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Girls Celebrate Topping the Table in Crucial Exam Results

Cost of Liverpool Rail Hub Doubles to Pounds 32m ; Exclusive South Parkway Delays Force Up Price

THE cost of Liverpool's first-ever showpiece transport hub, South Parkway, has doubled to pounds 32m, the Daily Post can reveal. The collapse of Rail track, the rocketing cost of steel, and flooding at the site alongside Allerton Station all conspired to push up the cost.

Singer to Use Her Talents to Make Her Point in the Concert Hall

LIVERPOOL singer Jennifer John will sing John Lennon's anti-war anthem, Imagine, at the concert in honour of Condoleezza Rice. The director of vocal training group Sense of Sound said the choice of whether or not to appear was "not one that could be made lightly".

Straw in Appeal to Anti-War Protesters

JACK STRAW has urged Liverpool to welcome US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with the "warmth the city is known for". In an open letter, the Foreign Secretary said the visit would have many benefits for the UK.

In Brief: Royal Jobs On Offer in Resort

In Brief: Inquests Open

In Brief: Parrot Found

In Brief: Lottery

FOUR ticketholders shared last night's Lotto jackpot c pounds 2.7m, winning pounds 681,025 each, operator Camelot said. Numbers drawn were 44, 18, 37, 02, 36, 06 and the bonus number was 19. There was no winner of the Lotto Extra jackpot, where the numbers drawn were 20, 21, 28, 44, 45 and 49.

Use Your Mouse - and Track a Love Rat

WOMEN who suspect their man of an affair have often gone to great lengths to prove their infidelity. From employing private detectives to commissioning 'honey trap' services which pay women to flirt with potential love-rats, catching out unfaithful lovers has become big business.

Boyfriend Ditched After Playing Around

ACCOUNTANT Sarah, 42, shared an email account with her boyfriend of five years, at their home in south Liverpool. One day she found an intimate email sent by another woman in their inbox.

Potter Award Is Just Wizard

HARRY POTTER and the Half Blood Prince, the latest in the JK Rowling series, was named Book of the Year at the British Book Awards tonight. JK Rowling's sixth book in the schoolboy wizard series beat off competition from Jamie Oliver (Jamie's Italy), Sharon Osbourne (My Autobiography) and Jeremy Clarkson (The World According to Clarkson) to the title.

Challenge Rejected

Some Facts and Figures On the Interchange

TRAFFIC lights on the 3km route to JLA will have selective vehicle detection which mean the buses will get priority at junctions. South Parkway will be covered by 99 CCTV cameras.

Three Major Schemes On the Rails

THREE major rail schemes on Merseyside costing nearly pounds 55m are being assessed, according to the Government's Department of Transport. The biggest project, costing pounds 35m, will see the electrification of the Bidston to Wrexham line. This will improve rail links with Wirral and Liverpool.

Cost of Heartbreak

COUPLES who break up spend an average of pounds 13,500 each replacing joint possessions, a survey showed today. The cost of replacing items ranging from cars and carpets to CDs and even pets adds up to a five figure sum, according to Alliance & Leicester.

Sex Killer Will Never Be Freed

A CONVICTED sex attacker was given three life sentences at the Old Bailey yesterday for raping and murdering an A-Level student before fleeing the UK. Latvian car wash attendant Viktors Dembovskis was told by Judge Peter Beaumont that he will never be released.

In Brief: Nursery Allergy Warning

YOUNG children could be at risk because some nursery staff are unaware their food allergies, inspectors warned yesterday. And one in 10 childminders and nurseries offers children sweets, biscuits or trips to fast food outlets as treats, a survey from education watchdog Ofsted found.

In Brief: Flu Jabs Dummy Run

HUNDREDS of people took part in an exercise yesterday to test procedures for a mass vaccination of the public in case of a flu pandemic. The simulation aimed to test how health staff would respond to a large scale flu outbreak in Britain.

In Brief: News Strike

In Brief: New Theory