Daily Post (Liverpool, England) back issues from October 2008:
Liverpool One chief: We'll beat the crunch; Joanne Jennings confident as phase two of pounds 1bn city centre complex opens.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY SAMANTHA PARKER Daily Post Staff THE chief executive of Liverpool One last night said she was confident the pounds 1bn development would not fall victim to the credit crunch and would continue to buck the trend of decreasing retail sales. Joanne Jennings ...
Rules 'broken' in lethal drug dose; Inquest told nurses ignored protocols.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY BEN SCHOFIELD Daily Post Staff A 91-YEAR-OLD grandmother would not have been killed by a lethal dose of drugs had nurses followed intensive care protocols, an inquest heard yesterday. The elderly patient died after a student nurse gave her an overdose of ...
Teenager cleared of killing man.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A TEENAGER has been cleared of the manslaughter of a young man who died in a house blaze. Ryan Dugdale, 21, died as he slept upstairs in the bedroom of his home after a fire was started iafter a burglary. Liam O'Brien, 18, of Hildebrand Road, Anfield, has already ...
IN BRIEF: Terror suspect wins legal right in case.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A BRITISH resident now held at Guantanamo Bay has won an order in the US courts requiring the US government to hand over material that might help his defence against terrorism charges, it was revealed at the High Court in London yesterday. Binyam Mohamed, 30, insists he admitted ...
IN BRIEF: Diana letter fetches pounds 12,000.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A LETTER written by the Princess of Wales in which she describes trying to marry off her sister to future husband the Prince of Wales was auctioned today for more than pounds 12,000. Diana describes in the ...
IN BRIEF: Senedd leaks.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A COMMITTEE meeting at the Welsh Assembly was abandoned yesterday when rain water started leaking into the room. Assembly Members were taking evidence from teachers' unions in the Assembly's Senedd building when ...
IN BRIEF: 'Comic'san idiot'.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ACTOR Simon Pegg has called Ricky Gervais an "idiot" and made a jibe about his weight. Pegg is promoting his new film How To Lose Friends And ...
Cathedrals' laser link-up conveys hopes for future; Invisible beam records voices of Liverpool.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY VICKY ANDERSON Daily Post Staff THERE'S much more to the striking ray of green light that has appeared in Liverpool's night sky than meets the eye - or even ear. Hundreds of people have already become involved in the Hope Street Project, of which the laser ...
Brown rejects savings guarantee.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... PRIME Minister Gordon Brown welcomed cross-party cooperation on the economy yesterday but rejected calls for the Government to guarantee all savings. He repeated his pledge to do "whatever is necessary" to get Britain through the global financial turmoil after Chancellor ...
A stone's throw away.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A FILM about the theft of an ancient Scottish artefact is to get its first general release in the home town of the ...
Crash plane without safety gear.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BRITISH military commanders knew RAF Hercules aircraft lacked a vital safety feature but only ordered it to be fitted after 10 servicemen died when one crashed in Iraq, an inquest heard yesterday. Enemy fire pierced one of the 40-year-old Hercules' fuel tanks, which exploded, ...
'No worries over credit crunch'.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... OWNERS Morgan Davies and Paul Kilpartrick open the doors to Barburrito this lunchtime and are not worried about the effect of the credit crunch. Mr Davies said: " "We knew there was a demand for fast, healthy Mexican food and no we weren't worried about the credit ...
Royal visit marks part two of Liverpool One.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A NEW leisure terrace forms a major part of today's second phase of Liverpool One. Restaurants and cafes opening on the terrace today include Yo! Sushi, Wagamama, Zizzi, Pizza Hut, Las Iguanas, Cafe Rouge, Nando's and Barburrito, as well as the Gourmet Burger Kitchen and Korova ...
IN BRIEF: Hospital cuts led to more emergencies.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE number of patients needing emergency treatment has soared because of hospital cuts, an investigation revealed. A study carried out by Pulse, the newspaper for General Practitioners, shows an NHS hospital scheme to reduce follow-up appointments and to discharge patients ...
IN BRIEF: Blair 'up there with Churchill'.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... CHERIE BLAIR has compared her husband to Winston Churchill. She said former prime minister Tony Blair would be judged "very well" by history. In a magazine interview comparing him to the revered wartime leader, Mrs Blair said: "He'll be up there with ...
IN BRIEF: Rescue praise.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... POLICE praised a caver who raised the alarm when he realised a party of teenage potholers was missing underground amid rising water levels. A group of three adults and eight teenagers were rescued from a ...
IN BRIEF: Web premiere.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... OASIS are to premiere their new album Dig Out Your Soul in its entirety on MySpace. Fans will be able to listen to the new record before its release next Monday. The "global exclusive" means people can listen to the ...
Unilever recalls Chinese milk powder.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ANGLO-DUTCH company Unilever says it is recalling some of its Lipton-brand milk tea powder in Hong Kong and Macau after they are found to contain traces of an industrial chemical. Unilever Hong Kong Ltd. said in a statement that internal test results have found four batches of ...
Calendar girl Atkinson makes store opening a memorable date.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ACTRESS and glamour model Gemma Atkinson helped open a new entertainment superstore in Liverpool ONE yesterday. The former Hollyoaks star signed her 2009 calendar at Zavvi shortly after Liverpool FC legend Ian Rush formally opened the store. Miss Atkinson will appear ...
New homes set to double as building curbs relaxed; Move to get more on housing ladder.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY DAVID BARTLETT Chief Reporter RESTRICTIONS on the number of homes allowed to be built in Liverpool and Merseyside have been lifted under the regional plan released yesterday. Under the latest plan, 23,111 homes are to be built each year in the North West ...
Fuel theft suspect's picture revealed.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THIS is the man suspected of at least 16 thefts from petrol stations in Sefton. Between July and September a series of petrol station drive-offs have been carried out with a white Ford Focus estate, a red Ford Focus estate and a white Vauxhall Astra estate. Stolen ...
Man cleared of speeding as 'gun' used not checked.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... SPEEDING charges against a motorist in Wirral failed after the court was told the handheld "speed gun" used to catch him had not been properly checked. Solicitors for senior British Telecom director Colin Mattey now say hundreds of other motorists could have grounds for ...
Ex-mortgage broker fined pounds 100,000; 1,500 clients exposed to risk, says watchdog.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY DAVID JONES Daily Post Staff A FORMER mortgage broker who ran an office in Chester was yesterday fined pounds 100,000 by a financial watchdog. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned Stephen Jones and hit him with the massive fine - the second ...
Conman fleeced wife of pounds 22,000.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A ONE-LEGGED conman who tricked a woman into marrying him so he could fleece her of more than pounds 22,000 has been jailed. Devious Alan Freeman Harrison, 42, swept Joanna Thomas off her feet during a whirlwind romance after they met through the internet. He even ...
Murder case arrests.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... FOUR people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Liverpool. Ryan Wooley, 20, from Fazakerley, was shot on ...
Edge Lane gets go-ahead at last; CPO approval forces homeowners to sell up.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY DAVID BARTLETT Chief Reporter THE long-awaited regeneration and widening of Liverpool's Edge Lane has been given the go-ahead, after the Government confirmed a compulsory purchase order to force homeowners to sell up. National regeneration agency English ...
OAP charged with wife killing.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... AN 81-YEAR-OLD appeared in court yesterday charged with the murder of his wife in West Lancashire. John Sutton, of Hesketh Lane, Tarleton, appeared at Ormskirk Magistrates Court charged with the murder of Anne Sutton, ...
pounds 431m Mersey Gateway plans to go to public inquiry.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A PUBLIC inquiry will take place into plans to build a second bridge across the River Mersey. The Department for Transport announced yesterday that a public inquiry will be held into Halton's Mersey Gateway Bridge. No date or venue has been set, but it is expected to ...
Treasury reacts frostily to Cameron's offer of political truce over emergency.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A SURPRISE offer by David Cameron of a political truce to tackle the economic crisis appeared to have been rejected by the Government last night. The Treasury reacted frostily to the Conservative leader's emergency statement to his party's conference, in which he vowed to put ...
Merseyside's jobless crisis 'to get worse' Health chief's bleak warning to Tories.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY ROB MERRICK Political Correspondent MERSEYSIDE'S jobless crisis, which has left more than 100,000 people on the long-term sick, is set to worsen as the economic crisis deepens, the Tory conference heard. Sue Woodward, who heads the groundbreaking Health is ...
Unrepentant MP's 'triumph'.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A TORY frontbencher expressed pride that he might have contributed to John Prescott's bulimia. Combative shadow local government secretary Eric Pickles said to a ...
Everton will find stadium cash, say Tesco; Club officials meet opponents to move.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY RICHARD DOWN Daily Post Staff TESCO remain satisfied that Everton have the money to part fund their bid to build a stadium and superstore in Kirkby, supermarket chiefs said last night. The confident announcement came as Everton revealed they have met with ...
Proud moment for conductor.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... CONDUCTOR Simon Rattle was celebrated as one of Liverpool's "favourite sons" last night, as he received the Freedom of the City. The ceremony at Liverpool Town Hall was attended by friends, family and guests. Council leader Warren Bradley, Lord Mayor Steve Rotheram ...
Death crash PC: I felt so guilty.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A POLICE driving trainer whose colleague crashed into a pensioner's car killing him, told a court yesterday that he felt responsible. Retired Liverpool University lecturer Peter Williams, 67, was driving his VW Touran with wife Jean on a country lane when a marked police Volvo ...
Sex sells.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... SEX And The City: The Movie has become the fastest-selling DVD of the year, shifting nearly one million copies in its first ...
Petrol station theft.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A PETROL station worker who stole pounds 76,000 in takings to pay off a huge gambling debt has been jailed. Nandish Ruparelia plundered the tills at the Shell garage in Barlow Lane, Kirkdale he was working at just weeks after starting. He had responsibility for ...
Letter: Embracing the Fab Four.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Anna Pantoliano I WAS in Liverpool in 1976 as a college student. During the holidays, I took a train there to specifically see the Beatles sites. I was then very disappointed in the lack of interest the city at that time seemed to have towards The Beatles. I ...
Letter: Tory policies.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Cllr Steve Munby IF DAVID CAMERON was Pinocchio, his nose would stretch to the North Pole ("Tories pledge 'fast track' to North", Daily Post, Monday, September 29). He claims that work would start on a high-speed rail link to the North on day one of a Tory ...
Letter: Financial crisis.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: S Tomkins WHILE one hopes for all our sakes that the US government can stitch together a rescue deal to bail out the banking system, there's also sympathy for the other point of view. Apparently, such is the anger of so many US citizens over the greed and ...
Letter: Market control.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Sam Semoff TONY BELL claims the Royal Liverpool Hospital Trust has learned to control the drive of the money markets to maximise profits and that the PFI scheme being negotiated will not be a financial disaster as others ...
Letter: Going to get worse.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Miss E Gillies THINGS are bad and they are going to get a whole lot worse. That seems to be the general way of thinking at the moment whether you look to the banking sector, the housing market or the job market. And, you know what, I am fed up ...
Letter: Huge thank you.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Elizabeth Hampson MAY I, on behalf of the RNLI Moelfre Lifeboat Day Fund Raisers say a huge thank you to all of you who came to our Lifeboat Day in August. You helped us raise a whopping pounds 6,874 towards the funds for the Lifeboat and crew. ...
Letter: Medical attention.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Brian Renshall AFTER reading J Blackburn's letter (Letters, Daily Post, September 24) entitled "Appointment chaos", I can only say that his surgery in Formby needs to get up to date with current trends. At my medical centre in Prescot, there is no restriction ...
Letter: Bad timing.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: B Ellis IF YOU are going to be ill or fall over, don't do it on a Sunday. Five week ago, I fell at home and rang my doctor's number, where I was given another number to ring. Noone was available and in the end a nurse at Arrowe Park said a nurse was on duty but couldn't ...
Letter: Lack of respect.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... SO THE reason The Woodside Hotel has faced such a sorry end is because ". . . the immediate locality is plagued by vagrancy, alcoholism, drugs . . .". Peach Developments have demonstrated a complete lack of respect for those of us who live in this supposed sorry locality. ...
Letter: Building's future.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Cllr Paul Clein IN RELATION to the former Beaufort Street school building in Dingle, your correspondent David Swift (Daily Post, Letters, September 30) criticises the alleged failure of Liverpool City Council and, by extension, its leader - presumably ...
LIVERPOOL DAILY POST: Why Liverpool One will win.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... TODAY'S eagerly awaited grand opening of the second phase of Liverpool One comes at a difficult moment in some ways, with the financial world in a state of confusion and chaos over the ongoing credit crunch crisis. Most economic forecasters are predicting that things are likely ...
LIVERPOOL DAILY POST: THE DAILY POST & YOU.(Letters)
Oct 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: Sheer enjoyment.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Miss E Gillies I WOULD like to thank Phil Redmond for all the fun you have brought to Merseyside during 2008. The sheer enjoyment offered to so many delighted children and grateful families, especially at free events, has been a joy to behold. You ...
THE DAILY POSTCARD.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... To order copies of pictures in the Daily Post, contact Photosales on 0151 472 2549 CAPTION(S): A builder casts a ...
Touching power; OUR MAN IN WESTMINSTER.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: ROB MERRICK THE Tory chariot is gathering pace on the road to Downing Street, and all around me are the happy smiles of young Conservatives who believe that power is nearly theirs. But, after three days at the Birmingham conference - while the global economy ...
THOUGHT for the DAY.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... IN SOME stores, you find stalls set out to allow you to taste a new product. It may be a new drink or a new food. Of course, they hope that by tasting that product you will be tempted to buy it. It is good, too, when dining out, especially when in a foreign country, to try something ...
Tim Fortescue; OBITUARY.(Features)(Obituary)
Oct 01, 2008 ... HE WAS an old-style Tory cavalier, muddied on the rugby field at public school, dashing, rugged and romantic, a darling of the blue rinse brigade, but also a cannon occasionally inclined to blast at the wrong moment, and sometimes in the wrong direction. Brought up with the ...
Man tried to attack girl, 13.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A MAN attempted to attack a teenage girl in St Helens. The 13-year-old was approached on Westfield Street, near to St Thomas' Square, St Helens, last Thursday, at around 8pm. The girl was walking her dog when a man struck up a conversation with her and it is alleged ...
Security guard, 72, loses age claim.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY RICHARD DOWN Daily Post Staff AN ELDERLY security guard has had his claim for age discrimination and unfair dismissal refused. Robert Alan Ithell, 72, of Birkenhead, had been working at the Land Registry offices in the town for 22 years. But the ...
Awards for young.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... MORE than 30 people from Wirral will receive Young Leaders in Service Awards from the Lions Club of West Kirby and Lions ...
Rescue hero honoured for M-way bravery.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A LIVERPOOL man has been honoured for his courage and bravery at this year's Pride of Britain awards. Bernie Butler, 68, from Kirkby, won an award for his outstanding bravery when he risked his life to rescue a man from an explosion on the M6 after a lorry collided with a gas ...
Football coaching makes a comeback.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... POLICE in south Wirral have teamed up with local organisations to put on football coaching sessions again this autumn. Last year, officers worked with Bebington Oval sports centre to coach groups of young footballers. Building on last year's success, officers from ...
Terror attack victims meet to share their agonies.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY LAURA SHARPE Daily Post Staff TERRORIST victims from around the world gathered in Warrington yesterday to speak about their experiences. A group of 10 people who had either been directly targeted by a bomb or gun attack or had members of their family killed ...
Culture Diary: REVIEW; Windermere/The Actors Studio.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: VICKY ANDERSON LIVERPOOL writer Tommy Kearney brings us another slice of lovingly-created teenage nostalgia in Windermere, currently enjoying its northern premiere in his home town. It follows on from a production of his Madonna and Me, using the same company ...
Culture Diary: We'll do Level best to thrill fans at Phil.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY VICKY ANDERSON Daily Post Staff LEVEL 42 return to the Philharmonic Hall next Wednesday. "Liverpool is a good city for us," says bassist and frontman Mark King. "It's got a good musical heritage, everyone knows that. There seems to be a real appreciation ...
Culture Diary: Arts centre mural shows a recycled vision of the universe.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Philip Key THE Novas Contemporary Urban Centre, on Greenland Street, is one of the real hubs of the Independent Biennial, holding a variety of exhibitions during the festival. And its intentions are stated before visitors even get through the doors, in the ...
Culture Diary: KEY Events; THE ARTS EDITOR'S PICK OF THE DAY.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Philip Key EXHIBITION: An exhibition of the amazing microscopic work of Willard Wigan has been extended. See his work mounted on pinheads or in the eye of a needle, in the gallery of the Hard Day's Night hotel, North John Street, until October 31, from 9.30-5.30pm Monday ...
The mane attraction still going strong.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Emma Pinch Herbert of Liverpool has just celebrated 50 years of hairdressing. Emma Pinch meets the city's most flamboyant businessman AGLITTERING seam of magic is woven through the life of Herbert Howe. From bird seed confetti, to clothes shops and ...
It says it's a fact, so it must be true - mustn't it?(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: LAURA DAVIS THERE was me thinking Norwich was all about mustard making, Alan Partridge and second division football when I learned a surprising fact. Its inhabitants, ignorant of modern manufacturing techniques, wear clothes made of felt they created using a ...