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The Long Goodbye ; England 0 Portugal 0 (England Lose 3-1 On Pens)

PAGES 2-7 Carragher laments lost opportunity

Lottery

ONE ticketholder scooped Saturday's Lotto jackpot of pounds 8m. The numbers drawn were 28, 37, 39, 18, 42 and 33. The bonus was 15. There were no winners of the Lotto Extra jackpot.

Comment & Analysis: Charles Smith

JAZZ rhythms stirred the blood of the boys and they played with some great men including the tenor saxophonist Pharaoh Sanders, but the music of their upbringing didn't roll the tills, so they switched to R&B and then the disco sound, scoring a series of big hits. At the heart of Kool and the Gang was Claydes Charles Smith, lead guitarist and composer.

Comment & Analysis: The Daily Postcard

Comment & Analysis: A Paradise Lost ; in the Council Chamber

REMEMBER the Cavern Club, the original one I mean, in Mathew Street? It went to make way for Merseyrail. What about the beautiful old St John's Market, bulldozed to pave the way for St John's Centre, Liverpool's first concrete shopping c at h e d r a l ?

Comment & Analysis: Thought for the Day

WE LIVE in yet another age of idolatry. From time immemorial, people have had their idols. Our modern generation might well laugh at those previous generations that bowed down before trees and such like, or created images of wood, stone or metal and then fell on their faces and worshipped them. Today's idols are not made of wood, stone or metal but of flesh and blood and some might add that "they are made of money". These are the film, football and pop stars worshipped by so many today. Unlik...

O'grady in New Heart Scare

TELEVISION host Paul O'Grady, b e l ow, remained in hospital yesterday after being admitted for a suspected heart attack. The 51-year-old comedian, who fronts Channel 4's The New Paul O'Grady Show, is in a "comfortable" condition, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Road Toll Soars

CHESHIRE has bucked the national trend with an alarming rise in the number of road accident victims, new figures show. A total of 78 people were killed on the county's road last year compared to 67 in 2004, an increase of 16.7%.

Schools Team Hails Success in Tackling Pupil Behaviour ; City Reports Fewer Than 1,000 Suspensions

EDUCATION chiefs have claimed success in cutting bad behaviour in Liverpool schools after new figures revealed a low number of pupil suspensions. Fewer than 1,000 youngsters were removed from city secondary schools last year, a much lower total than other big cities, such as Manchester and Bristol.

A Melancholy Night but Not for Long ; Summer Pops Pet Shop Boys/ Central Docks

IF ANYONE wanted proof that the Pet Shop Boys are past masters of epic, melancholy pop, they need look no further than the fact that the BBC chose to play one of their songs, Numb, after England crashed out of the World Cup on Saturday. The duo's music has always been the natural soundtrack to these crying-in-your-beer moments, with Neil Tennant's plaintive vocals soaring above the dramatic, orchestral sweep of Chris Lowe's synths. In the wake of yet another World Cup debacle, the timing of t...

Cancer Battler in Mountain Ordeal As She Takes On Gruelling Charity Bike Ride Across America

TERMINAL cancer sufferer and inspirational fund-raiser Jane Tomlinson faced a climb to a height of more than 8,000ft last night after completing the first three days of her 4,200-mile Ride Across America ahead of schedule. The Crosby-born mother of three said she was feeling good after enduring temperatures of more than 120 degrees while covering 80 miles on an interstate cycle track between Winters and Rescue, California, in 10 on Saturday.

Launch Time for Fort Perch Rock 'N' Roll

AN OLD Merseyside naval fort is putting the rock back into rock'n'roll. Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton, will be hosting a series of concerts at the end of the summer to rival other outdoor events.

Give Us a Job If You're Brave Enough ; He Was the Man Behind Many Shows in the Golden Age of Television Drama. Philip Key Meets Alan Bleasdale

DO YOU remember Alan Bleasdale? There was a time when his television dramas were real events, gritty, complex series that would run over several episodes and tackle a host of social problems. From the early 1980s with Boys From the Blackstuff to the late 1990s and Jake's Progress, the Liverpool writer's work celebrated a Golden Age of British television drama.

Looking Back

All You Need Is Love - and Some Beatles Nostalgia ; Paul and Ringo Take Families to Premiere

THE surviving Beatles and their families put aside their differences to appear alongside each other at the premiere of a Las Vegas show celebrating their music. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr joined Yoko Ono on the red carpet for the first night of Love, a surrealistic portrayal of the band's career, performed by Cirque du Soleil.

Controversial 'Butchers' Picture From Beatles Album Goes On Display

THE controversial "butchers" photograph which caused outrage when it was used for one of the Beatles' album covers in the 1960s has gone on exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery. It showed the Fab Four as butchers, complete with raw meat and decapitated plastic babies. The cover went out on their 1966 American album Yesterday and Toda, y and was believed to be as a protest against the US record label's insistence on cherry-picking The Beatles' songs and creating albums of their own...

Would You Credit It?

THE way consumers pay for things has undergone a revolution since the first credit cards were introduced in 1966. Forty years ago the vast majority of people used cash to pay for everything, with just one in four Britons even having a current account. Instead most people were paid in cash and used cash for all their purchases.

Cash Points

MORE than half of credit cardholders have been sent credit card cheques, the vast majority of which were unsolicited, new research shows. Around 51% of people said their card issuer had sent them cheques, which can be used like a personal cheque with the money added to the credit card bill, during the past year, despite 98% of them never asking for them.

Wales: Speedwatch

North Wales Police Arrive Alive vans will be targeting speeding motorists on the following roads across North Wales today CONWY: A547 Colwyn Bay - Old Colwyn' Kings Road, Colwyn Bay. DENBIGHSHIRE: A548 Rhyl-Prestatyn' B5118 Rhyl Promenade. FLINTSHIRE: A541 Mold -Caergwrle.

Viewpoint: Forthright & Fearless

AVE our hospital," says a leaflet currently circulating in Llandudno, the fastest-growing town in North Wales. I have both a 1969 and a 1985 leaflet saying exactly the same thing. The 1985 leaflet points out that Llandudno General Hospital lost its obstetrics unit in 1957, its ear, nose and throat surgery in 1973, its orthopaedic surgery in 1980, and its SRN training school in 1985.