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Stop and search
Liverpool is one of the top three cities in the UK to employ stop and search techniques , according to statistics released by the home office last week.
The number of black people stopped and searched under anti-terrorism laws rose by 322 percent in a year in the UK, with London, Birmingham and Liverpool seeing the majority.
For Asian people the rise was 277 percent, compared with a 185 percent rise for white people.
Lloyd “attacked”
POLICE are investigating claims that Liverpool model Danielle Lloyd was assaulted following a night out.
25-year-old former Celebrity Big Brother star was allegedly attacked as she left the a bar in east London, on Sunday night with her boyfriend, Spurs footballer Jamie O’Hara, 22.
She has taken a cut to the inside of her mouth after being punched,” said the spokesman.
Bar for sale
The First National in James Street has been put on the market for £500,000.
owner is planning to leave the business which has planning permission for 23o restaurant covers.
Activist beaten
A political group allied to the Real IRA has claimed one of its members was beaten up in his home in Liverpool on Sunday night.
A spokesman for the 32 County Sovereignty Committee said the man was a member of its organisation in north-west England and blamed a group of pro-Ulster loyalists in the city for the assault.
“Three years ago he received a serious head injury after being attacked with a hammer by the same elements," the spokesman said.
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