Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) back issues from January 2009:
Shock! Snow in winter.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... WELCOME to Colder-stones Park! These children were among those who braved the biting temperatures and snow in Calderstones Park yesterday - and weather chiefs warn more of the white stuff is on its way. But although more snow is on the cards over the next three days, ...
I was in crash with a 60mph stolen car - then told I'm to blame; Insurance chiefs refuse pay-out to crash victim.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: by HELEN HUNT A MERSEYSIDE man injured in a crash with a stolen car has been refused compensation after being told he was to blame. Father-of-four James Rudd hit the side of the car when it sped in front of him on a mini roundabout in Bootle. His ...
CHARITY IN GLOBAL BID FOR CITY.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... AN international rights charity is to hold a Global Leaders Congress in Liverpool after deciding to move its headquarters to the city. Rights and Humanity was set to have held the major event in Cape Town during 2009. But after its trustees agreed it should move ...
Liverpool FACTS.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral is the largest ...
POET PUTS ON ART SHOW.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... POET and storyteller John Hughes was bringing artwork to life at the Tate Liverpool today. Mr Hughes will use his interactive stories and poems to entertain visitors to the Albert Dock gallery's The Fifth Floor exhibition. He will tell his Tales at Tate from l-3pm. ...
STREET style.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... DESIGN engineer Nick Jones, 24, from Aintree, was wearing a scarf from Primark, coat from Zara, Levi jeans and Nike trainers. ...
Tributes as double tragedy hits council; Heart attacks suspected as two die within a day of each other.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: by MARC WADDINGTON Political Reporter TRIBUTES were paid today to two St Helens councillors who died of suspected heart attacks within a day of each other. Cllr Kenneth Pinder, 60, was found close to his home by members of the public on Sunday. And ...
MANY HAPPY RETURNS FOR FAMILY PROJECT.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... A SCHEME to work with some of Merseyside's most anti-social families has reached its year milestone. Wirral's Family Intervention Project (FIP) has had 30 families referred to it in 2008, resulting in not only an improvement in school attendance but complaints about the families ...
PROTEST MARCH OVER'CUTS'.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... CAMPAIGNERS against library and leisure centre closures are organising a protest march. The event will coincide with a ...
Cinders IS going to the party.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... THE bubbly may have lost its fizz, the rest of the world may be nursing their hangovers, but over at the Empire there's still a party in full swing, even into the New Year. And Insider hears it's backstage in Les Dennis' dressing room, where he's playing Buttons in Cinderella. ...
Too hot to handle.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... R'N'B superstar Chris Brown can expect a massive Scouse welcome when he comes here, by special request, next weekend. After Insider revealed that he'd asked to stage the after-show party for his Saturday Manchester gig 30 miles up the M62, organisers were swamped with calls. ...
Macca's reality check.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... IT seems there's one celeb who definitely won't be setting foot in the Big Brother house tomorrow night - or anytime soon. Sir Paul McCartney says reality TV shows are "crowding out more creative ...
SHE'S behind you ...(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... SHE'S behind you ... and she wouldn't have it any other way. Claire Sweeney is shaking off her good girl image over the festive holiday to embrace panto's ultimate bad girl - the Wicked Queen in SnowWhite and teh Sven Dwarfs. And Claire, who's treading the boards in ...
Spotted.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... CRICKETER and Strictly Come Dancing favourite Darren Gough in the Gulshan in Aigburth JAMIE Carragher enjoying a pizza at Antonelli's on South Road in Waterloo SINGER Candie Payn e in the Italian Club on Bold Street LEMAR in Cafe Sports England on ...
The Big Picture.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Log on to www.merseyshop.com/buyaphoto or phone 0845300 3021 for all your ECHO pictures CAPTION(S): STEADY ...
REDS H'BORO SERVICE HITCH.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: by MARC WADDINGTON THE 20th anniversary remembrance service for victims of the Hillsborough disaster may not be held at Anfield because of a potential fixture clash. The remembrance ceremony may have to be relocated to the city's Anglican cathedral. ...
ECHO: Resolve to make 2009 a success.(Leaders)
Jan 01, 2009 ... A NEW year has dawned for a city which, it could be argued, was born again in 2008. Exciting opportunities lie ahead and, despite the general economic gloom gathering across the country, there is much optimism in the Merseyside air. We must now look forward and ...
Quick Quiz.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... 1. Under which calendar is New Year's Day January I ? 2. January is named after which two-faced god? 3. Euro banknotes and coins became legal tender on this day in which year? 4. In the Middle Ages, most European countries used the Julian calendar, so they ...
Nick Macpherson.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joe Riley TREASURY chief Nick Macpherson (salary pounds 196,400) has been knighted. Why? As the pound plummets, unemployment soars and thousands are put out of their ...
Biz bail-out is bonkers.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joe Riley WOULDN'T it be the decent thing, if, in 2009, the Fat Controller (aka saviour of the world) turned his attention from bailing out criminal bankers, spiv speculators, failing companies, greedy borrowers and benefit fraudsters, and set about rewarding those who ...
Turkey trouble.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joe Riley A PARTICULARLY pleasant festive task was introducing one of the Philharmonic's carol concerts. I read a piece of whimsy entitled 'Tis The Season To Be Bloated, about over-indulgence. It seemed to go down well. Lots of laughter. Until, ...
Holy mockery of things.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joe Riley WITH Anglican women bishops fluttering on the 2009 horizon, we are in the midst of Media Holy Fortnight, when religious leaders are, by tradition, granted headline space normally occupied by footballers, footballers' wags, entertainers, models, misfits, and ...
Only a bullet...(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joe Riley THIS is the year in which the world must finally see off Robert Gabriel Mugabe - by any means necessary. These include assassination, a sponsored uprising or an armed invasion. Exile, and immunity from prosecution, as granted to former ...
I'M FACING A GREEK TRAGEDY; Restaurant boss blames road closures.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: by HELEN HUNT THE owner of a Greek restaurant today claimed he was facing financial ruin because of repeated road closures for Capital of Culture. Viagianos Diamandis runs the Bacchus Taverna, in Waterloo Road, Liverpool city centre. But over the ...
MAN IN COURT FOR STEALING AIR FRESHENER.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... A MAN admitted breaking into a city centre apartment block and stealing an air freshener. John Ennis was caught after a resident spotted him in the communal area of the flats in Ellerman Road. When police arrested the 40-year-old he was found with a hacksaw and the ...
HELP US FIND OUR BROTHER.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: by LUKE TRAYNOR A DISABLED Liverpool man has been missing for a fortnight after vanishing on a family trip to the seaside. Arthur Doherty, 31, disappeared while on a short holiday in Blackpool with his father John, 79, who has Parkinson's Disease. ...
What I want for new year.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Pete Price I WAS thinking of 2009 and what I would like most for everyone. I wish the national press and media would stop talking constantly about the doom and gloom in the world, particularly in this country. If we were in a state of war, the government would have set ...
FAB SLICE OF PIELLA.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Pete Price WELL, I've always loved Shelley (Sally Lindsay, pictured with me, below) in Corrie and when she left I was very sad but I was delighted to find her in Wallace and Gromit over Christmas. She played a serial killer in A Matter Of Loaf And Death. They ...
DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON CROCKY; POLITICAL reporter MARC WADDINGTON hears from both sides in the battle for "Crocky Comp".(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: MARC WADDINGTON PLANS to close Croxteth comprehensive school provoked a storm of protest from pupils, teachers and parents. But while the objectors accuse Liverpool council of turning its back on them, city bosses accuse the community of giving up on the ...
PARENTS SAY SCHOOL HAS BEEN UNDERMINED.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... THE 20-strong group of mothers who formed Parents Against Closure said Croxteth comprehensive's closure would have devastating consequences. One mother said: "Children in Norris Green and Croxteth fight one another and now there is no way they will be able to come together." ...
COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS FALLING ROLL.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... TIM Warren, the council's assistant education director, said he struggles to reconcile the determined protests of Parents Against Closure with the cold, hard facts. Schools across Merseyside are losing around 1,000 places a year because of the falling birth rate. But ...
TRANSPORT FIRM'S SHIP COMES IN.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... A MERSEYSIDE shipping firm is thriving on Eastern promise. Lombard Shipping and Forwarding bucked the economic slowdown after winning valuable contracts in the Middle East construction and oil sectors over the past year and a new deal which will run through to the middle of next ...
CS SPRAY USED IN ROBBERY ON BUSINESSMAN.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... CCTV: Police want to quiz these man A BUSINESSMAN was attacked with CS spray while moving takings from his office. Merseyside Police today issued CCTV images of two men they would like to speak to in connection with the robbery which happened at 12.30pm on Monday. ...
Cuts hit a bum note; Guitar expert may go under.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: by KEVIN CORE A GUITAR repairer with an exclusive rock star clientele could be forced out of business by council cuts. Birkenhead's KGB Musical Instruments is not only one of the North West's only luthiers - custom guitar makers - it also carries out major ...
DON'T MISS ART SHOW.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... ART lovers have until Sunday to visit the free John Moores prize exhibition at the Walker art gallery. It is the 25th John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize and marks ...
DIRTY CAR SURVEY RAP.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... LIVERPOOL is the fifth worst city in the UK for dirty cars. A poll by Auto glass revealed that the city was placed behind ...
Get fruity.(News)(Recipe)
Jan 01, 2009 ... JANUARY has to be the most dismal point of the year. Sensible people are trying their best not to go out - they're either penniless and miserable or detoxing and, er, miserable. And the weather's so bad a bar crawl could give you hypothermia. So, what better New Year pick-me-up ...
Oil's well for a reunion dinner at Olive Press; Taste Test Mary Murtagh tries Paul Heathcote's Olive Press in Warrington.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mary Murtagh IT WAS catch-up time with friends who moved to Manchester. So in the interests of fairness we opted to meet up and eat in Warrington. Now I don't know Warrington very well and so had no hidden gastro gems tucked up my sleeve. I surfed ...
Hangover cure?(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... IF you're feeling anything like the Taste team today, you'll thank the kind folk at Sayers for their latest innovation - the Brunchy. It's a pasty, priced at pounds 1.50, containing all the ingredients you might crave when suffering from a lethal hangover, including ...
It's time to focus on fungi for a slimline tonic!(Features)(Recipe)
Jan 01, 2009 ... NEW research shows that mushrooms are also an effective diet aid. The principle is simple: swop meat with mushrooms for four meals a week, and watch the weight slip away. The Mushroom Bureau (yes, there is one!) asked dietician Sarah Schenker to come up with a healthy ...
Dishes to tempt you back to the kitchen; Chef's Special Dishes of the day from Christian Grail, executive chef at Heatcotes Anfield.(Features)(Recipe)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Christian Grail YOU'VE got through Christmas and you're probably still feeling a little bit full after over-indulging at the dinner table. So, what should you cook and eat in January? This, to many, is a challenging question as a healthy soup and mixed salad ...
How you can put a bit of proper sparkle into 2009.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Fiona Ennys DID you welcome in the New Year with a glass or two of champers? Or did you go down the cheaper route and toast in 2009 with a bottle of Spanish cava or perhaps an Italian prosecco? Sadly, many of you will probably have cracked open the ...
Our Family Favourite.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... BEING organised is the number one priority for 24-year-old Andreanne Lemieux (above). Whether it is in her job, where she is marketing/administration assistant at design and communications company Ph Creative, or in her Wavertree kitchen, she likes nothing more than to make sure ...
ECHO readers give verdict on the city's Capital of Culture year; It's YOUR ECHO The place where you have your say on your favourite newspaper.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... HAPPY New Year to all ECHO readers. The past 12 months have been busy ones for our postbag reflecting the enormous events which have galvanised our city. Capital of Culture has naturally sparked plenty of opinion which we have highlighted in our letters pages and ...
Letter: The law on loos.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Eddie Williams I WAS dismayed having read Ben Rossington's article (ECHO, Dec 26) regarding police admitting they acted wrongly during an operation set up to catch men having sex in public toilets. The article led me to assume that the police regretted setting ...
Letter: Help after fall.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Barbara Owen I HAD a serious fall outside Lewis's, Renshaw Street, on December 23. After falling, I was unable to get up from the floor. Fortunately, a policeman who was directing traffic came to assist me. PC Smith stayed with me throughout and called for an ...
Letter: Don't lecture teachers.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Gerald Murphy THERE have been a number of virtues I have been most grateful to have pointed out to me by people I looked up to in my life and among these that of not saying something to cause gratuitous offence, to hold one's 1 own counsel, and to be I sure before you ...
Letter: Other political views.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: P Charles D ALLEN from Runcorn takes issue with having other people's political views forced upon him. How incredibly self-centred. Maybe I am missing something here, but do politicians not do this every day? I protested against the BNP on November ...
Letter: Christmas blow-out.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: L J Jenkins AT noon on Christmas Day, very few of the UK's 70 mainland Met Office stations recorded wind speeds in excess of 9 knots. The evidence can be found on www.metoffice.com/educa-tion/archive/uk. Since wind turbines do not produce any electricity in ...
Letter: IN October the government praised the doubling of Royal Mail.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Bill IN October the government praised the doubling of Royal Mail's profits. Labour have closed thousands of post offices on the altar of commercialisation, billions of pounds are to be raised by selling off a share in Royal Mail, previous price hikes have ...
Your Pic.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... MORNING Haze on the Wirral coast by fanatical Apathist. To ...
Your Poem; MY MAM.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: by Irene Clark If I could turn the clock back I'd do it just for you Your world would be a brighter place And all your dreams come true We'd still have lots of days out, Travel near and far. Life became much easier When I bought a little ...
Preview: FUSE TOMORROW'S PEOPLE, SATURDAY JANUARY 10 The Picket, Liverpool.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: by Jade Wright THERE'S a new phenomenon in the music world. Bright young Liverpool bands, each worthy of a slot on your iPod, and not one older than your favourite slippers. The fans they play for are the same - experts in everything from Emo to indie, ...
Pick of the day.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... BBC1 Jonathan Creek (9.00pm) One-off special of the offbeat crime drama. Jonathan is stumped by several disappearances in a gothic mansion, so he teams up with a friend of one of the victims to get to the bottom of the mystery. Alan Davies and Sheridan Smith star. ...
FILM OF THE DAY; Atonemen (Sky Movies Drama, 8.00pm).(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... When 13-year-old Briony learns of a burgeoning relationship between her older sister and the servant's son, the jealous youngster decides to accuse the lad of a ...
PICK OF THE DAY; Live Darts (Sky Sports 1, 7.00pm).(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The 2009 PDC World Championship continues with day 10 at Alexandra Palace in London, as the first two quarter-finals dominate proceedings. Phil Taylor was a shock casualty at this stage of last year's championship after losing to Wayne Mardle in a deciding set, ending his run of 14 ...
CATCH THE ACTION.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Live Tennis (Sky Sports 1, 11.00am) The Capitala World Tennis Championship. The opening day of the inaugural event at the Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex in the United Arab Emirates. Six of the world's best players are scheduled to compete - Rafael ...
It's the face of success.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2009 ... RECORD-BREAKING jockey Hayley Turner has capped off a tremendous year by being named as the 'Face of the 2009 Derby Festival'. Turner became the first female jockey in Britain to ride 100 winners in a calendar year on Tuesday evening and she will now front Epsom's publicity for ...
Castle set for return.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2009 ... NICK GIFFORD is praying the meeting at Sandown on Saturday beats the cold snap so that Killaghy Castle can return from a long absence. The Topanoora gelding has been sidelined with tendon trouble incurred at Aintree in April 2007, but is now ready to make his comeback. ...
Darts: STARS STILL IN LINE FOR SHOWDOWN.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2009 ... RAYMOND Van Barneveld and Phil 'The Power' Taylor remain on course for a dream final in the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship. Both pre-tournament favourites are included in the last eight, which get underway tonight. Van Barneveld heads a list of three Dutch ...
Rugby League: New role for legend.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2009 ... RUGBY LEAGUE: Leeds have named club legend Barrie McDermott as their head of ...
Lawn Tennis: MURRAY IN TOP BRACKET.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2009 ... ANDY MURRAY has boosted his status as a sporting superstar by signing up with the same management company as David Beckham. Murray, the world number four, and brother Jamie - Britain's top doubles player - have signed with Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment. They have ...
PALS ARROW IN ON TOP STAGE; BDO World Darts Championship Lakeside, Frimley Green-from Saturday, January 3 St Helens aces Bunting and Chisnell take aim at BDO World Championships.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: by JAMES PEARCE Sports Reporter COUNTLESS hours down the pub might not sound too strenuous but for St Helens duo Stephen Bunting and Dave Chisnell it's a serious business. The pair are busy preparing for the BDO World Darts Championship which gets underway at ...
Cricket: Shakib demise puts paid to Bangladesh's gallant show.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2009 ... BANGLADESH gave Sri Lanka a scare, but a late collapse denied them a shot at the most unlikely of Test victories in Dhaka. Having been set a daunting target of 521 by the tourists, Bangladesh - led by Mohammad Ashraful's outstanding century - briefly looked capable of making a ...
Smith is back to boost Tigers; Star man returns to face Jets.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: by JAMES PEARCE Sports Reporter EVERTON Tigers will be boosted by the return of star man Andre Smith for Sunday's BBL Trophy opener with Cheshire Jets at the Northgate Arena. The 23-year-old 6ft 8ins forward missed last Sunday's championship match at Plymouth ...