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It's a Job Being Positive

ACCORDING to a survey of 2,900 people by Keep Britain Working, nearly half of marketing and creative workers are feeling pessimistic about job prospects. Overall, 43% said they were more pessimistic about job prospects this month than last month, while 25% were more optimistic - giving a Job Optimism Index score of minus 18.

Denise has Embarked On an Eventful Career

FROM organising festivals to exhibitions and awards dinners, Denise Harris will be the first to say there is a lot of hard work behind the glamour. Now the owner and director of leading event organisers SK Events, based in Liverpool, Denise has co-ordinated some of the city's major events, from the Festival of Health & Activity, plus Liverpool Food and Drink Festivals, to what is going to be the largest legal exhibition of its kind in the UK, the NLTEX.

Let Them Have Fine Pottery! ; Under the Hammer Mike Litherland Outhwaite & Litherland

LET them eat cake, said Marie Antoinette ... or did she? Bastille Day commemorates an event that took place on July 14th 1789 when angry mobs in Paris attacked and captured the Bastille, a symbol of royal tyranny which crowds believed contained weapons and political prisoners. The storming of the Bastille however would come to symbolise French independence from the King, Louis XVI. The raid and destruction of France"s state prison was part of a series of events that are now known collectively...

Old Pals

. I AM organising a school reunion on Wednesday September 3, at 12pm in the Adelphi Hotel, for ladies who attended Anfield Secondary School for Girls, between 1950 and 1956. This will be the ninth reunion and it would be great to see some new faces as well as those who have come in previous years. My maiden name was Margaret Elliott. Anyone interested can ring me on 0151-625 9551 for further details.

Mystery Solved ; Maritime Tales by Stephen Guy of Merseyside Maritime Museum

IT WAS a mystery that took 135 years to solve - the disappearance of the emigrant paddle steamer Pacific and almost 200 passengers and crew on a voyage from Liverpool to New York. One of the largest, fastest and most well-appointed ships of her day she vanished without trace after sailing on 23 January 1856.

England Couldn't Waste Their 'Get Out of Jail' Card ; Cricket

JAMES ANDERSON revealed a desire not to waste their 'get-out-of- jail' card was behind England's dominant display in the second npower Ashes Test at Lord's. Anderson, whose defiant innings was a crucial ingredient of escaping Cardiff with a dramatic draw last Sunday evening, starred with both bat and ball as Australia closed the second day on 156 for eight, still 70 runs short of avoiding the follow-on.

Shock Loss to Prescott Made a Man of Me Says Khan ; Boxing

AMIR KHAN believes his shocking defeat by Breidis Prescott last September actually boosted his world title chances by turning him "from a boy into a man". Khan, 22, bids to win his first world title when he steps up to light-welterweight to face Ukrainian WBA champion Andreas Kotelnik at the MEN Arena tonight.

Woods Cut at the Open ; Turnberry Tames Tiger As Star Crashes Out

TURNBERRY has turned from a pussycat into a beast - but while Tiger Woods became its biggest victim, Tom Watson continued magically on his merry way. Birdies at the 16th and 17th came too late to save world number one Woods from missing only his second halfway cut in 49 majors as a professional and his first in the Open Championship.

Ibrahimovic Swap Deal with Eto'o

BARCELONA and Inter Milan have reached an agreed to swap Inter striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Barca forward Samuel Eto'o plus cash. Reports suggest Barca will pay about pounds 35m plus 28-year-old Eto'o in return for Ibrahimovic, 27.

Wellens Finds an Ally in Kear ; Kicker: Caption to Go in Here Wakefield Coach Backs Saints Kicker After Nightmare

KICKER: Caption to go in here Wakefield

Fa Force Chester to Cancel Today's Friendly at Marine

CHESTER CITY'S pre-season planning has been thrown into chaos with the FA instructing them to cancel today's friendly match against Marine at College Road. The FA have also informed the club that they can't play any matches in public, until a number of outstanding "administrative issues" have been cleared up.

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Other Endangered Species Disrupt Plans, Too

NATTERJACK TOAD: During The Open last year at the Royal Birkdale, golfers and visitors were asked to keep their eyes out for the slimy amphibians which were moved to safety by the course manager if they were in danger of being harmed. GREAT CRESTED NEWT: Conservation work to remove 15 of these newts from a stretch of motorway near Chester cost the taxpayer pounds 20k per newt. The Highways Agency spent the money to remove the protect species before it could begin work on the A5117 Deeside Par...

Pauline Is to Get Top Honours

BIRKENHEAD-BORN actress Pauline Daniels is to receive an honorary degree from Liverpool John Moores University. The star will accept her award at Liverpool Cathedral in recognition of her outstanding and multiple contributions to the performing arts. She will don her cap and gown on July 23, with the students of the Faculty of Education, Community and Leisure.

He Shoots, He Scores, ... It's a Vole! ; Protected Species Threatens Blues Stadium Progress

A COLONY of water voles is threatening Everton FC and Tesco's pounds 400m to move to Kirkby. Knowsley Council approved planning permission in March that would allow Tesco to move Kirkby Brook to make way for Everton's 50,000 seater stadium.

Classic Day Out for All the Family

GENERATIONS of Merseysiders have enjoyed sunny days marvelling at the air displays and classic cars at Woodvale international rally. The first rally took place In 1971 as a modest charitable model aircraft show at serving RAF base Woodvale.

Tales From the Past ; Flash Back Tom Slemen

ONE grey afternoon in November 1965, as the BBC's Saturday Bandstand programme blared out an optimistic tune on his Dansette, 65-year-old Jack Owens of Everton decided to kill himself in a rather unusual way. Longing to induce a fatal heart attack, he ran up and down two flights of stairs at his home off Netherfield Road South until he fell to his knees from the bottom step, wheezing.