Daily Post (Liverpool, England) back issues from August 2008:
Big cat on the loose.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A GIANT tiger was put through its paces last night as final preparations get under way for Liverpool's carnival weekend. The Emperor and the Tiger, taking place at Newsham Park tonight, is a free large-scale outdoor theatre show. The magical firework folk story ...
Virgin set to bring in longer London trains; But passengers won't see benefit till 2012 EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY ROB MERRICK Political Correspondent LONGER trains will finally arrive on the congested Liverpool to London line after the Government made peace with rail firm Virgin - but not until 2012. A deal has been struck for Richard Branson's company to help design, ...
Glamour girl is all smiles at book signing.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Abi Titmuss signed her book at Waterstone's, Liverpool Picture: RICHARD WILLIAMS/ rw310708Titmus-1 GLAMOUR girl Abi Titmuss was greeted by only a handful of fans at her city book signing. She may not have had to fight her ...
Wyness not offered new job in Spain; Ex-Everton CEO 'waiting legal advice'.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY BEN SCHOFIELD Daily Post Staff THE Cheshire entrepreneur who has agreed to buy shares in Real Mallorca has dismissed rumours that he has asked the former Everton chief executive, Keith Wyness, to join the club. Paul Davidson, 53, said although he was ...
pounds 5m medical research unit for Liverpool.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A NEW pounds 5m biomedical research unit is to be set up in Liverpool. Based at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, the National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Unit, will be operated by the Royal Liverpool University and Broadgreen University Hospitals ...
IN BRIEF: Lawyers trawl through files on Maddie.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... LAWYERS acting for the parents of Madeleine McCann today began trawling through the Portuguese police files on the investigation into how their daughter disappeared, the couple's spokesman said. Gerry and Kate McCann's legal ...
IN BRIEF: Boyfriend, 20, admits killing.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE boyfriend of a British teenager found dismembered in a suitcase has confessed to killing her before photographing her remains on his mobile phone, Brazilian detectives said. Mohamed D'Ali Carvalho Santos, 20, was charged with murder after the body ...
IN BRIEF: Blast memorial.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... FAMILIES of those killed in the July 7 London bombings unveiled plans for a memorial of 52 pillars - each representing an innocent victim of the atrocity. Each will be grouped together in ...
IN BRIEF: 'Murder' probe.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... POLICE have refused to rule out a murder inquiry into the deaths of at least five children whose charred remains were found at a former children's home on Jersey. Officers said bones and teeth uncovered by detectives investigating abuse at Haut ...
Count rips out brambles for opening with the finest grape; Port Sunlight hospital is revived as hotel.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY RICHARD DOWN Daily Post Staff BRAMBLES were growing in the lobby and every window had been broken when Count Baker took over the former cottage hospital in Port Sunlight. But tonight, after seven months of intensive care, the Leverhulme Hotel and Spa will ...
History of the village hospital.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... IN 1888, William Hesketh Lever began the creation of Port Sunlight, an industrial village in Wirral built exclusively to house employees of Lever Brothers and their families. The Cottage Hospital on Lodge Lane was opened in 1907 by Lord Leverhulme for all employees. ...
First look at restaurant - with pool, spa and gym yet to come.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE Paesano Restaurant features two private dining rooms and serves up international dishes. Phase two in September will see a spa open and a massive ballroom is due for completion in February next year. By June 2009, a 19-metre swimming pool will open along with spa ...
Encore for tribute to legendary Shankly; 'One night simply not enough'.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY MIKE CHAPPLE Daily Post Staff THE Shankly Show, the Capital of Culture tribute to the legendary Liverpool manager, is to be resurrected - by popular demand. The 90-minute show, appropriately split into two 45-minute halves, had its world premiere at a ...
Woman's quad bike death.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A WIRRAL woman was killed in a quad biking accident during a Greek island holiday. Melissa Macaulay 23, died from her injuries on Tuesday on Skiathos. Details of the accident are unclear, but there is no police investigation or any suspicious circumstances surrounding ...
IN BRIEF: Paramedic is suspended after boy died.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A MERSEYSIDE paramedic has been suspended after a two-year-old boy died eight hours after he examined him. Lewis Urmson-Brown fell off a climbing frame near his Runcorn home at 7.30pm on Sunday, June 15. The paramedic who attended the incident at the address in Medway did not ...
IN BRIEF: Alcohol advice for LFC fans.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... LIVERPOOL FC fans travelling to Glasgow for a pre-season friendly against Rangers tomorrow are being warned by police that alcohol laws are different in Scotland. The main differences relate to drinking in public places and the carrying of alcohol on supporters' buses. ...
IN BRIEF: Mail claims.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... NEW arrangements aimed at making it easier to claim compensation for lost or damaged mail come into force today. Customers who cannot provide proof of posting will ...
IN BRIEF: Girl found.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A BRITISH teenager has been found in Belgium after going missing from her home, police confirmed last night. Nia Witts, 15, disappeared from Penrhyncoch, Aberystwyth, West Wales, on Sunday, ...
Scout badge for Oliver.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... JAMIE Oliver has been honoured with a badge by the Scout Association for his healthy eating campaign in schools. Oliver is one of several celebrities to receive a Scout badge to celebrate the ...
Racecourse is jumping for joy at success of British Masters first day.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... ORGANISERS hailed the first day of the British Masters Invitational showjumping festival at Chester Racecourse as a success. The festival featured an amazing spectacle of music, colour and non-stop action aimed at appealing to both existing fans of the sport and new spectators. ...
Alder Hey now free to control its own budget; Foundation status takes effect from today.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LIZA WILLIAMS Daily Post Staff LIVERPOOL'S Alder Hey hospital will become free of central Government control from today as the trust receives foundation status. The new title means the trust will have more freedom in deciding how to spend its money and the ...
Foundation trusts' extra freedom.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... FOUNDATION Trusts have far more financial freedom than traditional hospital and health trusts and are part of government plans to make the NHS more patient-led. Local community members and patients can become members of the trust and through this ...
TOP FIVE.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... 1 Barry's Liverpool move still on 2 Ex-Everton boss Wyness seeking legal advice 3 Chicago Fire ...
Cathedral was a magical setting for Shakespeare; THEATRE The Winter's Tale/ Liverpool Cathedral.(Features)(Theater review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY BEN SCHOFIELD Daily Post Staff THE Winter's Tale performed by actors from London's Globe Theatre raised the curtain on the 2008 Liverpool Shakespeare Festival last night. Dogged by poor acoustics, the performance at Liverpool Cathedral was nevertheless a ...
Cannabis factory found in Wavertree.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A CANNABIS factory has been discovered in Wavertree. Two knocked-through houses were searched and approximately 2,000 cannabis plants worth around pounds 600,000 were seized during the raid on Wednesday on Queen's Drive. Hydroponic and cultivation equipment was ...
Free tickets.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... TICKETS are available for the production of The Winter's Tale at Birk-enhead Park on the nights of Friday and Saturday, August 29-30, - and weekend matinee. ...
I was next to the hole in plane.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A MERSEYSIDE woman described how she was sitting just feet from the hole that appeared in the side of a plane. Jenny Nugent was near the wing of the Qantas Boeing 747, when a hole the size of a car appeared, while it was flying at 29,000ft to Australia from London on Friday. ...
Masked robbers.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THREE men wearing balaclavas and ski masks robbed a Liverpool petrol station yesterday. At 10.30am the men stole two cash cassettes from two male security guards servicing the ATM machine at the Esso garage on Great Howard Street. ...
Middle class families are seeking help for debts; Counsellors say many falling into arrears.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LIZA WILLIAMS Daily Post Staff MERSEYSIDE doctors, teachers and other professionals are seeking debt advice for the first time because they cannot afford to pay spiralling bills and mortgage payments. That is the stark message from debt counselling services ...
Hovis turns back the clock for historic pageant in the city for new advert.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... PART of Liverpool city centre went back in time to the days of the Suffragettes and World War I yesterday. Extras dressed as Suffragettes and as First World War soldiers were in Percy Street and Falkner Street as part of continuing work on one of the longest TV commercials ever ...
Machete threat as company robbed.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A MACHETE-WIELDING robber threatened staff at a Widnes firm. The man and an accomplice, who was carrying a smaller knife, burst into the business in Hale Road at about 2.10pm on Wednesday. The balaclava-wearing thieves threatened staff and escaped with cash. ...
Evidence debt crisis deepening.(Leaders)
Aug 01, 2008 ... SERIOUS debt used to be a problem associated mainly with run-down council estates, low wage-earners and those who could not obtain credit by any other means than from criminal loan sharks. However, nothing can better illustrate how the credit crunch is hitting all sections of ...
Letter: Let prisoners light up.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: PT I DON'T condone anyone resorting to violent methods in an attempt to get their own way, but I have some sympathy with the inmates at Ashworth High Security Prison. While most of us can, if we wish, go home and have a cigarette despite the smoking ban, ...
Letter: Little difference.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Brian Jowett I WISH to express my support for the sentiments of Michael Durkin's letter (Daily Post, July 30) entitled "Parties sold their principles". There is such little difference between the parties today that I am now fundamentally an anarchist, ie I am ...
Letter: Extreme doctrine.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: B W Hale IN HIS attack on capitalism (Letters, July 30), Michael Durkin naturally does not mention freedom. But socialism is an extreme economic doctrine in which the state owns the means of production, distribution and exchange, with private property ...
Letter: Straw building.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Janet V Thorning CONGRATULATIONS to Rudston Infant School in Childwall on having the first straw bale building in Liverpool (Daily Post, July 30). It will be very energy-efficient, and a great resource; I hope it will be the first of many. The ...
Letter: Widening gap.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rennie Ku THE vast majority of the population do not need the Tory's Merseyside spokesman Chris Grayling to tell us about the ever widening gap between the rich and poor in this country and the alarming rise of the gun and knife gang culture. Many would point ...
Letter: Circling vultures.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike McAvoy I DON'T think we should be at all surprised if David Miliband launches a bid for the top job, especially now Gordon Brown is staggering about like a wounded animal. The vultures are circling. Miliband is so sure of his demise that he's ...
Letter: Sponsor curse.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... IS THERE a "curse" on our 08 sponsors? First problems at Ethel Austin, then Sayers and now Cains Brewery. ...
Letter: Seasonal spirit.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: B Morrison HOW ridiculous that people should be thinking of Christmas already (" ...Only five months to go", Daily Post, July 31) but it's typical that celebrities should be thinking about the festive season, or rather getting someone else to think about it for them while ...
Letter: Clean streets.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: GM LIVERPOOL'S city centre streets should be power hosed at least once a week to keep them ...
Letter: BBC fine.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: B Holmes I THINK it is disgusting that the BBC has been fined pounds 400,000 for faking wins. While I am appalled that an organisation that prides itself on being trustworthy should con its viewers in this way, such a fine is a pointless waste of time. ...
OBITUARY: Evelyn Keyes.(Features)(Obituary)
Aug 01, 2008 ... IT WAS perhaps unfortunate that the sultry actress, whose bed was rarely cold, could have been married to her third husband at the time he was presented with a selfwilled chimpanzee by another Hollywood siren, It was perhaps even more unfortunate that Evelyn Keyes should, in a moment of ...
THE DAILY POSTCARD.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Perfect Lighthouse is an image contributed to our online picture collection by ...
Time for tourism.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: PHIL REDMOND AUGUST. It's an interesting month for me. I passed my driving test and set up Mersey Television in August and today I become Chair of National Museums Liverpool (NML). There will be plenty of time for that in the future though, even though I may ...
THOUGHT for the DAY.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rev Harry Ross BEFORE any election, be it here in the UK or in the USA or I am sure in most other places in the world, you will find that those who seek to be elected will make many promises about what they will or will not do if people vote for them. As there is much to ...
Patients must use multi-storey; New parking schemes for work on new hospital to start.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY RICHARD DOWN Daily Post Staff PATIENTS at the Royal Liverpool Hospital will have to use a neighbouring multi-storey car park when major rebuilding gets under way next year. The Prescot Street Q Park will become the official hospital car park for staff, ...
Armed duo hijack car at city traffic lights.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A LIVERPOOL student was threatened with a knife and held hostage in his car by robbers who stole cash and bank cards from his housemates. The 23-year-old driver was attacked as he stopped at traffic lights at the junction of Queens Drive and North Mossley Hill Road at 12.30am on ...
Health minister opens hospital's 'incredible new site'.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HEALTH minister Alan Johnson visited Liverpool yesterday to open the redeveloped Broadgreen and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospitals' site. He unveiled a plaque to officially open the pounds 84m development, which includes an urology outpatients centre, an orthopaedic operating ...
'Drugs' seized by police in raid.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... SUSPECTED cocaine and amphetamine with a street value of up to pounds 10,000 were found during a raid in Huyton. On Wednesday officers executed a drugs warrant at Lyme Grove and a 46-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply drugs. A set of ...
Gym owners deny safety offences.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE OWNERS of a Wirral gym have denied health and safety offences following a hazardous chlorine gas leak. Three employees and two club members were rushed to hospital on May 22 last year after lethal fumes began leaking from a chemical tank at the Total Fitness gym at Prenton. ...
Badminton skills stay in the family.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... TWO of England's top Badminton players were in the city yesterday to promote the next European Championships being held at the Echo Arena. Liverpool will host the team events in February 2009 with individual matches being played in Manchester in 2010. Jenny Wallwork, ...
Seven in court on drug charges; Found a total of 278 cannabis plants.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LINDA ROUGHLY Daily Post Correspondent FOLLOWING a police investigation seven illegal Chinese immigrants accused of plotting to produce cannabis appeared at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday. The men were arrested after raids by police at seven houses on ...
Woman hurt in shotgun attack.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN was treated in hospital after being injured by pellets from a shotgun. The 48-year-old was injured at around 10pm on Wednesday on Longford Street, Dingle. Police arrived after being called by paramedics, who took the woman to hospital. She was ...
First Brazilian street party turns up the tempo for city centre spectacular.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... LIVERPOOL'S first Brazilian street party will get under way on Saturday with the resounding beat of 600 Samba drums and the magnificent sights of glorious costumes and glittering floats. The Brazilian street party is the brainchild of Roger and Maeve Morris, who have put ...
Brouhaha carnival takes to city street.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY SAMANTHA PARKER Daily Post Staff THE highly anticipated Brouhaha will take over Liverpool city centre tomorrow as the street carnival makes its way into Princes Park. The fun begins at noon as the region's largest multicultural parade, with more than 1,500 ...
Echo Arena bosses to crack down on drunken fights.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... URGENT talks will be held to stamp out booze-fuelled fighting during shows at the Echo Arena. Bosses at the awardwinning venue will meet police to discuss how to improve security - possibly by banning alcohol from the seated or standing areas. It follows several ...
Liverpool crew on crest of a wave in Tall Ships race.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LAURA SHARPE Daily Post Staff WITH the last few ships arriving in Norway today, the first leg in the Tall Ships' Races 2008 is drawing to a close. After leaving Liverpool 10 days ago, they began crossing the finish line on Tuesday. The UK's ...
Pair fell into dock.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A 16-YEAR-OLD girl was rescued from the water after she and a 16-year-old boy fell in to a Merseyside dock. The girl was pulled to safety by firefighters using a ...
Man in court over attack.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A MAN will appear in court today charged with an attack that has left a Huyton teenager fighting for his life. Gavin Alker, 18, of Woolfall Crescent, Huyton, appeared at Knowsley Magistrates Court yesterday accused of causing grievous bodily harm and was remanded until today. ...
Dog bites presenter.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... FORMER Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves was treated in hospital after being bitten by a terrier at a dog show. The ...
LONDON MARKET; In association with BUSINESS VENTURE.(Business)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BILL GLEESON A RUSH of blue-chip company announcements failed to derail the FTSE 100 Index, despite a severe reaction to figures from telecoms group BT. A large number of FTSE companies posted results during the session, with the main focus of investors being ...
WALL ST; In association with BUSINESS VENTURE.(Business)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BILL GLEESON THE Dow Jones industrial average fell 205.67, or 1.78%, to 11,378.02. Broader stock ...
Unilever fails to sparkle; In association with BUSINESS VENTURE Shares slump over disappointing sales.(Business)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY HOLLY WILLIAMS Daily Post Correspondent CONSUMER goods giant Unilever came under pressure on the London market as interim figures from the group revealed a fall in sales volumes. The Dove soap-to-Hellmann's mayonnaise firm, which employs 1,500 staff at ...
Carphone braced for decline in broadband revenue; In association with BUSINESS VENTURE.(Business)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BILL GLEESON CARPHONE Warehouse yesterday warned of "broadly flat" broadband revenue growth this year as a sliding property market continues to weigh on the firm. Carphone said it now expects to add between 200,000 and 250,000 customers in the year to March ...