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April 26, 2007

razzle dazzle

Good news for Haley Flaherty - the audience seemed to really like her.
Haley is the actress who has had to step in to the role of Roxie Hart in Chicago currently on at the Empire.
Jennifer Ellison was supposed to be playing Roxie but managed to dislocate her knee.
Oww!

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April 26, 2007

love liverpool love its history

Ah, it makes you proud to be a (adopted) Scouser.
Thousands of people have been pouring in to St George's Hall since it opened to the public on Monday afternoon.
It shows what massive interest there is out there in the city.

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April 24, 2007

st george's day

Rather like Christmas, the preparations had gone on for months but the actual St George's Day came and went in a blur yesterday.
And after a fortnight of sunshine and blue skies, it was sod's law it tipped it down for most of the day.

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April 20, 2007

liver birds

I HEAR there are plans for a new sitcom billed as a modern-day take on the Liver Birds.
The ITV show is being created by Peep Show writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong and will feature two women, about to reach their thirties, and sharing a flat.

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April 19, 2007

red letter day

Liverpool's 800th birthday stamps were unveiled at the Town Hall today.
But you can't use them to send letters or parcels from Liverpool to anywhere else in the world.

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April 13, 2007

minton condition

Taking a turn on the Minton floor at St George's Hall

I had a twirl on the Minton floor at St George's Hall this morning.
They have taken the wooden coverings off and are giving it a good clean in advance of the reopening on April 23.

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April 12, 2007

princes, paupers and the flying trapeze

SO they have finally announced that Prince Charles will reopen St George's Hall on April 23.
Security concerns mean the royals only give two weeks' notice for their official visits these days, but everyone has been beavering away behind the scenes for months.

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April 2, 2007

sunday in the park with george et al

It was a particularly idyllic scene in Sefton Park yesterday afternoon.

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