Liverpool Echo

Tt Double Marks a Century of Success

WHAT better way to celebrate your 100th birthday than with a brace of new models to show rivals you're still in top form. Audi has hardly noticed that there is a recession as the German brand continues to surge forward, now firmly established as the best- selling prestige brand in the UK.

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Get More Miles for Your Money

ILIKE to think ofmyself as a green driver. I ditch the car whenever I can and always try to beat the manufacturer"s official fuel consumption figures. But am I really driving as efficiently as I think? No, it seems I'm not. According to the Wirral-based Energy Saving Trust, there's a whole lot more I could be doing to save fuel, money, and the planet with every mile I drive. They're challenging every motorist in Merseyside to take the new Smarter Driving Challenge - testing their driving skil...

Artists Embrace Creative Recycling Week ; Outdoors

ARTIST'S collective Red Dot are staging a recycling week in Liverpool for the second year running. Following the success of last year - which included Urban Strawberry Lunch running a recycled musical instrument making workshop at St Luke's Church, Red Dot are again running a series of free events.

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.RECYCLED tyres form the basis for the beautiful planters and picture frames from Tread. Made from recycled rubber car tyres into contemporary interior accessories they're a great use of material that would end up in landfill. Picture frames from pounds 30, storage trunks from pounds 21.50 and planters from pounds 16.50 at www.re-tread.com.

Green Buses Ready to Go

TRANSPORT minister Lord Adonis has signalled West Lancashire may be in line for a new generation of "green" buses. He encouraged council bosses to bid for a share of pounds 30m to fund low carbon and electric vehicles.

Former Council Top Man Returns in City Uni Role

CONTROVERSIAL ex-city council boss Sir David Henshaw is back. He has been appointed to the board of Liverpool's John Moores university.

Street Style

WIDNES-BASED student Abbie Turton says songstress Mariah Carey is her fashion inspiration. The 18-year-old said: "She's not bothered about being curvacious - she's not all about size zero."

Heavy Boobs Are Worst ... Murder On Your Back ; Catherine Jones Talks to Musical Star Michael Ball About Life After Hairspray

AGROUP of us were on Hamilton island in Australia and there was a karaoke machine in the bar. The girls were desperate to do backing vocals, so I did Delilah. "They didn't know who I was in there and the guy at the bar said: 'You've got quite a good voice, you should do something with that.' "I said: 'Oh no, I'm quite happy in IT'."

I Want My Songs to Be Honest

IT may sound more like a posh meals on wheels service, but The Voluntary Butler Scheme is actually the hottest new music act around. A touch Motown, a bit Badly Drawn Boy, it"s the brainchild of one man band Rob Jones.

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Raid On Senses

ACOUSTIC Air Raid promises to be something really special. The brainchild and debut project for Liverpool-based Harvest Sun Promotions, it"s a daytime gig at the bombed out church. "In the distant future we hope to bring you Bob Dylan on St George's Plateau, Neil Young in Dr Duncan's and Su-Bo in St John's Precinct, but first we have the small matter of our premiere event, Acoustic Air Raid," says organiser Tom Harvest. "Headlining the big day is none other than the excellent John Head, from ...

Get Out and Enjoy Free Music

TOMORROW sees a host of great free music in the city. It starts with Music On The Waterfront, a series of free gigs at the Pier Head, starting at 5pm. There"s Listen To Africa - organised by Africa Oye, it sees some of the finest musicians from West Africa coming to Liverpool to get the city dancing.

French Fancy ; Coco Before Chanel (Pg)

AUDREY Tautou polishes her ingenue crown in this chic but chilly depiction of the early life of Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel. French director Anne Fontaine presents a view of Chanel before she became known as a style icon and queen of the little black dress.

The Taking of Pelham 123 (15) 5/10 Average

"MIND the gaps" in the logic and plausibility of Tony Scott's action-packed thriller, which plays out a deadly game of cat and mouse on the subway system beneath New York city. The Taking Of Pelham 123 begins at a canter and barely pauses for breath between the slow-motion crashes and John Travolta's voracious scenery chewing.

Bitz

Marvel Vs Capcom 2 (Capcom, XBox Live, pounds 14.99) THERE are two schools of thought on the sequel. The first is that it can improve upon the original; break all the bugs and finally deliver something that goes to pleasing most of the fans. Of course, there is also the second school, which follows the principle that if it isn"t broken, don"t fix it. A game which follows a good predecessor has to choose wisely at this juncture - should the warts " n" all graphics etc be left in to keep its fa...

Your Stars

You have a lot of chances to finally put money in the bank, instead of taking it out. You'll probably end up spending it again, as this month to you is all about investing in your present situation, and future plans don't really figure. Call now to view long term options. Use the planet Mars, to ride with the changes that are taking place around you. Close ones are not leaving you out of what is occurring my friend; they are just trying to make you quicken your pace. Call me now to hear how M...

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