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Man Held As City Feels Impact of Terror Alert ; Armed Officers Arrest Suspect After Airport Attack Police Carry Out Raids On South Liverpool Homes Jla Closed for Nine Hours in Fears Over Suspicious Car Thousands of Travellers Delayed by Clampdown

LIVERPOOL became one of the focal points in the nationwide hunt for terrorists behind three failed car bombings in London and Glasgow. A man was arrested at gunpoint by anti-terror police after his three-door jeep was stopped near the city centre Adelphi hotel. Witnesses described how armed officers surrounded the vehicle before taking the man away late on Saturday night - just hours after a blazing 4x4 ploughed into Glasgow Airport.

Anti-Terror Unit Resumes Homes Hunt ; Terror Alert City Swoop Liza Williams and Mark Johnson Follow Events On a Day of Drama On Merseyside

ANTI-TERROR police will today resume searches of two Liverpool homes after swooping on the city centre to arrest a man hours after a blazing Jeep ploughed into Glasgow Airport. The finger-tip searches began after police raids on houses in Ramilies Road near Penny Lane in Allerton and Hather-ley Street in Toxteth, early yesterday

How the Day's Events Unfolded ; Terror Alert City Swoop

FRIDAY AM: Two Mercedes containing petrol, gas cylinders and nails were found outside the Tiger Tiger club in London's Haymarket and a nearby street, but the devices did not detonate. Friday: The Government's emergency response unit, Cobra, held its first meeting. Cobra has now met four times in three days. A formal statement from the unit will be made in the Commons today.

Everything Being Done to Protect the Public ; Terror Alert City Swoop

THE Assistant Chief Constable of Merseyside Police last night told the public that everything was being done to protect them from a terrorist attack. At an emergency press conference at Merseyside Police headquarters, ACC Helen King said officers were working closely with anti-terrorist experts from the Metropolitan Force to ensure the safety of those living and working in Merseyside.

Chaos As Airport Closes in Red Alert ; Terror Alert Airport Drama Travellers Had a Nightmare Weekend As Tight Security Swung Into Action at Jla. Liza Williams and Caroline Innes Report

THOUSANDS of holidaymakers had travel plans thrown into disarray when Liverpool's John Lennon Airport was closed after a "suspicious vehicle" was discovered. Police ordered shutdown of the airport at 8.30pm on Saturday, hours after a blazing Jeep had ploughed into Glasgow Airport.

Five Held As Brown Warns of Sustained Terror Threat ; Terror Alert Britain Targeted

FIVE people were in custody last night after the failed car bombings in London and Glasgow, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned of a "long-term and sustained" terror-threat to Britain. A 27-year-old woman was among those being questioned over the nationwide terror alert.

Sculpture Trail Will Inject New Life Into Waterway

A SCULPTURE trail consisting of six artworks is planned as part of plans to breathe new life into a stretch of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. Councillors on Sefton's planning committee have approved a proposal for the first of the six artworks, entitled Carrying Star, which will be located in Rimrose Valley in Netherton.

Summer Symphonies

WIRRAL Symphony Orchestra will be playing "music to match the season" with their Summer Concert for All the Family. The concert will take place at Pacific Road Arts Centre, Birkenhead, on Saturday and the programme will feature a number of well-known pieces that tell a musical story, including Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev, the Swan Lake suite by Tchaikovsky, Strauss's Thunder & Lightning Polka, and the Thunderbirds March by Gray.

In Brief: Beware Flood Cowboys, Victims Told

In Brief: Weaker Wine Goes On Sale

A SUPERMARKET is launching a range of lower alcohol wines in response to customer demand. Sainsbury's is branding the four wines "Ten%" because of their alcohol by volume content.

In Brief: Eggs Project

In Brief: Tory Boy

CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron's 16-month-old son has been christened. Mr Cameron and his wife, Samantha, looked relaxed as they posed for pictures with Arthur Elwen after the service at St Mary Abbot's Church in Kensington, West London.

Passengers Stranded After Ny Flights Are Grounded

LIVERPOOL'S new air link to New York failed to fly for three days in a row - leaving hundreds of passengers stranded on both sides of the Atlantic. Operator Flyglobespan's Boeing aircraft was hit by lightning as it came into land at New York on Thursday, staff told passengers who had hoped to fly home that night.

Soldier Killed in Afghan Ambush

A BRITISH soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan yesterday, the second to die there in two days. The soldier, from 19 Regiment Royal Artillery, was killed at around 9.30am local time when his vehicle was blown up following an exchange of fire.

No Smoking - and No Complaints Either ; Liverpool's Smokers Accepted the New Laws with 'Quiet Resignation', As Caroline Innes Reports

LIVERPOOL smokers yesterday accepted the first day of the national smoking ban with "a quiet resignation." City council enforcement officers who yesterday visited the city's 1,700 pubs, bars and restaurants said that this was the worst reaction they had encountered as smokers simply accepted the ban and headed outside.

Celebrations to Mark Day One of Smoking Ban

LIVERPOOL was hailed as the forerunner to the national smoking ban yesterday, at a celebration in St George's Hall. Smoke Free Liverpool held the event to mark the beginning of the smoking ban in all work places, with speeches from those who played central roles within the campaign.

Obituary: Brian Finch

PERHAPS he will be longest remembered for releasing from the shadows a leggy blonde with Christmas-cracker glasses and voice to tremble windows, which was later pickled by sorrow, experience and cigarettes. But, a few years before that, this miner's son found himself stuck in a lift with another myopic celebrity-John Lennon, a fate desired by approximately a quarter of the world's girls.

The Daily Postcard

Protect Our Heritage ; Larry Neild in the Council Chamber

AT LEAST we can all sleep safely at night, comforted by the assurances that our World Heritage Site is in safe hands. Yes, the combined efforts of the city council, the regional development agency, the Government and UNESCO, will guard and protect our heritage.

Thought for the Day

JESUS had great compassion for everyone regardless of their status, and he considered everyone to be his brothers and sisters. He said: "Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me" (Matthew 25:40). He was constantly encouraging people to change from an unloving way of thinking and acting to having compassion and concern for others.