Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) back issues from July 2008:
Killed on her first day at school.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By HELEN HUNT FRIENDS and family broke down today as they paid tribute to a little girl knocked down and killed after her first day at pre-school. The tragedy happened as two-year-old Bethany Wood was playing with friends in the quiet Leasowe cul-de-sac where ...
Benefits culture debate.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A "SKILLS summit" is being set up for later this year in an attempt to tackle Liverpool's benefits culture. Liverpool city council ...
CCTV film of Barton.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... SHOCKING CCTV footage of Joey Barton's attack on a stranger in Liverpool was released today. The images are seen as ...
MADELEINE HUNT CALLED OFF; Portugal police end search for girl - reports.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BEN ROSSINGTON & PADDY SHENNAN MADELEINE McCann's parents were today awaiting official confirmation Portuguese police are dropping the investigation into her disappearance. According to reports in the Algarve police are preparing to close the high-profile ...
CALL FOR CITY SKILLS SUMMIT; EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NICK COLIGAN Political Reporter CITY bosses today launched plans to attack Liverpool's shocking benefits culture by improving skills training. Liverpool council wants to hold a "skills summit" this year, where it can discuss the problem with other major ...
Woman dies after accident.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... AN ELDERLY woman died after she and her husband were hit by a car. The accident happened near Sainsbury's in Woodchurch Road, Prenton, at about 3.20pm yesterday. The 85-year-old woman and her husband, aged 93, had been crossing the busy road when a silver Volvo estate ...
Macca reveals he's a Blue.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... ONE of the best-kept secrets in Beatles history has finally been revealed - Sir Paul McCartney is an Evertonian. When asked in a magazine interview about where his footballing allegiance lay, he initially replied that "against all the rules of sport and ...
Terror ride thugs snatch Daniel and his pounds 2,000 bulldog; EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By KEVIN CORE A 21-YEAR-OLD man was kidnapped by thieves who stole the family's pet dog. Daniel Moran from Wallasey was walking his bulldog Ruby when he was approached by two men. He fought back when one of them tried to grab the dog and ended up ...
Hospitals' pounds 9m for good care.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... HOSPITALS will receive a bonus of up to pounds 9m if patients say they were well-treated and enjoyed their stay under a 10-year plan for the NHS. The shake-up will see hospitals paid according to the quality of care they provide. ...
Police quiz suspect.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A MAN was today due to be questioned for a second day over the murder of a Liverpool woman. Pauline Beattie was found dead in the living room of her Anfield home on the afternoon of Friday, June 6. The 54-year-old had mental health problems and was looked after by ...
Appeal to find good Samaritan.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... MERSEYSIDE police want to speak a driver who took a gun victim to hospital. The 48-year-old man - named locally as "Tucker" - was shot in Kensington around 4.30pm on Sunday. He is being treated for a groin ...
Smokers kick habit thanks to cig ban.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... MORE than 5,000 Liverpool smokers have kicked the habit since the smoking ban was introduced a year ago today. Figures released today show that one year on 80% of people in Merseyside say they back the law and feel it has benefited them, while smoking in the north west has ...
Comic Vegas in wall fall.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... MERSEYSIDE comic Johnny Vegas was today recovering at home after falling from a wall. The St Helens funnyman was due to attend an ...
News Briefs: Man quizzed on pub killings.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... POLICE were today quizzing a man arrested in connection with a pub shooting 14 years ago. Detectives investigating the ...
News Briefs: Degree of success.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... VETERAN naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough was today ...
News Briefs: Holiday tragedy.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A BRITISH holidaymaker fell to his death from a hotel window in Mallorca. The 20-year-old ...
News Briefs: U2 sell painting.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A PAINTING owned by rock group U2 could fetch up to pounds 6m at auction today. The artwork by the late ...
News Briefs: Up in smoke.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE chimneys of 21 disused engine houses which had not been fired for more than 100 years are smoking again to celebrate mining ...
News Briefs: Prisoner remake.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... SIR Ian McKellen (left) and Jim Caviezel will star in ITV's remake of cult thriller ...
News Briefs: Plea on knives.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE sister of stabbed London teenager Ben Kinsella pleaded for an end to knife crime as she spoke of her family's loss. Brooke Kinsella, ...
News Briefs: The heat is on.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE hottest day of the year is forecast for today with temperatures set to soar in parts of the UK. The mercury ...
Football tribute in memory of friend.(News)(Obituary)
Jul 01, 2008 ... FRIENDS of a 12-year-old boy found hanged at his Liverpool home organised a football tournament in his memory. Year five youngsters from St Vincent de Paul Catholic primary in Liverpool city centre arranged the event as a tribute to former head boy Lathanial Olojugba. ...
CITY SET TO BAN FAST FOOD TOYS; By-law will help fight child obesity EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NICK COLIGAN Political Reporter A UNIQUE by-law could be brought in banning fast food companies from giving away toys with unhealthy meals in Liverpool. Councillors are ready to act on the findings of an inquiry earlier this year which accused burger giants ...
Rugby star pleads guilty to attack.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... RUGBY League star Iafeta Palea'aesina has been sentenced to 200 hours' unpaid work after being convicted of punching a bus driver. The 17-stone prop, who plays for Wigan Warriors, left James Campbell with a broken jaw after the confrontation last October. New ...
Healthy start.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... LIVERPOOL'S heart hospital begins a new era today with a new leader and a new name. The ...
Man's canoe sea rescue.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A CANOEIST had to be rescued when his boat overturned. The 24-year-oldman capsized off Ainsdale beach at about 9.30pm while paddling in the sea close to a group of friends. He tumbled from the canoe and had to cling on for 30 minutes before being rescued ...
New chapter.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE Beatles Story is to open a new "discovery zone" at its Albert Dock museum. The zone ...
Kim turns on the style at Harrods sale.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... LIVERPOOL-born actress Kim Cattrall revisited her on-screen persona with a trip to Harrods to launch the store's summer sale. The Sex And The City star arrived at the Knightsbridge store in a horse-drawn carriage. She posed with Harrods owner Mohamed al Fayed before ...
Mobile pic pervert in baths trap.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By KEVIN CORE A PERVERT was trapped in a mixed-sex swimming pool changing room cubicle after his victim spotted shewas being filmed on a mobile phone. David Roberts, 22, of Denston Close, Prenton, made five videos at Europa Pools in Birkenhead by holding his ...
Boyfriend is guilty of beating.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A FRENCHMAN has been found guilty of beating his singer girlfriend. Frederic Poullain strangled and pushed Natalie Reeves in a jealous rage after a party at her luxury dockside flat at Waterloo Warehouse. The market trader was found guilty of assaulting the former ...
Pop greats join a Fab day!(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JADE WRIGHT A HOST of Liverpool's most popular musicians have added their names to the bill for Beatles Day. OMD singer Andy McCluskey, former La's and Cast star John Power, Icicle Works front man Ian McNabb, Amsterdam's Ian Prowse and blues artist Connie ...
9 days to go to buy your Beatles wig.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... BEATLES Day is raising money for Alder Hey and the ECHO's Liverpool Unites campaign. The event on July 10 marks the 44th anniversary of the band's triumphant return to Liverpool from America. And to celebrate, we need everyone in Liverpool to don their own mop top ...
Shopping with pal Anthony; SIX in the City.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Lorraine McCulloch AFTER spending a couple of days in London buying Christian Louboutin shoes with Justine for next season I thought I may have an easy week but it wasn't to be. My friend Anthony Crank who I met many years ago when he was a journalist with OK ...
RHYS MURDER TRIAL TO TAKE PLACE IN CITY; Mum's special plea to judge.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By CHLOE GRIFFITHS THE teenager accused of murdering schoolboy Rhys Jones must stand trial in Liverpool. Representatives of the 17-year-old, who we are not allowed to name for legal reasons, argued the trial, and that of six others charged with assisting him, ...
'The Raz' club loses patio bid.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A FAMOUS Liverpool nightclub has lost its battle to keep its outdoor patio open late at night. Councillors told the owners of the Blue Angel that the terrace must be closed from 7pm following complaints from residents. People living in newly-built apartments in nearby ...
City bar is shut down.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A LIVERPOOL bar has been shut down until further notice. Joey Orrs bar on Rice Lane, Walton Vale, was issued with a closure notice following a police operation on Friday night. Police were acting upon information received that the pub was breaching the conditions of ...
Top author shares school's book celebrations.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE AWARD-winning children's author Alan Gibbons was visiting a Merseyside school as part of their celebrations for the national year of reading. Mr Gibbons, who won the Blue Peter Book Award for his book Shadow of the Minotaur, was at Blueberry Park Primary school in Dovecot. ...
Accused 'pretended' he had killed.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A MERSEYSIDE man claimed he pretended he had murdered his sister's boyfriend to protect her from the real killers. Daniel Breaks is alleged to have beaten sister Gwyneth's boyfriend Simon Sutton to death with a pool cue, while ordering her sons to stamp on his body. ...
Inquiry day ... 13 years on.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A PUBLIC inquiry to finally decide whether hundreds of homes should be built next to a 19th-century mansion has started. Residents have fought for 13 years to stop developer Redrow building a 528-home estate next to Grade II-listed Thing wall Hall in Broadgreen. The ...
Free bike for every house; pounds 85m eco-village on edge of city centre.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NICK COLIGAN Political Reporter FREE bicycles would be given to every household in an pounds 85m "eco-village" planned for Liverpool. More than 350 families could move into the Via Verde development, earmarked for mostly derelict land next to the ...
Euro visit to blood centre.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... DUTCH health experts have visited Liverpool's Blood Service to learn best practice. The director of Health and Technology from the Dutch Ministry of Health, and colleagues from the Dutch National Blood Service, visited the National Blood Service centre in Liverpool on Friday. ...
Probe on council's BT deal.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... LIVERPOOL council's joint venture with BT is to be scrutinised by a select committee of councillors. A special meeting of the corporate services select committee in September will look into how the pounds 70m-a-year Liverpool Direct Ltd (LDL) partnership is working. ...
Jim to star in The Prisoner.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... ITV confirmed that Sir Ian McKellen and Jim Caviezel will star in the network's remake of 1960s classic cult thriller, The Prisoner. Caviezel will take the role of ...
Armed city gang brought terror to bookies & pubs.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A GANG of young thugs who robbed a string of bookmakers and pubs in north Liverpool was today behind bars. The four raiders were jailed for a total of 14-and-a-half years after a spree that saw them, and others, hold-up four bookies and two pubs over 12 days last December. ...
Jailed: The man behind 156 crimes.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By CHLOE GRIFFITHS A DRAMATIC 999 call captured a robber with 156 convictions as he tried to hold up a bookies. Prolific criminal Gareth Hunter burst into a St Helens branch of William Hill wielding an imitation handgun. But manager Anthony Dempsey ...
TUC march on NHS 60th.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... TRADE unionists are staging a march in Liverpool this Saturday to mark the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service. Merseyside TUC says it is to celebrate ...
Chuck Barton out of game; Voice of the ECHO.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE OUTCOME of the latest Joey Barton assault case - the second in two months - has ramifications beyond the confines of the courtroom. Barton's inexcusably violent behaviour, exacerbated by a drink problem, is to be condemned outright. The fact that he is a Premier ...
Health wise; Voice of the ECHO.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Good to see that the city council, already at the forefront of fighting child obesity, plans to ban fast food companies from giving ...
Quick Quiz.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... 1. What is Miss Piggy's Surname? 2. Who played Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances? 3. Who played Father Peter Clifford in Bally kissangel? 4. What is metathesiophobia the fear of? 5. What is rupophobia the fear of? 6. Jupiter ...
6 months in it's so far, so good; ECHO arts editor Joe Riley assesses the achievements - and remaining challenges - as Liverpool's Capital of Culture year reaches the halfway mark.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Joe Riley IT'S getting better all the time: a fair, if not ecstatic, assessment of Liverpool's Capital of Culture programme six months in, with another six to go. After a bumpy, and at one stage near fatal prequel, and a slow-burn start, things appear to be ...
Capital of Culture is a phenomenal happening ...(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By CATHERINE JONES Culture Reporter ALMOST 5m visits have been made to cultural events in the first six months of Capital of Culture year. Bosses are hailing the title as a "phenomenal happening" for the city as 2008 reaches the half-way mark. And ...
pounds 180m ships joy at 'Laird'.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By KEVIN CORE A pounds 180m contract for the former Cammell Laird site has been hailed as the "building block" for a new ship repair boom. Owners North Western Ship Repairers and Shipbuilders (NSL) announced the massive refit deal with the Ministry of Defence ...
In the money.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE Prince of Wales saw his personal income rise by more than a pounds 1m to pounds 16.2m. Despite the ...
Roodee gets ready for show jumping.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... CHESTER'S racecourse is to be transformed into a show jumping arena. The Barclays Wealth British Masters Invitational will feature some of the top riders from across Great Britain. The festival at the Roodee on ...
Pupils take shine to art.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MICHELLE FIDDLER Chief Reporter CHILDREN at a Wirral primary school are showing their creative sides during events to mark national Shine Week. Pupils at Hayfield school in Upton, which caters for children with moderate learning difficulties, opted for a ...
Class joins the press gang!(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... BUDDING young journalists at a Liverpool primary school have been putting pen to paper to celebrate Shine Week. Pupils at Dovedale Infants school in Mossley Hill have been developing their writing skills by planning and designing their own school magazine. Joyce ...
District News East: ST HELENS: A touch of colour.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... ST HELENS: A touch of colour has been brought to two parks after council staff teamed up with local schoolchildren. Civic Pride staff received training from the national Wildflower Centre before treating grass in Gaskell and Nanny Goat Parks, then ...
District News East: NEWTON: Youngsters at the Active.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... NEWTON: Youngsters at the Active Tots session at Selwyn Jones Sports Centre, Newton-le-Willows, enjoyed a visit from the ...
District News East: ST HELENS: Former Saints player.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... ST HELENS: Former Saints player Tim Yonkers presented prizes at the first ever event to help young people with learning difficulties access support from more ...
Joey Barton: I admit horror attack on Dabo; Court hears victim feared for his eye.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By THOMAS MARTIN JOEY Barton was today facing more court punishment after admitting attacking a team-mate. The Huyton-born Newcastle United footballer appeared at Manchester Minshull Street crown court from prison after being jailed for assault last month. ...
Student crime course.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... TRAINING to be a crime scene investigator is being offered through a new course at a Merseyside college. From September Wirral Metropolitan ...
Heseltine in date for city talk.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... LORD Heseltine will address delegates at this year's British Council of Shopping Centres' conference in Liverpool. The former "minister for Merseyside" will speak alongside the Bishop of Liverpool, the Right Rev James Jones. Speaking on the role of Liverpool in ...
Bequest will help students.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A pounds 160,000 bursary has been set up to help Merseyside students at the University of Liverpool. Former student ...
Just sing will yer! Adelphi sing-along show hits town; 08 Days A Week.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By CATHERINE JONES Culture Reporter WOULD-BE musical stars are being invited to sing along with cast members of Liverpool's latest show this weekend. The Sing-a-long Adelphi event takes place at the Playhouse on Saturday. Audience members at the ...
The Yanks in Croxteth; 08 Days A Week.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: CATHERINE JONES A SPECIAL screening of the film Cunard Yanks takes place to mark the American Day of Independence this Friday. The July 4 showing of the hour-long film takes place at Croxteth Hall at 1.30pm. Hollywood legends were frequent guests ...