Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) back issues from October 2008:
ONE-DERFUL; City beats the crunch as Phase II opens.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE second phase of Liverpool One was opening its doors today - with 92% of shops snapped up by retailers. The pounds 1bn city centre retail scheme, the biggest of its kind in Europe, appears to have bucked the doom and gloom on the high street and financial markets. ...
Odeon closes doors.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE curtain is coming down on a much-loved city cinema which played host to the Beatles. It is the end of an era for the Odeon in London Road, which closes its doors for good today. Anew Odeon cinema, in South John Street, is opening in the Liverpool One development ....
Aldi to regenerate Sayers bakery site.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... MORE than 100 new jobs will rise from the ashes of the former Sayers bakery. Supermarket chain Aldi owns the site in Lorenzo Drive, Norris Green, which was badly damaged in a suspected arson attack earlier this week. Now Aldi chiefs say they are making the site safe ...
Very special fundraiser.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A SPORTS club is hoping to raise pounds 3,000 to send six athletes to the Special Olympics in Leicester. Kensington and ...
IS THIS ENTERTAINMENT? 100s of people will pay to watch Jack, 15, in television cage fight.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By GREG O'KEEFFE A 15-YEAR-OLD boy will take part in a TV cage fight in front of hundreds of paying fans in Liverpool. Privately educated Jack McGannwill fight a 16-year-old from Doncaster in the semiprofessional bout at the city's Olympia theatre on ...
Four are held over shooting.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... FOUR people were being questioned today over the gangland murder of a man in Liverpool. Police arrested three men - aged 31, 36 and 37 - and a 27-year-old woman in dawn raids across the city yesterday in connection with the murder of Ryan Wooley, 20. Mr Wooley, who ...
Gest postpones.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... I'M A Celebrity star David Gest has been forced to postpone a Liverpool show next week after being injured by a dancer. ...
Cop car trainer's anguish over crash.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A POLICE driving trainer whose colleague crashed into and killed a Liverpool grandfather told a court he felt responsible. Retired Liverpool university lecturer Peter Williams, 67, was driving on a country lane with his wife Jean when a marked police car smashed into their ...
News Briefs: Banker death: three held.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THREE men were being questioned today in connection with the murder of a banker set upon after confronting a ...
News Briefs: Cheryl's baby hope.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... GIRLS Aloud singer Cheryl Cole has revealed that she wants to start a family soon ....
News Briefs: Oasis on MySpace.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... OASIS will premiere their new album Dig Out Your Soul in its entirety on MySpace ...
News Briefs: Potholers recover.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A GROUP of young potholers were recovering from their cave rescue ordeal today. The three adults and eight ...
News Briefs: Million pound sale.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A pounds 1m Bank of England note will be sold to the highest bidder as it goes under the hammer today. London auction firm Spink is selling ...
News Briefs: Sale 'will go ahead'.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... PRIME minister Gordon Brown said he was confident that Lloyds TSB's planned takeover ...
News Briefs: Cig health warning.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... GRAPHIC pictures of throat cancer and rotting teeth will appear on cigarette packets from today to illustrate the ...
News Briefs: Tory protest.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... FINANCE workers wearing bowler hats and pig masks will stage a demonstration outside the Conservative ...
Cathedral audience for author.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... HUNDREDS of youngsters enjoyed an audience with Frank Cottrell Boyce as part of the Year of Reading. The Liverpool author, playwright and screenwriter spoke to some 300 children from six schools at the event in the Metropolitan Cathedral yesterday. He also answered ...
'YOU LIVED A LIE' ONE-LEGGED CONMAN IS TOLD.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By CHLOE GRIFFITHS A ONE-LEGGED conman who tricked a woman into marriage so he could fleece her of more than pounds 22,000was today behind bars. Devious Alan Freeman Harrison swept his victim Joanna Thomas off her feet during a whirlwind romance after they met ...
Terror victims share stories.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... TERRORIST victims from around the world gathered in Warrington 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 by terrorists spoke about their recovery. They ...
Bus driver in gun attack ordeal.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A BUS driver was threatened with a gun and knife then robbed by a gang of armed men in Runcorn. The man had parked up for a break on Southwood Avenue in Runcorn and got out of the bus to stretch his legs at 8.50pm yesterday. He was approached by a gang of four to six ...
Recycling blaze.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A GLASS recycling centre was evacuated after a conveyor belt caught fire. Night workers ...
Festival will 'showoff' Bold Street.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... LIVERPOOL'S Bold Street traders are holding a festival to celebrate their unique shopping district. A host of activities will take place on Saturday, from Brazilian samba dancing and live music to free food and wine tastings. There will also be DJ's, goody bags, ...
High heel cost.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... INJURIES to feet from wearing high heels cost the nation pounds 29m a year to put right. ...
Model to honour pioneers.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A MODEL of the ship which carried Welsh settlers from Liverpool to Patagonia has been unveiled at the Maritime Museum. Descendents of the pioneers who travelled to South America on The Mimosa more than 140 years ago were at the ceremony. Erin and Owain Gruffydd's ...
DRIVER BEATS SPEED COPS IN COURT FIGHT; Traffic gun 'not approved'.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BEN ROSSINGTON Crime Reporter A MERSEYSIDE businessman's court victory could pave the way for hundreds of challenges to speeding convictions. Ajudge acquitted BT director Colin Mattey of speeding after it was found a handheld speed gun used by police had ...
Teen is cleared on death.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A TEENAGER has been cleared of the manslaughter of a young man who died in a house fire. Ryan Dugdale, 21, died as he slept in an upstairs bedroom after a blaze was started in the living room of his home following a burglary. Liam O'Brien, 18, of Hildebrand Road, ...
SHAME OF DRUNKEN MOTHER OF THREE; Kids had to be rescued from car.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By KEVIN CORE A DRUNKEN mother was arrested after police had to smash her car windows to free her three children. The Wirral woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had downed a bottle of vodka when she was found behind the wheel with her two, four and ...
Appeal backs our troops.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... LIVERPOOL'S Lord Mayor Councillor Steve Rotheram handed over 3,000 parcels for British troops in Afghanistan. Cllr Rotheram helped launch the Comfort Parcels for Troops appeal at a military show at Walton Hall Park in May 2008. The plan was to send 50 parcels to the ...
Adrian's dyingwish is realised.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A CAMPAIGNING cancer patient's dying wish for bone marrow donations to be highlighted in schools is to become a reality. Adrian Sudbury, a journalist on the Huddersfield Examiner, the ECHO's sister paper, died in August after a courageous battle against leukaemia. ...
WE'LL FIGHT ON FOR OUR HOMES; Edge Lane campaigners face new court battle.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MARC WADDINGTON Political Reporter CAMPAIGNERS today pledged to take their battle to save Edge Lane's Victorian houses to court. They refused to give up their four-year fight against plans to bulldoze boarded-up homes and widen the busy road, despite being ...
City share of pounds 200m NW facelift.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE government has unveiled a long-term scheme to establish Liverpool as a world-class city. The North West plan will focus on delivering 413,000 new homes by 2021 to the region - with Merseyside guaranteed a share of them. The blueprint said: "Liverpool and ...
Incorrect syringe blamed for death.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A GRANDMOTHER would not have been killed by a lethal dose of drugs had a nurse used the correct syringe, an inquest heard. Edna Alker, 91, died five years ago after a student nurse gave her a lethal injection of potassium chloride. Rebecca Riley gave Mrs Alker the ...
Legend in the crypt; Exhibition of Le Corbusier.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By CATHERINE JONES Culture Reporter THE largest ever exhibition of work by legendary 20th century architect Le Corbusier opens in Liverpool tomorrow. Le Corbusier - the Art of Architecture is one of the autumn highlights of Capital of Culture year and ...
Victim of big business; Voice of the ECHO.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... TRADERS from a popular Toxteth street market have been given a month to quit the site - to make way for a Tesco superstore. Although the number of stalls has diminished over the years, the pitch in Park Road is still seen as a cornerstone of the community. The ...
Musical strewth; Voice of the ECHO.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BETTER late than never. At long last - seven years after the honour was bestowed - Sir Simon Rattle has collected his freedom of the city scroll. It would be unfair to read disinterest into the delay. As director of the Berlin Philharmonic, and with a list of global ...
Your top guide to the art of the city; Joe Riley offers some tips on getting around Liverpool's fifth international arts Biennial.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Joe Riley ONE sure way of measuring the success of Liverpool's fifth international Arts Biennial - running through to the end of November - is by the number of visitors. The organisers are hoping to top half a million this time around. Another ...
Quick Quiz.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... 1.Which actor is returning to the UK stage for the first time in 25 years to mark the Prince of Wales's birthday? 2.Who is the only American president to have been born on July 4? 3.Who wrote about Squirrel Nutkins and Tom Kitten? 4.Whichwar ended on July ...
City cheerleaders in America dream.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By RACHAEL SIXSMITH TALENTED cheerleaders from Liverpool have sent out an emotional SOS to their home city. About 50 girls from the NCD Liverpool Cheer academy are desperate to fly to the USA next year to compete in the AmeriCheer international competition. ...
Cashier did pounds 76K runner; Garage theft 'for gambling debts'.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By CHLOE GRIFFITHS A PETROL station worker stole more than pounds 76,000 of takings to pay off a huge gambling debt. Nandish Ruparelia plundered the tills at the Shell garage he was working at just days after getting the job. Liverpool crown court ...
Fuel thief is hunted.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A SERIAL petrol thief who has struck 16 timeson Merseyside is being hunted. Between July and September, a series of petrol station "drive-offs" were carried out with a white Ford Focus estate, a red Ford Focus estate and a white Vauxhall ...
March for justice.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE parents of murdered Merseysiders will march through Liverpool to protest at lenient sentences. The group, called Life Should Mean Life: Merseyside Families for Justice, will start their march at midday on Saturday, outside The Casa in Hope Street. They will walk ...
Please don't take away our market; Tesco plan could be end of traders.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MARC WADDINGTON Political Reporter A POPULAR Liverpool street market must move to make way for a Tesco superstore. Residents and traders claim they were given little warning of the plan to uproot the market so the abandoned Mecca Bingo premises, in Park ...
My Little Man The Superlamby Fan; Have a go at our story/poem Superlambanana competition.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Story by A Prior MY little man is my nephew Callum. He has just turned three and he is obsessed with Superlambananas. He has seen nearly every one, and will tell you exactly about his favourite ones - Belle Vale, Gateacre and Woolton's lambananas. ...
Netherley 40 years on - a dream come true?(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By TINA MILES RESIDENTS have celebrated the 40th birthday of what was once one of Liverpool's most notorious estates. Netherley was built on farmland on the edge of Gateacre four decades ago for tenants moved out of unfit housing in Liverpool city centre. ...
Don't make a drama about going to the theatre.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Paddy Shennan THE theatre's great, isn't it? I'm always at the theatre. That's not strictly true. In fact, it's not true at all. But this child of the TV age is beginning to see the luvvie light. I've lost count of the number of times I've been to ...
Letter: Short points - JOSH Coleman and family wish to thank.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Lily Roche JOSH Coleman and family wish to thank everyone who donated to the run in the Edinburgh marathon by Steven. The grand sumraised was pounds 1,324, which has been given to the oncology ward at Alder Hey. We are grateful to the doctors, nurses, physios ...
Letter: Short points - DOES anyone have any idea.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... DOES anyone have any idea what's lurking in the River Mersey by the Garden Festival site? I keep seeing lots of bubbles rising to ...
Letter: Short points - I AGREE with the letter writer who complained about Russell.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mrs Margaret Watson I AGREE with the letter writer who complained about Russell Brand and his vulgar behaviour. If my son was to speak like ...
Letter: Short points - I THOUGHT it was sad to see the HMS Plymouth.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mr D. Phillips I THOUGHT it was sad to see the HMS Plymouth still lying in the East Float Dock in Birkenhead and not being seen by the public. Liverpool is a big maritime city and I think ...
Letter: You say - AS an Evertonian I must say the.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Martin Timson AS an Evertonian I must say the view that Liverpool FC has few local supporters is false. Liverpool has many Scouse fans. Due to its ...
Letter: You say - Glamorising smoking.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: D. Owens THE person who wrote the letter about taking smoking out of movies (ECHO, Sept 24) doesn't realise that Hollywood and the big cigarette companies have been working together for years to glamorise smoking. People of my age are being targeted as ...
Letter: You say - Protect our heritage.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: David Swift ON June 21 last year I was lucky enough to be at the public debate held at Radio Mersey side when there was a lively discussion about the city's heritage. Council leader Warren Bradley came in for some criticism. He defended his position by saying ...
Letter: You say - Unfair Britain.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Robert Davies I WRITE in answer to a statement made by our beloved prime minister, exclaiming that he would like a fairer Britain for all. Would this guardian of our shores claim the following to be fair?: My son, aged 26, was made redundant by his company in April this ...
Letter: You say - No home closures.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Councillor Warren Bradley IN response to Cllr Anderson's letter (ECHO, Sept 19): Cllr Anderson is continually misleading the public with the assumption that Liverpool city council and the LibDems are closing elderly care homes and cutting services; the facts are that ...
Your Poem Shoe Obsession.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: by Krissi Green Fetch me some beautiful shoes Be they Manolos or Jimmy Choos. Bring the highest heels that you can find A gorgeous pair to blow my mind. An obsession I have, as you can guess I love my shoes, I must confess. After dark, ...
Young Mersey movie-makers impress the star celebrities.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: JOE RILEY STARS attended an awards ceremony to celebrate the work of hundreds of young Merseyside film-makers. The theme - Gun, Knife and Gang Culture - evoked an emotional response from the audience of celebrities. The sold-out event, hosted by ...
12 YEARS FOR JLA DRUGS PLOT THUG.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BEN ROSSINGTON Crime Reporter A DRUGS kingpin who tried to smuggle cocaine into Britain through Liverpool's John Lennon Airport has been jailed. Alan Burgoyne, 54, was first linked to pounds 200,000 of cocaine brought into the city by two couriers in 2002. ...
District News Wirral: WIRRAL: Council bosses have signed up to a carbon reduction scheme.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... WIRRAL: Council bosses have signed up to a carbon reduction scheme. They aim to cut carbon emissions by 60% by 2025, which is a more ambitious ...
District News Wirral: WALLASEY: Adult dance classes take place.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... WALLASEY: Adult dance classes take place on Monday and Tuesday evenings at St Mary's College. The jazz and dance sessions run from 7pm-8.30pm and are suitable for ...
District News Wirral: WEST KIRBY: The old Girls and Guys.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... WEST KIRBY: The old Girls and Guys Association of West Kirby grammar school holds its AGM on Saturday October 18 at 2.30pm in ...
Leaders look to the future.(Business)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Neil Hodgson MORE than 850 business leaders from across the world are in the city today for the two-day Liverpool Summit at the BT Convention Centre. Based on a theme of "Transforming the Future" they will hear presentations from seven world class business and ...
MERSEY REPORT SHOWS GROWTH; But chief says more is needed.(Business)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NEIL HODGSON Industry Reporter THE Merseyside economy continues to perform ahead of national averages, the region's latest economic reviewreveals. And report author TheMersey Partnership points out that because most of the official data used to compile the ...
Accountant's taxman warning.(Business)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Neil Hodgson A LIVERPOOL accountant is warning of a new zero-tolerance policy from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Jane Jackson, of PKF, says Liverpool's 13,500 businesses could come under scrutiny as HMRC targets suspected tax evaders. She said tax ...
Brief Case: MORE than two thirds.(Business)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Neil Hodgson MORE than two thirds of north west small businesses are ill prepared for today's increase in the national minimum wage rate, claims a survey by Liverpool-based Bibby Financial Services. It found that 12% of firms ...
Brief Case: DARESBURY Science & Innovation.(Business)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Neil Hodgson DARESBURY Science & Innovation Campus has launched its own NewsHub site which offers a 'collective' for more than 70 tenant companies to showcase their ...