Liverpool Echo from Liverpool, Merseyside, England • 49

Isson puts his feet up lan puts his foot in it lAN Olsson really put his foot in it while riding his £6OO mountain bike. He was hobbling in plaster and crutches today after trapping his right leg between the bike frame and back wheel. He came off the bike turning at the bottom of Haydock Road where It loins Wallasey's Egremont Promenade. Pal, Adrian McNulty, alerted 15-yearold lan's uncle, Charles Olsson, who By David Charters the revue Firemen cut away spokes on the 21- gear machine, as ambulance staff gave oxygen to lan, of Serpentine Road, Wallasey. lan, who is now nursing a broken leg, said: "I tried to keep dead calm, but I couldn't.

The pain really hft me. I was screaming. Although I was only trapped a few minutes, It seemed an eternity." Tougher times for poor LIVERPOOL'S poor are worse off than ever, say Merseyside's two church leaders. Anglican Bishop David Sheppard and Roman Catholic Archbishop Derek Worlock say they are saddened to witness a Liverpool which has become divided. In their new jointly-written book, With Hope in Our Hearts, published next week, they talk of Liverpool in terms of a Tale of Two Cities, and say: "The two cities are not separated by the River Mersey.

By Am Todd The division is social economic, There is Enterprise City, such as the city centre which has witnessed massive regeneration, and Hurt City, the areas of acute deprivation and long term unemployment in the city, they say. The bishops argue that while there are signs of revival in Merseyside, Liverpool's poor are worse off than ever. Pub scores lop marks BEER spies checking a Merseyside pub uncovered a spotless reputation. The Running Horses, in Bells Lane, Lydiate, came tops in the North West with in the Peter Walker Mystery Drinker campaign. PAMPER LF! The Liverpool Echo have all you need in preparation for your hectic social calendar.

On Tuesday, 22nd November, 1994, the 'Woman Extra' supplement will be running a feature highlighting the various beauty products and treatments available to you. If you have a particular product or service you wish to advertise to our 574,000 readers please contact: DANIELLA DELANEY, 051-227 2000 EXT. 2409 Flying colours An independent research company secretly sends drinkers into the company's pubs at regular intervals and evaluates them on 140 separate items including beer and service quality. But the Running Horses passed with flying colours on every single count. Landlord Andrew Critchley has only had the pub 18 months.

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The prosecution accepted his plea of not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility reports showed he was suffering from mental illness. However, the court heard today that latest medical reports showed Howard was not now mentally ill. BUS FIRM IN E9om BO Mill MERSEYBUS drivers now own a company with a turnover of more than £9om a year. MTL Trust Holdings today revealed that it has complcted the purchase of London Northern Buses for the 320 red double deckers which operate in the northern streets of London. By Alex Hunt "This acquisition establishes MTL firmly among the leaders in the bus industry." MTL main board director Dominic Brady has been appointed as managing director of London Northern, with lan Campbell finance director.

Glenda Jackson vestment not a source of short-term cash. Us leeks ENERGY Minister Tim Eggar was today due to give evidence to a committee of MPs examining controversial proposals to break up the domestic gas market. Turnaround MTL was formed to run Merseybus after staff bought out the ailing firm for £1 from Merseytravel back at the end of 1992. Since then it has seen a remarkable turnaround in its fortunes and is now the fifth biggest bus company in the country. Employee shareholders have seen the initial £250 stakes in the company soar in value to pass the £5,000 mark and they are still climbing The successful completion of the deal for the newly-privatised London services came despite a high-pressure campaign led by actress and Labour MP Glenda Jackson.

MTL chairman Peter Coombs said London Northern would be treated as a "standalone" business with profits it makes reinvested in it. He said: "The purchase of London Northern adds to the financial strength of the MTL Group. "We see it as a strategic long-term in- OFFER TIME he World's Most Famous Fish Chips' 4 1 9 From 25th to 30th October Inclusive KIDS EAT FREE In today's Liverpool ECHO, we are giving you the chance to enjoy the world's most famous fish chips 'urchase 2 main adult meals and 1 child eats FREE 6 choosing from the under 12's' children's menu. 4 1 4k loy the worlds most famous fish and chips and feed kids for FREE And you may meet Postman Pat 0 "kc' who'll be visiting Harry Ramsden's regi To make the most of this fabulous Imply tear off the attached voucher it when paying for your meal talk 0 )w srgns for Albert Dock, opposite dIN Brunswick Way off CV' reef, Liverpool 3 4BN A 0 rel 051 709 4545 -4: (. 9 Ay' '''i, 6, 0 to, 0.

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