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Tragic End to Toddler's First School Day

Green Village Plan Is Unveiled ; Pounds 85m City Scheme to Create 800 Jobs and 356 New Homes Exclusive

A NEW pounds 85m eco-friendly housing development, creating 800 jobs, is set to be built on an eyesore site on the edge of Liverpool city centre. The Via Verde development behind Leeds Street, alongside the award-winning Eldonian village, would see the construction of 356 homes, offices, bars, restaurants, shops and a store and over seven buildings of up to nine storeys high.

Smoking Ban Helps Thousands to Kick the Habit

THE smoking ban has prompted thousands of people to give up the habit in Merseyside and Cheshire. Figures released one year after the law was introduced show every borough except Wirral has seen a rise in the number of people quitting between April 2007-8, compared with the previous year. And Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) have reported a 20% overall rise in successful quitters.

Floral Tributes for 'a Little Princess' ; Toddler Run Over Yards From Home

A TODDLER described as a "beautiful princess" was run over and killed yards from her mother in a tight-knit Wirral cul-de-sac yesterday. Tributes, flowers and teddy bears laid down by neighbours mark the spot on Wilkes Avenue where Bethany Wood was run over.

We Asked for Speed Bumps, but Were Turned Down, Say Residents

BETHANY'S neighbours on Wilkes Avenue last night revealed that they had called for speed bumps in the cul-de-sac, but had been turned down. The death of the toddler was not the result of speeding, neighbours say, but they remain concerned for other children on the close.

In Brief: Student Dies in Fall From Majorca Hotel

A 20-YEAR-OLD British student died after falling out of a hotel window in Majorca. The man, named in reports as Mark David Day, was staying at the Majorca Beach hotel in Magaluf.

In Brief: Brown Still Under Siege

In Brief: 999 Charge

In Brief: Camera Binned

Liverpool Football Chief Determined to Stay Put ; University Honour for Rick Parry

LIVERPOOL FC chief executive Rick Parry yesterday said he still saw his future at "the best club in the world" as he picked up an honorary degree. Parry donned a cap and gown yesterday to pick up his honour from the University of Liverpool.

Jealous Boyfriend Guilty of Attack

A FRENCHMAN has been found guilty of beating his glamorous singer- girlfriend. Frederic Poullain strangled and pushed musician Natalie Reeves while in a jealous rage after a party at her luxury dockside flat at Waterloo Warehouse.

Liverpool Will Host Rhys Jones Trial, Judge Decides ; Home-Based Jury Will Not Be More Prejudiced

THE teenager accused of murdering schoolboy Rhys Jones will face trial in Liverpool. Representatives of the 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were bidding to get his trial and that of six others charged with assisting him moved out of Merseyside.

In Brief: Police Arrest Suspect Over 1994 Killings

DETECTIVES probing a loyalist pub killing in Northern Ireland which left six men dead made an arrest last night. The 45-year-old man was detained in Maidstone, Kent, in connection with the 1994 Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) atrocity.

In Brief: Charles Brings in Extra Pounds 1m

In Brief: Removals Up

In Brief: Web Justice

In Brief: Evicted

Mersey Shipyard Clinches Pounds 180maircraft Carrier Deal ; Mod Signals Contract Go-Ahead to Service Fleet Auxiliary Ships

A BIRKENHEAD shipyard is in line to build parts of Britain's next generation of aircraft carriers. The former Cammell Laird shipyard has been approved as a "second- tier" supplier to the main contractors of the pounds 3.9bn contract to build two 55,000 tonne vessels.

Club Devastated by Death of Talented Athlete, Aged 15

A TALENTED young sportswoman has been found hanged in a Wirral park. Georja Busetto, 15, from Port Sunlight, was a member of Wirral Athletics Club, and had taken part in the UKA Young Athletes League, in Bebington, on June 1.

Police Respond to Gun Tv Show

MERSEYSIDE Police have defended actions to fight gun crime, after the BBC aired a documentary on Liverpool's gang culture last night. Panorama's Young Guns showed how children as young as nine are arming themselves with guns.