Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) back issues from April 2009:
House prices drop; n ews.
Apr 01, 2009 ... MONTHLY house prices in England and Wales fell by 2% in February, according to the latest figures from Land Registry. The average house price is now pounds 153,862 and represents an annual decrease of 16.5%. It is the 18th month in a row where the annual rate of change has ...
FAST MOVERS; FIND OUT HOW THE MAY FAMILY MANAGED TO MOVE IN LESS THAN A MONTH.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: JANET TANSLEY O N your marks, get set ... move! Okay, so might not seem so easy these days but one family to find a new home AND move it in less than a month. And just as well, because and Jill May wanted a new in time for their new arrival - child number four ...
Joe's a heavy hitter in homes.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Joe's a heavy ...
Help to get on the property ladder; HomeBuy Direct: Advertising Feature.
Apr 01, 2009 ... ARE you tired of renting or living at home? Would you like to own your own home? If the answer is yes then don't worry - help is at hand. The Government has introduced a raft of measures to help get first-time buyers onto the property ladder. One of these measures is the ...
New way to new home; HomeBuy Direct: Advertising Feature.
Apr 01, 2009 ... UNDER the New Build HomeBuy scheme you could be eligible to buy a brand new property - all you need to do is pay for a share of the cost of the property and pay rent on the remaining amount. Again, the scheme is open to households earning less than pounds 60,000 a year who would ...
Hall the world a stage when Bard hits town.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: CATHERINE JONES LIVERPOOL Shakespeare Festival returns this summer with the Bard's greatest tragedy, Hamlet. The play will be performed at St George's Hall from August 11-23. Lodestar Theatre Company, the organisation behind the annual festival, ...
CUT PRICE CREAM FOR MUSIC FANS.
Apr 01, 2009 ... DANCE lovers hit by the credit crunch have a chance to party for less after one festival lowered its prices. Creamfields are offering their fastest 5,000 fans a chance to scoop tickets at pounds 100. Boss James Barton said the offer was to help fans struggling in the ...
Pick of the day.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Queens of British Pop (10.45pm) Part one of two. Celebration of 12 female singers who have influenced British pop music over the past 50 years. The first programme looks at the 1960s and 1970s. Tom Jones, Burt Bacharach, Jarvis Cocker, John Lydon and Henry Winkler contribute.. ...
Stylish apartments; homezone Barratt Homes: Sunningdale Park, Widnes: advertising feature.
Apr 01, 2009 ... BARRATT Manchester has some fantastic incentives available for buyers at their established development Sunningdale Park, Halebank. With Barratt's sale prices this is a brilliant time to buy. The development has almost sold out, so this could be the last opportunity to secure a ...
hot off the shelves.
Apr 01, 2009 ... If you thought memory foam was just for mattresses think again. M& S has launched a new Perfect Fit bra, pounds 20, that gives custom comfort and support to every wearer. It features 'memory pads' which use body heat to mould the bra to your shape. The eyes have it ...
can't livewithout.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Bobbi Brown Brushes from around pounds 16. When was the last time you replaced your make-up brushes? Too many of us use the same old ones for years on end but that could mean patchy beauty results, and, because of hygiene issues, even spot breakouts. Treat ...
spin doctors.
Apr 01, 2009 ... They say ... We say ... Photo Perfexion Fluid Foundation, around pounds 26. This foundation is inspired by the magic of digital imagery, providing the same perfect skin quality as you get with digital touch-ups. It delivers an incredible, natural finish ...
beauty jury.
Apr 01, 2009 ... EACH week, real puts the latest beauty products to the test using our very own jury made up of real women. This week, we asked the ladies from Alma de Cuba bar in Liverpool to go for glow and test some of the latest bronzers.. TESTER: Jessica Andrews, 21, cocktail waitress. ...
Your Stars.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Claire Petulengro Learn to love yourself Aries. You have done a very good job of putting yourself down recently. You have more assets than you realise, and chances you take after 2pm can prove this fact to you. Call my starline now to right a wrong in the family. ...
SUPER SURGERY TO GET THE GO-AHEAD.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: LIZA WILLIAMS A pounds 7m Merseyside "super surgery" is expected to be approved next week. The new state of the art neighbourhood health centre - which incorporates several GP surgeries with services like dentistry and chiropody - is planned between North ...
DAME JOAN SLAMS CARE FEE 'CUTS'.
Apr 01, 2009 ... THE Government's champion for the elderly has criticised proposals to cut fees for care homes in Wirral. Dame Joan Bakewell made the comments after being approached by campaigners fighting to stop Wirral council reducing fees by 5% - equivalent to between pounds 18 and pounds 22 ...
WEALTH WARNING - PERSONAL LOAN SCANDAL; Payment Protection Insurance - is this the biggest "Bank Robbery" in history?: ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) policies are designed to cover the cost of loan or credit card repayments in the event that the customer is off sick from work or has become unemployed. However, Renaissance Easy Claim, a leading financial complaints company, is warning that many people ...
FAMILY FUN DAY.
Apr 01, 2009 ... A FREE family workshop will be held at the World Museum Liverpool to celebrate Easter. Merseyside Polonia is inviting people to decorate an Easter egg ...
I spy McFly on the set of Hollyoaks.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: TINA MILES BOYBAND McFly set hearts a flutter when they came to Liverpool to film an episode of hit teen soap-favourite Hollyoaks. The pop sensations are to make a surprise cameo appearance in the Channel 4 show in May. The boys' Hollyoaks debut ...
CITY STORE RACES OUT IN FRONT.
Apr 01, 2009 ... WINDOW shoppers in Liverpool were wowed by a display with a unique racing theme. Lewis's city centre store won the award for the best dressed shop in the city - with mannequins dressed for the races, the sounds of Aintree and special effects. The award was given to ...
FUNDING FOR KIDS' CYCLING.
Apr 01, 2009 ... YOUNG cyclists will be taking to the roads in their thousands this year through a new traffic training scheme. More than pounds 556,000 has been given to local councils to sharpen up children's cycling skills in Cheshire, Merseyside, Southport and Warrington. ...
12 ARRESTS IN DRUGS RAIDS.
Apr 01, 2009 ... TWELVE people were arrested and pounds 9,000 in cash was confiscated, following raids in St Helens. Several houses, including a cannabis factory, in Albert Street, Queens Park, were targeted, resulting in nine men ...
FURY OVER NEW SIGN BLUNDER AT CITY UNI; 'Under threat' course missed off.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: MARCWADDINGTON LIVERPOOL university bosses today sparked fury after closurethreatened departments were left off a new sign put up on campus. Members of the Save Our Subjects (SOS) campaign group spotted the new sign placed on the outside of the Roxby Building, ...
Birth a pleasure and not apain.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: RACHEL COOPER CLARE JAMES was understandably delighted at the prospect of giving birth to her second child. But she wasn't expecting to feel quite so ecstatic. "I knew quite a bit about orgasmic birth, but wasn't expecting to have one," says Clare, ...
I'm the reason Ray Quinn's made up; Cosmetic artist Antonia Mensah tells Dawn Collinson how she pampers the stars.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: DawnCollinson WHEN Ray Quinn glided to victory in Dancing on Ice, he confessed to being left more than a little queasy by his high-flying finale. But it was thanks to Antonia Mensah that he didn't look quite as green as he felt. Antonia, from ...
First out of the von Trapps!
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: nick peet I DON'T know about you, but when I get excited I like to sing show tunes. What? That's right, I said it. Show tunes. The King And I, West End Story, The Jungle Book . . you name it, I know them all. And ...
The winning outfits that put us first past the post.
Apr 01, 2009 ... WE OFFERED Ladies Day tickets for your stories of the outfits which put you first past the post. Here are the winners: Tracey McNally knew just what to wear to lure the object of her dreams - a lime green dayglo boiler suit. "It was 1987. I fancied this lad called ...
I beat breast cancer ... and had a baby.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: SUSAN LEE IT WAS while enjoying a shower that Kelly Woods (below right) first discovered a lump in her breast. But she admits that, at the time, she wasn't too concerned. "It was October 2005 and I didn't think much about it really until I told my mum who ...
THE APPLIANCE OF SCIENCE SEES KNOWSLEY ROCKET ABOVE UK AVERAGE; KNOWSLEY.
Apr 01, 2009 ... KNOWSLEY has rocketed above the national average at science - today's Key Stage Two results reveal. And as well as excelling at the appliance of science - 11-year-olds in the borough have also moved nearer the national average in maths and English after another set of improved ...
THE PERFECT CITY PUPILS; LIVERPOOL.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: BEN TURNER A LIVERPOOL primary is today all smiles after it was named a perfect school. The exam performances from 11-year-olds at Wavertree CE primary school comes as record Key Stage Two results published today show the city's primary schools are within a ...
HIGHS AND LOWS FOR PRIMARIES.
Apr 01, 2009 ... SCHOOLS across the region are today ranked amongst the best and the worst in the country. Five schools find themselves amongst the UK's 200 worst based on the aggregate of pupils meeting the expected benchmark in maths, English and science. They are: Westminster ...
MOMENTUM CAN BE CARRIED INTO SEFTON'S HIGH SCHOOLS; SEFTON.
Apr 01, 2009 ... SEFTON'S education chief today said he hoped the momentum from record primary school results would be carried into the borough's secondaries. Cabinet member for education, Cllr Peter Dowd was reacting to another year on year increase at Key Stage Two in the borough. ...
A Wirral wonderland; WIRRAL.
Apr 01, 2009 ... A WIRRAL school headteacher saw her pupils achieve faultless exam results but insisted: "There's more to us than exam success." Alison Kershaw, head at Thornton Hough primary had reason to celebrate after her students managed a perfect 100% Key Stage Two pass rate in English, maths and ...
CHESHIRE PUPILS TRIUMPH; CHESHIRE.
Apr 01, 2009 ... CHESHIRE pupils continue to shine again - out doing their national counterparts. Figures today show the percentage achieving the expected level in English rose a percentage to 85% - four percent ahead of the national figure, and maths (81%) and ...
'It's time to scrap the tests'.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: BEN TURNER A HEADTEACHER last night called for "obscene" exams taken by 11-year-olds to be consigned to history. The National Union of Teachers and National Association of Head Teachers want a boycott of the 2010 tests taken by seven and 11 year-olds. ...
St Helens kids are on the up; ST HELENS.
Apr 01, 2009 ... PRIMARY school pupils in St Helens continue to master English, maths and science. Key Stage Two results make good reading today with the government statistics confirming children are performing above the national average. The overall aggregate point score in St ...
Don't be a twit . . I'm not saying if I'm pregnant!
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: SAMANTHA PARKER AN IMPOSTER has set up a Twitter account as Coleen Rooney and "confir med" her pregnancy. Tongues have been wagging as to whether a baby Rooney is on the way after a Sunday newspaper broke the story. The fake Coleen said on online ...
CHARITY'S KNIFE CAMPAIGN.
Apr 01, 2009 ... CRIMESTOPPERS are campaigning to cut knife deaths by asking community groups to tell on ...
JOB HELP FOR 500 SHOP DIRECT STAFF MORE than 500 staff and support on.
Apr 01, 2009 ... MORE than 500 staff at Crosby's doomed Shop Direct call centre have booked face-to-face interviews with a range of help agencies visiting the site tomorrow. The retail group will axe more than 1,000 jobs when the Kershaw Avenue centre closes at the end of April. ...
NEXT OF KIN.
Apr 01, 2009 ... WIRRAL Coroner's Office is trying to find the next of kin of John Styles, 70, who died at his ...
MUM DENIES KNOWING ABOUT GUNS.
Apr 01, 2009 ... A MUM-OF-FIVE has blamed her former partner for two sawn-off shotguns being found in her home. Lynsey Woodiwiss, 32, told jurors she had never seen the firearms before and had no idea they were being stored in her home. She told Liverpool crown court the first she ...
RECORD RESULTS ACHIEVED; WARRINGTON.
Apr 01, 2009 ... MORE Warrington pupils than ever are getting to grips with English and maths. Key Stage Two figures show the number of students managing the expected level at English and maths has increased from 84 to 86% and 82 to 84% respectively. ...
LANCASHRE PUPILS ARE THRIVING; W. LANCS.
Apr 01, 2009 ... A WEST Lancashire primary school has proved it is top class at helping pupils progress. Key Stage Two tables published today reveal Delph Side community primary school in Skelmersdale has an above average value added score. The scores take into account students' ...
HALTON STUDENTS MARCH ON; HALTON.
Apr 01, 2009 ... HALTON pupils continue to excel at English, maths and science. Key Stage Two results show pupils are performing above the national average with the borough's aggregate score going from 247 to 256 - 8 points better than the total for ...
'MANNY WIN WAS LUCKY'.
Apr 01, 2009 ... RICKY HATTON has stepped up the war of words with Manny Pacquiao ahead of their Las Vegas fight on May 2, insisting the Filipino's win over Oscar De La Hoya was a 'fluke'. "Any win against Oscar is a magnificent one. Was that the Oscar De La Hoya we have come to love? I don't ...
Quigley victory inspires Davies; Bantam aims to claim second British title for Merseyside.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: NICK PEET GARY DAVIES plans to draw inspiration from new British super-middleweight champion Tony Quigley when he contests his Lonsdale Belt on Friday. The St Helens bantamweight takes on Newport's Matthew Edmonds over 12 rounds at York Hall in Bethnal Green, ...
Review; WITCHES OF EASTWICK Liverpool Empire.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Catherine Jones by Catherine Jones IF you're going to dance with the devil in the pale moonlight then hell, he may as well be Nineties pop star Marti Pellow. The former Wet Wet Wet frontman is the satanic seducer at the comically black heart of this touring ...
Compulsion (Sky Movies Classics, 9pm).
Apr 01, 2009 ... A REAL-LIFE twenties murder case provided the inspiration for this fantastic thriller. In one of his most impressive performances, Orson Welles plays a lawyer who is hired to defend two youths accused of a 'thrill' killing. It shapes up into one of the best courtroom ...
Tonight's TV.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jade Wright AFTER a punishing first task, there is no let-up for the apprentices (BBC1, 9pm) tonight, pictured below, as Sir Alan challenges them to set up a catering service for busy professionals in the City of London. In tough economic times, the teams ...
Bring on the girls; You Say Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk.
Apr 01, 2009 ... I AM reading my ECHO now, looking at all the lovely ladies getting ready for Ladies Day at Aintree, but unfortunately, while the BBC is the one televising the event, we will have no chance of seeing them. We will get: Clare Balding; a race ; CB talking to family and friends; a ...
British jobs furore; You Say Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk.
Apr 01, 2009 ... ALL this furore about British jobs for British workers, reminds me of an occasion when I visited a friend in the Lark Lane area a couple of years ago. She lived in a flat above a stunningly beautiful dark-haired girl, and on this particular day I happened to notice through the ...
Baby photos appeal; You Say Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk.
Apr 01, 2009 ... ON Saturday December 14, at approx. 6.15pm I parked outside Phillpots on Brunswick Street opposite India Building. As I got out of the car I dropped a Panasonic ...
Your Poem.
Apr 01, 2009 ... LOVE POEM Love is touch Love is feeling Love comes from the heart Sharing and caring Emotions one being of love To hold a newborn baby in your arms is love Love shared from one to another To share love in action, with a kiss or a cuddle But the memory stays in your heart forever Your arms ...
Your Pic.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Wonderfully restored bandstand in Sefton park where fine bandsmen used to play Sunday ...
Bus shelter blindspot; You Say Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk.
Apr 01, 2009 ... I WOULD like to make a point about a new bus shelter that has been put up on Smithdown Road right outside the old KwikSave. To be able to cross the road to get to the other side is very dangerous. Only last week I had to run to miss a car that was turning left into ...
Neville no role model; You Say Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk.
Apr 01, 2009 ... IN the ECHO (March 25) thjs headline appeared ' Man U Star is Good Role Model'. The text of the subject was given by Mr Chris Grayling, appointed by David Cameron as the Tory minister of Liverpool, to revive the Conservatives in this city. I was disgusted by that ...
. THE Mersey Partnership; You Say Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk.
Apr 01, 2009 ... . THE Mersey Partnership campaign was launched recently to attract tourists, business etc. to our wonderful city. The montage in the nationals, Guardian, Times, London Underground and Visitor Guide 09 is ...
Wrong on council bins; You Say Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk.
Apr 01, 2009 ... I REFER to Cllr Bailey's comments on your letters' page that Liverpool city council had no bins in stock. Wrong. The bins were in stock and available for delivery, furthermore they were dispatched and delivered within the give time scale of the council to both Mr Morgan and Mrs ...
But Richard, tell us, were the adult films any good?
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Paddy SHENNAN YOU'VE got to feel at least a little bit sorry for Richard Timney - and not just because he's married to home secretary Jacqui Smith. He may not have been physically caught with his trousers down, but he may as well have been. The ...
style STREET.
Apr 01, 2009 ... SELF-CONFESSED shopaholic Laura Currie says when she sees a style she likes she just goes for it. The 24-year-old, who is currently studying forensic science at Liverpool University, is wearing an orange scarf by Lyle and Scott, ...
Return of the golden boys of pop.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: VICKI KELLAWAY LEGENDARY and newly reformed 80s pop band Spandau Ballet are coming to Liverpool. All five original members of the band will perform at the ECHO arena on October 29. The New Romantic legends are back together for the first time in 20 ...
ROTARY CLUB RAISES pounds 6,000.
Apr 01, 2009 ... WEST Derby Rotary Club raised pounds 6,250 for local charities. The group raised funds by visiting supermarkets in the vicinity along with a ...
LINE-UP FOR UNI 2009 LECTURES.
Apr 01, 2009 ... SURVIVAL expert Ray Mears and comedian Alexei Sayle have been signed up for the University of Liverpool's annual lecture series. They will be joined by Eden Project founder Tim Smit, Scrapheap Challenge presenter Dick Strawbridge and charity founder Jonathon Porritt. ...
Just an odd sock can destroy the whole morning; Tomorrow is World Autism Day. Rachel Cooper meets a Liverpool mum who knows more than most about the condition.
Apr 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rachel Cooper MOST households with children known all about the chaos of the early morning rush. But for June Ardrey something as simple as a mis-matched sock can mean disaster. Three of her seven children have autism - and that means they must ...
salon talk.
Apr 01, 2009 ... WHAT'S the word on the street? We called in to the Barbara Daley Hair and Beauty Salon on Lime Street to discover what we're all talking about this week. It's not only the race horses that go into training for the Grand National - we've been gearing ourselves up for what is now ...