, but there is a sad lack of inspirational and useful signage to guide and interest our city visitors. For instance - even outside the 08 Place - it does not look ...
Letter: Quick service.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mary Lonsdale RE: THE NHS Walk-in Centre, Garston. On Wednesday, January 23,1 walked in and walked out after nine minutes, having been ...
Letter: Where's the marsh?(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: SG McLardy DAVID CHARTERS'S report, (Proud Past of Forgotten Gem Seaforth, January 28) was rather divulging. Brenda Murray's hope of restoring Seaforth from decline, and the forthcoming Seaforth exhibition, deserve espousing. The report mentions ...
Letter: Post office closures.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: John Cotton NEW Labour locally is asking post office users, who in the main are the least well-off and the elderly, to sign their petition against the closing of our post offices when they know only too well it's the Labour Party that is closing down our local post ...
OBITUARY; Suzanne Pleshette.(News)(Obituary)
Feb 01, 2008 ... WHEN birds gathered in black menace along the perches of the little seaside town, the emotions simmered. Rugged but mother-pecked lawyer Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) takes a fancy to the spoilt and spirited rich girl Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren). But many in the cinemas wondered ...
THE DAILY POSTCARD.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... To order copies of pictures in the Daily Post, contact Photosales on 0151 472 2549 CAPTION(S): The ...
Causes of crime.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: PHIL REDMOND EXCHANGES. I've had a few more this week. One major, one minor. The minor one was through this very newspaper. Following my column on Evertonians last week, Tony Tighe, of the Everton Collection Charitable Trust, wrote in to point out that the ...
THOUGHT for the DAY.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rabbi Zvi Solomons WHY IS it that people are more stirred by death than by life. I notice this with my own community, but I suspect it is true across the board. People are happier to subscribe to spiritual practices when they are dead than while they are living. So, ...
Food really does grow on trees, you know.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: VALERIE HILL EATING food is no longer the norm in the Western World, according to a new book. So much so that author Michael Pollan feels obliged to call his book In Defence of Food, his next published course after The Omnivore's Dilemma. The ...
Is novelist's pounds 80k pay packet really giving students value for money?(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: VALERIE HILL NOVELIST Martin Amis, left, earns a staggering pounds 3,000 an hour for lecturing Manchester University creative writing students, which tots up to pounds 80,000 for a 28-hour year. Is this value for money when the university is pounds 30m in the red? ...
HAS the world really changed.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: VALERIE HILL HAS the world really changed that much in the last two decades? Video nasties are back on sale which were banned 20 years ago, having been branded as too sickeningly violent. The British Board of Film Censors now says these films are less harmful because of ...
THE actress Jane Birkin.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: VALERIE HILL THE actress Jane Birkin, above, caused a furore with her sexy moans and groans on the record Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus with her then partner Serge Gainsbourg. At his request, she was also photographed chained near-naked to a radiator for a sleazy ...
TESCO will stop accepting cheques.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: VALERIE HILL TESCO will stop accepting cheques on February 25, in its 2,000 UK stores. Sainsbury's, Morrison's, Asda and Boots already refuse to accept cheques and Marks & Spencer will follow suit on March 1. A Tesco spokesperson smugly remarks that it will ...
We pledge to give a little back - through our staff; 2008 a time for businesses to be generous.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY MARY MURTAGH Daily Post Correspondent MERSEYSIDE businesses have pledged to give something back to the community as part of a Capital of Culture volunteering project. Weightmans solicitors, Alliance and Leicester, KPMG and others will donate thousands of ...
Statue aims to honour Epstein's memory.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE legendary manager of The Beatles is to be honoured with a statue. Brian Epstein discovered the band and guided them to global fame, while also managing Cilia Black, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J Kramer, and others. Now Liverpool council have agreed his ...
Man died after fall at tunnel entrance.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... A MAN died of his injuries after he fell to the carriageway at the mouth of the Mersey Tunnel. Wirral Coroner's Court heard that Angus Kilbane, 37, climbed over the barrier at Wheatland Lane, more than 40ft above the road surface, on November 16. Witnesses said he ...
Bid to seize drug assets.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... A DRUGS baron who planned to flood the streets with pounds 48m-worth of drugs could be stripped of his ill-gotten gains. Liverpool property developer Edward Jarvis was jailed for 28 ...
Family plea as son fights for his life.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE family of a man fighting for his life after being found seriously injured in a Maghull subway have pleaded for information from the public. Gary Morton, 24, who was due to join the Navy this week, was found slumped with serious head injuries in the tunnel under the A59 ...
Stars at Ma's to launch singer Landsborough's new album.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... INTERNATIONAL singing star Charlie Landsborough last night chose the Liverpool pub Ma Boyles to launch his latest album, Under Blue Skies. And there to wish him luck were showbusiness pals including comedy legend Ken Dodd and Brookside and Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson. ...
Rugby chairman faces Lords sleaze hearing; Hoyle admits taking payment from lobbyist.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY ROB MERRICK Political Correspondent THE chairman of Warrington Wolves Rugby League club faces becoming the first member of the House of Lords to be "named and shamed" for breaching anti-sleaze rules. A five-strong committee of peers has decided Lord Hoyle ...
Deaf can enjoy cathedral tour.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... NEW technology will help deaf people enjoy a guided tour of Liverpool Cathedral for the first time. The tour will take British sign language users on a journey through the 93-year-old building at ...
TIPS.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... WITH research from leading nutritionists hailing papayas as the latest superfood for 2008, Rubicon has created its new Rubicon Papaya Exotic Juice Drink. Containing Lutein, an antioxidant shown to protect eyesight, along with a host of key vitamins and minerals, Rubicon Papaya ...
The Gallery is definitely the place to be seen; Jane Haase is captivated by this south Liverpool bar and restaurant.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jane Haase I THINK restaurants should start introducing loyalty cards like supermarkets. If they did, I would be quids in at The Gallery bar and grill on Allerton Road, in south Liverpool. Having only moved to the area three months ago, I have already been ...
Join in the Chinese New Year celebrations with these quick and easy dishes.(Features)(Recipe)
Feb 01, 2008 ... FEBRUARY 7 marks this year's Chinese New Year, with 2008 the Year of the Rat. But instead of turning to the takeaway for your own celebrations, why not mark it healthily by cooking up a quick and easy Oriental delight in your own kitchen. With colour, vibrancy and fresh ...
LONDON MAR.KET.(Business)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE FTSE 100 Index staged a big afternoon turnaround yesterday as recovering bank stocks helped pull leading shares into the black. The Footsie was on course for one of its worst January performances, but rallied late on to end the day 42.5 points higher at 5879.8. ...
Pilks to pay pounds 100m fine for price-fixing; Figure 'built in' to profit Firms conspired to increase flat glass prices.(Business)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY ALISTAIR HOUGHTON Daily Post Business Staff PILKINGTON Glass will not appeal against a fine of more than pounds 100m from the European Commission for fixing glass prices. The St Helens-based company, part of the Japanese Nippon Sheet Glass group, was fined ...
Nine more Airbuses for Lauda's Austrian airline.(Business)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE Austrian airline run by former Formula 1 racing driver and world champion Niki Lauda is buying more Airbus jets - the wings for which will be made at Broughton, near Chester. Niki Luftfahrt has placed an order for an additional nine A320 family aircraft to take its fleet of ...
Tata buys US firm to access markets.(Business)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE Indian parent company of Cheshire chemical firm Brunner Mond has agreed to buy an American company in the same sector for pounds 505m. Tata Chemicals (TCL), part of the giant Tata industrial group, will buy Wyomingbased soda ash business General Chemical Industrial Products ....
Branson in Rock move.(Business)
Feb 01, 2008 ... SIR Richard Branson's Virgin Group confirmed it will lodge its bid for troubled bank Northern Rock on Monday. The Virgin consortium said it was hammering out the final details of its offer for the crisis-hit lender in time for the ...
In brief: Carluccio's Christmas trading 'firm'.(Business)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ITALIAN restaurant and deli chain Carluccio's said sales were up 18% during the 16 weeks to January 13. The group said Christmas ...
In brief: Supplier signs up 650,000.(Business)
Feb 01, 2008 ... SCOTTISH & Southern Energy said it had gained an extra 650,000 customers in the nine months to December 31, taking its tally to 8.4 million. The UK's second largest gas and electricity ...