Recently added articles from Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England):

VICTIM 2 SUES BARTON; EXCLUSIVE.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... Byline: By LUKE TRAYNOR JOEY Barton is being sued by the teenage boy he attacked in a booze-fuelled rampage. Jordan Spencer has lodged a compensation claim against the Huyton-born footballer. He was 16when the Newcastle United midfielder turned on him ...

Adrian dies at 27; ONLINE TODAY.(News)(Obituary)

Aug 20, 2008 ... CAMPAIGNING journalist and blogger Adrian Sudbury died early today. The 27-year-old Liverpool University graduate who had fought a courageous battle against leukaemia and waged a campaign for education about bone marrow donation, passed away with his family beside him at their ...

Seedy trade of the brothel on top floor of plush block of city flats; EXCLUSIVE AN LIVERPOOL ECHO INVESTIGATION.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... Byline: By DAN KAY & LUKE TRAYNOR SEX is being sold to customers from a plush Liverpool city centre apartment. The ECHO can today expose the secrets concealed behind the door of a sixth-storey studio known as Lucy's Apartment. The vice den, at the flagship ...

Fall teen is comfortable.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... A TEENAGER who suffered serious head injuries after falling through a skylight at his school was today described as comfortable in hospital. ...

What goes on inside the flat.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... AN ECHO reporter visited Lucy's Apartment after we called to check the brothel was open. He said: "I rang the buzzer in Leeds Street and asked if it was Lucy's, which they confirmed and invited me up. "I took a lift to reach the sixth floor, and when I knocked on the ...

Five hurt as car slams into tree.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... FIVE people are fighting for their lives after their car crashed into a tree. The 41-year-old driver and his passengers were taken to hospital in a fleet of ambulances. The accident took place close to a blind bend on Wood Lane, Great Altcar, near Formby, at 1.55am. ...

Barmaid in thief scare.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... A BARMAID was forced to hand over pub takings. The woman was leaving The Lodestar pub, Brook Street, Neston, at midnight on ...

Worker dies in drain fall.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... Byline: By CAROLINE INNES A LIVERPOOL man has died after falling 35 feet through a manhole to the bottom of a drain. Paramedics climbed down a ladder to try to save 45-year-old contract worker Peter Halligan, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. It is ...

News Briefs: Crackdown on paedophiles.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... MEASURES to tighten controls on the movements of paedophiles have been announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. They include increasing the ...

News Briefs: Tributes to family.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... TRIBUTES were paid to a British man and his eight-year-old daughter who died in a crash in Turkey. Jonathon ...

News Briefs: Goody in tears.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... REALITY TV star Jade Goody broke down in tears as she arrived back in the ...

News Briefs: Driver impaled.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... A LORRY driver was trapped for an hour with a metal fence pole lodged through his chest after it smashed through his cab. The ...

News Briefs: Starving girl trial.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... A COUPLE accused of starving a seven-year-old girl to death at their home will appear in court today charged with ...

News Briefs: Woman murdered.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... THE husband of a high-flying business executive was last night charged with her murder. Sally Sinclair, 40, head of business ...

News Briefs: Glitter 'no' to flight.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... SHAMED rock star Gary Glitter was in limbo today after refusing to ...

News Briefs: Crash investigation.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... CRASH experts were today trying to find out why a coach plunged down a steep embankment, leaving a 26-year-old man dead and ...

I was wrong to use a gun ... but I had to protect my home; Man attacked by teens is guilty of affray.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... Byline: By CAROLINE INNES & LYNDA ROUGHLEY A MAN who brandished a pellet gun to defend his home against a 25-strong gang of youths today told of his frustration at ending up in court. Perry Szdmit, 21, admitted he was wrong to grab hold of the unloaded BB gun. ...

All hail Jimmy the mayor.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... HOSPITAL worker Jimmy Reil is the lord mayor of Liverpool, but just for today. He took over the chains of office from Cllr Steve Rotheram after winning a charity competition. Mr Reil, 62, from Aintree, and his wife Pat were overseeing a number of 20 08 civic events ...

75-year-old agreement may halt New Brighton plan.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... WIRRAL'S biggest ever regeneration scheme has been threatened with legal action based on a 75- year-old covenant, which campaigners say could yet halt the project. The pounds 75m regeneration of New Brighton, by Neptune Developments, has a long history of clashes with part of ...

Meeting will honour Terry.(News)

Aug 20, 2008 ... A SPECIAL meeting will be held next week to commemorate the life of former Liverpool Militant MP Terry Fields. The left-winger who represented Liverpool Broadgreen from 1983 to 1992, died in June from cancer. The Campaign for a New ...