INSIDE THIS WEEK’S ISSUE...NEWS PAGE 2 LIFEextra PAGE 7 SPORT PAGE 10

PROLONGED SUMMER: Liverpool basks in the early autumn sun after experiencing the driest start to the season since records began in 1910. Before this, the driest September on record was in 1959, following the eighth wettest August.The UK as a whole received only 19.4mm of rain, just a fi fth of the normal amount of rainfall expected for a September month. Photo: Steph Bewley

BROLLY GOOD

TOOTH TRAUMABy SOPHIE LOCKETT

One in ten Merseyside three-year-olds are show-ing signs of tooth decay, according to a national survey.

Experts from Public Health England are warning that 12% of three-year-olds across the coun-try have tooth decay, with 10% of Merseyside children a� ected by the oral health issue.

� e national study was the � rst of its kind carried out, examin-ing the oral health of toddlers in

England. More than 50,000 children

took part in the survey which spanned across nurseries, play-groups and children’s centres.

Dr Sandra White, the Director of Dental Public Health at Public Health England, said: “Tooth decay is an entirely preventa-ble disease, which can be very painful and even result in a child having teeth removed under general anaesthetic, which is stressful for children and parents alike.”

Locally, on the Wirral, 13% of three-year-olds were found to

have tooth decay. � e North West was also one

of the worst a� ected regions, showing the joint highest levels of decay along with the East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber and London.

Of the children who have been a� ected by the disease, on average three of their teeth were shown to be decayed.

It is a concern that in some cases a type of decay known as ‘Early Childhood Caries’ was

discovered in the survey. � is a� ects the child’s upper

front teeth and usually ap-pears when children have been drinking � zzy drinks out of baby bottles or from sipping cups.

Dr White said: “� ankfully, tooth decay in children can be prevented by following a healthy lifestyle. Parents and carers should reduce the amount of sugary foods and drinks they give their children and support them to brush their teeth twice

a day with a � uoride toothpaste, especially just before bedtime.”

She also emphasised the importance of regular trips to the dentist for children so that parents and carers are aware of the best way to keep their child’s teeth and gums healthy.

� e � ndings come a� er a survey of � ve-year-old children carried out in 2012 found that more than one in four had some degree of tooth decay.

� is most recent study, howev-

er, improves on these � ndings, with 88% of three-year-olds in England being tooth decay free.

Dr White added: “While there have been signi� cant improve-ments to the nation’s oral health, some areas still experience prob-lems with tooth decay among young children.”

Leicester was the worst a� ected area in the country, where 34% of tots had rotting teeth compared to just 2% in south Gloucestershire.

Dental shock for region’s toddlers

Our Amy � nds dream job a� er graduation

Will a Scouser ever win the Ryder Cup?

Liverpool libraries face closures

30th - September - 2014

EditorBradd ChambersNews editorJames BusbyNewsDaniel WrightJosh HandscombMelissa McFarlaneAngharad MillingtonImogen SweeneyFeatures editorAlice Kershaw

FeaturesGeorgie WhitworthJosie O’SullivanJames TomlinsonSport editorKaltun AbdilahiSports Michael GlynnLauren PulfordPicture editor Steph Bewley

LifeLiverpool

Team

Life|News|2

by SOPHIE LOCKETT

� e Splash Dash charity run to support Claire House Chil-dren’s Hospice took place in Se-� on Park on Saturday. A one of a kind race, runners in white t-shirts are splashed with vibrant neon paint as they pass through each kilometer of the 5k distance. Over 800 people ran, walked and skipped their way through the race with 150 people volun-teering to throw the paint. Kirsty Simpson, Event Manag-er for Claire House Children’s Hospice, said; “It represents everything Claire House is about: colour, vibrancy, fun and laughter. � is is the � rst Claire House Splash Dash we’ve done and we’re delighted with the success.” � e event was sponsored by Liverpool One who sent down Disney princesses to help sup-port the runners. Liverpool One Estate Director Chris Bliss said: “We’re abso-lutely delighted to be involved with the � rst Claire House Splash Dash. Everyone who has ever visited Claire House will tell you that it’s such a positive place with a great sense of fun.” A target of £50,000 was hoped to be raised to help the children and young people with complex medical conditions who access the facilities at Claire House.

Splash Dash returns for one of a kind race

CHARITY: Participants at last year’s Splash Dash event supporting Claire House Childrens Hospice © Lauren Knight

by MATTHEW JUDGE & KAYLEIGH WATTHEY

A demonstration against Liv-erpool City Council’s proposed plans to close 11 libraries will take place at Central Library on Saturday.

Liverpool TUC, Old Swan Against Cuts (OSAC) and Liv-erpool Against the Cuts (LATC) have come together to schedule the city centre rally for October 4th at 1pm, and it has already received strong support in its early stages from similar groups in Se� on Park and Lee Valley.

� e council is looking to save £2.5m by shutting down 11 of the city’s 18 libraries due to a 58% cut in funding by central government, which has sparked fury amongst many library-go-ers and campaigners.

Martin Ralph, the secretary for OSAC and Vice President for Liverpool TUC, told JMU Journalism: “� ese cuts will be very discriminatory if carried through. � ey will penalise the

poor, low paid, looking for work, disabled people, families with children, people with mental health issues etc. � e closures will further rip out the social centres at the heart of our com-munities.”

Liverpool’s singer/songwrit-er Pete Wylie, has showed his support against the closure of the city libraries in the past by pulling out of the Liverpool International Music Festival and recently sharing a number of tweets to over 10 thousand followers on Twitter.

Pete’s tweets included one of support for an 11-year-old girl who has started a petition to stop the closure of one of her ‘favourite places.’

A four-week consultation regarding the planned library closures began at the Lee Valley Millennium Centre on � ursday night and campaigners were allowed to voice their anger over the council’s plans.

However, a separate meeting at the Old Swan Youth Club

on Derby Lane was also held on the same night by OSAC, with Liverpool’s award-winning children’s author Alan Gibbons amongst those speaking at the event.

Mr Gibbons told JMU Jour-nalism: “� e demonstration is needed for several reasons. So there is no ‘divide and rule’, try-ing to keep open one library at the expense of others. We want no library closures.

“We want to put public pressure on our councillors to change their minds. To alert the people of Liverpool to the fact that there is resistance.

“� e rally will say loud and clear that when a library closes there is little chance of it reopen-ing. Huge volumes of evidence say that libraries are popular and e� ective in raising educational standards and giving the com-munity a hub.”

Regarding the council’s plans to cut library services, Belle Vale ward councillor Janet Kent told � ursday’s meeting at Lee Valley

Millennium Centre: “We don’t want to make these cuts … � ey are appalling but we can’t spend money we haven’t got.”

Also � ghting the library clo-sures is Liverpool’s Green Party who believe that the money to save the libraries can be found.

Ross Campbell, Liverpool Young Greens Chair, told JMU Journalism: “� e Party is opposed to the closure of any of Liverpool's libraries, and we would pay for the running costs.”

Mr Campbell said they would implement the following chang-es to the council's budget in order to keep the libraries open. � is would include the Mayoral Neighbourhood Fund which currently stands at £1.24m, being reduced to £404k and the Leader’s Fund, cut to £202k.

He added: “� ose levels should be maintained for 2015/16 and 2016/17. � e consequent saving of £1.634m should be used to stop any library closures in Liverpool.”

A vandal has broken into a school farm, abusing animals and causing around £2000 worth of damage. � e o� ender scaled the perim-eter fence of Bebington High Sports College on Tuesday 2nd September around 6pm and broke into the shed, spray-paint-ed the pigs and then set � re to a polytunnel, which contained students’ belongings. A witness who was passing by noticed the smoke and alerted

sta� and the � re brigade. Julie Mount� eld, Premises Man-ager of the school said: “� e pigs sustained further injuries from � ghting between themselves as they are two di� erent breeds, being released together caused territorial � ghting.” � e school is installing CCTV on the farm which can be linked to the internet, allowing it to be watched from anywhere in order to stop further attacks on the premises.

School’s farmhouse damaged by vandal

by SOPHIE LOCKETT

X Factor contestant Maria Elli-nas has been knocked out of the singing competition. Although her performance was not shown on TV over the weekend, the Huyton-born singer battled for a place on one of Simon Cowell’s six chairs. � e former Miss Great Britain contestant who jokingly threat-ened to ‘kill’ Cowell during her � rst audition a� er he corrected her pronunciation, had to face the six chair challenge alone with no family as unfortunately the competition clashed with the funeral of a family member. She was also thrown further out of her comfort zone when the song she wanted to sing was selected by other competitors Raign Rubin and Robert Pattin-son’s sister Lizzy, meaning she had to change her choice. However Maria has the support of Simon Cowell, who has asked her to return to the competi-tion next year and has been approached by music industry � gures to record a single.

Huyton singer fails to progress

Demo to fi ght libraries cuts

Facelift year for landmark Eastgate by OWEN SWIFT

Eastgate clock, said to be sec-ond only to Big Ben as the most photographed clock tower in the UK, is set to be sca� olded and wrapped up during 2015. � e clock tower renova-tions are a part of a £500,000 scheme to restore the Eastgate Bridge as a whole. � e tower itself, replaced and restored

throughout the past millennia, was originally built in the 2nd Century whilst the clock seen today is a comparably spry century old. Masons will be repairing sections of damaged sandstone on the Eastgate, alongside the reguilding of the Grosvenor coat of arms upon the bridge. � e dilapidating sections of walls are similarly undergoing

an improvement as of yester-day. Councillor Stuart Parker said that the works are part of the council’s yearly mainte-nance designed to preserve the two mile wall for its 2 mil-lion-plus annual visitors. In order to avoid the clock being wrapped up over the Christmas period, the council have timetabled the works to start in January.

LANDMARK: Eastgate Clock © Flickr/AndrewCallow

Life|News|3

Future of bus lanes hangs in balanceA meeting will take place today to discuss the possible exten-sion of the suspended bus lanes around the city.

A special panel will discuss whether the suspension has bene� ted the city in terms of congestion and pollution. � e meeting will lead to a report going to the council’s cabinet, which in turn will decide on the permanent future of the bus lanes.

� e nine-month suspension trial for Liverpool’s bus lanes began on October 28 2013 and, according to a report, the exten-sion will cost Liverpool council around £250,000.

A council spokesman told the Echo it was important to continue the trial to make sure reliable data was gathered and that the costs would be covered by existing budgets.

Maria’s X-Factorblow

Harvey Nichols’ pop-up food market is coming back this year for Christmas.

� is is the fourth consecutive year that the store has been part of the city on Manesty’s Lane. Situated close to the company’s Beauty Bazaar, it will stay open throughout the Christmas period.

Chris Bliss, Estate Director at Liverpool One, emphasised his enthusiasm about the return of the food market.

He said: “� e store is the latest in a long list of leading UK and International brands to have committed to Liverpool One in the last 12 months, and there are more to come before Christmas.” Iain Mackenzie, Store Director for Harvey Nichols in Manches-ter, said: “Liverpool has wel-comed our brand warmly and we have a very loyal following in the region. We’re very much looking forward to opening our doors in the heart of the city’s retail district for another season, hopefully bigger and better than ever before.”

By Kayleigh Watthey

Festive food market returns

X Factor contestant Maria Elli-nas has been knocked out of the singing competition.

Although her performance was not shown on TV over the weekend, the Huyton-born singer battled for a place on one of Simon Cowell’s six chairs.

Maria had to face the six-chair challenge alone with no family as unfortunately the competi-tion clashed with the funeral of a family member.

She was also thrown further out of her comfort zone when the song she wanted to sing was selected by other competitors Raign Rubin and Robert Pat-tinson’s sister Lizzy, meaning she had to change her choice.

However Maria has the sup-port of Simon Cowell, who has asked her to return to the com-petition next year and has been approached by music industry � gures to record a single.

� e Green Party opposes to the bus lane suspension as they feel it is bad for the environment. Councillor Sarah Jennings, Deputy Leader of the Green Party in Liverpool, said on the Green Party’s website: “Air qual-ity is fundamental to our quality of life. Liverpool isn’t the only urban area that is going to fail to meet these targets. It’s our city and we have the ability to do better in reducing this form of pollution.”

She added: “� e Mayoral ex-periment on the city’s bus lanes will not have helped. We need to reduce the number of cars on Liverpool’s roads and ensure priority for pedestrians, cyclists and public transport. Nearly half of all Liverpool households don’t have access to a car.”

� e meeting was taking place as Liverpool Life went to press.

Liverpool bus lanes have been out of use since last October © Josh Handscomb

By SAMANTHA GAULTER-GREEN

Building begins at new Alder Hey siteConstruction work has begun to build a dedicated Research and Education Centre at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.

� e three-storey building will have research, education and treatment facilities that no other Children’s Hospital in Eu-rope has to o� er, making Liver-pool the leading European city in Children’s Research. � e centre will be built along-side Alder Hey’s new hospital ‘Alder Hey in the Park’, which began being built in March 2013 and is still under con-struction.

David Houghton, Project Manager of the Children’s Health Park Project, said: “� e Trust’s aim is to be an inter-national leader in children’s healthcare in order to attract

the very best skills from across the world, and ultimately im-prove our care for our children. Our children deserve the best.”

New technologies in the re-search centre will allow aca-demics and professionals to work on developing medicines that are safer and more e� ective for children.

Alder Hey’s medical profes-sionals alongside those from the University of Liverpool have in the past conducted world � rsts, including complet-ing the world’s � rst trial of a fully licensed drug for children with arthritis.

Technological developments will also be apparent in Alder Hey’s new hospital, as invest-ments have been made to de-liver innovative ‘magical’ tech-nology. � is includes wireless sensors that will be used to monitor children’s conditions

by hospital has treated many sick children, including Jordan Forbes who in 1995 was treated for bacterial meningitis. Jor-dan, now 24, added, “When you’re � ve years old being told you have a life threatening ill-ness is terrifying.

“Being at the brink of death so young makes you realise how precious your life really is.”“I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t

for the doctors and Nurses at Alder Hey, I owe them my life.” Currently, just under £15 mil-

lion of the £25 million required to complete the education and research facility has been raised, therefore Alder Hey alongside the University of Liv-erpool are fundraising for the second phase of the building.

� e education and research facility is set to be unveiled in the hospital’s centenary year, 2015.

� e senior police o� cer who said that somebody “would be killed” if exit gates weren’t opened at the fateful 1989 FA Cup semi-� nal at Hillsborough has today given evidence at the inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool supporters which began at Birchwood Park, War-rington, on March 31.

Former superintendent Roger Marshall made several radio requests for three exit gates to be opened as congestion built up outside the Leppings Lane turn-stiles ahead of the kick-o� .

He also told the inquest that he had “profound regrets” for not requesting a delayed kick o� at the match.

Mr Marshall told the inquest: “I think it would have been possible for me to seek a delay in kick-o� given the number who were besieging turnstiles at 2:40pm.”

He told Christina Lambert,

counsel to the inquest today that at 2:30pm on the day of the semi-� nal is when he noticed the � rst problem and by 2:35pm is when he noticed it getting progressively worse.

At 2.40pm Mr Marshall got onto the bridge parapet and says that was the � rst time he got a good view. He says he was “anx-ious” about the congestion and the fact that people were shoving and pushing.

Mr Marshall continued a� er getting on the parapet he called for a tannoy announcement to stop fans pushing. He said the radio went dead.

Ms Lambert asked: ““Do you think it would have been appro-priate at that point to have taken steps to manage the crowd?”

Mr Marshall replied: “� at’s a very di� cult question because, with hindsight, I think that’s quite a reasonable suggestion.”

� e evidence from the most senior o� cer outside on the ground is expected to last two days.

By HOLLIE BRADBURY & LYDIA MORRIS

By SOPHIE LOCKETT

Picture ©: rocor/Flickr

By SOPHIE LOCKETT

Senior Hillsborough Offi cer on duty ‘anxious’ about pushing and shoving

Fresh fl owers laid at the city’s Hillsborough memorial to remember the 96 victims.

instead of them being covered in wires.

Barbara Murray, the Assistant Cabinet Member for Education and Children’s Services at Liv-erpool City Council, is certain that ‘magical’ technology will reduce unnecessary, long and costly journeys for patients who come from outside of Liv-erpool. She said, “Even the li� sha� s will have Wi� , making it possible to conduct appoint-ments, diagnosis and check ups virtually by video link”.

Mr Houghton believes that dedicating hospitals solely to the care of children is im-portant because their clinical needs are di� erent. He added, “As well as needing space and facilities for their parents and siblings, they need play space, education space, distraction and child-friendly facilities”.

Over the years the West Der-

� ousands of plastic bottles, cans and paper are going to land� ll in Liverpool due to what is said to be a lack of recycling facilities for people in the city centre.

Major issues are with apart-ment blocks in town as some don’t have a single recycling bin or communal waste area. Ad-ditional waste costs the region millions of pounds a year in tax-payers’ money to cope with the amount of waste being dumped, with one report suggesting as much as £65m is being spent tackling the issue.

Councillor Richard Kemp told Liverpool Life: “Our recycling rates are not good enough and in particular we don’t use our plan-ning powers with new buildings to make sure they have recycling areas and spaces.”

With Liverpool City Council expressing the fact that apart-ment blocks are not obligated to have recycling bins and space to place bins is an issue they are aware of, and they admit it is something that needs dealing with.

A council spokesman said: “In blocks which have space and where there are only purple bins for general waste we will replace half of them with blue bins for recycling and work with manag-ing agents and tenants so there are used properly.”

� e council’s recycling and waste management working group has set up a sub group to look speci� cally at where issues of space and access are a chal-lenge.

Cllr Kemp added: “We also need to have a much greater education programme to en-courage residents not to waste valuable resources. � ere is also a lot of work to be done to reduce the amount of food waste in the city.”

By OLIVIA SWAYNE-ATHERTON

Concern grows over lack of recycling

ALCOHOL AWARENESS: Jane Winehouse launches her step daughter’s Resilience Programme. Pic ©JMU Journalism

Green light for newAnfi eld expansion

A campaign to warn men of the seriousness of grop-ing women is soon to be launched in the city. � e campaign by Citysafe, the community safety partnership, warns men that something they may think is just a bit of fun, does in fact constitute as a form of sexual assault. A number of strategic groups, including Student Safety Group and Violence against Women and Girls, sparked the idea for the campaign a� er ex-pressing their concerns about the amount of sexual assaults being reported in the city cen-tre, especially at night time. Councillor Emily Spurrell, the Mayoral lead on Com-munity Safety said: “We want men to be aware of this and think about what they are do-ing – it is not a joke or a bit of fun. No one should have to put up with this sort of behav-iour and everyone should be able to enjoy themselves with-out this unwanted attention.” Regular training will even be provided to those who work in bars and on the doors in the city to ensure that they can identify potential problems of inappropriate touching. � e training will allow them to o� er their support to the victims, and will encourage them to report such issues. � e campaign will be high-lighted in social media includ-ing Facebook and Twitter and will feature a series of posters.

Gum-chewers are facing new litter finesA campaign aimed at reduc-ing the amount of gum that plagues the streets of Liverpool was launched last week.Liverpool BID Company alongside the Chewing Gum Action Group (CGAG), are encouraging visitors and resi-dents to ‘bin it your way’ with their new campaign.

Helen Bingham, Commu-nications and PR Manager at Keep Britain Tidy, the compa-ny that promotes the CGAG, said: “It costs the best part of £1billion a year to clean the streets of England and gum is one of the most di� cult forms of litter to clean up. It costs a local authority an average of £20,000 to clean the gum o� one high street”.

In the past nine years the CGAG have worked with local

Life|News|4

councils and BIDs throughout the country to help develop methods that local areas have overcome their problems of gum litter.

Michael Doran, Communi-cations Manager at Liverpool Bid, said, “As a BID company we have a responsibility to make the city centre an attrac-tive place for people to work in and shop, so obviously work-ing alongside a highly respect-ed organization such as Keep Britain Tidy in tackling this problem, assists us to get that message across”.

Participating areas last year saw an average fall of 46% in gum litter, with Love Wimble-don BID’s gum litter plummet-ing by 67%.

Helen believes that streets that are covered in gum stain-ing can have a wider impacts on local businesses. She said, “If a retail area looks dirty and

unloved, people are less like-ly to want to spend time and money there so there is an eco-nomic impact”.

Similarly, Michael added, “� ousands of people visit Liverpool city centre every day, and you need to make a good � rst impression. If you don’t make that good � rst impression your reducing the chances of these people com-ing back, which damages the local economy.”

Six locations within the city centre, including outside Central and Moor� elds train stations, will be carefully mon-itored to see the e� ect of the campaign. Anybody found littering gum could face a � ne of up to £80 which can be giv-en on the spot to o� enders.

� e campaign for this year consists of still shots of profes-sionally choreographed dance

all have our individual roles to play. “We can’t make Liverpool clean over night, but we can all individually play our part. We can only make a di� er-ence to the cleanliness of the streets collectively.”

Bars in bid to cut outgroping

NO STICKY FINGERS: Break dancer takes to the streets for the annti-Gum Campaign © Keep Britian Tidy

Winehouse name lives on in new city health campaignA foundation set up in the memory of the late singer Amy Winehouse which aims to help young people to avoid the misuse of drugs and alcohol was launched in Liverpool last � ursday. � e Amy Winehouse Resil-ience Programme works to create a level of awareness in young people and aims to be available in as many schools across Merseyside as possible. Amy’s step-mother Jane spoke at the launch which was held at the Young Addaction,

Merseyside Youth Association. Mrs Winehouse told Liverpool Life: “As a funder we want to have our own achievements for the foundation in Liverpool. “It will make a huge change if we � nd prevention for these substances, as it’s better than a cure.” Amy’s father Mitch Wine-house, a key � gure in the movement of the foundation, said: “We all have the respon-sibility to empower the next generation and to encourage young people to lead healthy, productive lives and to mini-

mise the harm caused by drugs and alcohol USE.” � e programme also o� ers further support through Child-line as well as training teachers to better identify and support students who may be at risk of substance misuse. Simon Antrobus, Chief Executive of Addaction, said: “By working with � e Amy Winehouse Foundation we aim to have an even greater impact on the lives of children and young people to help them feel empowered and to have the con� dence to make positive choices.”

Expansion plans for Liver-pool Football Club’s An� eld stadium have been given the go ahead by council o� cials, bringing the long-running saga about developing the Reds’ home closer towards a conclusion.

Following a site visit at the famous ground, Liverpool City Council’s Planning Com-mittee met at the Town Hall and granted permission for the scheme, subject to conditions and legal agreement.

� e £100m rebuilding pro-ject will result in Liverpool FC being able to create an additional 13,000 seats in the Main and An� eld Road stands, eventually bringing the overall capacity up from the present level of more than 45,000 to around 59,000.

Construction work is expect-ed to begin before the end of 2014 or early next year, with aims for the � rst phase of 8,000 more seats in the Main Stand to be completed in time for the 2016/17 season.

� e stadium expansion is just one element of a major regeneration plan which was announced by Liverpool City Council in October 2012 to

transform the surrounding district.

Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, said: “� e overall regeneration will see £260m invested in An� eld and today has been a very important milestone in our ambitions to transform the area, bring-ing new jobs, investment and housing.”

Liverpool FC’s Chief Execu-tive O� cer, Ian Ayre, said he was delighted with the plan-ning verdict and the positive feedback received about the new plans for the stadium dur-ing a public consultation exer-cise earlier in the year.

Mr Ayre added: “� ere are still some steps that we need to navigate through in order to give us the certainty we need to proceed with our expansion plans.”

However, local residents have expressed anger at the plans as the high capacity would have a huge e� ect on the road net-work surrounding the stadium and push match day parking to breaking point.

A letter, published in � e Mirror, from the Priory Area Residents (PARA) group dis-cusses the residents’ concerns with the plans.

� e letter states “Residents of An� eld have for years had

complaints over match day parking and the gridlock caused on the roads prior to and a� er football matches at the ground.

“� e number of cars brought into the area by supporters attending the match causes problems to local residents

who � nd shortage of adequate parking spaces for the to park their cars and severe delays when trying to enter or leave the area for considerable times pre- and post-kick o� due to the gridlocked roads.

“� e planning application seems to take little notice of

the feelings of residents and does nothing to reduce park-ing and gridlock problems.”Despite these major concerns the council decided to back the club’s proposals, which has in-creased the wait and now faces a further month long consulta-tion to � nalise the plans.

By JOSIE TIMMS ANDMELISSA MCFARLANE

By AMY HOLDSWORTHand HOLLIE BRADBURY

By SAMANTHA GAULTER-GREEN

By SAMANTHA GAULTER-GREEN

ANFIELD PLANS: Proposed stadium interior design of the redeveloped Anfi eld © Liverpool FC

moves, with adverts for the campaign appearing on roadside banners; bus stops, and many other areas across the city.

Michael added: “We know that people love Liverpool, it is not just a case of saying it, we

� e M53 southbound was closed between J3 and J4 due to a serious incident earlier today. Eleven cars, two vans and a lorry crashed in two incidents within an hour of each other when four cars and two vans collided with each other. � e North West Ambulance service were dealing with the crash when seven cars and a lorry collided on the same carriage way an hour later. � ey con� rmed that an air ambulance, � ve ambulances, the heart team, two rapid response vehicles, an advanced paramedic and the medical director were sent to the scene. Four people were taken by land ambulance to Arrowe Park and the Royal Liverpool, Including a woman aged 28 and a man aged 45 and another patient was taken by helicopter to Aintree. Merseyside Police has ad-vised motorists to avoid the motorway as the whole of the southbound carriageway and one lane northbound have been closed while investiga-tions take place. � e closed o� part of the M53 is due to reopen at 5pm.

M53mayhemBy KAYLEIGH WATTHEY

� e Jacaranda Club is set to re-open its doors at the end of October, two years a� er shutting down.

� e club on Slater Street shut down a� er � nancial di� culties in 2011 but was renowned for allowing lo-cal music acts, including � e Beatles, to rehearse for free, in return for playing a set.

Part of the marketing and promotion team, Joe Mar-yanji, 24, said: “Closing the Jac two years ago was one of the hardest decisions we have ever had to make. In actual fact, plans for the reopening started the day we closed the doors. We knew from the get go we wanted the Jac to once again become a focal point for the music community.”

new acts the same chance to form, grow and develop. You wonder where � e Beatles would be if Allan Williams hadn’t given them their � rst break and a space to rehearse.”

� e club hopes to bring a variety of old and new things to the club as it tries to bring a ‘new lease of life.’ � e décor of the club has been changed and there is a number of new cocktails for sale however, several elements of the club have been preserved includ-ing the famous mural and jukeboxes as well as pictures of the Beatles and Merseybeat.

Maryanji admitted that there are plans to unveil a new part of the Jacaran-da at a later date ‘the cards are very close to our chest!’

“� e history of the Jac is al-most as important as its future.

� e opening night is set to be the last weekend of Octo-ber, with a mix of local bands and some of the UK’s top established acts set to play at the venue as it hopes to live up to its popular name.

� e club � rst opened back in 1958, with the basement becoming a particular � rm favourite across the city, with a mural painted by John Lennon and Stuart Sutcli� e becoming almost iconic, es-pecially a� er � e Beatles’ rise in the music industry.

� e band themselves used to rehearse for free and in return, perform live sets.

Joe Maryanji said: “Pro-viding rehearsal space in ex-change for live performances is our biggest tip of the hat to � e Beatles and the Jacs her-itage. Hopefully it will allow

Life|News|5

Time to twist and shout again at the Jac

WELCOME BACK: The Jacaranda on Slater Street is back again

New venture in store for Gogglebox family

GOGGLEBOX: The Woerdenweber family at home in Tranmere © C4 Press

Stars of the BAFTA awarding winning show ‘Gogglebox,’ Viv and Eve Woerdenweber, have opened up their own shop in-side the Pyramids Shopping Centre, Birkenhead.

� e shop, which is called “Pretty Inked and Twilight: Home Of � e Unusual,” spe-cialises as a tattoo studio as well as selling spiritual items such as incense and various gothic items.

Viv, 52, had a previous shop in Birkenhead market since 2000 named ‘Twilight’ but felt it was right to open a new store with daughter Eve, 20, who is a quali� ed tattoo artist.

Mrs Woerdenweber said: “Eve has always helped out in ‘Twilight.’ She wanted to open a tattoo studio and I wanted to expand the shop anyway, so it just felt right. We then saw the shop and fell in love with it and

its view of the square.”Eve, who is in her � nal year

of university at Edge Hill, stud-ying a BA Honours degree in � eatre Studies, said: “I’ve al-ways wanted to work with my mum but I didn’t know it was going to be as a tattoo artist!”

� e twenty-year-old fell into tattooing a� er joking with friends at school.

Eve said: “We were talking about what we wanted to be when we were older and I jok-ingly said I want to be a tattoo artist, but it felt right when I did a tattoo apprenticeship course aged sixteen.”

� e 20-year-old has tattooed pretty much everyone in her family and admits that the cre-ativeness for her designs come from tattoo artist Kat Von D, who works in the renowned ‘LA Ink’ store in the US.

She said: “� ere wasn’t really any female artists until her and she really inspires me. Any-

thing I see can enthuse me. I’ll have a look around and merge ideas into my head and draw a design until I am happy with it.”

Viv works mainly on the spiritual sides of things a� er her upbringing.

She said: “Weird things would happen to me when I was younger like the kettle boiling when it wasn’t even switched on. I could hear and see things when I was little - I thought it was the norm.”

At the age of twenty-one, Viv began to do tarot reading and developing her clairvoyance skills as well as learning how to do Indian massages and crys-tal healings.

“Crystals absorb negative en-ergy and returns positive ener-gy- it cleanses the body. I just love crystals!” added the mum.

It came as a huge surprise for the Woerdenweber fam-ily when ‘Gogglebox’ won

the 2014 BAFTA TV award for ‘Reality and Constructed Factual Programme.” Eve ad-mitted she almost fell o� the couch when they found out they won.

� ey both insist their lives have remained “normal” since being on the second series of the show.

with custom in the shop. Eve said: “Some people will

hang about until Jay (Eve’s boyfriend who also stars on the show and has been nick-named ‘Silent Jay’ by fans) serves them, or asks if they need help, they scream ‘Oh my God Jay spoke,’ which is quite funny.” � e fourth series

Viv said: “We took it with a pinch of salt. People will liter-ally throw themselves at you when they recognise you. One woman even named her baby a� er Ralf! (Viv’s husband who also appears on the show) - he was quite touched.”

� ey both said that their rec-ognisability has also helped

By DAN GOULDING

Chancellor George Osborne has promised he would freeze working age bene� ts for two years if the Conservative party are re-elected in May 2015.

He said in his televised speech at the Tory Conference in Birmingham on Monday, that this would save up to £3 billion of the £25 billion that needs to be saved due to the high national debt and to se-cure the country’s economic security.

However he said the freeze would exclude disability and pensioner bene� ts.

Frank Field, MP for Birk-enhead, commented on the Chancellor’s announcements.

He said: “� is is the third time the Chancellor has struck at welfare, and Labour has yet

Tories plan major changes to benefi ts

to think out its own position.“� e freezing of bene� ts for

two years is a monstrous re-sponse, piling yet more of the cost of reducing the de� cit onto the backs of the poor.”

He added: “� e Inquiry I’m co-chairing on hunger in Brit-ain shows that the poor have seen any margin of income eroded by record increases in food, utility and housing costs.

“� e poor are certainly all in it together in helping cut the

de� cit.” � e Birkenhead MP also

commented on Mr Ian Dun-can Smith’s announcement for bene� ts to be paid onto smart cards to restrict where the claimants can spend their money a� er saying he was concerned about the way ben-e� ts are spent.

He said: “� e prepaid bene� t cards might be a useful addi-tion for workers in the Trou-bled Families programme in trying to turn chaotic families into reasonable neighbours and citizens.

“But we’ve seen from how the bene� t sanctions are ap-plied by o� cers that this pow-er should not be exercised in bene� t o� ces where sta� don’t have the skills to know to whom it could bene� cially be applied.”

By LYDIA MORRIS

New plans for Mayor Merseyside “super coun-cil” leader has urged public consultation before a Mayor is pushed on its citizens.

Councillor Phil Davies argued that the division of power would be, in his words, “a bit da� ,” on account of the recent Scottish referendum and thus the devolution of power towards English regions. He used the Greater Manchester area as an exam-ple of a combined authority working well.

Mayor Joe Anderson mean-while advocated the idea of a Merseyside Mayor, stating that one wholly elected Mayor would cause less competition between authorities.

When asked whether he would consider running for Merseyside Mayor, were it created, he declined to say Whilst Mayor Anderson said he “probably would” if given the opportunity.

By OWEN SWIFT

OSBOURNE: Plans set

� e features that made the Jac an iconic watering hole were something we couldn’t allow to be lost,” added the 24-year-old.

As the club tries to move in a forward direction, Joe highlighted the Jacaran-da’s aim to give back to the wider music community.

It is an idea they have tried to promote since 1958.

He said: “It’s all about building a community with-in both the Liverpool music scene and the bar industry.”

“� e Jac will be for anyone and everyone looking to ap-preciate great live music and become a part of the commu-nity we are trying to create.”

Opening times vary. Mon-day to Wednesday,5pm-12pm, and � urs-Sun, Midday-2pm. � e basement reopens � urs-day-Sunday from 9pm till 6am.

By DAN GOULDING

Life|Focus|6

The number of women being tested for breast cancer has doubled since Angelina Jolie

announced she had both breasts removed to reduce her risk of the disease. � e 39-year-old actress made

the shock announcement in May 2013 telling the world she had preventative double mastectomy surgery, the surgical removal of both breasts, a� er she discovered she carried the genetic BRCA1 cancer gene, meaning she had an 87% chance of developing the disease. � is news caused a stir in the

media but also in the amount of women going to get tested for the genetic gene. � e NHS has seen a huge 60% rise in women get-ting screened for the potentially genetic disease across the UK. � is increase in women being

more active and aware of their health has been dubbed ‘� e Angelina Jolie e� ect’ and it hasn’t just had a short-term impact. GPs around the country have

seen a noticeable di� erence in the year following the Holly-wood star’s news. � e number of women going to their GPs and special screening units has continued to rise and women the UK seem to be much more aware of their health. Jolie said in her announce-

ment published in � e New York Times: “For any woman reading this, I hope it helps you to know you have options. I want to en-courage every woman, especially if you have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, to seek out the information and medi-cal experts who can help you through this aspect of your life, and to make your own informed choices.”

Following the surgery, Jolie’s risk of developing breast cancer dropped to under 5%. Professor Evans at � e Genesis

Breast Cancer Prevention Cen-tre conducted the research along with his team. � ey assessed twelve family history clinics and nine genetic centres in the UK to � nd there has not only been an increase in women getting screened, but also an increase in women coming forward to � nd out the history of their family health.Following this research, Liver-

pool Women’s hospital has re-vealed it has seen a 63% increase in women from Merseyside get-ting a genetic test for ovarian and breast cancer. � e Genesis Breast Cancer Pre-

vention Centre, based in Man-chester’s Wythenshawe Hospital, is Europe’s � rst purpose-built breast cancer prevention centre which saw the biggest increase in referrals with a staggering 84% increase since Angelina’s announcement. � ere is o� en a question mark

over whether celebrities can help women to pay more attention to their health, and this time, de-spite the tragic circumstances, Angelina has helped to empower and give women the courage to

get screened. Lynn Greenhalgh, leader of

Merseyside’s clinical genetics told the Echo: “Someone of An-gelina’s public stature, bringing her story into the public domain was very courageous but was ex-tremely positive. “Not everybody would make

the same treatment decision as Angelina Jolie but women are now feeling more able to pursue � nding out about their own per-sonal risk when they have a fam-ily history of breast cancer.”Christine Lawton, 61, who

works for the Women’s Health Information and Support Centre on Bold Street, a charity dedicat-ed to improving the health and well-being of women, on Bold Street says they have noticed an increase in women wanting to get screened. She told Liverpool Life: “I think

women are just a lot more aware, and that’s why there are more women going because of high pro� le breast cancer stories like Angelina Jolie and Kylie Mi-nogue.”If you have any questions or be-

lieve you are due a breast screen-ing mammogram please contact your GP or visit your local NHS breast screening unit which can be found on the NHS website. ADVICE: The Women’s Health Information and Support Centre in Bold Street

Jolie boosts breast cancer health checks

Actress Angelina Jolie is taking steps towards tackling cancer by speaking out about her surgery. Georgia Dunning reveals how

health checks are on the increase

Photo credit: Stephanie Bewley

Critics’Choice

� eatre� e Everyman � eatre opened its doors back in 1964 and has since become a famous local attraction. It now celebrates its 50th anniversary a� er years of star studded performances from the likes of Bill Nighy, Julie Walters and Jonathan Pryce. From Friday 3rd until Saturday 25th Octo-ber, Je� Young’s epic play ‘Bright Phoenix’ will be playing. Tickets are priced at £10-£20. Tickets are available from the every-man website www.everymanplayhouse.com.

Film � e boy band wonder One Direction have released a concert movie which is to be released as a special screening in Liverpool. � e Showcase cinema in Norris Green will host four showings of the performance recorded in Milan. � e � lm will be shown at 1pm, 3.30pm and 6pm on Saturday 11th October, and 1pm on Sunday 12th October where tickets start from £10. Tickets can be purchased from the box o� ce at the Showcase cinema.

Arts National museums across Liverpool are showing their support for ‘Older people’s day’ by hosting a week long agenda of events spread across a number of venue’s from September the 29th until Sunday the 5th October. � e week will promote exhi-bitions such as ‘meet me at the museum’ which is held at the World museum and the museum of Liverpool weekly. � e museums are open from 10am until 5pm and is free entry.

MusicBirkenhead rock and blues band � e Usual Crowd are performing this Friday at the arts Club on Seel Street. � e four piece band formed in 2012, their shows are renowned locally for their hard hitting energetic style and powerful bluesy ri� s and have recently supported acts such as the ELECTRIC SIX. Friday 3rd October 2014 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM14 + Tickets: £6.

EventsMichael Palin is celebrating 50 years in show business this year and will be coming to Liverpool’s Echo arena auditorium. He’ll be talking about his career including his travels around the world and his time with Monty Python who have just announced a new tour. Michael Palin is the ECHO Arena Auditorium on October 11th.

Life|Arts|7

Dream come true

LifeLiverpool

KATIE DODSON speaks to LJMU graduate Amy

Rowland on getting her dream job

SUCCESS STORY: Amy on her graduation day in 2007, left, and today as a journalist at Bella magazine, right ©Amy Rowland

A� er graduating in 2007 and landing her dream role at popular women’s magazine Bella, Amy Rowland, JMU Journalism graduate, gives an insight into post

university life.Originally from Derby, Amy was initially im-

pressed when she came for the open days at LJMU. She told Liverpool Life: “It stood out to me; I was

really impressed with the equipment and the tutors. What stood out from the other universities is that it was a bit more hands on, it wasn’t just sitting in a lecture theatre four times a week learning about journalism, it was actually getting involved.”

Amy started university before the average went up to £8,354 per year.

With help from a supportive family, Amy gradu-ated a� er three years away from home with a smile on her face: “My family were amazing; my mum was really keen for me to move away, they were so en-couraging. I was lucky because it was cheaper when I was there but they helped me � nancially.”

� e real world hit Amy hard when she moved to Bristol a� er graduation. She said: “When I le� university I presumed I would move to London and that would be it, but I’ve realised you can’t just walk into a magazine job.

“So before moving to London I lived in Bristol and

the Pride of Britain Awards and how she goes home really upset because it’s so hard. She was talking about her family and she doesn’t normally, so she was one of my favourites.”

However, writing for a well-known magazine in a fast-moving industry can have its downfalls. Amy told Liverpool Life about her biggest mistake when writing about a murder case where she hadn’t checked all the facts but ran the story anyway.

She said: “I got my hand slapped for that; that was really bad because you could get into serious trouble for it. Now I double, triple, quadruple check everything I write!”

As many students are looking for work experience, Amy gives her advice on how to make the most out of your time there: “When you go on work experience take away contacts from it, chat to people and don’t just sit in the corner. Try and write as much as you can, set up a blog if you haven’t already got one;. Just get on peoples radars.”

With news of some magazines turning digital, Amy hopes there is still life for print journalism. She said: “It’s really sad actually. I don’t know how long the fu-ture’s going to be. For students now it’s best tailoring yourself to writing for online. I think everyone still loves to buy magazines so hopefully if we feel like that now it will continue into another generation.”

worked at a news agency. I didn’t even know where Bristol was so I think the biggest obstacle for me was doing the groundwork before what I actually wanted to do.”

Whilst � nding a job seems to be getting more di� -cult, Amy spoke about the importance of a degree: “I was the � rst in my family to go to university. I think I knew that to do what I wanted to do, I’d have to do further education. I read job applications and all of them required a degree.”

As a feature writer for Bella, many people Amy interviews are celebrities from reality TV shows.

Amy’s favourite interview, however, was with someone very di� erent, she said: “Earlier this year I interviewed Ed Miliband, he was really open and it was quite refreshing.”

Another favourite interview of Amy’s was with MBE Carol Vorderman who opened up to her more than she expected.

Amy said: “She was telling me all about people on

Monday night saw the � nale of the three-part series Cilla, played by Sheridan

Smith. It showed Liverpudlian Pricilla White’s ruthless � ght to the top while her manager Brian Epstein’s private life a� ected his support for Cilla.

� e Scouse singer and entertainer had chart topping success with ‘Anyone Who Had a Heart’ and ‘You’re My World’ but was shown failing to crack the American music scene. Cilla then returned to Bobby Willis who she went on to marry in real life in 1969.

� e end focused on Cilla resurrecting her career and the emotional events surrounding her move in to television towards the end of the 60s, higlighting the huge in� uence Epstein played in trying to push Cilla into a role on television to which she had previously been hostile towards.

� e death of friend and mentor Epstein prompted her to give television a try- a move she admits she may not have made without his untimely death. � e contract for a TV show was found next to Epstein’s deathbed and she signed it out of respect for him. However it was a move which went on to become perhaps the most important for her career and saw Cilla become one of the country’s biggest and most loved television personalities.

She said that watching it all back was tough especially seeing her husband Bobby portrayed on screen describing it as hell to watch at times. � e show was a hit amongst the public with ITV saying it is the most watched TV drama of the year.

Liverpool Life spoke to Lynn Saunders, Liverpool Film O� ce Manager, about what television means to the city.

Schoolboy’s a worldwide dancing sensation

Cilla’s curtain callLife|Entertainment|8

Lynn said: “We’re thankful really because it showcases Liverpool. It shows Liverpool in the 1960s and also its rich period locations because there is a fashion for period dramas at the moment and this is the best advert we could have to present potential locations for � lming.”

She also spoke about the attraction to the city for other productions, discussing the � lming of hit BBC show Peaky Blinders, set in Birmingham but � lmed partly in Liverpool, and crime drama Foyle’s War.

“At the end of this week Peaky Blinders will be screened and it is set in 1920s. At the beginning of next year the new series of Foyle’s War will begin, and Channel 4’s One Born Every Minute is being � lmed until December at the Women’s hospital.

“A small feature � lm is being shot here also which we will announce the name of later on today,” she continued.

Liverpool is a historic city and it is this mixture of old and new which makes

the city so appealing as a back drop for many of the country’s top shows,” she added:

“Liverpool has a wealth of locations and there are plenty of places which can re� ect di� erent eras with ease because we have a mixture of contemporary and period locations. For example as shown on last night’s episode of Cilla, shots of London and New York were actually � lmed here in the city”.

Not only does � lming in the city help show its beauty and diversity but also helps the city’s economy and bene� ts locals.

“Filming around Liverpool has a signi� cant impact on our economy because it brings jobs, money and opportunity to really pro� le the city”.

by ADRIAN SPEED

by ADRIAN SPEED A Liverpool schoolboy appeared in cinemas worldwide as the hit stage show Billy

Elliot was screened on Sunday. Ten-year-old Elliott Hanna, who

plays the lead role in the show, has been dancing since the age of four and landed the role of a lifetime last year a� er beating o� competition from hundreds of other boys hoping to become the shows 34th Billy.

Elliott’s � rst love, however, wasn’t ballet and his dancing roots stem from street style dancing such as break dancing and hip hop. At the age of eight Elliott’s talent began to be noticed when he won an Imperial Society of Teachers and Dancing theatre award before going on to be national champion at an event that took place in Las Vegas. � is all culminated in his appearance on the Sky 1 TV program Got To Dance where Elliott showcased his abilities to the country for the � rst time and came third.

Billy Elliott is one of the most

sought a� er roles for young boys in theatre and each new dancer faces sti� competition to land the prestigious eponymous lead, making it all the more impressive then that Hanna achieved this at the age of 10 making him the youngest to ever dance the part. He currently shares the starring role with three other boys, Ollie Joahim, 12, Bradley Perret, 11, and Matteo Zecca, 11, which is essential due to the sheer number of performances.

� e hit show which is an adaptation of the phenomenally-successful � lm based around a boy’s love of ballet in a strike-hit Northern mining town, has, since 2005, been seen by over 9.5 million people worldwide, but Sunday saw its biggest single audience as fans in countries including Sweden and Germany joined 554 cinemas around the UK for a special performance of the show from the Victoria Palace � eatre. All 25 past and present stars, including the very � rst Billy, Liam Mower, now 22, took to the stage for a special � nale to celebrate almost

10 years of the success for the stage show. A� er the show Elliott tweeted: ‘Well that was quite a day! � ank you to everyone around the world that came to watch! Good night.’

Fans at both the Odeon in Liverpool ONE and the Picturehouse at FACT on Wood Street enjoyed the spectacle.

Sue Painter, 40, Liverpool, said: “It was amazing! I do love theatre and not everyone can get down to the West End so this is perfect.”

Due to the popularity of the live streaming, the performance will be shown again nationwide from October the 2nd to the 5th. � ere are also plans to stream the stage show to Australia this Sunday and America at the end of November. By popular demand there have also been promises for eventual screenings around the world at a future date and a DVD will be released on November the 24th. Elliott can be seen live at the Victoria Palace � eatre for those wanting to make a visit to the West End and 375,000 tickets are available between now and May 2015.

© Bradford Times/ Flikr

© Andy Roberts / Flikr

Stars take to Twitter to show their support

Costume designer Carolyn creates a

showstopping outfit

BY ANTHONY FISHER

When Kylie Minogue stepped onto the stage of the Echo Arena, her thousands of admirers had no idea that her fabulous out� ts were prepared by a local designer.

With over 20 years of experience in the fashion industry, designer Carolyn Marsden knows how di� cult it can be to become recognised in one of the most competitive � elds.

But a� er years of pursuing her goals in fashion, the Liverpool fashionista will be opening her own boutique in the city later this year.

She told Liverpool Life: “I have been interested in clothes for as long as I can remember. My mum always wore lovely clothes so I would always be looking at the labels and playing shopping with them. I would pretend that customers were coming into my own shop; I would tell all these pretend customers about the fabrics and how to wash them. I knew a lot about fabrics and design at a young age.”

Despite an obvious interest in fashion, the 43-year-old aspired to be a dancer whilst growing up and only decided to pursue fashion a� er constant encouragement from her mother.

She said: “I decided to go to college and learn how to sew because my mum said that it would always be a skill that could put money in my pocket. I think that you are born with creativity, you can’t learn it, so I studied for three years on quite an intense course involving manufacturing, pattern cutting and designing.”

Having taken a year out at the age of 20, admitting she was scared of responsibility at a young age, Carolyn had decided it was time to start making a name for herself and getting her designs known across the city, saying: “My mum gave me a sovereign ring and I actually ended up pawning it and I got £50, I went and bought a load of fabric with the money and straight away I got designing.”

A stall in Great Homer Street market, or Paddy’s market as Liverpool locals may know it, is what came next for Miss Marsden. She said: “I worked on the market for over 15 years but began to notice that designer brands were

becoming more and more popular so the markets were getting less and less busy. � is is when I knew that I was going to need to go bigger and open up a shop.”

In 2006, the designer got her big break when she established her own design label, named Make, and opened up a shop on Town Row in West Derby. For the next eight years, Carolyn showcased her pattern cutting, designing and manufacturing skills in her own business, designing for the likes of Natasha Hamilton of Atomic Kitten and WAG Alex Gerrard. It wasn’t until earlier this year when she made the di� cult to decision to take a break from her designing due to the struggle of balancing her working commitments with her personal life.

� e mother-of-two continued designing from home, on a much more casual basis following the decision to take a break. � at was until she received an o� er that she simply couldn’t refuse, to go and work on the wardrobe for Kylie Minogue during her concert tour. She said: “I was contacted and asked if I could be interested in working as a wardrobe stylist for Kylie Minogue’s upcoming tour, I was told they were looking for an experienced and skilled seamstress. I knew I had years of experience so I jumped at the opportunity.”

Kylie’s thirteenth tour, titled Kiss Me Once, consists of 38 shows across Europe and Australia, with the � rst show of the tour kicking o� in none other than Liverpool.

Carolyn told Liverpool Life about her experience and even about when she got to meet Kylie herself, saying: “Mostly, I wanted more experience of seeing how everything works backstage. I wanted to see the costumes and how much hard work actually goes into them. I got the opportunity to meet Kylie and she was absolutely lovely, she had a great sense of humour and really gave me the time of day. It was a pleasure to work for her, she’s beautiful inside and out and I’m really glad I got a chance to see that.”

� is is by no means the end of designing and dressmaking for Carolyn Marsden, who, a� er plenty of positive encouragement, will be reopening Make Boutique in a new location on Rocky Lane in Tuebrook in mid-October.

‘I got the opportunity to meet Kylie and she was absolutely lovely’

© Ruby Molyenux

© Carolyn Marsden

Life|Entertainment|9

Will we ever see a Scouse golfi ng hero?By ADAM JONES

On the last day of the 2014 Ryder Cup, with Europe on the brink of victory, Jamie Donaldson stepped up and expertly chipped the winning shot in to the hole on the 15th, sparking jubilant scenes at Gleneagles.

But with Liverpool City Coun-cil funding being withdrawn for a couple of municipal golf cours-es, is it likely we will see a scouse Ryder Cup star in the near fu-ture?

Nigel Parr, professional at Childwall Golf Club, thinks that while his own club has schemes in place for both adults and jun-iors, not enough is being done across the board to get people involved in this region.

He said: “It’s not as good as other sports, golf is on a bit of a lower pro� le. At this club we do classes for both adults and chil-dren so we are trying our best, also there are one or two extra facilities becoming available. � e Ryder Cup could hopefully in-spire juniors to get involved in a similar fashion that the London Olympics in 2012 did for other sports, particularly cycling.”

Other sports are not experienc-ing the same issue with scouse stars. � e last two captains of the English football team have both been Scousers, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.

In boxing, the likes of David Price and Paul Smith are being granted world title � ghts and chances to propel themselves to the very top echelons of the box-ing game.

Golf in the region was given a big boost when the Open Cham-

pionship was hosted at the Roy-al Liverpool Golf Club in 2014, with Rory McIlroy winning at what has proven to be a popular course amongst gol� ng’s leading professionals.

Last year, Liverpool City Coun-cil decided to withdraw funding for the region’s municipal golf courses, with the result that those courses could go private and therefore restrict how many local people can get involved in the game.

Regarding the North Liverpool golf course, Councillor Wendy Simon said: “We can no long a� ord to subsidise it to the tune of almost £5 per round, but we know how much it is appreciated by the people who use it and so have worked extremely hard to put together a deal that satis� es everyone.

“It will continue to operate at a price that is a� ordable to users and receive investment to make it sustainable in the long term.”

� ere are exceptions. Lifestyles Fitness Centres o� er discounts to LJMU students, this only cov-ers two of the region’s wide range of golf courses (Allerton and Liverpool North), and the sport is never covered in the national curriculum.

Lifestyles also o� er junior courses and a National Lottery funded “Get into Golf ” cam-paign is trying to get more adults involved in the game.

But, with the introduction of new facilities, schemes such as the ones at Childwall Golf Club and maybe even the Ryder Cup inspiring young people to get in-volved, the next gol� ng prodigy could be a Scouser.

A� er Europe’s convincing Ryder Cup victory at Gleneagles, will Liverpool get in on the act?

Life|Sport|10

By ANTHONY FISHER

Southport FC will be making their way to Blundell Park to-night for their 19:45 kick-o� against Grimsby Town following their 1–0 loss to Bristol Rovers at the weekend.

Southport are hoping to score a victory against Grimsby Town a� er su� ering four straight de-feats.

� ey currently stand in the rel-egation zone in 21st place with only Nuneaton, Altrincham and Telford below them.

Chester FC are looking to over-take Welling in the non-league table with a win against AFC Tel-ford United tonight at 19:45 in News Buck Head.

Chester currently stand in 17th place on the table a� er they were defeated by Grimsby Town last week.

� e club has another chance to redeem themselves this weekend following their loss in a match against Welling which kicks o� at 15:00.

FLYING THE FLAG: Europe won the 2014 Ryder Cup with a dominant 16-and-a-half to 11-and-a-half victory over the United States. © Camron Flanders/Creative Commons/Flickr

Tranmere face a tough task to end their winless streak with an away trip to third placed Bury on Saturday.

Rovers haven’t won in the league since the end of August, a run stretching back � ve games. � ey currently sit three places above the relegation zone in League Two.

Non-leaguepair fi nd ittough atthe bottom

Rovers’relegationworry

© Ben Sutherland/Creative Commons/Flickr

Life|Sport|11

Saints a win away from Grand Final

Tranmere: This is how to run a clubBy JOSIE TIMMS

� e Wirral branch of the Federa-tion of Small Businesses (FSB) is hosting a business of football event at Tranmere Rovers Foot-ball Club this � ursday.

� e event will be held at Prenton Park and include Rovers Chief Executive, Jeremy Butler, giving guests an insight into the running of a football club.

A range of topics will be covered involving the business of football such as recruiting a manager, hiring new players, and surviving the summer with no games.

� e decision to host a busi-ness event at the club is due to the backgrounds of the new owners, Mark and Nicola Palios, and their plans to make positive improvements in the club.

In a club statement the previ-ous club owner Peter Johnson, has said “As a local lad who played for the club, and a former Chief Executive of � e FA with a successful commercial track record, Mark is uniquely placed to help lead Tranmere to a bright future. Nicola is an accom-plished lawyer and business-woman.”

He added: “Between them, they have the passion and the experience to take the Club for-ward and I am looking forward to working on the Board with them. Finding this mix of foot-ball and business skills is highly unusual.”

� e FSB regularly hosts suc-cessful events around Mersey-side, one of their most recent ones being at the Liverpool Busi-ness Exhibition.

Although this event is the � rst of its kind, it also looks to be a success.

By SEAN PURVIS

St. Helens are just 80 minutes away from the Rugby League Grand Final as they take on the Catalan Dragons on � ursday (20.00) at Langtree Park in the play-o� semi-� nal.

Buoyed from their romp-ing 41-0 win over Castleford Tigers two Fridays past, the Merseyside table-toppers will fancy their chances and go into the match full of con� dence. But French side Catalan will provide sti� opposition for their counterparts, beating Leeds and shocking Hudders� eld to set up a semi-� nal date with St. Helens.

A� er � nishing � rst in the Super League table St. Helens re-ceived the honour of ‘ClubCall’ selection, which gives Saints home advantage and the ability to choose their semi-� nal op-ponents. Last Friday live on Sky Sports, Saints chairman Eamonn McManus decided to pit Wigan against rivals Warrington in the other semi-� nal

He said: ‘’� ere is a lot to take into consideration, current form,

league positions, injuries, and it was a di� cult decision. We have chosen Warrington play Wigan. � ey enjoy each other’s company and we wouldn’t want to deny them that. We will play Catalan, it will need the very best St. Helens performance to beat them, I’m sure they will both be great semi-� nals.’’

� e two sides met each other twice this season in the league, with the ‘series’ split one apiece. � e Saints won their � rst meet-ing at home back in March, but it was the Dragons who came out on top in their most recent encounter in June, romping to a 42-0 eight-try win in France to shellshock the league leaders.

� e Saints are the bookies odds-on favourite to progress and are best priced 2/5 to beat their French opponents and book a place in the � nal, which will take place at Old Traf-ford on Saturday October 11. � e other semi-� nal between Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves takes place this Friday (October 3), with Wigan fancied to progress. FEVER PITCH: Langtree Park stadium ©www.airviews.info/Creative Commons/Flickr

Reds and Blues face Europe challengeBy JOSIE TIMMS

Liverpool and Everton have the chance to redeem themselves this week a� er their disappointing 1-1 draw in Saturday’s 223rd Merseyside derby.

Liverpool are up against Switzerland’s Basel on Wednesday night, whilst Everton face a gruelling trip to Russia to play FK Krasnodar on � ursday, o� ering the teams the op-portunity to prove there’s still hope for the rest of the season a� er getting o� to a rocky start. With Everton last week falling 3-2 to Crystal Palace, the Reds su� ering a 3-1 loss at West Ham, and the weekend’s 1-1 draw this weeks matches are essential in proving that the teams can come back from their recent losses.

� e Premier League teams have both su� ered with the absence of important players a� ecting their play this season. With Everton’s marauding right-back Seamus Coleman out of play since sustaining a head injury during their Europa league win over Wolfsburg, and Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge still recovering from a thigh injury picked up whilst training with the England squad, the teams have been at a

disadvantage.Daniel Sturridge will not be included in the

squad for tomorrow night’s game. Brendan Rodg-ers has said: “We needed to see if he could train on the Friday, but I got the message on the � ursday night that he would struggle, so he wasn’t really close to playing.

“I’ll see how he is (for Basel). He wasn’t far away for Everton, but he certainly wasn’t � t enough to be on the bench.”

Despite the team’s losses, Everton boss Roberto Martinez is also hoping for the best, stating: “I think Krasnodar is going to be a really di� cult ex-perience. All we want now is to get all the injured players back.

“We planned to have a squad to cope with all these games but obviously when you get someone like Steven Pienaar, someone like Seamus Cole-man, someone like Ross Barkley injured, that hurts. We need to get them back. But the mentality now has changed.”

However, academy debutant Tyias Browning, 20, made a promising start to his Premier League career at Saturday’s derby, giving Everton a boost but not quite replacing the injured players.

Gaelic games startBy SEAN PURVIS

Liverpool John Moores University Men’s Gaelic Football team held their � rst training session of the season last Sunday in preparation for the season ahead.

Britain’s most successful Gaelic football university team hope to build on the heroics of last season, when they won the British Championship for a re-cord 9th time, beating old rivals Liverpool Hope University 0-13 to 1-7 in the � nal in Manchester.

With Sky Sports gaining rights to screen some of the Gaelic Football and Hurling championship games for the � rst time this summer, Ireland’s national sports has seen a rise in popularity in Britain, with many people who have never seen the sport before taking a keen interest.

Coach Peter Cosgrove has called any players, old or new, to attend training in prepara-tion for the upcoming season, and has called out on people who have never played the sport before to give it a go. Details can be found on the LJMU GAA’s Facebook Page.

Everton Ladies sufferrelegation heartbreakBy ANTHONY FISHER

Everton ladies’ football club have been relegated a� er 21 years at the top-� ight women’s league.

� e relegation come a� er they su� ered a 2 – 0 loss to Notts County and failed to secure any victories at all this season, drawing two matches and losing seven.

� e news of the relegation was met with shock as the ladies have won both the FA and League cups for the past six years.

Everton Ladies manager Andy Spence said via the team’s o� cial twitter: “Obviously we’re all devastated but our focus will now go into coming straight back up to the WSL1.”

� e defeat has been linked to the lack of � nance going into the club which has resulted in

some of the team’s best players leaving to play at other Super League clubs. As it stands, nine ladies who helped the team to their FA Cup victory in 2010 are now playing for other teams.

David Parker, manager of the Birmingham Ladies foot-ball club tweeted his support to the Everton Ladies, saying: “All @EvertonLadies players & sta� have held themselves with the utmost dignity courage and re-spect through di� cult season #credittothegame.”

By ANTHONY FISHER AND SEAN PURVIS

� e World Boxing Organisation is investigating a controversial scoring during a � ght between Liverpool boxer Paul Smith and World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Super Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham.

� e decision to review the scoring comes a� er Smith came up short in his attempt to win the title from Abraham on Sat-urday night in Kiel, Germany.

Smith arguably fought the best � ght of his career against the WBO champion and heavy favourite Abraham, out-boxing him in many rounds. But it was the Armenian who was victo-rious, albeit in a controversial fashion, as the three o� cials scored the contest in his favour.

Two judges scored the � ght 117-111. � e other o� cial, Spaniard Fernando Laguna scored the � ght 119-109, giving Smith only one round in a decision which le� many com-mentators and boxing pundits bemused.

� e Liverpool boxer claimed the judge’s scores have ‘dashed his dreams’ and ‘broken his heart’.

MASSIVE

It was clear that Smith was not overawed or intimidated by his older, more illustrious oppo-nent Abraham as the opening exchanges were tight. � e British super weight champion’s movement was good, as he worked his jabs well and kept in touch with the WBO champion.

In the seventh round a massive right hand from Smith clearly shook Abraham, who began to look jaded and tired as the rounds went on. In the ninth round, a big right to the body and a le� hook to the face le� a visibly tired Abraham rat-tled, but the 34-year-old hung on and � nished the last round strongly against Smith.

Many never expected the

judges to so heavily favour Abraham, with Scottish Sky commentator and Former Lightweight World Champion Jim Watt’s scorecard having Smith winning by three points as the 12th round came to a close.

� e results generally gener-ated negative feedback from commentators and spectators who thought the 31-year-old was robbed and should have won the title.

DEFENCE

Watt said the judge’s calls were “nothing short of a downright disgrace” live on Sky Sports One as Abraham celebrated his title defence.

Smith was o� ered support by fellow Liverpudlian Wayne Rooney.

� e Man U star responded to the results of the � ght on his twitter, saying: “Why have judges if they don’t judge cor-rectly. Robbing people of their dreams. � e boxing board has to act. @PaulSmithJnr”

� e WBO then went on to address the situation on their o� cial twitter, tweeting: “� e #WBO is waiting to receive the assigned supervisor’s report and replaying the � ght before giving an opinion on #Abra-hamSmith.”

� ere is some good news for Smith though, as promoter Kalle Sauerland is said to be happy to hand the boxer an-other crack at the WBO title, as long as there is enough demand for the � ght. Smith has also claimed that Abraham made a verbal agreement to � ght again with the championship on the line.

� e likelihood of a rematch for Smith has increased a� er the WBO President Paco Val-carcel has agreed to investigate Laguna’s scores. He tweeted: “Regarding #AbrahamSmith, I assure you that I review each and every scorecard for WBO title � ghts.”

Liverpool

LifeSPORT30 - September 2014

WORLD TITLE CONTROVERSY

St Helens prepare to play in Super League semi finals

P11

Tranmere play host to small businesses event

P11

Gaelic football champs prepare for start ofnew season

P11

CONTROVERSY: WBO investigate scoring © Flikr/ Royalty - Free/Carbis

European match previews for Liverpool and Everton

P11

Non-league and league two match previews

P10

Will Liverpool ever see any Scouse Ryder Cup heroes?

P10

Inside Sport

©www.airviews.info