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licensee of Cream and spokes-person at the meeting for Cream, Ropewalks Resident Association, Kazimier and Rodney Street.

He said: “I’ve been involved with the club for around 15 years and our main concern was employment related. Over 100 people are employed at Nation from bar sta� to bouncers and the clubs attract around 300,000 to the city each year. However, we now welcome the proposal.”

Despite the changes to the plans, councillors and members of the community warned that the plan’s approval could still lead to a threat to nightlife in the area.

Andrew Ellis, Liverpool Uni-versity student and spokesper-son for the music community of Liverpool, said: “� ese devel-opments will a� ect the city both culturally and economically. Lo-cal people were not involved with the planning and they go against the typology of the area.

“� e cultural output of the city would be squashed if these go ahead,” he added.

An online petition against the closure of the clubs has been circulating.

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Liverpool nightclubs � e Ka-zimier and Nation - which hosts super-club Cream - are no longer at risk of closure despite previous warnings that they could shut to make way for more city centre � ats.

Liverpool City Council’s plan-ning committee met today at the Town Hall to discuss the renova-tions planned for Wolstenhome Square.

� e multi-million pound scheme involved bulldozing the square in order to create new apartments, shops and leisure facilities and would have meant the demolition of Kazimier and Nation.

However, late last night a compromise was agreed which saw developers amend their plans. Now short-term serviced apartments will be built in the 250-year-old merchant house in the square, rather than residen-tial � ats.

� e change means that noise pollution will no longer be an is-sue and the clubs can stay.

� e proposals were welcomed by Steve Fitzsimmons, who is the

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Former Liverpool rabbi Abraham Goldberg (pictured) has been killed in a synagogue terror attack in Jerusalem. Rabbi Goldberg was among worshippers today when armed Palestin-ian militants stormed the synagogue.

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Toxteth Fire Fit Hub has an-nounced that the centre has de-livered over 1000 quali� cations and created 34 new jobs for young people living in the area since its opening last year. � e Hub, situated in the heart of Toxteth in Upper Warwick Street, is a multi-million pound facility catering for the needs of young people. � ey can access the various sporting and educa-tional activities on o� er as well as volunteering opportunities. Jennifer Van der Merwe, Centre Manager at the Hub said: “In the past year we’ve delivered 1000 quali� cations for young people, ranging from NVQs and trainee-ships to apprenticeships, health quali� cations, sports coaching, retail and customer service and even GCSEs.”

� e centre has also provided a base for Merseyside Fire and Rescue service since opening. It has since seen community inter-est grow with over 100 young people attending the facility eve-ry evening. Sara Lawton, Managing Di-rector of the Fire Fit Hub, who won Merseyside Woman of the Year back in June for her work, revealed how the centre has im-proved the lives of those young people in the community. She said: “Every penny we make goes to the young people across the city that we support and every single bit of revenue we get in terms of hire facilities goes to support young people. “� ese are your future doctors, nurses, and future parents and their behaviours will be passed on to their children. What we’ve done really well is breaking the cycle of � � h and sixth generation

unemployed and some of the young people we employ are the only working members in their household.” Around £700,000 needs to be generated to run the centre each year going forward and this has been done through the support of partners such as Fusion 21, Aspect Construction, More Skills and JM Education. “In order to sustain our � nan-cial capability we want the busi-ness community to rally behind us.” Ms Lawton added. “Our sports hall has 1154 seats, we’re looking for a campaign where we can sponsor a seat for a child. So, if a business wanted to sponsor a seat for a pound a day, which is 365 for a year they are contributing to the whole sus-tainability of the centre.” Fit UK is another training pro-vider that has bene� ted from a� liation with the Fire Fit Hub

according to their Director of Business Development Alan Reddin. “� e association has been a re-ally good one,” he said. “In fact, a girl who was referred to us has now been given an employment contract at the Fire Fit Hub a� er completing a pro-gramme. In terms of the relation-ship we have, it’s a nice thing that

they are welcome to all of our clients.” � e Hub caters for people of all ages, and its clubs are divided into 6-10’s, 11-19’s, and 20 plus. Construction began in Novem-ber 2011, and was completed in summer 2013. Funding came from Merseyside Fire and rescue and Liverpool City Council.

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Fire Fit Hub blazes a trail in Toxteth

Bold dressers celebrate style in clothes swap event

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& Cranny, Stephanie Whalley told Liverpool Life: “We chose a clothes swap as we are an independent store in the heart of Liverpool’s art quarter so we support and encourage inde-

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pendent retail. � ri� y, vintage and retro are a big deal on the Liverpool fashion scene so we wanted to bring this to light in what was otherwise a high-end event. Cricket and

Matalan were the big names behind the event and we really wanted to pioneer individual-ity and the alternatives to fast fashion.” � e shop charged £2 on the

Bold Street was host to a “clothes swap” concept as part of a Celebration of Style festi-val in Liverpool. � e three-day event started on � ursday where a Blogger Reception launch took place celebrating the unveiling of the festival. Friday’s events involved a stall at the marketplace in the Rum Warehouse as part of the COS Inspiration of Style event, where an in-house illustrator was live drawing guests as an artistic alternative to the ‘sel� e. � e whole event drew to a close on Saturday with a clothes swap entitled the ‘Bold Street Fashion Exchange’ where many shoppers and attendees were encouraged to ‘swap ’til you drop’. � e clothes swap event was hosted by Nook & Cranny, an independent gi� shop based on Bold Street, as an in store activity as part of the festival. Marketing O� cer at Nook

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door for people to bring their items of clothing and up-date their wardrobe with an exchange. Stephanie added: “People re-ally got into the spirit of things and we got people coming spe-ci� cally for the event but also attracted the interest of a lot of shoppers who were simply wandering around the store.” Christina Reece, who at-tended the event, described it as a good way to get rid of any of her old favourite clothes. She told Liverpool Life: “It was nice to come down on a Saturday a� ernoon and get something back in return for some of my old stu� and I do hope that something like this happens again soon. It’s more than bene� cial.” Nook & Cranny were not planning on holding another clothes swap but following the success of the event on the weekend, they will be hosting another one on January 10th.

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Mayor backsfreejabs

� e Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, is spearheading a vaccination campaign to protect people in Merseyside against the � u. � e campaign aims to target vulnerable people across Merseyside ensuring pregnant women, residents with health conditions, and everyone aged 65 and over contact their GP to get a free � u jab. A free nasal spray is also being handed out to any children aged two, three and four years old. Mayor Anderson said: “Flu can be very nasty and can be a killer for some people. . I got my � u jab because I want to stay � t and well and I would encourage everyone who is eligible for a free � u vaccine to get it now. It is free because you need it”. Liverpool GP, Dr Simon Bowers, Vice Chair of NHS Liverpool Clinical Commission-ing Group, added: “Now is the time to take action if you are eligible for a free � u vaccine. Flu can be very serious and getting vaccinated is the best way to protect yourself.” � e � u jab is especially impor-tant for pregnant women.

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More than a third of crimes in Merseyside go unreported, above the national average, a new re-port has revealed. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) statistics showed out of the 134 crimes that should have been recorded in Merseyside between Novem-ber 1st 2012 and October 31st 2013, only 88 actually were. � roughout the UK, one � � h of crimes go unreported, with 4,000 reported crime o� enders let o� with a caution or a pen-alty notice, but inspectors believe that at least 500 should have been charged or have a heavier pen-alty. Crimes of violence and rape

were found to be less reported than any other crime. Andy Hall, divisional manager for Victim Support believes these statistics could lead to victims losing con� dence in the police. He said: “Victims have to have faith that the police will deal with and support [the victim].“� e number of crimes [not be-ing reported] is alarming. It’s astonishing that no victims are told that the crimes have been dismissed.” Mr Hall believes that the police have made a lot of improvements over the past six months. According to the report, Mer-seyside, along with Kent, are ex-amples in which how rapidly im-provements can be made. Police believe that since the � ndings

that they’ve made a signi� cant di� erence in their reporting and they prioritise victims’ needs. Deputy Chief Constable, Andy Cooke told the ECHO that the police need to be praised for a “signi� cant and profound” turnaround in attitude towards recording crime. He believes that the force has gone from “one of the worst to one of the best in the country” for reporting crime. He said: “Previously there’s been a culture that performance and targets were the be-all and end-all, we had to strive to ob-tain them and on occasions that didn’t necessarily mean we were seeing victims always put � rst. � ere was an element of some-times not believing what a victim

was telling us. “Over six months we’ve turned that culture around; the victim is placed � rst. “We are focused totally on what the community wants and needs and there is a clear message though the force about the right things and making sure people have con� dence in Merseyside Police.” � e regions with the highest levels of reporting were Lin-colnshire, South Wales and West Midlands, in contrast to West Yorkshire, Northumbria, Avon and Somerset which were the worst. Merseyside Police can be con-tacted on 01517096010, whilst Crimestoppers can be reached on 0800555111.

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Bug alertA second Liverpool Hope University student could have meningitis, experts have said. � is follows the death of another student earlier this month. Health protection experts said that a Liverpool Hope Univer-sity student is currently having treatment for “probable menin-gococcal infection”.

Liverpool John Moores Uni-versity has released details of its Honorary Fellowships to be conferred for its November graduation ceremonies.

� e recipients are Chief Con-stable of Merseyside Police, the Chief Executive of Liverpool’s oldest manufacturer, RS Clare

and Co Ltd, and the Managing Director of Classic FM. Fellow-ships are awarded to individuals in recognition of their outstand-ing achievement in a � eld or profession who exemplify the University’s ethos to ‘dream, plan and achieve’.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Nigel Weatherill said: “� e Honorary Fellows represent a

di� erent given profession but they have all played a central and important role in making Liverpool a vibrant city for its citizens, visitors and businesses. � eir passion and commitment re� ects the ethos of LJMU in using teaching, research, and knowledge transfer and outreach initiatives to impact on the way we live.”

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By DANIEL WRIGHT

Members of St Philemon’s Church in Toxteth came togeth-er over the weekend to collect and wrap presents to be sent to disadvantaged children in Africa and Eastern Europe.

Operation Christmas Child is a worldwide initiative set up by the Samaritan’s Purse relief organisation where gi� -� lled shoeboxes are wrapped and packed in local communities before being shipped o� abroad.

A� er a year-long collection of presents, mostly including everyday essentials such as soap, pens, paper, � annels, tooth-brushes and stationary, members of St Philemon’s parish commu-nity congregated in the church centre in an e� ort to support the appeal.

David Smethem, the par-ish volunteer for Operation Christmas Child was present to collect the boxes arranged by parents and children alike before the gi� s are transported abroad by boat.

“� ey’re destined for Swa-ziland, Zambia, Romania, and Albania and the presents mainly go to schools, churches and orphanages,” he said.

“� e Samaritan’s Purse organi-sation tries to help needy people around the world all year round, so this is a one-o� special occa-sion we do once a year, where we come together to celebrate the Christmas period as a com-munity.”

Prior to being wrapped, each box was also speci� cally ar-ranged to gender and age, so each recipient can fully appreci-ate the gi� .

Coordinator Carol Buckman said: “Initially we � rst started getting people to bring shoe-boxes. � en, each week we got people to bring in something to put into the box and over a pe-riod of time we built up a really good range of things.

Children can’t go to school if they don’t have any books so we made that sort of thing a prior-ity. We also have a lot of people

in church who are brilliant knitters, so they knit a lot of our Christmas hats and scarfs to send over.”

Mrs Buckman also said that she hoped to emulate the success of last year’s collection where they � lled an entire vehicle with gi� s to send.

“We had 170 boxes last year so we’re hoping to have a similar amount this time around. We found this was a great fellow-ship opportunity for everyone to come and join in and I think people love the opportunity to do something positive.”

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By JOSH HANDSCOMB

An iconic Liverpool street was temporarily renamed yesterday to honour late entertainer, Roy Castle.

Castle Street, one of the cit-ies original seven streets, had its sign changed to ‘Roy Cas-tle Street’ in memory of the Liverpool FC fan who died of lung cancer 20 years ago fol-lowing relentless fundraising e� orts in his � nal months.

� e sign was unveiled by Roy’s widow Fiona alongside Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Cllr Erica Kemp and the founder of the Roy Castle Lung Can-cer Foundation, Professor Ray Donnelly.

Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Erica Kemp said: “I am delighted to be sup-porting this temporary name change in remembrance of Roy Castle.

“Roy was made a Freeman of the City of Liverpool 20 years ago for his tireless and sel� ess fundraising and this is a great way to honour his memory and raise awareness of the work that continues in his name.”

Liverpool’s London Road is also home to Roy Castle

International Lung Cancer Research Centre and Roy Castle Lung Cancer Founda-tion, a national charity that has raised over £70m since his death in 1994.

Paula Chadwick, chief executive of Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, said: “� is has been a special year for us as we remember Roy’s fortitude in the face of overwhelming odds to spread the word about the dangers of lung cancer.

“Roy’s work inspired gen-erations of fundraisers, vol-unteers and researchers and we felt it was crucial to mark his legacy in � tting style, par-ticularly in Liverpool, which will always be synonymous with Roy Castle.”

� e street name change is part of the charity’s year-long Dedication campaign, which has included a social media contest known as Roy’s Records and the creation of a commemorative beer called Dedication Ale by Liverpool Organic Brewery.

For information and sup-port about lung cancer or to make a donation, contact 0333 323 7200 or visit www.roycastle.org.

Dedication!

By ALICE KERSHAW

A former Liverpool Rabbi described as “� e best of the British” has been killed in a synagogue terror attack.

Rabbi Abraham Shmuel Gold-berg was among worshippers in prayer today in Jerusalem when Palestinian militants stormed the synagogue supposedly armed with knives, axes and guns.

Rabbi Goldberg and three others were killed and 12 were injured in the attack which is being described as the deadliest in Jerusalem in years.

� e 68-year-old grandfather was born in Liverpool and formerly lived in Childwall. He moved to Golders Green in London before moving to Israel in 1991.

Mr Osborne, A lawyer, who lives opposite the synagogue was crossing the road to attend the second minyan when the incident occurred. He said: “I saw from the outside of the synagogue that something ter-rible had happened. I couldn’t get inside as within seconds security and police were there. All I could hear was people screaming.”

Mr Osborne, who saw Abra-ham daily, heard his close friend was one of those who had been murdered. He said: “I went into complete and utter shock. � is is a quiet neighbourhood; noth-ing ever happens here it is just a peaceful area where many peo-ple have come to make Aliyah.

“Avraham prayed there most days for the last ten years or so, he was a devout Jew with no po-litical agenda. All he wanted was to live a peaceful life. His family are the nicest people you could meet. � ey had lots of children and several grandchildren.”

Describing his friend as “the best of British”, Mr Osborne added: “He was very devout in his prayers and an extremely popular member of the syna-gogue community. � ere was no security outside the building as in Israel synagogues are an open-house. We welcome everyone in. I also knew well the other three men who were killed. � is is a total tragedy.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to act. He described it as: “cruel murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by despicable murderers.”

By ALICE KERSHAW

� e International Festival for Business (IFB) has re-vealed 6,000 potential new jobs in Liverpool.

Figures detailing national impact were unveiled last Wednesday at a meeting of British business leaders at the BT Tower, London.

An estimated 6,000 new jobs could be created in Liver-pool City Region over the next three years as a result of the festival, the interim evaluation report reveals.

� e report says the UK’s � rst International Festival for Business, held in Liverpool during the summer of 2014, could also result in £80m of new investment for 200 City Region businesses.

George Osborne announced during this year’s event that there would be an IFB 2016, hosted again in Liver-pool on behalf of the UK.

� e Chancellor said: “IFB 2014 is like a shop window for global markets and a reminder that we can be proud of the stamp that reads Made in Britain.

“I am backing this initiative, committing the funding requested by the Mayor Joe Anderson and Liverpool City Council for another festival here in Liverpool in 2016.”

Mayor Joe Anderson said: “� e impact of IFB 2014 on businesses operating across the City Region is made very clear by this report – thousands of jobs and millions of pounds worth of sales and investment.

“What’s also clear is that the direct impact on the economy, a boost of some £14m in spending during the summer, was signi� cant.

“IFB was an ambitious festival that threw the spotlight on the city and wider region. For seven weeks, there was an incredible intensity and buzz as UK business del-egates rubbed shoulders with guests drawn from around the world.

“� e feedback has been very positive and that gives us the same tenacity and drive to make IFB 2016 even better.”

� e 50-day festival attracted 68,600 business attendees from 92 countries at 415 events, including the British Business Embassy hosted by UK Trade & Investment.

Business festival gives jobs boost� e petition gathered 8,000 signatures and will be sent to the council and Hope Street Properties.

Cllr. Steve Radford raised the question as to how the council will ensure that the clubs remain open when mixing residential and nightlife in the city.

He said: “� ese clubs are global class nightclubs that are renowned across the world so how can we protect world lead-ers from future closure?”

Riverside Councillor Michelle Corrigan said: “It’s a great space with a great history. Music built this city and the importance of students and artists in the area.”

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Sta� and service users at Lime Court day centre in Kensing-ton were invited to wear their pyjamas on Friday, all in aide of Children in Need.

� e centre, on Upper Baker Street, raised £237 as many came to the centre in a vari-ety of onesies and pyjama sets. � roughout the rest of the UK, over £31 million was raised on-the-night of the BBC telethon which surpasses last year’s £26m.

Wendy Kenny, assistant oper-ations manager, Liverpool City Council, said: “� e service us-ers get a buzz seeing everyone

dressed in their pyjamas which creates a good atmosphere and it’s all for a good cause.”

� ousands across the country raised money for the BBC char-ity which will go towards help-ing disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.

� ose that run the café in the centre dedicated all their earn-ings to the cause and sta� also brought in some tasty treats which included lemon drizzle cake and buns.

� e centre also raised £370 for Macmillan Cancer Support last month and recently hosted a Halloween fancy dress party.

Also taking place on the day was a cookery class where users of the centre made shortbread cookies.

By ANGHARAD MILLINGTON

Protesters arrested in anti-fur demo

By JOSIE O’ SULLIVAN

A peaceful protest campaigning against the use of animal fur in retail stores in Liverpool One turned into three arrests at the weekend.

� e event was part of a national day of action on Saturday by Co-alition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT) which was to be targeted at � e Harvey Nichols store in Liverpool a� er they agreed to stop selling fur ten years ago but then li� ed its fur-free policy.

However, upon news that Flan-nels, the shop adjacent to Har-vey Nichols, was still stocking fur, around 20 campaigners who were part of the Merseyside Ani-mal Rights group set up placards.

� ese read: ‘People can live without fur coats, animals can’t’ alongside fur coats smeared with red paint outside the doors of the shop.

Katy Brown, 34, a member of Merseyside Animal Rights and an event organiser, told Liver-

pool Life: “Hopefully the shops will listen and realise that the public don’t want fur on their high street.

“It’s an outdated practice that people don’t � nd acceptable any-more.

“We’re not asking them to close down their businesses, we’re ask-ing them to change their poli-cies and hopefully they’ll change them as a result.

“I just don’t think it’s acceptable to use animals as expendable items.”

� ree arrests were made by Merseyside Police at the event, which saw a woman being physically carried out of Liver-pool One shopping centre and a young woman being handcu� ed.

� e three members that were arrested from the demo were re-leased on bail at 2am the follow-ing morning.

Flannels had no further com-ment on the matter, and Mersey-side Police declined to comment on the protests.

Pyjama party dress-down for Children in Need

FUNDRAISER: Staff earn £237 for Children in Need © Angharad Millington

DETERMINED: Protesters make a stance outside Harvey Nicols © Josie ‘O Sullivan

New boat showon the horizonBy ALICE KERSHAWPlans are under way which could see a brand new maritime event come to Liverpool in 2015.

Discussions have been taking place for the city to host � e Northern Boat Show next year, brought to Liverpool by Carnah Events.

It would be part of the Inter-national Mersey River Festival, running from the June 5-7, and would see world class sailing and power boats sail the Mersey, potentially attracting buyers from across the country.

� e event is intended to show-case the latest sailing and power boats in Albert Dock. � ere will also be an exhibition on the quayside next to Salthouse Dock.

Organisers Carnah Events hope to attract thousands, with funding coming solely from the private sector.

Richard Milbourn, Event Dir-ector of the show said: “Market research shows that half of all UK boat ownership is north of Birmingham and yet less than � ve per cent of visitors to Southampton or London boat shows come from the North of England.

“We’re looking forward to cap-turing this untapped market.”

‘Our Place’ project wins MP’s supportBy MATTHEW JUDGEWalton MP Steve Rotheram has paid tribute to a community ini-tiative which is striving to make the area a ‘bigger society’.

Alsop High School, in partner-ship with the Walton Youth Pro-ject, held a meeting at the Learn-ing Resource Centre in Walton Village, with Steve Rotheram, Everton in the Community, Councillor Roy Gladden and Hetherlow Community Centre amongst those in attendance.

� e event discussed Alsop and Walton Youth Project’s partner-ship extending onto Year 2 of the ‘Our Place’ programme, which is an initiative aimed at getting youngsters from aged seven to 19 more involved in their com-munity.

A delighted Steve Rotheram, who gave a talk at the meeting, hailed the work being done by Alsop and the Walton Youth Pro-ject to implement the ‘Our Place’ scheme in a bid to see Walton become a better place to live and learn.

He told Liverpool Life: “It’s re-

ally good in respect that it’s them wanting to do something for their community and not anoth-er organisation telling them what would be best for their communi-ty. And that is quite unusual be-cause normally somebody comes along with an idea and some funding and says ‘We’d like you to deliver this’ and it’s quite the op-posite here.

“If you look at what is called the ‘Indices Multiple Depriva-tion’, Walton features high on it unfortunately and that means that there are groups within Wal-ton that we really need to start to target.

“What this project will do is hopefully help those individu-als, those young people and, of course, entrepreneurs, build a more solid, dare I say it, big-ger society. I mentioned in my speech that in Westminster they talk about a big society and, in Walton, we are delivering a big society.”

‘Our Place’, which is run by Lo-cality in partnership with the Lo-cal Government Association and funded by the Department for

Communities and Local Gov-ernment, is also focussed on giv-ing people more power over lo-cal services and budgets in their neighbourhoods.

� e meeting was the lead event for the ‘Our Place’ plan on the back of several consultation events beforehand, with another initiative called ‘Our Commu-nity Matters’ set to launch within the next month.

Peter Bull, a teacher at Alsop and Chair Person for the Wal-ton Youth Project, was pleased with how the talk went, telling Liverpool Life: “� e meeting went very well, it was great to have so many representatives from the community such as Everton Football Club, Alsop High School, Locality, MP Steve Rotheram, Liverpool Youth Ser-vices and the Education Author-ity.

“� ere are a lot of doors here and it’s about not replicating what has been done, but it’s about plugging the gaps and complementing each other with the strengths of di� erent organi-sations and so everybody excels.”

PRAISE: Steve Rotheram © Alsop High School

Liverpool Phil re-opens� e Liverpool Philharmonic Hall has re-opened to visitors a� er completion following a £13.8m refurbishment.

� e building is Grade II listed and home to the Royal Liver-pool Philharmonic Orchestra, and stages around 250 events each year from comedians to gigs.

Locally named ‘� e Phil,’ the Art Deco concert hall closed in May and took took six-months to complete.

Comedian Lee Mack is set to take the stage later this month and several Christmas shows are set to hit the stage for the festive season.

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By JOSIE O’SULLIVAN

A painting of a young woman who died in August last year will be displayed in Liverpool to keep the memory alive.

� e memory of Carla Dunphy-Clarkson, who took her own life when she was 22, is commemo-rated in the City of Liverpool in the form of a painting.

� e painting is based on a pho-tograph taken at a happy time in Carla’s life when she was on holi-day in Koh Samui, � ailand, with her dad, David Clarkson.

� e photograph has been turned into an oil canvas by her uncle Paul Clarkson, who is an established artist around Liver-pool and already has paintings hanging up in St. Georges Hall.

� e painting of Carla has taken six months to � nish and will be displayed around various places in Liverpool from this month.

“She was a bit of a raver.”

David Clarkson told Liverpool

life: “She will always be remem-bered by her talent, a beautiful DJ, she would have time for any-one, a loving person who loved helping others.

“We want to keep the memory

of Carla alive.” � e places where the paint-

ing will be displayed are venues in the city centre where Carla would hang out.

It will be exhibited at the Unity � eatre, o� Hope Street, for two weeks and will move on to her other favourite spots in Liver-pool, including the bombed out church, where she DJ-d, and Res-urrection, on Bold Street.

Carla, who lived on Huskisson Street, was a lover of music par-ticularly festivals such as Ibiza, Hideout, Cream.

“She was a bit of a raver,” said David.

Also known as ‘Lil Bert’ by many in Liverpool, she would love to support charities and she o� en helped out in the soup kitchen in Liverpool and even lived in Costa Rica for three months to volunteer in an or-phanage.

“She loved helping others, she loved learning o� others, and never judged. She was very spir-itual,” he added. � ere have been other ways that

Carla’s family have remembered her in the city including a cel-ebration on her birthday, July 6, where family and friends came together and celebrated her life at the bombed out church.

In August, a ‘free hugs’ and ‘si-lent disco’ event was held.

Keeping Carla’s memory alive

Activist saves children from prisonBy MEGAN HILL

An international human rights activist who has been nominated for this year’s World Children’s Prize visited Liverpool to talk about her work supporting prisoners’ children in Nepal.

Over the last 24 years, Indira Ranamangar’s organisation Prisoners Assistance Nepal has rescued more than 1,000 children from being subject to cramped, dirty prisons.

Children o� en end up there when their parents are sentenced to time in prison and nobody else is able to take care of them.

Speaking of her World Children’s Prize nomination, Indira told Liverpool Life: “I felt so happy to hear about it, I feel like I have already won because of how far I have gotten.

“I love that my story is now going all around the world, I believe this can help stigma to be reduced. When I started my work as a social worker and activist I didn’t start it to be awarded. My mission is to improve the world, the children are vulnerable and

innocent. We cannot change the world in a minute, it has taken me 24 years to get where I am now.”

Indira runs three children’s homes, two schools and many youth programmes in Nepal where youngsters get an educa-tion and a safe childhood as well as learning agricultural skills and how to take care of animals, a skill which Ms Ranamangar believes is a life necessity.

She said: “I am trying to be a mother � gure and treat the boys and girls equally. I try to raise them with life experience. Many times children are in-spired by the life of the people living around them.”

Prisoners Assistance Nepal aims to help the lives of prison-ers, their relatives and children, ex-prisoners and ex-prisoners’ children. � ere are more than 16,000 people in prison in Ne-pal of which some are innocent and Indira aims to reduce the stigma that is attached to them and their children for the rest of their life.

She said: “Nobody is born as a criminal, that is my philosophy, everyone has a unique poten-tial and they deserve to be seen

in a special light.”Indira grew up in extreme

poverty and had to � ght to be able to have the chance to go to school. Even as a young girl she knew she wanted to help other people who had hard lives.

Having been subject to gen-der discrimination in her life, the social worker is determined

to use her experiences in a positive way to teach children to respect each other.

She said: “I want to teach boys and girls to love each other in the beautiful environ-ment. I want to teach boys to respect girls and girls to respect boys. � at way we can see the gender balance.”

INSPIRING: Indira talks of work in Nepal © Megan Hill

TRAGIC: Carla Dunphy-Clarkson © Paul Clarkson

Miliband blasts zero-hour contractsLabour leader Ed Miliband has condemned zero-hour contracts whilst singling out Sports Direct as a “terrible” place to work for its employees.

� e sportswear shop has seven superstores at locations on Mer-

NEWS IN BRIEF

Inquest hears key witness

Homes plan for Rapid storeBy JOSH HANDSCOMB

A former city centre DIY store could be turned into student apartments if planning permis-sion is approved.� e iconic Rapid Hardware

store located on Renshaw Street is set to be turned in to a 13-sto-rey building which holds 192 studio � ats and currently stands at just four storeys.

� e store opened in 1971 but was forced to shut its doors in February 2013 due to the eco-nomic downturn and led to the loss of over 100 job.

� e applicant, Legacy Student Living plans also plans to build communal areas, refuse storage, a landscaping service and cycle parking.

seyside and many of the sta� it employs are not given guaran-teed hours.

� e party leader, speaking at Warwick University, added: “� ese Victorian practices - the epidemic of zero-hours contracts that we see at Sports Direct - have no place in the 21st century.”

� e Labour leader turned his attentions onto his rival: “� e Tories won’t do anything about low pay because they think that’s how Britain competes in the world.”

Last September Liverpool City Council came under criticism for its use of the controversial

contracts, as well as a number of other big businesses who employ many on Merseyside.

When faced with the com-plaints the Council responded to the Liverpool Echo and com-mented that: “People are not obliged to take hours and can work elsewhere if they like.”POLITICIAN: Ed Miliband

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By ANGHARAD MILLINGTON

� e Hillsborough Inquest this week heard from key witness Roger Greenwood, who was the superintendent in charge of policing inside the ground on the day of the disaster.

He stopped the 1989 match about six minutes a� er kick o� and revealed in court that when he called for the match to be stopped.

He said he rated the emer-gency as no more than seven out of 10.

Mr Greenwood spoke of his haunting experience but refused to comment on whether David Ducken� eld’s claim that fans forced a gate was a “wicked lie.”

� e court also heard from former detective superintendent Graham McKay who told the court that he thought it was right to check the alcohol levels of the victims of the disaster.

� e new enquiry into the death of the 96 Liverpool fans is expected to last up to a year at Birchwood Park.

By MICHAEL GLYNN

CREATIVE: wild fl owerproject © @GrowWild England

Sewing seeds of unityBy MICHAEL GLYNN

A project named ‘� e Tale of Two Cities’ has beaten o� competition from the likes of London, Bristol, She� eld and Plymouth to gain lottery funding of £120,000 to bring Wild� ow-ers to derelict areas of the North Wests two biggest cities.

Chair of the big lottery fund Peter Ainsworth said: “� e Tale of Two Cities promises to create a fantastic project that will bring a splash of colour to areas in need of a little TLC.”

� e Scheme, ran by the Grow Wild group, will transform Everton Park in Liverpool and the organisers said they were “hugely proud and excited” by the news of winning the lottery funding ballot.

© FLICKR / Keith Laverack

Strictly’s Sunetra survivesBy ANGHARAD MILLINGTON

Liverpool’s Sunetra Sarker sur-vived the dance-o� in this week-end’s Strictly Come Dancing which was hosted in Blackpool.

� e actress, who found fame in Brookside, was saved a� er judges Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell and Bruno Ton-ioli voted in her favour.

Judy Murray le� the show and although head judge Len Good-man said he would have agreed with his colleagues’ decision, he added that Judy Murray’s perfor-mance was ‘fantastic.’

� e Casualty star, who scored 30 on-the-night, said that it was dream come true to perform at the Tower Ballroom a� er going as a child and dedicated her ‘Sambanetra’ to all the Liverpool mums watching from their sofas.

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LJMU scientists help find Ice Age burial siteBy JAMES BUSBY

BUSY: Students and researchers working hard ©LJMU

Mark Alleywell, 23“I would probably have

Keith Lemon because he would be great fun and

he’d attract all the tourists.”

Are we ready for Mayor-seyside?

By: JOSIE O’SULLIVAN

Vanessa Laber, 22“Joe Anderson should

take the title because he’s already done so much

for the community and is already experienced.”

Renee Southern, 20“John Bishop, he’s a good

role model and a good representative for the city.”

Leo Forsey, 75“Everton manager Roberto

Martinez because that’s my team he’s got his head

screwed on and he’s a good leader.”

Gaynor Brooke, 58“De� nitely Brad Pitt

because he’s nice to look at and he does all the work

for charity and knows how to get the public involved.

Mainly because he’s handsome though.”

Christopher Hughes, 54“I’d pick Ricky Tomlinson because he’s already a local

hero who raises a lot of money for the community and various charities, he’s

just a good guy.”

Rich Maynor,23“Boris Johnson, because he has the charisma and he’s down to earth. He’s always doing things for

the community and that’s what Liverpool needs.”

Danny Young, 24“Jeremy Clarkson, because he would create chaos and probably turn the whole of Liverpool into one big

motorway.”

Nathan Archer, 18“I’d pick Boris Johnson

because he gets local people and we need someone with his

attitude.”

Plans for an elected Mayor to be put in power across Merseyside have allegedly been backed by all six councils.

� e plan that was put forward to begin with was originally only backed by Se� on and Liverpool constituency but has now been backed by Knowsley, St. Helens, Halton and Wirral council members.

� is means that if the plans for a Merseyside Mayor are put into place, there will be more devolution involved, which would give local politicians power over such things as pub-lic money.

� is would in turn then mean that new budgets will have to be discussed to see how local politicians will spend the public money.

Cllr Sean Osborne from Halton Borough Council told Liverpool Life: “Any devolution, from central Government to the

local areas is a good thing.”� is idea has come into play

a� er Greater Manchester have been given the green light for an elected Mayor for the whole region.

Joe Anderson is also backing the idea, he said: “We have to work with government to get those powers and bring them to the local level where we can make a real di� erence for the people who live here.”

However there are some doubts, and not all plans have been put into place, with some uncertainty over St. Helens Council arising, Cllr Gronewald from said “one size doesn’t � t all”.

George Osbourne has told Merseyside that the Mayor will be elected if all councils can make an agreement.

If a decision cannot be made, then an electored Mayor will still be the chosen method for Liverpool’s Mayor.

Councillor John Coyne Leader of the Greens in Liverpool City Council says “A Mayor for

Merseyside on it’s own is no good. We need a democratically elected Merseyside Assembly similar to the Greater Lon-don Authority to co-ordinate regional planning and transport policies.”

Councillor Pat Cleary from Wirral Council says “A new body should not be imposed like the post of Mayor of Liver-pool was created without any consultation. � e people need to have their say in a referen-dum before any new govern-ment body is created.”

� e Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is due to meet on Friday 21st November to discuss a set of proposals relating to devolution.

Cllr Phil Davies, chairman of the Combined Authority, wrote to � e Chancellor or the Ex-chequer requesting for a meet-ing, “at the earliest opportunity between Government and ourselves to consider and agree the best way to take forward this important issue”.

JAMES BUSBY & ALICE KERSHAW asked people in Liverpool who they think would make a good Mayor for Merseyside

Liverpool John Moores Uni-versity students along with a team of international research-ers have discovered the young-est human remains ever found in the North American Arctic. It is hoped that this new re-search could enlighten experts into how our ancestors formed and structured their societies.

Dental and skeletal remains of two Ice-Age infants were found under a residential structure in Upward Sun River, and give evidence that suggests they were buried some 11,500 years ago. � is exciting new research has helped pave the way for new information about how the youngest members of the society were treated, how

they survived in the harsh con-ditions of the interior, and how they viewed death.

Professor Joel Irish, of LJMU School of Natural Sciences and Psychology who helped lead the expedition, said: “� e deaths are consistent with high levels of childhood death in highly mobile hunter–gatherers, which have been reported to be as high as 45% in recent arctic/subarctic groups.

However, the deaths of two in-fants and a child could have been more harmful than usual to the small group regarding long-term demographic e� ects, if addition-al births did not occur relatively soon.”

Researchers also found grave o� erings that included four ant-ler rods and two stone projectile points, all decorated with red ochre. It is hoped that these ar-

tefacts may help build a more complete picture of how early human societies dealt with their dead.

� e research, which has since been published in the Proceed-ings of the National Academy of Sciences highlights how such � nds are valuable to sci-ence due to there being little to no direct evidence about social organisation and mor-tuary practices of early human cultures.

� e authors concluded: “� e deaths occurred during the summer, a time period when regional resource abundance and diversity was high and nutritional stress should be low, suggesting higher levels of mortality than may be ex-pected give our current under-standing of survival strategies of the period.”

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CRITICS’ CHOICE Full of romance and drama, the English National Ballet brings Pyotr Tchaikovsky to life. � e extravaganza is packed with a whirlwing of dancing, exquisite sets and impressive music played by the Ballet’s full Orchestra.

Arguably Swan Lake is the most famous of all ballets, the immense cast is in full, swan-like form and is set to be a massive succuess throughout the winter.� e critically acclaimed production hits the ground running tonight at the Empire � eatre at 7.30pm.Check out the reivew in this weeks edition of JMU Journalism at:www.jmujournalism.org.uk

Bob Geldof ’s newest attempt at the familiar Christmas song but with an unfamiliar line up. � e latest line-up is packed with musicians, singers and online sensations including One Direction, Bastille, Olly Murs, Sinead O’Connor, Emeli Sande, Pamola Faith, Bono and social media and YouTube superstars Zoe and Joe Sugg, as well as Al� e Deyes who boasts millions of online followers.Available on iTunes now.

This week’s Liver-pool Life success story shows the importance of tak-ing advantage of the possibilities

opened up to you on a journal-ism degree and the valuable ex-perience you can gain along the way.

Daisy Williams, soon to be Jun-ior features writer at Mercury Press, graduated in 2012 and al-ready has a varied range of expe-rience.

Re� ecting on what she gained from her time at LJMU, Daisy told Liverpool Life: “I would probably be on a completely di� erent path if I hadn’t come to Liverpool John Moores and studied International Journal-ism. Doing a degree that was so speci� c to what I wanted to do gave me all the training and aca-demic quali� cations, as well as the direction I could get from the lecturers was a massive help.”

Before landing her job at Mer-

cury Press, which she starts in two weeks, Daisy went into marketing and copy writing re-lated work. As well as the skills to succeed in the industry, LJMU has helped her with contacts and getting employment from the moment she graduated. “I went straight into the Index on cen-sorship internship which is run through John Moores for nine months, it’s a human rights or-ganisation that concentrates on freedom of expression. I’d have no chance of getting that without LJMU’s close ties with them, it was an invaluable experience. It re� ned not just my journalistic skills doing my degree, like writ-ing, targeting and thinking of your audience and news gather-

� is year’s festival is packed full of things eve-ryone can get involved in, and this time it’s going international.

History is a key theme in this year’s festival, with Unsung, a series of exhibitions about Edward Rushton, famous radical poet, writer and abolitionist who contracted opthalmia.

Other events still to come include Song of Semmersquaq, and a service of thanksgiving on November 22nd honouring the life and legacy of Rushton on the 200th anniversary of his death.

DaDaFest runs right through to January 11th 2015 with tickets available separately for each event. Visit http://www.dadafest.co.uk/ for more information.

ing but my skills on programmes like in-design and legal situa-tions, the list is endless. At the moment I work at the University in a copywriting position, help-ing to re-design the website and writing copy for it. When that ends and I am moving to the fea-tures writing job with Mercury Press.”

Daisy gained experience whilst on her course which helped her adaptation into the work-ing world and took as many op-portunities as she could when it came to getting work experience outside of University.

“I was community reporter for the Liverpool Echo during my third year, again with the help of the tutors here. Close ties with

them are so important because if you work hard then they will really push for you to get a po-sition, so I’d tell any students to just get involved in as much as they can. On my work placement I also had the chance to get my work published for my local pa-per in North Wales, which were the � rst articles I’d had published in the outside world. All that stu� is so important for your portfolio which you can show to employers demonstrating your skills.”

As for the future, Daisy plans to really � gure out which direction to go in next, with the skills and experience she has gained along the way making her an attractive potential employee for a number

of di� erent outlets. “I hope to become a fully

quali� ed features writer, then I just want to keep gaining expe-rience to realise what I want to specialise in.”

Daisy has some words of ad-vice to all students going into the wider world of work in the next year: “� e advice I’d give to any students graduating next year would be not to worry about � guring out everything before you’ve experienced the world more and just get as much ex-perience as you can in di� erent things, because employers value that. It’s important to not lose sight of what you want to do or feel pressured to fall into some-thing else.”

‘The advice I’d give to students graduating next year, not to worry about fi guring out everything before you’ve experienced the world’

DAISY DOES IT HER WAY

Class of 2012

Michael Glynn talks to Daisy Williams about her journey from LJMU graduate to features writer

Based on the real life story of cryptanalyst Alan Turing, Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the legendary logician in his race against time to crack the Enigma code.In the darkest days of World War II we meet Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley), Turing’s unlikely accomplice who he is soon engaged to marry, all while struggling with being gay at a time when it was illegal.In leading cinemas now.

Festival: DaDa Fest 2014

Film: The Imitation Game Music: Band Aid 30

Theatre: Swan Lake

©Michael Glynn

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By James Tomlinson and Bradd Chambers

Liverpool is celebrating 25 years of � lming in the city with a special � lm reel. Over 6,000 productions have been shot across Merseyside since the Liverpool Film O� ce opened in 1989, averaging 240 a year.Clips from some of the material produced here have been put together showing silver screen hits and small screen gems alike.� e movies recorded in Merseyside include Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, Captain America and Fast and Furious.� ey also look back at television series � lmed in the city, most notably Foyle’s War, Peaky Blinders and ITV’s recent hit mini-series Cilla.So far this year, 170 productions have taken place, generat-ing an estimated £9m for the city’s regional economy.To watch the video go to: www.liverpool� lmo� ce.tv

Quarter century ofcelluloid success

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BY KALTUN ABDILLAHI

Artist Oliver Bliss has created a quilt in Liverpool celebrating the 396 members of parliament that voted in favour of same sex

marriage in 2013. Oliver invited members of the public to

each decorate hand drawn portraits of the MP’s at the Unity � eatre and Museum of Liverpool. He said on the MP’s decision last year: “Brilliant and possibly it’s about time. But just a really positive step in the right direction, I think just to have that freedom of choice so I just think that’s an excellent thing and a fair thing.”

All of the images will be incorporated into a giant quilt which will be displayed upon a geographical map of the UK to showcase how MP’s voted across the country.

� e project follows a successful residen-cy at People’s History Museum in Man-chester where people came together to write 254 messages seeking a more pos-itive and tolerant future to represent MPs that did not vote in support of same sex marriage.

Oliver stated that he hopes the MP’s who voted against same sex marriage or those who abdicated are re� ecting the views of the people in their constituencies.

He added: “For all the ones that said no or abstained they have got messages towards a more tolerant equal future to generate acceptance.”

Clare Bigley who identi� es herself as gay attended the event which is part of the Homotopia festival. She told Liverpool Life: “I come to Homotopia events every year so I made sure I didn’t miss this year because I missed last time they came.

“I’m a gay woman and anything we could do to support advocacy and pro-motion of anybody who supports equal right for gay men and women should be celebrated. He’s [Oliver Bliss] doing something that’s visual and will hopeful-ly get people’s attention and make them start to think.”

� e Fine Art Painting degree graduate spoke about his own upbringing and sex-uality as an inspiration to get involved in the Homotopia festival.

Oliver told Liverpool Life: “I’m gay and my sister’s actually bisexual; she actually got married this year so it’s kind of a big deal on that side. Both my parents are very supportive and have been out since I was 16.”

� e messages will go alongside the hand drawn portraits presented as a map of the UK.

Hand stitched with love

CREATIVE: Hand drawings will be made in to a giant quilt

Extravaganza of style

The three-day extravaganza called Celebration of Style shone the spot-light on Liverpool this weekend as the city marked local fashion, beau-

ty, art, photography and architecture.� e Celebration of Style launched on � urs-

day evening. Guests could meet organisers, partners and brush shoulders with celebrities including Abbey Clancy and Matthew Wil-liamson.

Friday was a day of pop-up fashion stands at Stanley dock with plenty to buy and try. As well as the stalls high pro� le industry experts were there to do fashion panel talks.

� e event that really stole the show however was the Cricket Fashion Night Out on Friday evening. � e night included a showcase of

designer collections from the likes of Victoria Beckham, Stella McCartney and YSL as well as live musical performances from Dom Chung and Kelli Leigh.

Held at the Cunard building on Water Street, local fashionistas as well as big names such as Made in Chelsea star Rosie Fortescue and Ar-cadia heiress Chloe Green could be spotted in the front row of the catwalk event.

� is was followed by an a� er-show party at Palm Sugar where celebrities such as Jenny Frost and Rebecca Ferguson were seen danc-ing the night away.

Justine Mills and Denise Harris, organisers of the Celebration of Style, both praised the city as an inspiration for the event and were proud to have helped place it securely on the

fashion map.Justine Mills, Cricket owner, said: “In fash-

ion I’ve been lucky enough to go to some amazing events and met some amazing peo-ple, and I’ve said to them ‘why don’t you come to Liverpool?

“When they do they can’t believe the build-ings and the nightlife and everything we have to o� er. I thought if they were so impressed then what we needed was a way to get more people coming here and feeling that way.”

Denise Harris of SK Events, which organises the Liverpool Food and Drink Festival, added: “What struck us both was that we’ve been to these fabulous events all over the country and all over the world, but felt that nothing like that happens in Liverpool.”

Words: ALICE KERSHAW

ALL PICTURES © Brian Mansy, Mansy’s Photography

ABBEY GETS FESTIVE

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Abbey Clancy has released her collection, Abbey by Abbey Clancy, just in time for the festive season.

The range caters to a variety of shapes and sizes with a mix of minis, maxis, a glamourous jumpsuit and a whole load of mesh from sizes 6 – 18.

The Scouse model’s latest collection in conjunction with Matalan, is perfect for the festive season, with everything from beautiful black lace designs to rich red pieces to see you into the New Year.

Abbey said: “I am so thrilled about my new range. I really wanted to make it festive and offer lots of going out options for the party season.

“I think red is perfect for this time of year and I love the off the shoulder dress in this shade. I think everyone wants to feel glamorous at this time of year, and I feel this collection offers a style for everyone and for any occasion.” The ‘Abbey by Abbey Clancy’ collection is available

online now and in selected stores.

PICTURES FROM ABBEYS COLLECTION © MatalanWords: ALICE KERSHAW

One shoulder dress £35.00

High neck lace top£20.00

Bandeau jumpsuit£40.00

Bandeau pencil dress£35.00

Cut out maxi dress£35.00

Sheer stripe skirt £12

STYLE: (From bottom left to right) Rebecca Ferguson, Cricket models at the fashion show, and Amanda Harrington

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Balotelliinjuryblowfor RedsBy IMOGEN SWEENEYMario Balotelli is su� ering from a hamstring injury following international duty with Italy and has returned to Merseyside to undergo an assessment at Melwood.

� e Italian Football Associa-tion released a statement saying the 24-year-old had picked up a ‘hamstring strain’ and ‘mild groin’ pain in training on Friday. � is has le� him in doubt for Liverpool’s clash against Crystal Palace next Sunday.

It also gives Reds boss Rodg-ers a further headache, having been without other star forward Daniel Sturridge since Septem-ber due to hamstring and calf injuries he picked up whilst on England duty.

Balotelli’s knock is the latest blow for the striker, who has not yet scored a Premier League goal since arriving at Liverpool for £16 million from AC Milan in August.

JMU Fury to target winning returnBy KIERAN ETORIA-KING

� e JMU American football team are hoping to make a re-turn to winning form when they travel to Aberystwyth this Sun-day for their third game of the season.

Match day number 2 brought disappointment for the Fury as they su� ered a heavy defeat at home to their main conference rivals UCLan Rams, a side they had been expected to beat.

� e Rams stormed out of the blocks from the � rst whistle, scoring from their � rst drive and besieging a stuttering LJMU side in their own half of their � eld as the Fury struggled to � nd their feet in the game.

Even the best laid plans some-times go awry, and such was the case in Skelmersdale as the de-fence missed several tackles and the o� ensive line failed to protect an o� ence that started on the back foot.

Little went their way on the day – long passes were picked o� , leaving the o� ence to trudge mis-erably from the � eld, and � ags from the referees only managed to delay the Rams’ charge - their � rst touchdown coming through a spectacular one-handed diving catch.

Even a � ying interception from defensive back Ben Rawthore – catalyst of many a reinvigorated performance last season - failed to ignite a disastrous � rst half

ferent from the � rst as LJMU as-serted themselves.

Tackles started to stick and the o� ence got into gear, making the game far more competitive.

� e Rams did score one more touchdown, and the Fury were le� to wonder what might have been had they started the game how they � nished it.

As well as marking his side’s only points in the game, � rst year rookie Aidan Hill’s touchdown was his � rst in university foot-ball.

He said: “It felt great! I still feel I have quite a lot to work on, but hopefully there will be a few more to come.

“Obviously the score line put a bit of downer to the day. Howev-

that ended with the Fury down 28-0.

As the � oodlights came on and rain began to fall, the second half brought more to be positive about.

A touchdown from rookie Aid-an Hill in their � rst drive a� er the break dispelled the defeated mood, and the second half saw a spirited display completely dif-

er, we need to use the loss to our advantage and use it to correct our mistakes.”

� is weekend the Fury will re-turn to Wales for the second time this season to face Aberystwyth, a side who weren’t expected to rock any boats this season but have won both of their games so far, and are now second in the table.

LJMU now sit sixth in the North West conference, above only Keele, Manchester Met and Bangor, who have all lost both of their opening games.

If they want to achieve their goal of reaching the national play-o� s this season, they need to get back to winning ways as soon as possible.

By GEORGIE WHITWORTH

BlueseyeRooney reunionEverton chairman Bill Ken-wright has said he suspects Wayne Rooney may return to the Blues before he retires from football.

� e 29-year-old striker rose through the To� ees’ ranks before he controversially signed to Manchester United for £27m in 2004.

When asked by BBC Radio 5 Live if he thought Rooney would return to the side, Kenwright said: “Yes. He comes back to Goodison. He’s an Evertonian and his family are. He is wel-come to come back.”

Three Lions gear upfor Scotland clashScotland are looking to se-cure their � rst victory at home against England in nearly 30 years when they host their old rivals in a friendly at Celtic Park tonight.

England, who beat Slovenia in the European Quali� ers on Saturday, were last beaten by Scotland in the Rous Cup at Hampden Park in 1985 but have drawn one and lost two of the three subsequent home clashes.

� e atmosphere at a sell-out Celtic Park is expected to be tense, particularly due to the recent Scottish Referendum

whereby Scotland very nearly broke away from England.

As a nation of footy fans, Brit-ons are being urged to show their love for the beautiful game in the form of cash for charity.

As football matches have been cancelled across Sierra for fear of the Ebola virus spreading across the region, an appeal fea-turing captains Wayne Rooney and Darren Fletcher will be aired during the game at Glas-gow’s Celtic Park.

� e government has also promised to match up to £5m of donations made to Unicef ’s Ebold fund during the friendly tonight. Viewers will be asked to help by texting KIT to 70333.

By MELISSAMcFARLANE

FURY: Loss © John Maher

Pic © Trinity Mirror

DEFIANT: JMU Fury are looking to bounce back from last weekend’s loss © John Maher

Keane slams Everton for pressurising Irish starsBy IMOGEN SWEENEYRoy Keane has accused Everton boss Roberto Martinez of put-ting too much pressure on his Irish players to pull out whilst on international duty.

� e Republic of Ireland as-sistant boss has suggested that Martinez’s lack of experience on the international football scene means he is failing to treat the players seriously.

Keane said: “Every time there is an international match it does seem to be Seamus (Coleman) and James (McCarthy) under lots of pressure. � ey’re turning up or they mightn’t turn up, or

they’re struggling.”Keane and Ireland boss Martin

O’Neill are relying on Coleman, Darron Gibson and McCarthy to help them qualify for Euro 2016.

Mid� elder McCarthy has

missed the last three quali-� ers due to injury, includ-ing Friday’s loss to Scotland, whilst Coleman missed last month’s international match against Germany.

As a result, Keane is eager for Martinez and O’Neill to meet to clear the air.

Everton chairman Bill Kenwright commented on Keane’s claims, saying the club has absolutely no prob-lem sending their players on international duty.

He said: “I’m a big fan of Roy Keane but he does say some stupid things. � at is just totally, totally, unfair.”

McCARTHY: Pic © Rebecca Cookson

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Bronze to leave for Manchester City

Liverpool Ladies have con-� rmed that Lucy Bronze is leaving the team to play for Manchester City Women.

� e 24-year-old signed to Liverpool in November 2012, a� er leaving rival club Everton, and has won vari-ous individual accolades in-cluding ‘PFA Women’s Play-ers’ Player of the Year.’

Speaking of the transfer, Bronze said: “It has been an extremely di� cult decision to leave Liverpool but I feel as though I need to experi-ence a new challenge.

“I have loved every minute of my time at Liverpool and cannot thank my teammates and sta� enough for an in-credible two seasons.

“When I � rst joined the club we had previously

� nished bottom of the league yet we managed to defy all the odds to win the Women’s Super League in my � rst full season at the club.

“I would also like to thank the fans for their unbeliev-able support over the last two seasons.

“� e players really appreci-ate the continued backing we have received throughout the season.”

by GEORGIE WHITWORTH

LEAVING: Defender Lucy Bronze © Kevin Walsh/Wikimedia Commons

by GEORGIE WHITWORTH

Williams speaks on homelessyears

Liverpool Ladies mid� elder Fara Williams has revealed that football gave her hope whilst she spent seven years living on the streets.

Battersea-born Williams, 30, who has won a record 130 caps for England, will play for her country in the � rst ever women’s game to take place at the new Wembley Stadium against Germany.

However before she joined Liverpool Ladies, during her teenage years times were tough for Williams.

Her relationship with her mother broke down and she subsequently became homeless, living between hostels whilst she represented England regularly.

“� e most annoying thing about being homeless is that you get judged without people knowing your story,” explained Williams.

“� at was the hardest thing for me. Sometimes it just happens. You can lose your job or your family.”

Despite this though, Williams has turned her life around, managing a career spanning over decade.

She has become England’s most capped player in the process.

She previously played for Everton ladies before joining Liverpool in 2012 helping them to win back-to-back WSL titles.

“Football never allowed me to [lose hope],” she said.

“I had that focus and belief I was good at something.

� at’s an incredible thing when it feels like you’ve got nothing else.”

by DANIEL WRIGHT

LFC Ladies name players of seasonLiverpool Ladies Football Club hosted their annual Player of the Year awards night at An� eld, as the Reds celebrated winning back to back Women’s Super League titles.

Vitality, the O� cial Wellness Partner of Liverpool FC, hosted the night’s proceedings in the illustrious Trophy Room at An-� eld.

Liverpool Ladies mid� elder Fara Williams was awarded Man-ager’s Player of the Year in addi-tion to being presented with a Special Recognition award from Liverpool Football Club Chief Executive Ian Ayre following her record-breaking 130th cap for England.

Meanwhile, Lucy Bronze was voted as the winner of the � rst

ever Vitality Player of the Season 2014, which takes into consid-eration an individual’s high � t-ness levels, staying active inside and outside of football as well as maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

On winning the award the Eng-land defender, who is now set to move to Manchester City Wom-ens said: “It is a real honour for me to be the � rst winner of the Vitality Player of the Season.

“I have received personal ac-colades previously for my per-formances on the pitch, but to be recognised for my professional-ism and lifestyle o� the pitch is something I am extremely proud of.”

Liverpool Ladies Manager Matt Beard said: “Tonight was a fantastic occasion and an op-portunity to recognise another fantastic season for the Liverpool Ladies.”

by MELISSA MCFARLANE

VICTORIOUS: Gemma Bonner with the WSL trophy © Gemma Bonner/Twitter

Liverpool’s Tony Bellew has said he is itching to set the record straight ahead of his rematch with bitter rival Nathan Cleverly on SaturdaySt George’s Hall will play host

to the � nal pre-� ght weigh in between the pair this week as they gear up for their eagerly anticipated bout.� e � nal pre-� ght weigh-in

will take place at 1pm on Friday and will be open to the public who will no doubt be expecting � reworks from the two feuding cruiserweights before they lock horns at the Echo Arena.Cleverly, who has fought six

more times since the � rst � ght, dismissed his challenger as a ‘bully’ and said: “He whinged, he moaned, he cried, he wanted a rematch and now he’s got the rematch.“Let’s see who the real deal is.

And this time I don’t want to leave it to the judges’ scorecards. I want to win it emphatically and really silence this guy once and for all.”Wavertree � ghter Bellew, who

lost the � rst � ght on points, denied claims that the hate campaign aimed towards his op-

ponent has been manufactured in order to promote the � ght.“� ey are the feelings I have

towards him,” he said. “Losing is not an option. Every

day I am envisaging him hitting the � oor for the � rst time. I hope he gets up. I don’t want this � ght to be over in one punch. I want him to get up and I want to lay an absolute trouncing on him.”� e public also had the chance

to see the ‘Bomber’ in action today at � e Dome, Grand Cen-tral Hall on Renshaw Street as he added the � nal touches to his preparations for the � ght which sold out in 48 hours.Some ringside tickets are even

selling for up to £2,500 on online ticket websites.

by Daniel Wright

‘The Bomber’ in fi nal push

DIVING IN: Bertrand and Collidge © KIND

Students to swim 250k for charityTwo members of the Liverpool University Sports and Fit-ness Centre are swimming the equivalent distance of Liver-pool to Belfast to raise money for a local charity.

Dominique Bertrand and Ste-ve Collett have chosen to raise funds for KIND, a children’s charity based on Back Canning Street, which has been working with disadvantaged children and families throughout Mer-seyside for nearly 40 years.

� e pair, who started their challenge on 6 October, are un-dergoing a gruelling 10 weeks of swimming 100 lengths � ve days a week to reach their chal-lenge of 250k and hopefully raise their target of £2,500.

Stephen Yip, from KIND, told

Liverpool Life: “� e support from Steve and Dominique is a tremendous boost to our 2014 Christmas Appeal.

“� eir e� orts on our behalf are very much appreciated and will help us make Christ-mas a great deal happier and less stressful for thousands of unlucky children and their families this year from within our local community.

“� e fact that Steve and Dominique have chosen a local charity rather than one of the more well-known larger chari-ties is also much appreciated.

“For every £60.00 raised from their sponsored swim means a large family sized food hamper for a family in need this Christ-mas.”

� e money donated will contribute to a Christmas fund that will be used to support

some of the most challenged and disadvantaged children and families at a time in the year when they need it most.

People can sponsor the men via their Just Giving page www.justgiving.com/Steve-Collett/ where they are already well

on the way to reaching their target, having already raised £2,140

Keep following their page for more information on their challenge, weekly updates and more information about their charity.

JMU Rugby look to preserve unbeaten record

� e JMU rugby union � rst team have kicked o� the season in style with an undefeated run of games resulting in a top of the league position.

� e team currently have a goal di� erence of 159 and nine points

in the league a� er defeating Liverpool Hope, Manchester Metropolitan, Cheshire, and the University of Cumbria.

Back-row Josh Downes, said: “We’ve done really well so far so we’ve all got high expectations for the rest of the season. We’ve got such a strong team this year,

we’ve had a great intake of new lads.”

� e victorious team will compete to keep their streak going when they play Lancaster University on Wednesday at 2.15 pm at New Brighton Rugby Club in Leasowe.

� e JMU rugby union second

team are also having a success-ful streak, losing just one of the three games they have played so far. � ey will play a Derby this week when the team faces rivals from the University of Liverpool second team at 2pm on Wednes-day at the opposing team’s sports ground at Wyncote.

by GEORGIE WHITWORTH

FIRED UP: Tony Bellew © Josh Handscomb/JMU Journalism

‘Tonight was fantastic’

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Liverpool Chief Executive Ian Ayre faces a challenge by hoping to grow the women’s team by targeting bigger crowds.

England Women’s will take on two-time world champions Ger-many this weekend in front of a capped crowd capacity of 55,000 friendly sell out at Wembley.

Last season the FA Women’s Super League achieved a 30%

growth in attendances however the average still remains less than 1000 supporters.

Ayre hopes the well-publicised match will encourage people to watch future � xtures and hopefully become avid women’s football fans.

� e Chief Executive told Sky Sports News: “It is great value and it’s a great quality of product so it’s just about getting people through the door because that’s

what will make it � ow.“It will make for a good atmos-

phere which will make it more attractive for advertising and that is necessary to ensure the women’s game is sustainable and has the right level of commercial support.

“I would encourage anyone who hasn’t been to a Super League game to go and watch because the quality of the foot-ball these girls play and the abili-

ty that they have is outstanding.”Head of women’s football Kelly

Simmons and the FA’s national game director says increased attendance is fundamental to the future of the women’s game.

She said: “We need to keep working hard with the clubs to get more people coming through the gates on a regular basis.

“We’re still moving the game to professional from semi-profes-sional. We had a fantastic end to

By IMOGEN SWEENEY

Women’s football targets bigger crowdsthe season which has raised the pro� le of women’s football, and things like England v Germa-ny and if England has good Women’s World Cup will help with that.”

� e match marks the � rst time that the England Women have played at the new Wembley and form part of the team’s prepa-rations for next summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup.

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BIG STAGE: Wembley Stadium will host Germany v England ©John Seb Barber via Wikimedia Commons

Liverpool boxer Tony Bellew, held a public workout today ahead of his WBCO World Light Heavyweight grudge match with Nathan Cleverly later this week.

Bellew, otherwise known as ‘� e Bomber’, is hoping to beat his Welsh rival in the Echo Arena on Saturday.

� e pair last met in 2011 where Bellew lost on points. A few hun-dred fans turned up to watch Everton fan Tony showing o� his skills in the ring at � e Dome, Grand Central.

Joining him in the workout was fellow scouser Callum Smith,

who appears on Saturday’s un-dercard against Serbian Nikola Sjekloca.

Bellew tried to taunt his op-ponent by putting tape across Cleverly’s head on the picture backdrop and writing the word ‘fruad’. He quickly realised his mistake and rearranged the let-ters to spell ‘fraud’. Other reputa-ble names � ghting at this week-end’s event include unbeaten Anthony Joshua, George Groves and James DeGale.

� e weigh-in will take place on Friday at St George’s Hall. Tickets to Saturday’s event are selling for up to £2,500.

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By JOSH HANDSCOMB

BOMBER: Training ahead of the big fi ght Pictures by: © JMU Journalism/Josh Handscomb

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