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University Students in Cheating Scandal ; Exclusive Vice-Chancellor to Clamp Down On Internet 'Essay Mills'

HUNDREDS of Merseyside students are paying thousands of pounds to get their degree coursework written for them to ensure they pass. The University of Liverpool is taking the problem so seriously it is now offering staff courses to help them spot the cheats. Professor Drummond Bone, vice-chancellor at the University of Liverpool, said: "Essay writing sites claim that students pay hundreds of pounds for model answers - but do not then submit these as their own work. We all know this claim is ab...

Police Seal Off Scene of Unexplained Death in Flats

AN INVESTIGATION was launched after the body of an elderly man was found at a flat in Aigburth. Police were called to the flats complex in Ivanhoe Road shortly before 4.30pm yesterday, where they found the man's body.

Fury As Olympics Rob Area of Pounds 86m ; Good Causes Lose Out On Lottery Cash

UP TO pounds 86m will be snatched from Merseyside and Cheshire's village halls and community groups to fund the London Olympics after a fresh raid on Lottery funds, it was claimed yesterday. Local authority leaders reacted with fury after an extra pounds 675m was diverted from the National Lottery's good causes pot to pay for the 2012 Games.

In Brief: Did Maddie's Abductor Take Spanish Girl?

PRIVATE detectives hired to find Madeleine McCann are attempting to establish if there is a link with the disappearance of a young Spanish girl. Mari Luz Cortez, five, vanished from Huelva, on the Spanish border on Sunday.

In Brief: Clown Images 'Scare Patients'

In Brief: Website Attack

Hunt for an Actor Who Can Fill Shankly's Boots ; Look and Soundalike Will Star in Drama

HE REGULARLY tops polls of the greatest football managers and is revered more than 26 years after his death. It's a daunting task to fill the shoes of Bill Shankly -but now the hunt is on to find someone who can do just that.

Date Set for First Phase of Scheme

THE date has been set for the grand opening of Liverpool One. The first phase of the pounds lbn retail scheme will be opened to the public on May 29 with parties and promotions.

Rescue by Trampoline

A MOTHER was saved yesterday after jumping from the first floor of her blazing home on to a trampoline below. The "quick-thinking actions" of a neighbour saved the life of the woman after flames took hold at her house in King's Lynn, Norfolk.

Legacy of a Legend - From Division Two Also-Rans to Number One in the Land

WHEN Shankly took over at Anfield in December,1959, Liverpool were languishing in the Second Division. Shankly turned them into the pre-eminent force in English football.

Labour of Love As Sir Paul Puts Linda's Photographs On Display

SIR Paul McCartney is to stage an exhibition of photographs by his late wife Linda. The former Beatle has spent the past three years putting together the show, which will mark the 10th anniversary of her death.

In Brief: Oap Murder Hunt Police Release Three

DETECTIVES last night released three of four men arrested in connection with the murder of a pensioner found battered to death at her country cottage. The men were detained on Monday at an ex-offenders' hostel in Otterbourne, near Winchester, Hampshire, 500 yards from where 77- year-old Georgina Edmonds was found dead at her home.

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"Ringo was exuberant. "I'm that close to moving back!" he told the audience, and just at that moment, I think he really meant it." Editor Mark Thomas on the weekend's Capital of Culture opening

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Watchdog to Give Verdict On Merseytram Fiasco

THE Audit Commission will tomorrow publish its long awaited report into the collapse of the Merseytram scheme. The government watchdog report will highlight the pounds 56m- plus that was spent on the project without a yard of track actually being laid.