Daily Post (Liverpool, England) back issues from March 2009:
Bomb in Sefton Park lake.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... AN UNEXPLODED WWII bomb forced police to cordon off Sefton Park last night after it had lain hidden underwater for nearly 70 years. Drainage work at the park had revealed the silt of the lake bed and it was there that a couple out walking in the park spotted the bomb just before ...
Planning bids cut as crunch bites; EXCLUSIVE Sign of hard times as city applications fall by a half.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY DAVID BARTLETT City Editor THE number of major planning applications in Liverpool has fallen by more than half, in the latest indication of the impact of the credit crunch on the city. Between April and December, 2008, the city council only received 95 ...
Minister: I won't meddle.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY LIAM MURPHY Daily Post Staff THE Government has said it will not intervene in the closure of libraries across Wirral. The decision by culture secretary Andy Burnham has come as Wirral Council is due to meet tonight to approve its budget - including ...
IN BRIEF: Thousands of job hunters besiege zoo.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A ZOO recruitment day for seasonal staff brought a surge of more than 3,000 hopeful job-hunters. Twycross Zoo, based in Atherstone, ...
IN BRIEF: Battle over tyre dump.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... AN EARL was last night facing legal action for failing to complete the clearance of about 1m tyres illegally dumped on his land. St ...
IN BRIEF: Goody surgery.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... CANCER-STRICKEN Jade Goody was last night admitted to hospital for an operation to relieve her "awful pain", her publicist Max Clifford said. The ...
Agents are licensed to sell off Bond's Cheshire home; 007's former house goes on the market for pounds 1m.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY LIAM MURPHY Daily Post Staff ESTATE agents have been "licensed to sell" the former Cheshire country pile of 007 actor Roger Moore. The 17th-century Broxton Hall manor house, near Chester, has gone on the market for a cool pounds 1m. Set in four ...
Gilfoyle family vow to fight on.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... THE family of Eddie Gilfoyle have vowed to fight on to clear his name. It follows a review of his conviction by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which found "new evidence" unearthed by a national newspaper had already been considered at appeal. Gilfoyle was ...
Fugitive Gerrard 'fixer' captured.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A MOB fixer, who once helped Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard, is behind bars after almost a year on the run. John Kinsella, of Mile End, Everton, stopped a Merseyside gangster known as The Psycho from terrorising the England midfielder when he was coming up through the Anfield ...
Eco-festival introduces visitors to wetland wonders.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... FAMILIES enjoyed an Eco-festival at Martin Mere Wetland Centre over the weekend. The wildlife reserve, near Burscough, West Lancashire, hosts rare and endangered birds in an unspoilt habitat. The eco-festival included den building, family crafts and a chance to watch ...
IN BRIEF: Government clampdown on circuses.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... THE Government department responsible for animal welfare is looking at the possibility of regulating the use of wild animals in circuses, it said yesterday. The announcement follows the controversial introduction of three ...
IN BRIEF: No preparation for snow.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A LACK of preparation and co-ordination hampered efforts to keep transport running in London during the heavy snows at the beginning of last month, a report claimed ...
IN BRIEF: 'Army' schools.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... SCHOOLS today are like "boot camps" drilling children to pass exams, a leading headteacher said yesterday. Nick Dorey, chairman of the Society of Headmasters and ...
IN BRIEF: Alps deaths.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... TRIBUTES were paid last night to two British tourists who fell to their deaths in the French Alps. Richard Ryan, 27, of York, and Christopher Lockwood, ...
IN BRIEF: EU talks.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... EASTERN European nations do not want a special rescue programme for their region, top EU officials said at the end of emergency economic summit talks last night. ...
Delight as girls' school wins prestige academy status; Bid to attract pupils from deprived areas.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY LIAM MURPHY Daily Post Staff WIRRAL'S last independent allgirls school has been given the goahead to become one of the Government's flagship academies. The move has been welcomed by Wirral Council's cabinet member for education, Phil Davies, who said he ...
Soulful Stone packs out intimate Picket gig.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... SOUL superstar Joss Stone and her 11-piece band packed out the Picket on Saturday night. Stone, who has sold millions of albums across the globe, easily filled the 300-capacity Jordan Street venue. Picket director Philip Hayes said: "There was a wonderful atmosphere ...
Concern for missing woman.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... POLICE are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a Merseyside woman. Christine Armstrong, 43, was last seen at her Hampton Road home, in Southport, on Wednesday, February, ...
Action on knives led to four arrests.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A BLITZ on knife crime led police to arrest four people for carrying weapons on Friday. Merseyside Police held a region-wide Knife Crime Day of Action. More than 8,200 people were asked to pass through metal detecting arches. Officers also ran 27 "test ...
Parry's departure will be no easy fix; Rick Parry's departure will only increase uncertainty at Liverpool FC, argues chief football correspondent Ian Doyle PARRY DEPARTURE ANFIELD UNCERTAINTY.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Ian Doyle WHILE Liverpool were preparing for their Champions League match at Real Madrid last week, speculation swept Merseyside that Rafael Benitez was poised to resign as the club's manager. The rumour-mongers had, of course, picked the wrong man to make a ...
LIVERPOOL DAILY POST: Sort out cultural mess yourselves.(Leaders)(Editorial)
Mar 02, 2009 ... THE furious political row over the proposed shake-up in the Wirral libraries service is not for the faint-hearted, but it is knockabout local government at its best. There are opposing views of the best way forward, argued with sincerity and passion, and an electorate that, on ...
Letter: Brighter times are on the way.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mrs J Radford AT LAST it seems spring may be on its way. The daffodils and snowdrops are peeping above the ground ready to flower and, despite the chill in the air, I'm sure it's a touch brighter. The squirrels in Sefton Park seem puzzled by the weather and at ...
Letter: Cancer hardship.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Paul Colligan I AM writing to support Macmillan Cancer Support's campaign to freeze out fuel poverty for cancer patients. Rising fuel prices have affected many of us, but for cancer patients the effects can be even more keenly felt. Spending longer periods at ...
Letter: Now showing.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mike Taylor IN RESPONSE to Peter Elson's article (Daily Post, February 20) the current Allerton Odeon is not closing after serving south Liverpool for 70 years. It was only built and opened in 1973 as a Classic cinema. It was a replacement for the old ...
Letter: Speaking out.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: J Shaw RE: THE letter entitled "elocution", in Thursday's Daily Post, which spoke about the lady train announcer and her pronunciation of Saint as Sunt. My complaint is that we have a ...
Letter: Massive savings.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: David Hanson I HAVE every sympathy with schools who are reluctant to allow pupils time off during terms to take a family holiday, as reported in Friday's Daily Post. Yes, education should come first. But, at the same time, we should spare a thought ...
Letter: Rewarded for failure.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: M Kelly GORDON BROWN is trying to win the populist vote by pretending to be as annoyed as the rest of us about Sir Fred Goodwin's pounds 600,000 pension. What about his own pension and those of the rest of his government? He is complicit in the ...
Letter: Freedom to live.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Jenny Peacock PERHAPS the housing "crisis" will help loosen the obsession people have here in the UK about property ownership. In the Netherlands, as well as other European counties, they don't have this fixation. People there rent and, I believe, ...
Letter: A waste of life.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: J Ripley I WAS saddened to read of the death of Liverpool Royal Marine Mick Laski, and wonder how many more young men and women must be lost before this Government comes to its senses and withdraws troops from Afghanistan. Only last week, a respected advisor ...
Letter: Protect lifesavers.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Leah Fraser THE shocking revelation that the Ambulance Service has 500 addresses which are unsafe for crews to visit, without Police protection, demonstrates, yet again, the risks that many public service workers face simply by doing their job (Daily Post, February 26). ...
Letter: What's the answer.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: A Jones IT NOW seems likely, after the passing of several weeks, that no Liverpool fans are to be brought to book in relation to the sad behaviour of a pathetic minority during the recent Everton-Liverpool FA Cup replay at Goodison Park. Missiles, including ...
OBITUARY: Betty Tylden.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... PSYCHIATRISTS, like police officers, are all the better for a hefty dose of common sense. And there were few whose heads were better screwed on than Betty Tylden, who has died, aged 91, after a long and distinguished career concentrating often on young patients and those trying ...
Unite for the fight.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: JIM HANCOCK WHY are opponents of the culture and leisure cuts in Wirral about to form a new political party? The Conservatives have made clear that they totally oppose plans to close 11 libraries and transfer other facilities to be run by the community. ...
THOUGHT for the DAY.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Terri Whitaker SILENCE is golden. In today's busy world, with its incessant noise, this certainly is true. In order to communicate with God, we need silence. Matthew 14:23 tells us that Jesus went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Mark 1:35 ...
THE DAILY POSTCARD.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... To order copies of pictures in the Daily Post, contact Photosales on 0151 472 2549 CAPTION(S): ...
Operatic producer gives up touring; ARTS DIARY.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: LAURA DAVIS AN AWARD-WINNING theatre producer, whose shows are an integral part of the Liverpool Empire's annual programme, has announced a change of focus. Ellen Kent, who is celebrating both 25 years in the industry and her 60th birthday this year, will ...
Display Centre asks for memory recall; ARTS DIARY.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY LAURA DAVIS Arts Editor IT IS rare that a customer of the Bluecoat Display Centre should want to return an item to the art shop, but over the past week there has been a flurry of people handing back their purchases. Fortunately for director Maureen Bampton, ...
City hall plays host to an evening of classic Dickens; ARTS DIARY.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: LAURA DAVIS AN EVENING of talks and readings, based upon the life of one of the country's most eminent writers, is being held in the very room in which he regularly addressed a Liverpool audience. Charles Dickens was a habitual visitor to the city, holding his ...
Pick of the day; ARTS DIARY.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: LAURA DAVIS ART: Liverpool's George Melly, jazz performer, writer and critic, is captured in the work of his great friend, the artist Maggi Hambling. Including ink drawings from life, oil paintings executed during his final days and a series of portraits ...
Liverpool's Victorian blueprints unearthed.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY LAURA DAVIS Arts Editor A SET of rarely-seen drawings for some of Liverpool's most famous Victorian buildings goes on display at the city's Central Library today. The blueprints, created by architectural practice Culshaw & Sumners, have been stored in the ...
Closures considered.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... VAUXHALL parent company General Motors Europe says factory closures "must be considered" under a restructuring plan that will see it ask for pounds 2.93bn in state aid. But it is understood that Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant, which employs more than 2,000 people, is still ...
Learning centre to replace schools.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... THREE primary schools will close in Knowsley and be replaced with a new centre for learning. An adjudicator decided the council could plough ahead and establish a 420-place community primary. The All Saints Centre for Learning, on the current Ruffwood School site, ...
Convention centre wins two industry accolades; Experts say BT centre is the 'best'.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY VICKY ANDERSON Daily Post Staff LIVERPOOL'S BT Convention Centre is celebrating winning two national awards. It was named UK Venue of the Year at the national Confex Awards, as well as having the Best Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative for its ...
Festival wins award.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... LIVERPOOL'S HUB festival has been named the nation's best. It is the biggest urban free festival of its kind and was named Public Outdoor Event of the Year by the National Outdoor Events ...
Wirral murder accused in court.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A MAN appeared in court charged with the murder of a Merseyside father. Gary Finlay, 46, stood in the dock at Wirral magistrates' court on Friday. He faces accusations of murdering 45-year-old Graham McKenna and attempting to murder Mr McKenna's ...
Liverpool is Dame Joan's delight; Researching her first novel, Dame Joan Bakewell was swept away by Liverpool's wartime history.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Peter Elson reports THE old song, All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor, is laden with multiple meanings and good-old British nudgenudge, wink-wink. A perfect title, even in shortened form, for a novel about what today seems a highly dubious scheme to get school ...
I, Robot? More like I no robot, me just dumb human.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: PETER ELSON ONE of the scariest films I can recall seeing as a child was when I was bedridden, aged seven years old, in the long-gone Chester City Hospital. What I now realise was an old Hollywood comedy horror film, concerned a man "marrying" an android ...
City unites once again for Great Purple Run; Croxteth Park to host 2009 charity event.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY TINA MILES Daily Post Staff THE Daily Post today urges its readers to take part in a charity run and raise cash for children on Merseyside. The Liverpool Unites: Great Purple Run 2009 was organised after the success of the Run for Rhys, on September 14 last ...
Charity fashion.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A CHARITY fashion show is being held at the Holiday Inn, Liverpool City Centre this Thursday. It starts at 6pm and tickets cost ...
Warning to 'mail sell-off' critics.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... LORD MANDELSON remained on collision course with unions and Labour MPs last night after launching a furious attack on opponents of his plans to part-privatise Royal Mail. The Business Secretary criticised the use of union "scare tactics" and warned party rebels they risked ...
Radio City award.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... LIVERPOOL'S Radio City 96.7 has been shortlisted for an award at the Music Week Awards. The station could be named Regional Radio Station of the Year at a ceremony to be held in London on ...
Gloomy outlook forecast for manufacturing jobs; Worst figures since decline of the 1980s.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY ALAN JONES Daily Post Correspondent MORE than 140,000 manufacturing jobs will be lost this year in the wake of a "dramatic" downturn which is cutting deeper into British industry, a new report warned today. The Engineering Employers Federation (EEF) said ...
Oscar winner shares a celebration drink with his father.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... AWARD-WINNING director Danny Boyle popped into his local club in his hometown yesterday to toast his success at the Oscars. The 52-year-old director of Slumdog Millionaire was joined by his father Frank, 87, and twin sister Maria at St Mary's Catholic Social Club in Radcliffe, ...
Women facing crisis of faith.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... CHERIE BLAIR believes the future of Christianity is at risk because women followers are being marginalised from speaking their views. The staunch Catholic, who was raised in Crosby, said few female believers liked to talk openly about their faith, despite her claim that it was ...
Red nose trek.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... CELEBRITIES climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief completed a four-hour trek through the rainforest yesterday. The ...
TIME OUT: LOOKING BACK.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Send your captioned old photographs to the address on the letters page with a return address on the back Share your Liverpool memories at http://blogs.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/pooloflife CAPTION(S): In the days before road markings ...
TIME OUT: QUIZ CHALLENGE.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... 1. Which of her famous character creations did Agatha Christie kill off in her novel Curtain? 2. Which Czech composer wrote the opera The Bartered Bride? 3. What is the English name of the creature Laxodonta africana? 4. What historical event ...
SUNDAY TIPS.(Business)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BILL GLEESON SUNDAY TELEGRAPH DISTRIBUTION group Bunzl (581p), which generates half of its revenue from the US and a fifth of its income from Continental Europe, has benefited from the weak pound. The group, which reported an 8% rise in pre-tax profits to ...
Home Bargains moves up UK retailers' league table; Chain owner TJ Morris now second biggest grocer as 2009 sales rise 25%.(Business)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY TONY McDONOUGH Deputy Business Editor LIVERPOOL value retail group TJ Morris is reporting a 25% increase in sales at its Home Bargains chain for the first two months of the year. This weekend, the company was also officially named as Britain's second ...
Broadcasting giants aiming to shed 600 jobs as profits fall.(Business)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BILL GLEESON BROADCASTERS ITV and Five are expected to announce plans to cut up to 600 jobs this week, it was reported yesterday. ITV is expected to unveil plans to axe up to 500 posts when it reports its annual results on Wednesday, while Five is understood ...
Small firm loan pledge by A&L.(Business)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BILL GLEESON BOOTLE-BASED Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank will increase lending to small firms by more than 25% this year. Steve Pateman, corporate and commercial banking managing director, said: "In the current economic climate, cashflow is the ...
Trade Centre to break duck.(Sport)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY ARGUS TRADE Centre showed more than enough ability on his Wolverhampton debut to suggest he is capable of getting off the mark in the Sparrow Hawk Maiden Stakes at Lingfield. The son of Dubai Destination was bought for 375,000 guineas as a yearling but has ...
Horse Racing: Lane straight on road to Aintree despite fall.(Sport)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY CHRIS WRIGHT Daily Post Staff CLOUDY LANE is expected to head straight to Aintree for the John Smith's Grand National despite falling at the first fence at Kelso on Saturday. The Donald McCaintrained nine-year-old failed to complete for only the second ...
Horse Racing: Murphy hoping for good ground in King's Festival bid.(Sport)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY CHRIS WRIGHT FERDY MURPHY is praying the rain stays away from Cheltenham this week as Kalahari King aims for glory in the Irish Independent Arkle Trophy a week tomorrow. Murphy took a number of his Cheltenham Festival hopefuls to Doncaster on Saturday to ...
Joint bid for Euro 2016 is abandoned.(Sport)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY MARTYN ZIEGLER SCOTLAND and Wales have abandoned plans for a joint bid to host the 2016 European Championships. The Football Association of Wales last night cited the economic downturn and other concerns arising from UEFA's move to expand the tournament to ...