Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) back issues from February 2009:
CITY STREET MURDER WAS TARGETED 'HIT'.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A LIVERPOOL man gunned down at close-range in a city street may have been the target of an organised assassination "hit". ...
GILLETT GRILLED; Fans confront Reds owner at city hotel American quizzed over Rafa, debt & the new stadium.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Pages 2&3 CAPTION(S): QUESTION ...
MORE SNOW TO COME.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... MERSEYSIDE awoke to a blanket of snow today - with more on the way. The region's transport network was running without problems despite the wintry conditions. One train did get stuck between Moorfields and Sandhills stations at 6.45am, but that was due to a technical ...
Why are Reds fans so angry with me? Gillett plea after impromptu talks with supporters EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By TONY BARRETT LIVERPOOL FC co-owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks endured a torrid day on Merseyside as they ran the gauntlet of protesting fans. The Americans were left in no doubt about the strength of feeling against them when supporters staged a ...
Woman found dead.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A 46-YEAR-old woman was found dead at her home in Crosby. The woman, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the house in Rimrose Valley Road at around 4.30am today. Police were called to the scene but the woman's death is not being treated as suspicious ....
WOOLIES BRAND BOUGHT.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A LIVERPOOL-based company today announced it has bought the Woolworths name and will relaunch it as an online business. Speke-based Shop Direct, which also owns brands such as the Littlewoods catalogue, confirmed it will launch Woolworths online in the summer following the deal ...
Latvian in rape case.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A LATVIAN man was due in court today charged with a violent rape in a Southport cemetery. Merseyside Police charged Vadims Holostovs, 31, with rape and Section 18 assault. He will appear at North Sefton magistrates court this morning. Vadims Holostovs was ...
Single shooter hunted by cops.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: by LUKE TRAYNOR & KEVIN CORE A 25-YEAR-OLD man gunned down on a Liverpool streetmay have been targeted in a planned "hit". Detectives were today hunting a lone gunman who approached Daniel Keatinge as he walked to a friend's house in Fazakerley on Friday ...
BRITAIN Briefing: THREE KILLED AS CAR RIPS INTO HOUSE.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THREE men were killed when their car ploughed into the front of a house. Derek Campbell, 19, Andrew Morrison, 27, and Anthony Stewart, 35, died when their Ford Mondeo careered into the ...
BRITAIN Briefing: STARS TREK UP KILIMANJARO.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... CHERYL Cole (above) and Kimberley Walsh said they would cope well without their usual attention to clothes and make-up while trekking up Mount Kilimanjaro. The Girls Aloud ...
BRITAIN Briefing: TV AFFECTS KIDS MENTAL HEALTH.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... TOO much television and time spent on the internet can make children mentally ill. The Children's Society report said ...
BRITAIN Briefing: OLYMPIAN SORRY FOR DRUG SNAPS.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... OLYMPIC swimmer Michael Phelps apologised after he was pictured with the type of pipe used for smoking cannabis. The ...
BRITAIN Briefing: MAN IN COURT FOR STABBING.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... CHARLES William Acquaah, 22, of Croydon, south London, was due in court today charged with the murder of boxer John Abbey ....
BRITAIN Briefing: FOURTH DAY OF FACTORY SIT-IN.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... HUNDREDS of workers were today set to spend a fourth day occupying the Waterford Crystal factory in the hope a bid from a second US-based ...
LOOK OUT FOR FINLAY; Cornish cops put schools on alert.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: by KEVIN CORE CORNISH schools have been put on alert in connection with the brutal stabbing of a father and son in Merseyside. Police officers have visited schools in Falmouth and Penryn as part of the search for Gary Finlay, 46, who is described as dangerous ...
'Ugliest' building has run its Course.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... ONE of Liverpool's most controversial buildings was reduced to rubble over the weekend. The 13-storey Concourse House was demolished as part of a plan to revitalise the front of Lime Street's listed Victorian station. The tower, designed by leading modernist architect ...
BNP PARTY ACTIVISTS ACCUSED.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... FAR-right activists were accused of "political intimidation" after encouraging neighbours to confront a prominent anti-racist campaigner on his doorstep. About 20 members of the newly-formed Wirral British National Party dropped 2,500 leaflets in Wallasey, close to Merseyside ...
Man hurt on M62.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A MAN was today taken to hospital after a motorway smash today. The 39-year-old was taken to hospital by ambulance following the 6.40am crash at the end of the M62. Police warned motorists to beware dangerous ...
We won't bed riven away by racist yobs; Vandals making life hell for family in spate of attacks.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: by LUKE TRAYNOR A NIGERIAN mother-of-three today told of her family's hell at the hands of racist yobs. Over the past days Rosemary Asemote's Stockbridge Village home has been repeatedly targeted by vandals. Gangs hurling stones and bricks have ...
PARENTS WARNED OF RISE IN MENINGOCOCCAL CASES.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... MERSEYSIDE parents are being warned to be on their guard after a surge in the number of meningococcal cases. The Health Protection Agency's Dr Catherine Quigley said the potentially deadly infection always peaks at this time of the year and at the moment figures appear to be ...
UNIVERSITY GIVES CASH FOR STUDIES.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... LIVERPOOL John Moores University is beating the economic gloom by awarding students more than pounds 180,000 worth of scholarships. Last week, more than 180 talented students, each received pounds 1,000 for academic excellence, voluntary work and sporting merit. They ...
Ex-homeless visit orphans.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A GROUP of young ex-homeless people travelled to India to meet orphans with HIV and Aids. The group have spent the past two years raising pounds 5,000 for the children at an orphanage managed by the YMCA in Mangalore. Six people from Halton saw the result of their ...
Hero nearly blinded in pub cash raid; Businessman leapt over bar to stop attack.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: by MICHELLE FIDDLER Chief Reporter A LANDLADY today praised a hero customer who was almost blinded in both eyes rescuing a barmaid from thugs. The 33-year-old father-of-one leapt over the bar of the Derby Lodge in Prescot Road, Old Swan, after two masked men ...
RAIL STATION CELEBRATES 70 YEARS.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... TRANSPORT chiefs marked a milestone for one of the region's rail stations. West Allerton station is celebrating its 70th anniversary and transport authority Merseytravel installed a display showing the station's history. Merseytravel chair Cllr Mark Dowd said: "We ...
GHOST WALKS.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... FANS of creepy tales can help Freshfields Animal Rescue centre by going on a Haunted Liverpool walk. The tour will run on Thursdays ...
POINTLESS! Keep-it plea after council paints over 'mistaken' arrow.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: by MARC WADDINGTON Political Reporter HIGHWAYS staff needed a nudge in the right direction after they unwittingly painted their own instructions on to a road while marking out a new one-way system. The blunder happened while workers were putting up signs ...
BATTLE TO SAVE 'VITAL' LIBRARY.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... CAMPAIGNERS trying to save a unique library have called on their councillors to battle on their behalf. Wirral's Beechwood Library acts as a toy stockpile for needy community group, and struggling organisations can rent them like books for a week or day. Gaz Bennett ...
IT'S EVERTON V LIVERPOOL.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THEY are the people and the moments that make a city great. Now photographer and youth worker Christian Petersen has captured the people of Everton in his new exhibition. The work is a social commentary on the area which is frequently listed among the ...
Shock as girls share needle - to get a tan! Self-tanning jabs off internet.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: by TINA MILES A LIVERPOOL drug researcher today warned young girls were sharing needles to inject themselves with a controversial self-tanner. Martin Chandler, an inter-agency drug misuse database manager, stressed the risks after learning about nine girls ...
Montse's model example.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A DESIGNER dress and shoes belonging to Rafa Benitez's wife will be auctioned for charity. Montse Benitez donated the silk Gucci dress and bronze Christian Laboutin shoes to help raise money for Hoylake Cottage. She chose the slinky number to wear at the 2007 ...
SHORTS WAR HITS SCHOOL; Trousers trouble governors.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: by BEN TURNER Education Reporter TWO parent governors today claimed they were suspended after challenging a rule that boys must wear shorts. They said they were disciplined by governors at Forefield junior school in Crosby after refusing to force their ...
HEAD CALLS ON PARENTS AND PUPILS TO JOIN UNIFORM QUIZ.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... HEAD Ron Naylor today refused to comment on the governors claims. He also refused to respond to criticism about youngsters being kept inside at break and dinner times because it affected "individual pupils." But he said independent consultation on the uniform and ...
pounds 46m IN EURO AID FOR FIRMS.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... UP to pounds 46m of European money could be made available as loans to help small firms across Merseyside. Regeneration body the Northwest Development Agency (NWDA) has signed a deal with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to set up the scheme known as Jessica - Joint European ...
The Big Picture.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Log on to www.merseyshop.com/buyaphoto or phone 0845300 3021 for all your ECHO pictures CAPTION(S): ANYONE SEEN K9? These "chippies" have built up quite a business in wooden ...
WE HAVE TO TAKEAWAY CITY'S RUBBISH BLIGHT; Litter drive on fast-food shops.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: by MARY MURTAGH TAKEAWAYS which do their bit to keep Liverpool's streets clean will win praise as environment officials step up their war on litter. Fast food shops were identified as one of the biggest sources of roadside rubbish during the ECHO's Be A ...
HOPE FOR YOUNG IN RECESSION.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... YOUNG people in Merseyside view the recession as a chance to learn new skills. Recent polls reveal budding entrepreneurs are looking for new ways to earn extra money. Almost half of 14-18-year-olds in Liverpool said they would consider selling items on eBay. ...
That's snow way to react.(Leaders)
Feb 02, 2009 ... WHEN it comes to the British - and, more particularly, the lowland city-bound English - getting into a frenzy of foreboding, there's still no business like snow-business. A mere dusting of the white stuff and there's wholesale panic, with dire warnings about not travelling ...
Quick Quiz.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... 1. According to his fake ID, in The Simpsons, in feet and inches how tall is Bart Simpson? 2. What character was Henry Winkler best known for playing? 3. Which of the following elements has a chemical symbol which does not begin with I? Iodine, Iron or Iridium? ...
CARING FOR LIFE; As Liverpool's Marie Curie Hospice marks its 50th anniversary, ECHO chief feature writer Paddy Shennan meets one of its most loyal supporters.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Paddy Shennan HILDA Tedford - as loving nurse, wife and, now, voluntary worker - knows more than most about the priceless role Liverpool's Marie Curie Hospice plays in its community. For 50 years now, this bright, warm and welcoming "home from home" in Speke ...
Elephants: A great way to get publicity!(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A NURSE sitting on an elephant? It was, to put it mildly, a strange sight. "I'm game for anything!" says Anita Roberts, who, back in 1990, climbed on top of Maureen the elephant in a publicity stunt to mark the start of work on the hospice's new building. But why an ...
Win a cosmic Buddies prize.(Competition/Offers)
Feb 02, 2009 ... PREPARE for take off - for the experience of a lifetime. Time Off is offering one lucky reader the chance to see the brilliant new Disney movie Space Buddies before anyone else in the country. The Buddies have won the hearts of millions across the Atlantic and are ...
Time Off: Ruby's grand return.(Competition/Offers)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Janet Tansley Lola Ruby Parker: Shooting Star by Rowan Coleman, pounds 5.99 (HarperCollins) RUBY Parker has already starred in a TV soap, made a movie, acted in a Hollywood TV series and come back to star in Spotlight! The Musical. Now Ruby is ...
File this under B for 'Bureaucratic bamboozlement'.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Ian HERNON IN THE current economic climate it is astonishing that Merseyside families are being robbed of state cash to which they are entitled to because of complex red tape. Over a decade ago New Labour promised "joined up government" and "one-stop" aid for ...
Letter: You Say - A good Italian job.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Rose-Marie Beckwith IWAS given a book at Christmas called Liverpool's Italian Families. My childhood was spent growing up in Liverpool's Little Italy, Islington and reading the book has been like going back in time. The author recounts the day to ...
Letter: You Say - Why did you do this?(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: John Lester WALKING through Stanley Park after the Liverpool/Everton match, a 'fan' stole my Liverpool Champions League hat, bought for me by my daughter from Istanbul. Badges on it included: 2 Imagine Alder Hey Children's Hospital; 1 Clatterbridge Hospice light; 1 Rhys ...
Letter: You Say - Wear your badge.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Davies RE: 'Door staff anger over badge fines' (ECHO, Jan 24).What is all the fuss about the SIA/Licensing etc wanting all licensed and registered door staff to display their SIA badge? Showing your SIA badge is showing the general ...
Letter: You Say - Powerful rip off.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: R. Birrell HOW is it one of Britain's biggest power firms is set to unveil a record profit? Do you call this justice when British gas and electricity companies are ripping millions of householders off? As soon as the price of oil went up ...
Letter: You Say - Nothing looks safe.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Bernie Hunt JUST how safe is the provision of our local health care, if we get incidents of putting elderly in-patients in bathrooms for treatment as happened recently at the Royal? A further move which has gone almost unnoticed, is the moving of the Well Leg ...
Letter: You Say - Worthy of praise.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mrs E. Pursglove IT certainly was a bad mistake to put the bed of an elderly ill woman in a bathroom under such conditions but can anyone of us say we have not made a bad mistake at some time in our lives? Recently I had a bad fall and cut my ...
Letter: You Say - Tesco in Allerton.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: P. Murphy I WOULD like to thank the kind person who handed my bag in at Tesco in Allerton on January 16. I wasn't feeling very well that ...
Your Pic.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Bernie Crossley by Neill Shenton. To submit photos ...
Your Poem; COLOUR, WHAT COLOUR?(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Mick Fredson A dream took me back to my childhood streets To a time when snowfell in billowing sheets Snowmen's eyes made from coal Streets sow hite, like a new soul, Gas lights, their mantels burn Stars ...
Outrage as disabled man kicked by yob pair.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: by BEN ROSSINGTON Crime Reporter A DISABLED man was attacked by two yobs as he walked home from the shops. The 42-year-oldwas jumped near Ashton Park, Halewood, at lunchtime on Thursday. The victim, who has a disease which turns muscle into bone, ...
Nash welcomes a new friend.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE Guide Dogs for the Blind Association has installed an old friend in his new home. A statue marking the creation of the association in Wallasey in 1934, now stands at the entrance to New Brighton's rebuilt Floral Pavilion and Conference Centre. Leisure chief Cllr ...
A great waiter lose those excess pounds; Active LOSE A MILLION POUNDS.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Tina Miles WAITER Rajib Mirah shed eight stone in nine months after coming up with a novel way of losing weight. He used the stairs at work to beat the bulge - sometimes going up them 20 times a night. Now the 5ft 6in 21-year-old says his weight ...
GO EAT... PEAS; Active.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Tina Miles DINNER ladies, mums and grannies across Merseyside have long been telling children to eat their greens. It seems they knew what they were talking about. Peas are chock full of nutrients, low in calories and may even help lower ...
WHAT MAKES YOU GET UP AND; Active.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Tina Miles How do you keep fit? My usual weekly workout is a couple of hours of heavy duty "leafleting" which comprises a fast-paced walk and stretching exercises, particularly when stretching down to the letter boxes on floor level. Should anyone like to try ...
Why the war on obesity is vital for kids; Experts say children's health is on the line.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: by HELEN HUNT CHILDHOOD obesity is now a serious problem affecting the whole of Merseyside. Doctors are seeing more children suffering from disorders and complications associated with their weight coming into hospital. Nearly one-quarter of ...
WORLD TRIES TO 'MEND' OBESITY; Active mend.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Jane WOODHEAD MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition ...Do it!) is a social enterprise set up in 2004 to tackle global childhood overweight and obesity levels. Its flagship intervention is now available in around 300 locations nationwide and is completely free. ...
JANE Woodhead, senior account manager; Active.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Jane WOODHEAD JANE Woodhead, senior account manager at Paver Smith Public Relations in Liverpool and a former ECHO journalist, is fanatical about running. She trains at Wallasey Athletic Club and Wallasey Amateur Boxing Club. This week she looks at why it is so important ...
MAJOR SUCCESS; Active.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Tina Miles FAMILIES who previously attended the MEND programme found: 97% of children's diets improved. Children on average increased their ...
GO? THIS WEEK: ESTHER McVEY; Active.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Tina Miles Each week we ask a famous Merseyside face to share their health and fitness secrets. Today we find out what makes former TV presenter and Tory hopeful Esther McVey get up and go. My mum always had fruit and salad in the house. When I'd ...
TRY YOGA; Active THIS WEEK why not...(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Tina Miles YOGA is growing in popularity in the west and this is probably due to its many health benefits. It's not only great for toning and strengthening the body and nervous system, but helps with stress, relaxing the body and the mind. It also ...
You won't see us for the trees; Water firm's vow over sewage plant site.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: by MARC WADDINGTON UNITED Utilities today tried to assure residents a new plant designed to stop sewage flooding into nearby homes will not blight their community. They said the scheme, which includes underground tanks to capture excess rainwater, will be ...
STREET style.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... LIAM Bigden looks street-smart in this high street outfit while out shopping in the city. The 18-year-old is sporting a jacket from Zara and jeans ...