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Early Date for Everton Stadium Public Inquiry ; Pounds 400m Kirkby Plan Given Fresh Hope by Announcement of November Hearing You'll Never Guess What We're Driving . . .

EVERTON FC's bid for a new stadium in Kirkby received a significant boost last night - after an early date was set for a public inquiry into the scheme. It will start on November 18 and is likely to last up to a month, meaning all legal arguments could be complete by Christmas.

Tan Shop Pervert Spied On Cubicles ; It Worker Jailed for Filming Women

A PERVERT who secretly filmed women undressing as they used sunbeds has been banned from every tanning shop in the country. For more than a year, Stewart McGill, 26, went to a string of tanning shops across Bootle armed with a camcorder.

This Is Our Time, so Join in for a Day

TOMORROW is 20.08 Day - the day when Liverpool's reign as European Capital of Culture is reflected in the day, the month and the year. To mark this, we are preparing a unique timeline of the day - and want you to be a part of it.

In Brief: Weather to Improve for Bank Holiday

THIS month's miserable weather looks set to brighten up just in time for the Bank Holiday weekend, forecasters said. The heavy rain and unseasonably chilly temperatures which have seen this month dubbed "awful August" are likely to give way to warmer weather towards the end of the week, according to MeteoGroup.

In Brief: Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

In Brief: Tree Lifesaver

In Brief: Arrest Warrant

Golf Pensioner Avoids Jail After Groping Teenage Girls ; Respected Club Worker Admits Sex Assaults

A RESPECTED golf club worker who groped two teenage girls has been spared prison. For more than six months, Gerard Gray, from Bebington, made inappropriate remarks and touched the girls, who were aged 15 and 16 at the time.

Six New Railway Lines for Tibet

In Brief: Call for Travel Ban On Sex Abuser Glitter

GARY GLITTER must be stopped from travelling abroad when he returns to the UK, a children's charity has said. The NSPCC called on the Government to ban Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, from making foreign trips as a sex tourist.

In Brief: Spanish Beach Bomb Blasts

In Brief: Social Mix

In Brief: Victim Named

In Brief: Jellyfish Alert

Parents' Fury As Paedophile Escapes Jail Sentence

A FAMILY were left outraged when a paedophile who groped their four-year-old daughter was allowed to walk free from court. Graham Pedley was banned from returning to his Southport home and ordered to attend a sexual offenders programme after he admitted molesting the girl.

Cemetery Chapel Attacked by Vandals ; Fears Over Repeated Incidents

A WIRRAL cemetery already blighted by vandalism suffered a new blow when its chapel was targeted, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. Rake Lane Cemetery, in Wallasey, was targeted last week by vandals who broke in by smashing through its stained glass windows.

Blyton Tops Readers' Favourites

CHILDREN'S authors Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl have been named the nation's best-loved writers - over Shakespeare, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. The creator of the Famous Five books, as well as Noddy, topped the poll followed by Dahl and Harry Potter author JK Rowling.

Flat Blaze Rescue

Recycled Turbine

A PRODUCT design student at Portsmouth University has made a pounds 20 wind turbine to help people in the developing world. Max Robson, 22, made the turbine from a scrap materials, and it can produce and store enough electricity to run lighting for 63 hours, or a radio for 30 hours.

Schoolboy, 10, Shot in Head with Air Pellet

A 10-YEAR-OLD boy is today recovering at home after being shot in the head with an air rifle. Merseyside Police have now launched an investigation into the wounding which took place while he was playing with friends in a field near Fleet Lane, St Helens, on Sunday.