A cash award of £25,000 is on offer to Merseyside schools thanks to a new partnership between the Echo and Barclaycard. All state schools are invited to apply for the top prize of £10,000 in the Making a Difference awards,
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Liverpool papers gagged
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
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
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 appeal helps catch killer
The Liverpool Echo has paid a £5,000 reward to a reader who helped catch a killer. Following an appeal in the newspaper, police received a tip-off which led to 31-year-old James Greenwood being jailed for life for the murder of
We have to accept their release
The editor of the Liverpool Echo has spoken out over the release from prison of the killers of James Bulger. The parole board’s decision to release them on licence was announced at the end of last week – days after
Henderson to edit The Journal
Gerard Henderson, editor of The Gazette, Blackpool, has been named as the editor of The Journal, Newcastle. He will take up his post on July 3, succeeding Mark Dickinson, whose appointment as editor of the Liverpool Echo was announced in
People in the News
New editors for Echo, Gazette as Journal loses top two Pastures new: Mark Dickinson (left) and Paul Robertson. Three big regional newspapers are set for new editors as Thomas’s Newcastle Journal prepares to lose its top two – both to
Journal to lose its top two
New editors for Echo, Gazette as Journal loses top two Pastures new: Mark Dickinson (left) and Paul Robertson. Three big regional newspapers are set for new editors as The Journal, Newcastle, prepares to lose its top two. Editor Mark Dickinson
Lords ruling gives green light for Echo exposé
The Liverpool Echo has won the right to reveal details of a nightclub company’s “major tax fraud”, after winning a landmark legal battle in the House of Lords. The club directors spent two years trying to ban coverage but Lord
Echo launches first UK bullying helpline
The Liverpool Echo has launched the UK’s first telephone helpline dedicated to tackling the problem of bullying. The free and confidential Bully Busters service has been set up after 18 months of planning and fundraising – which has seen £117,000
Press campaigns round-up
Almost 500 jobs have been created by the Liverpool Echo’s Kickstart campaign, for anyone setting up their own business or expanding an existing one.Editor Mark Dickinson said: “Merseyside has proved its ‘get up and go’ spirit.” River accidents have been
Echo's bid to kickstart culture city job market
The Liverpool Echo has launched a campaign to create 2,008 new jobs on Merseyside – in time for Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture in 2008. The paper has linked up with Merseyside Special Investment Fund to run the
Sun shines on Echo fund
The Liverpool Echo’s Sunrise Fund, designed to help charities all over Merseyside, has raised £12,000 on the day of its launch. The paper held a glittering launch party at its city centre offices that helped get the fund off to
£1m appeal launched in Liverpool
The local media has joined forces in Liverpool to launch a massive £1m appeal for the Samaritans. The cash would secure the future of the cash-strapped group, which needs £40,000 a year in running costs and could be forced to
Boosting circulation and attracting new readers
Editors tell how they take on crowded marketplaces