Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) back issues from October 2007:
Murder hunt for missing father.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE hunt for a missing Merseyside man has been upgraded to a murder inquiry. Police looking for Raymond Shearwood, 36, fear the convicted drug dealer has been killed in the six weeks since he vanished. The father-of-three was last seen on the afternoon of August 19 ...
HAVE-A-GO HERO KNIFED 3 TIMES.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By BEN ROSSINGTON Crime Reporter A NAVY mechanic stabbed three times as he tried to stop yobs attacking a girl is recovering in hospital today Thomas Dowell, 23, had surgery after being set upon while on a night out. Two ...
SAMARITAN SAILOR IS STABBED; Navy mechanic went to help girl.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By ADRIAN BUTLER A NAVY mechanic was stabbed three times as he tried to stop yobs attacking a girl. Thomas Dowell from Crosby was today recovering in hospital after Saturday night's attack. His mother Pauline said he had been on shore leave and ...
Tobacco warning.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A LIVERPOOL anti-tobacco youth group has warned that the latest measures to stop young people buying tobacco do not go far enough. New legislation which came into force today makes it illegal to sell tobacco to anyone in England and Wales under ...
Anne's weaker link.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... MERSEYSIDE-born TV presenter Anne Robinson is to divorce from her husband John Penrose after 27 years of ...
Gunman 'opens fire on car'.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... POLICE are investigating reports that shots were fired at a car in Liverpool. A man was seen ...
Rapid is to move into George Henry Lee's.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By NEIL HODGSON Industry Reporter RAPID Hardware is moving in to George Henry Lee's store in Church Street. Years of negotiations have ended in a deal which sees home and garden specialists Rapid move from Renshaw Street and create 20jobs in 2011. ...
News Briefs: Four farms hit by disease.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... ANIMALS were being culled at four farms today which neighbour the site of the latest confirmed case of foot and mouth disease. ...
News Briefs: Girl's body found.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... TWO people were in police custody today after the body of a three-year-old girl was ...
News Briefs: Jack's the lad.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp in the hit Pirates Of The ...
News Briefs: Marilyn's dresses.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A COLLECTION of classic dresses worn by Marilyn Monroe will be exhibited ...
News Briefs: Tory tax cut pledge.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... SHADOW chancellor George Osborne was unveiling populist plans to cut ...
News Briefs: Chimp shot dead.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A CHIMP escaped from his enclosure at Whipsnade Zoo and was shot dead by his keepers. The Zoological Society of ...
No hiding place for gun thugs; MERSEYSIDE CHIEF CONSTABLE BERNARD HOGAN-HOWE BACKS OUR LIVERPOOL UNITES CAMPAIGN Rhys murder 'turning point' in city crisis.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By ANDREW EDWARDS Assistant Editor MERSEYSIDE'S chief constable today backed the Liverpool Unites campaign and told the gun thugs: "We're all coming for you." Bernard Hogan-Howe added a new demand for action - laws to make parents more legally accountable for ...
Reds and Blues fans unite to wear purple ribbon for Rhys; MERSEYSIDE CHIEF CONSTABLE BERNARD HOGAN-HOWE BACKS OUR LIVERPOOL UNITES CAMPAIGN.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... FOOTBALL fans joined together to back the ECHO'S Liverpool Unites campaign for Rhys Jones. Liverpool and Everton supporters wore purple ribbons as a show of support for our war on gun crime. They were seen at Liverpool FC's away game against Wigan on Saturday, and ...
Man in court over incident at JLA.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A MAN was appearing in court today after an alleged security breach at Liverpool John Lennon airport. Police charged the man with boarding an aircraft without permission. They said Waldemar Rejowski, 47, of no fixed abode, was arrested at the airport just after 6am ...
GO ON STAN, GIVE US A SMILE! Charity abseil tests nerve.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By ADRIAN BUTLER STAN Boardman, Liverpool's Lady Mayoress Hilary Clark and council leader Warren Bradley all took a 200ft leap of faith for charity They abseiled off the Royal Liverpool hospital at the weekend. Joined by the hospital's chief ...
ECHO'S Adrian tells all.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... I'VE got a bad habit of switching off during important moments, such as just after I've asked someone for directions in the street. Unfortunately, this time it was just as I was hearing the best way to jump off a 200ft building and keep myself alive. All I ...
Women still love a bit of chivalry; SIX in the City.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: STANLEY McHALE A FEMALE friend and I were discussing good old-fashioned chivalry recently. She said it's too rare a thing these days, and how she would love men to be more old-fashioned, but at the same time acknowledged that sometimes it's contradictory to ...
Blues fans' iron will! 1,500 in trek to Ukraine for FC Metalist tie.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By GREG O'KEEFFE THOUSANDS of miles, hundreds of pounds and a knife-edge game is nothing to the hordes of Ever-ton fans making British football history this weeks. The routes have been painstakingly planned, credit cards pushed to their limit and now up to ...
ECHO Essentials.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... USEFUL PHRASES Hello - (vee-TAH-yoo) My name is - (moJE imJA) Nice to meet you - (DOO-zheh prih-YEM-noh po-znah - YOM-ih-tih-syah) Please - (pROshu) or: (bud' laska) Thank you - (DYAH-koo-yoo) Yes - (tahk) No - (nee) Excuse me (getting attention) - (peh-reh-PRO-shoo-yoo) I can't speak ...
Car appeal as man, 30, dies.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A MAN has died after being hit by a car in Warrington. The 30-year-old local man was struck by a black Honda estate in Insall Road, Fearnhead. He was taken to Warrington hospital around 2pm on Friday but died on Saturday ...
Suqababes are the tops!(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE Suqababes beat former X Factor winner Shayne Ward to the top of the official UK Top 40 ...
The snores that could put your life at risk; And obesity linked to big rise.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By HELEN HUNT MERSEYSIDE'S worsening obesity crisis is sending a dangerous sleep disorder rocketing. Specialists have seen a six-fold rise in patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) - which causes extreme snoring. The condition can ...
My wife and I can finally share a bed.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... COUNCIL worker Peter Yip thought his snoring was just annoying, but it turned out to be something far more serious. The father-of-one from Broadgreen discovered he had sleep apnoea after his long-suffering wife insisted he go and get medical help. He was diagnosed at ...
BIG BRO QUIZ FOR CITY SURVEY KIDS.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By BEN TURNER Education Reporter LIVERPOOL pupils are to be called to a Big Brother-style diary room to spill the beans on what they really think of school. And after taking the hot seat the children's views and feedback will be used to shape future government ...
It's time to sort yobs; Voice of the ECHO.(Leaders)
Oct 01, 2007 ... IT has long been argued that if the epidemic of youth disorder is to be eradicated then imaginative solutions are needed. So it is heartening to see the chief constable of Merseyside police come up with his ideas on how to tackle it. Bernard Hogan-Howe wants to examine the ...
Quick Quiz.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... 1. In Greek mythology, who ruled the underworld? 2. Brian Hugh Warner is better known as which rock star? 3. What is the capital of Morocco? 4. Where was the 1968 summer Olympics held? 5. Who directed 1982 film The Dark Crystal? 6 ....
How YOU can join the arty party for 2008; Bring your art to work. Paul Miller tells Jade Wright how to join in the city's cultural year.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jade Wright WORKING as a museum attendant, Paul Miller was used to hearing people talking about art. So when he noticed that the conversation about Liverpool's Capital of Culture year was becoming increasingly negative, Paul decided to take action. ...
My little boy's first day at school was just so wonderful! Mum's joy as Conor, 4, defies odds.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By ADRIAN BUTLER LITTLE Conor Durkin-0'Brien wasn't expected to live more than a few hours. But four years on the youngster is in full-time education, loves to sing - and even gets a bus to school. The Huyton schoolboy has astonished doctors by ...
North west film gets city premiere.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A NEW independent feature-length film shot in Liverpool and Cheshire was premiered in the city Romantic comedy Bare-footing will run at Woolton Picture House where it was screened on Thursday. The film is the latest production from north west-based Arena-Nova Films. ...
City 'Oscars' for young talent.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A SHOW washed out by flooding hopes to resurface in style on Friday The third annual Clapperboard Youth Project Awards 2007 was among the shows cancelled when heavy rainfall seeped into the Philharmonic Hall on September 21. But organisers confirmed the Oscar-style ...
Celebrate our black history.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By CATHERINE JONES Culture Reporter LIVERPOOL'S growing Black History Month is launched today with themes inspired by the slave trade bicentenary and working together for the future. The month-long programme includes events across Liverpool and beyond with ...
City Irish festival is all-star 08 taster.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By CATHERINE JONES Culture Reporter THE Dubliners, Ardal O'Han-lon and Gilbert 0'Sullivan are among the big names appearing at this year's Liverpool Irish Festival. Brewers Cains announced it will sponsor the festival for the third year running. ...
Watch out for bogus callers.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... KNOWSLEY residents were today warned to be on their guard after reports of bogus officials. It follows reports of a house-to-house caller who falsely claimed to be working on behalf of Knowsley council. A resident in Lordens Road, Huyton, was approached by a woman ...
WE'LL STRIP SCHOOLS OF CASH IF THEY DON'T SPEND; Warning over millions left in bank.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By BEN TURNER Education Reporter COUNCIL investigators today vowed to raid more than 40 Liverpool schools who stashed away millions in "rainy day" reserves. Education chiefs warned schools guilty of hoarding away annually allocated cash that they would claw it ...
Fire drama as power boats thrill; HUNDREDS TURN OUT TO SEE MERSEY RACE SPECTACLE.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By ADRIAN BUTLER RESCUERS had to speed to the aid of a power boat on the Mersey after it caught fire. The Clagate team's boat was competing in the Honda Powerboat Championships when the fire started. But the fire service's marine rescue unit had to ...
GCSE girl is out in front.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... LIFE is sweet for 16-year-old Rebecca Hannah who has been named one of the best PE students in the land. Results show the pupil at Upton Hall school, Upton, was among the highest PE performers nationally at GCSE. Her ...
Students need a TV licence.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... LIVERPOOL students caught without a TV license should not rely on their parents to bail them out. The warning follows a survey which found more ...
Clean sweep.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... SEFTON will be a cleaner place after the Cleaner, Greener, Safer fund ...
A bigger vision of the future; Three months from today, Liverpool will begin its year as European Capital of Culture. But will the city be open for business? Paddy Shennan reports.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Paddy Shennan SO HOW will Liverpool lookon January 1,2008? Will we be able to proudly show off our new-look city to the world - or will we have to launch a cover-up to hide our unsightly areas. It is exactly three months before we will begin to enjoy our year ...
My sassy sisters set to be let loose on the radio...(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Linda MCDERMOTT WHAT a sight to confront a coastal ranger on duty at five o'clock in the morning - a vivacious, voluptuous nude frolicking among the iron men on Crosby beach. And what's more, a photographer snapping away at the "cheeky" scene who happens to ...
Black Britons have succeeded in all fields of life.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Laurence Westgaph OCTOBER is National Black History Month, when the achievements of black people are celebrated. It disappoints me that there is actually a need for Black History Month but it is a fact that the contributions of black people have been omitted ...
Letter: Short points - Burma that China's malign.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Bill IT IS not just in Burma that China's malign anti-democratic influence is felt. China has severely hindered attempts to stop the genocide in the Sudan and is increasing its influence in many other countries throughout the world, especially in Africa. ...
Letter: Short points - Bob Wareing.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Charles White SURELY, at the age of 77, Bob Wareing should accept that it is time to retire. After 24 years as an MP I can't imagine he'll be short of cash compared with many of his constituency pensioners. It seems he is intending to stand as an Independent in a ...
Letter: Short points - Capital of Culture.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ann McGrath I THINK by now most people know about the Capital of Culture. But I'm not too sure what kind of ideas would be realistic. I would like to see this: because all of us are in this together - no matter what colour or religion - why doesn't ...
Letter: You say - Liverpool Unites ribbon.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: J Dunne I WAS in Marks and Spencer at the weekend and saw a shop assistant wearing the purple Liverpool Unites ...
Letter: You say - Battle that never ends.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Anthony Molyneux I WAS angered but not surprised to read Rex Makin's disparaging comments about Militant (ECHO, Sept 21). You might think that now, 20 years after Liverpool's 47 socialist councillors were unceremoniously booted out of office by the district ...
Letter: You say - Gay district benefits.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Kieran Bohan TO focus solely on the financial cost of plans to pedestrianise the Stanley Street area is to miss the point (Gay quarter could cost pounds 500,000, ECHO September 27). Independent research suggests that the benefits of a commercial gay district are more ...
Letter: You say - No win-win situation.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Slater I FEEL it necessary to respond to the article about the Festival Gardens site (ECHO, Sept 20). I don't know how disturbing highly contaminated ground, generating a massive increase in traffic, felling semi-nature trees, destroying wildlife habitat ...
Letter: You say - Silent LFC channel.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Mr C R Godfrey WHAT good is the Liverpool FC sports channel without sound? As a Setanta sports subscriber, I would like to know if any other ECHO ...
Letter: You say - Great QE2 welcome.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Dot and John Fuller LAST Friday, we were lucky to be on the QE2 when it sailed into the Mersey. What a reception we received from the customs officers to the police, bus couriers and staff at the cathedral, but mostly from the people who waited in the rain to ...
Letter: You say - Day to remember.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Dorothy Fryer LAST Friday was another proud day for Liverpool, with the new cruise liner terminal being opened by the Duke of Kent and the amazing QE2 visiting the city Although the ...
Letter: You say - Wonderful hospitals.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Leslie Reynolds FOR the past 14 years, I have been a patient at Aintree and Walton hospitals. The care has been outstanding in all departments. ...
Your Poem A Match Made In Heaven Great QE2 welcome.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: by Darryl Ashton Here was a game of football Like you've never seen before Two teams of football players Who had just passed through death's door? Heaven picked a team who Were a credit down on earth ...
Preview: NINE BLACK ALPS Stanley Theatre.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: by Jade Wright "Our first album was shouting out of your bedroom window at the world," says Sam Forrest, willowy Messiah, of the Manchester rockers' thunderous debut Everything Is. "It was the album I had wanted to make when I was younger - Nirvana, Pixies, ...
Tonight's TV.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Peter Grant WATCH IT Murphy's Law (BBC1, 9pm) JAMES Nesbitt is back for a new, three-part edition as DS Tommy Murphy, a loner used to dealing with the dark side of life. He's investigating the disappearance of two officers posing as a married ...
Pick of the day.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BBC1 Murphy's Law (9.00pm) New three-part detective drama. Murphy goes undercover to find two missing officers who were investigating brothers thought to be involved in drugs and people-trafficking. With James Nesbitt and Andrea Lowe. Continues tomorrow. ...
FILM OF THE DAY; Dark Water (Sky Movies Drama, 12.00am).(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... American remake of Hideo Nakata's spine-tingling Japanese horror, starring Jennifer Connelly as a woman who moves into an apartment with ...
PICK OF THE DAY; Live International Cricket (Sly Sports 1, 9.30am).(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Sri Lanka v England. The opening one-day international of the five match series at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. England come into the tour in confident mood having beaten India 4-3 in a series at the end of the summer, but their 50-over record in this country is particularly ...
CATCH THE ACTION.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Live Speedway (Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm) Coventry Bees v Swindon Robins. Coverage of the second leg of the Elite League Grand Final, as the teams look to succeed Peterborough Panthers as champions. Live NFL (Sky Sports 2, 1.30am) Cincinnati ...
HOUSE BUILDER PROFITS SOAR; Keepmoat posts 25% increase.(Business)(Financial report)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By NEIL HODGSON Industry Reporter HOUSE BUILDER Keepmoat has achieved a year of record growth, bolstered by its Merseyside connections. The regeneration and affordable homes specialist achieved a 13.6% improvement in sales of pounds 532.56m and posted a 25.3% ...
Fresh idea to dish out the best and tastiest local food.(Business)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Neil Hodgson THE combination of a love of fresh food and an entrepreneurial spirit inspired Adrienne Taylor to set up an online supply venture sourced exclusively from local food producers. Wavertree-based The Good Food Store (goodfoodstore.co.uk) has picked ...
Regeneration group prospers.(Business)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Neil Hodgson REGENERATION specialist St Modwen Properties said it performed well during the summer holiday period, traditionally the guietest of the year, in its ...
Rok to buy Avonside.(Business)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Neil Hodgson BUILDING and maintenance company Rok has agreed terms to buy plumbing, heating and electrical services business Avonside for pounds 16.5m. Hull-based ...