Midnight deal that spelt disaster for city's Chinatown; a property firm's collapse has hit a Liverpool community

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Minutes before the expiry of the financial year 1987/8, Liverpool City Council sold 10 million pounds sterling of property in Chinatown to Charterhouse for redevelopment as a cultural centre, without investigating the company thoroughly. In Jul 1992 Charterhouse went into receivership. The neglect of Chinatown and the decline of the port caused many residents to moved away. Chinese sailors first came in the early 19th century. There was much racism but many white women married Chinese men.

Public works, Demographic aspects, Cities and towns, England, Race relations, Chinese, Chinese (Asian people), Community, Liverpool, England, Civic improvements

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Twin baby girl 'was killed with insulin injection.' (Nurse Beverley Allitt accused of murdering children in Grantham and Kesteven District Hospital)

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Nurse Beverley Allitt, 24, who was in charge of sick children on ward four of Grantham and Kesteven District Hospital, Lincolnshire, was accused of murdering four of them and attempting to murder nine other patients. In April 1991 the number of heart attacks and respiratory failures in the children was extremely high and suspicion fell on Nurse Allitt. The children's deaths were caused by overdosing with insulin or potassium, shaking and smothering.

Health aspects, Cases, Hospitals, Children, Crime, Child health, Grantham, England, Allitt, Beverley

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Stiff test for New Labour in northern heartland

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The Labour party has traditionally enjoyed solid support in Sheffield, UK, but there could be a substantial swing to the Liberal Democrats in the forthcoming local elections there. Many voters believe that the Labour party has given the city a burden of large debt levels and disruption, and claim that services are inefficient. In contrast, voters point to the achievements of the Liberal Democrat councillor.

Political aspects, Labour Party (United Kingdom), Public opinion, Sheffield, England

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