Daily Post (Liverpool, England) back issues from September 2008:
Janine strikes gold at firefighter games.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Janine Culley, 30, of West Derby, has won 24 medals including 14 golds ...
Record student intake for city; Huge rise in applications for universities in Liverpool.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LAURA SHARPE Daily Post Staff RECORD numbers of students will flock into Merseyside in the coming month as more young people than ever pick Liverpool as their first choice to study. All of the city's universities and Ormskirk's Edge Hill campus have seen a ...
15-year-old to appear in court after fatal stabbing.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LIZA WILLIAMS Daily Post Staff A 15-YEAR-OLD boy will appear in court this morning charged with the murder of another teenager at a Liverpool house party. The accused, from Old Swan, will appear at the city's Youth Court charged with the murder of ...
Death toll for teenagers killed in violent attacks in London reaches 25.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death and his teenage sister injured after they were attacked by a group of youths outside their home,. Shaquille Maitland- Smith was knifed in the stomach just yards from his house in Hackney, east London, shortly before midnight on Saturday ...
IN BRIEF: NATO soldier killed in Afghan blast.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... NATO said a roadside blast in southern Afghanistan has killed one of its soldiers. A statement by the military alliance says the soldier died of wounds sustained in the roadside bombing ...
IN BRIEF: Police probe lion sighting.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A HUNT was launched last night after police received reports of a lion being spotted in a local park. The animal was said to have been seen in Cavehill Park - only a short distance from Belfast Zoo - but ...
IN BRIEF: Assaults fear.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A TRADE union launched a campaign aimed at tackling a "tidal wave" of violence against transport workers after new research showed many incidents were going unreported. The Rail Maritime and Transport union called for increased staffing levels, an end ...
IN BRIEF: City jobs threat.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... UP TO 1,000 jobs in the City could be at risk after Germany's Commerzbank announced it had agreed a deal to acquire Dresdner Bank ...
City prepares to greet a Royal Navy armada; Liner berth opens port to warships.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY PETER ELSON Daily Post Staff ASPECTACULAR series of top Royal Navy warships will visit Liverpool for public viewing over the next two months, starting from this weekend. Nothing like this has been seen before on the Mersey and it is made possible only by ...
Intrepid hero of Falklands conflict makes final voyage... to Mersey scrapyard.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... FALKLANDS War veteran HMS Intrepid was completed in 1967. She was saved from the scrapyard by the 1982 conflict. She will make her final voyage to the Mersey for scrapping by Leavesley Interational, in Bootle, as part of a new initiative. Intrepid, an amphibious ...
Nimrod families in legal battle.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE family of a Merseyside airman who died along with 13 others when their RAF Nimrod exploded in Afghanistan will take legal action against the Government, their barrister said last night. A writ will be served on Defence Secretary Des Browne today, accusing the Ministry of ...
Murder charge man, 39, in court.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A MAN will appear in court today charged with murder. The body of Roy Waterfield, 56, was found by police on Wednesday in the Leicester Street area of Warrington. A postmortem concluded he had died of a stab wound. ...
IN BRIEF: Tests 'are boring our youngsters'.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... CHILDREN behave badly in school because they are bored by constant testing, the new head of a teaching union said today. Andy Ballard, the incoming president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said over-testing "fulfils no useful function" and was taking the fun out ...
IN BRIEF: Sacked nurse at tribunal.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A PSYCHIATRIC nurse who was sacked after speaking out about spending cuts will today claim unfair dismissal when she takes her case to an employment tribunal. Karen Reissmann, 49, was dismissed by ...
IN BRIEF: Cars slump.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE new 58 car number plates are available from today but vehicle-buying plans seem to have stalled. The number of people planning to buy a car over the next six months is at a three-year ...
IN BRIEF: Bikini bid fails.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... AN attempt to set a record for the number of bikiniclad women gathered together on a beach failed yesterday. Some 250 sun lovers donned ...
IN BRIEF: Verve go top.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE Verve went straight in at the top of the album chart last night more than a decade after their last album release. The Forth was recorded after the band reformed last year following ...
Camera to keep watch on estuary cockle pickers; Hi-tech move to safeguard harvesting.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LIZA WILLIAMS Daily Post Staff A HIGH-tech surveillance camera is being switched on today to prevent a repeat of the Morecambe Bay cockle picking tragedy on Wirral shores. The Environment Agency is beginning a new cockle licensing system on the Dee ...
Property prices on the slide for 11th month.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... HOUSE prices fell for the 11th month in a row during August, figures showed today. The average home lost 0.9% of its value during the month, according to housing information group Hometrack. Annually, house prices dropped 5.3%, the biggest fall recorded since the ...
Star talks about date-rape victims.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... DAME Helen Mirren has waded into potential controversy over date-rape. The 63-year-old has spoken previously of being a victim of daterape herself. She told a magazine: "It's such a tricky area, isn't it? Especially if there is no violence." If a woman ...
Cup kings Saints return in triumph; Crowds salute heroes.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY ALAN WESTON Daily Post Staff THOUSANDS of well-wishers gathered in St Helens yesterday to welcome back their victorious rugby league heroes. A two-hour open top bus tour through the town was followed by a civic reception at St Helens town hall for the ...
Survey highlights problems at work.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... WORKERS were facing "real problems" such as bullying, discrimination, stress and poor pay, according to a new study today. Research for the TUC showed a series of complaints, including long hours, increasing workloads, lack of training and unfair pay structures. A ...
Liverpool's week of Culture year gems; More music, art and theatre delights.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LIZA WILLIAMS Daily Post Staff LIVERPOOL is to enjoy yet another full week of cultural gems over the next seven days. Music, art, sport and theatre are coming together in the city to offer what organisers say will be a highlight in Culture year. ...
Play your part in La Machine.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... ONE of the most spectacular events of Culture Year starts this week, and Daily Post readers can be part of the story. La Machine is expected to draw huge crowds to Liverpool. Our journalists will be covering the story as it unfolds, but we also want our readers to play a role. ...
Whistle blower at M&S hearing.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A WORKER at Marks & Spencer who "blew the whistle" on plans to cut redundancy pay for the firm's staff will face a disciplinary hearing today. The male employee, based at the retail giant's London head office, contacted the media last month over proposals to reduce redundancy ...
Toughest living firefighter competition ends in a tie; Austrian triumphs after St John's Tower climb.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LIZA WILLIAMS Daily Post Staff THE world's toughest firefighter was revealed yesterday at Merseyside's World Firefighter Games. The ultimate competition within the games - The Toughest Firefighter Alive - could not have been more open as it entered its ...
Vital first aid help for bikers.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... SPECIALLY designed first aid courses for motorcyclists and scooter riders are being made available in Liverpool. North West Ambulance Service is offering the course - named Being the First Bike on Scene (FBoS) - which teaches skills that can be invaluable in helping a ...
Families pay respects to victims of road accidents; Memorial on anniversary of Diana's death.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LAURA SHARPE Daily Post Staff DOVES took to the sky yesterday during the annual memorial service for road crash victims in Merseyside. Bereaved families gathered at the Princess Diana memorial in Queen Square on the 11th anniversary of the princess's death ....
Benn in city for debate on war.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... TONY BENN is returning to Liverpool today to speak against the recent conflict between Georgia and Russia. He will speak as a founder of the Stop the War Coalition in Vauxhall tonight alongside a host of other speakers. Benn will also address the issue of war, arms ...
LIVERPOOLDAILYPOST: Students bring massive benefits.(Leaders)
Sep 01, 2008 ... IT IS great news, though perhaps not altogether surprising, that record numbers of students will flock to Merseyside over the next few weeks as more young people than ever pick Liverpool as their first choice to study Not surprising, because Liverpool now has a wealth of such ...
Letter: Patronising to the fairer sex.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Dina Bailey CAUGHT up in the marvellously inclusive mood of the modern age, might I suggest the recommendations of Chichester District Council do not go far enough? Those faint-hearts in Sussex have timidly suggested staff avoid anachronisms like "manning" ...
Letter: Part of the game.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Evelyn Carroll MUCH of the space in your letters' page has of late been devoted to Boris Johnson. Some are critical of the man, seeing his schoolboyish thatch of hair, his baggy jackets with their swollen pockets and his bumbling manners as a front to cover ...
Letter: Pay rates.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Arthur Stanley I AM somewhat confused by the letter from K Lewis regarding RIPA legislation, which is clearly a Labour Government tool. ...
Letter: Dreadful summer.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Olive Smithers I'M AFRAID that the many pale faces on the streets tell us all we need to know of the supposed revival in British holidays. It is nice to think of the whelk stalls and kiss-me-quick hats ...
Letter: Lasting legacy.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Evelyn Carroll HAVING done research into the regeneration in our city, this is some interesting information that I have come across. Liverpool City Council has been the driving force behind a lasting legacy for the city in our very important year - despite ...
Letter: Plaque replacement.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Michael Harraghy FOR a time I lived in Duke Street near to number 118 shown in the photograph of Richard Roberts' Twine Store (Daily Post Thursday August 28). A further point of interest in the photograph is the small plaque directly underneath the Twine ...
Letter: Boom and bust.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: T Willis GIVEN their pitiful record in helping to avoid the forthcoming recession, not to mention letting the country fall off the cliff edge into the credit crunch, can we believe so-called financial experts who tell us the current economic downturn will only last 18 ...
Letter: Happy places.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: J Maxtone SO POWYS is meant to be the happiest place in the country, according to a new report. The newspaper photographers and television crews rushed out to find idyllic shots of this Central Wales rural nirvana for those of us beleaguered soles living in ...
Letter: Pizza poser.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mr Sandler AS SOMEONE who has never eaten soggy pizza I fail to see the benefits of buying a Magic Pizza from Mr Raymond Smith (Daily Post, Friday August 29). Sure, he managed to persuade two Dragons' Den investors to invest pounds 50,000 in his invention so ...
Letter: Stirring speech.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: SKB I HAVE taken a great interest in the coverage of the US Presidential elections. Barack Obama's speech ...
OBITUARY.(News)(Obituary)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: David Hammond IF YOU could see his face again, white hair fluffing under a woollen cap, an unflinching stare, firm nose and jaw, the quizzically smiling lips, from which some fine ballads of loss and love had broken on those foaming nights, you would know that his ...
THE DAILY POSTCARD.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... To order copies of pictures in the Daily Post contact Photosales on 0151 472 2549 CAPTION(S): ...
Time for fresh start.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: JIM HANCOCK WHAT ever happened to the complaint that Liverpool's two most prominent councillors conspired to oust the former chief of the Culture Company? It's now nearly nine months since the Standards Board began its investigation into the role of Warren ...
THOUGHT for the DAY.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... WE OFTEN hear parents tell their children: "Play nicely. Share your toys." Good parents want their children to be kind to other children, to learn to share and not to be mean-spirited. Likewise, our heavenly father wants his children to be kind to each other and to share what ...
Yoko's artistic plea - for ladders; 08 Culture Diary.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Philip Key YOKO ONO is preparing a new installation for the Liverpool Biennial and is appealing to the public for help completing it by donating ... stepladders? Her new commission, Liverpool Skyl adders, will be exhibited in the ruins of St Luke's ...
THEATRE The Winter's Tale/ Birkenhead Park; 08 Culture Diary.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: VICKY ANDERSON WE HAVE been spoiled for outdoor theatre in the region this summer, and it's a shame we haven't quite had the weather to make the most of it. However, this weekend it was well worth braving the elements to catch Wirral Community Theatre's ...
KEY Events; THE ARTS EDITOR'S PICK OF THE DAY 08 Culture Diary.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Philip Key GIG: Hillbilly hell-raisers Hayseed Dixie return to Liverpool with their irresist table live show that combines the band's own material with unique interpretations of other artist's songs. They're notorious for their 'rockgrass' covers, but with the seventh ...
NOW BOOKING; 08 Culture Diary.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Philip Key SUSAN McFADDEN and Steven Houghton star in smash hit musical Seven ...
Sound and light to unite cathedrals; Liverpool 08 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY VICKY ANDERSON Daily Post Staff THE hopes and aspirations of the people of Liverpool will travel the length of one of its most inspirational streets as part of a striking new art project. The Hope Street Project is an innovative art installation which will ...
Murder probe in arson house; Shocked villagers say prayers for family.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LIAM CHRISTOPHER Daily Post Correspondent A MURDER investigation has been launched after one of two bodies found at the burnt-out Shropshire home of missing businessman Christopher Foster was identified as his wife, police said. A post-mortem examination ...
Thief knocks woman down and takes bag.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN was robbed and knocked to the floor after getting out of a taxi in Crosby. At around 11pm last Friday, the 28- year-old victim got out of a taxi on Islington and walked towards Alexandra Road. As she approached the junction with Century Road, she was ...
School friend struggles to accept devastating news.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... KIRSTIE Foster's best friend has told of her heartache after two bodies were found in the burned debris of the family's mansion. Sophie Halstead, from Chester, a fellow pupil at the exclusive Ellesmere College, was planning to share a room with Kirstie in the new term. ...
It is very difficult to let go; Liverpool's major academic player Prof Sir rummond Bone hangs up his mortar board this month.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Peter Elson reports IS DRUMMOND BONE the black sheep of his family? Coming from an illustrious Scottish clan famed for their artistic careers, he ended up running a university. With both his parents painters, he began life along expected cultural ...
Greatest legacy.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... LIVERPOOL University's chancellor Lord Owen has publicly stated that "Drummond Bone's greatest legacy will be China". Sir Drummond was instrumental in establishing the Liverpool-Shanghai Partnership and also set up Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University (XJL) in China. ...
Life and times.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... PROF Sir James Drummond Bone, FRSA, was appointed vice chancellor of the University of Liverpool in 2002, and retires this month after seven years in the role. He also chaired Liverpool Culture Company, in charge of delivering the Capital of Culture event in 2008. ...
Live in a posher area and expect to last longer.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: PETER ELSON IT ALWAYS astonishes me that in this tiny fogbound island built on a rocky outcrop of coal, there should be such a range of accents. Commuting eastwards by train from Liverpool the change in voices and, indeed, attitudes they embody always comes as ...
TIME OUT: LOOKING BACK.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Send your captioned old photographs to the address on the letters page with a return address on the back CAPTION(S): Liverpool University Air Squadron's de Havilland Chipmunk trainers fly in formation over the Mersey from RAF Woodvale, Southport, on February 22, ...
TIME OUT: QUIZ CHALLENGE.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... 1. Where was London's first civil airport opened in 1919? 2. Which Belgian composer wrote a symphony in D minor and set Panis Angelicus to music? 3. On which ship did Captain Scott travel to the Antarctic in 1901? 4. Which man-made ...
Fears Gustav more deadly than Katrina; Bush skips convention for hurricane.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LIAM CHRISTOPHER Daily Post Correspondent US PRESIDENT George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney will skip the Republican National Convention because of mounting concerns about Hurricane Gustav, the White House said yesterday. His Homeland Security chief ...
Consumers buck trends in economy.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... CONSUMERS returned to the shops during August as the cost of petrol fell and Olympic success boosted people's interest in sports and fitness, figures showed today. Experian said its national retail footfall index recorded a 3.9% rise compared with July, ending three months of ...
Woman aged 28 dies of asbestos.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN believed to be the youngest to die from asbestos related cancer could have contracted the disease at school, it was revealed yesterday. Leigh Carlisle, 28, died in hospital after she developed Mesothelioma, a cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Geraldine ...
Radcliffe launches global race.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... THOUSANDS of runners buoyed by Britain's recent success in Beijing took to the streets to participate in a global 10k charity race. Led by Paula Radcliffe, more than 20,000 people set off from Wembley Stadium to run around north London - one of 25 cities taking part. ...
Teenagers hurt in fire.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... TWO teenagers were taken to hospital after a fire in a Birkenhead basement flat. Firefighters were called to the blaze on Wellington Road at 8am yesterday. The flat ...
Things are looking bright on photo share website; Bands, beaches and coffee shops provide inspiration for images.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LAURA SHARPE Daily Post Staff THE Liverpool Daily Post's photosharing site has been bombarded during this week's cultural events. The World Firefighter Games proved a photographers' paradise with plenty of street action and outdoor challenges. ...
SUNDAY TIPS.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BILL GLEESON SUNDAY TELEGRAPH AS THE credit crunch rages, one safe port in the storm is security group G4S (233.5p). One of the fastest growing sources of business is providing protection for the booming oil extraction and mining industries. It also has a ...