A Liverpool newspaper has won the right to appeal against a gagging order preventing it from publishing details about city nightclub Cream. A high court judge granted the world-famous club an injunction preventing the Liverpool Echo – and its sister
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A special motion was passed in the Scottish Parliament about the Evening Express campaign to Ditch the Dirt and make dog owners clean up after their pets.North East MSP Brian Adam said it showed the Aberdeen paper was in touch
University honour for Joe
Journalist Joe Riley has received an honorary degree from Liverpool John Moores University. The Liverpool Echo arts editor swapped his notebook and pen for a mortar board and gown to be made an Honorary Fellow in a ceremony at Liverpool
Roy is promoted to editor
Roy Wright is to take over the editor’s chair at the Huddersfield Daily Examiner later this month. He succeeds John Williams, who plans a return to his native North Wales in a role for the paper’s parent company Trinity Mirror.
Meet the new Goran Eriksson
Thousands of people around the country are gearing up to show their support for England in the World Cup – but one Liverpool Echo reporter has come up with a more unusual way of supporting the team than just cheering
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A successful bid for cash has resulted in Falmouth College of Arts attracting £1.6m of European Social Funding to establish a Creative Enterprises for Cornwall project.The project should encourage more applicants for postgraduate courses, including those in journalism, multimedia and
Echo's life on the open sea
The Liverpool Echo is to embark on a life on the ocean wave, sponsoring a yacht in a round-the-world race. The Liverpool Clipper yacht is one of eight 60ft racing yachts taking part in Clipper 2002, the world’s longest circumnavigation
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A special tribute to a unique overhead electric railway has been produced by staff at the Liverpool Echo.The publication The Dockers’ Umbrella takes a look at a time when the docks were the economic hub to the country and is
Death of a Princess
Page 2 of 2 Editor Steve Hall said: “Two of our editions had already gone by the time the announcement was made. “We immediately stopped the run and did a page one and inside spread ready to go inside an
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Postal firm Consignia is investigating after a letter addressed to one of its bosses in Gloucester was instead delivered to The Citizen.The story came a week after the paper revealed how postal services in Gloucestershire were in “disarray”, and carried
Pheasant flies
Web journalist Peter Pheasant is to leave the Crimezone site he edits for Northcliffe Electronic Publishing for a return to print at the Derby Evening Telegraph – as deputy chief sub. Prior to his work on the Internet, where he
Big Picture appeal success
Readers of the Liverpool Echo have helped raise nearly £100,000 for a new cancer unit at Alder Hey Hospital. The hospital has issued a big thank you to Echo readers after their overwhelming response to the paper’s Big Picture Appeal.
Echo responds to city's grief
Page 2 of 2 There was an immediate enormous demand for this special – not just fromBritain but from countries all around the world via the icliverpool website. John said: “The day of Harrison’s death also saw us bombarded by
Echo responds to city's grief
Fast reactions and forward planning were the key to the Liverpool Echo’s success in reflecting the city’s response to the death of Beatle George Harrison. Chief reporter Paul Kennedy interrupted the routine of the 8am morningconference at 8.10am on Friday
Readers back 'bobbie tax'
A survey by the Liverpool Echo has revealed that six out of ten people in the region would be prepared to pay more to see extra bobbies on the beat. The paper’s poll attracted about 1,000 votes – with 602
Views sought on Liverpool's culture bid
Readers of the Liverpool Echo are being invited to have their say in the city’s bid to be the European capital of culture. The paper is asking its readers for their views on the bid to win the title in