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Edition No.
131 |
Date:-
27 December 2003 |
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- 2003
was a year of controversy and celebration.
- By Patrick
Trollope BA (Hons) LBPPA
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- 2003
HAS been a year of controversy and celebration. In the
first week of March, as the world was looking at the
possibilities of War in Iraq, the Labour Party held its North
West Regional Conference in the Floral Hall. Outside a mass of
protesters gathered as John Reid and John Prescott gave press
briefings to the local and international press, who had
descended on Southport. By the middle of March, nationally,
the headlines were dominated by Iraq and Saddam Hussein. The
effects of 11 September 2001, still uppermost in the thoughts
of the US Administration, lead to the Coalition forces of UK
and US invading Iraq in March 2003. LINK
This, despite not having secured a new UN resolution
authorising such action. One consequence of that was the
gathering of anti- war protesters across the country and in
London, calling for an end to war. This was followed by
protestations against the occupation of Iraq. Southport Dad,
Major Titchener, who had been married for almost six years,
was killed in an ambush in Iraq during August. He served in
the Royal Military Police and left a pregnant wife and a two
year old son called Matheson. Even on at the Remembrance
Service in Southport in November, a child was dressed in army
uniform, as he wanted to represent his Dad who was still in
Iraq. In December, questions still flew around as to the
effects and justification of the war. On the 14 December,
Saddam Hussein was captured by US forces.
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OLD BANK on
Christmas Eve... Were you in?
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JOB ADVERT:- Headteacher
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Fatal Fail-to-Stop Road Traffic Collision - Crosby Road South
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Fight the Christmas flab & get healthy by walking your dog
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Get in touch with your mind, body and soul...
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SBC
Film
Showing
Times.
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CALLING ALL RUNNERS For 04!!!!
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CCTV Images Released of Robbery on Moss Lane
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Liverpool tells 21st century story of faith
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THE MESSAGE FROM KIDS TO PARENTS THIS NEW YEAR
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LETTERS TO EDITOR:- MAJORITY STILL OPPOSES FOXHUNTING, SAY ANTI-HUNTING GROUPS
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COUNCIL ON STAND-BY IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
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GET BACK TO YOUR ROOTS AND BOOST YOUR NUTRIENT INTAKE THIS WINTER SAYS FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY
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WIGAN KEEPERS
V SANDSTORMERS
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NEW YEAR’S PEEVE
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£5 million Investment into Recycling Facilities in Merseyside
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Letters to Editor:- Christmas Lights...
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ADT WARNS BUSINESSES THAT THEY COULD SOON BE BREAKING THE LAW
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Recycling service gearing up for a tree mendously busy 2004.
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White Stripes 2004
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FAME SEARCH FOR A STAR....
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BBC LIVE FROM SOUTHPORT
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SWITCHED ON THIS WEEK:-
TV GUIDE
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Review of the Year, part 2.
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Editors Note For The End Of 2003
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