Anyone up for a game of footy` ?
This is an idea I had while watching the grandson playing football, loads of passion and enthusiasm!

A quick pencil doodle of the lovely Christina Ricci, outspoken child-teen starlet of the 1990s. 

The University of Liverpool has become the first in the North West to recommend an increase in tuition fees to the highest level of £9,000 a year.

It follows Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, Exeter, Durham and Leeds in expressing its intention to set the maximum fee allowed by the government.
The university said the fee increase would enable it to ...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-12775775

This week's Champion carries an article about pothole budgets for Sefton. And it's good news...:
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http://manorfocus.blogspot.com/2011/03/sefton-roads-to-benefit-from-pothole.html

Merseyside raid police arrested over 'eBay stolen valuables plot'

Three serving officers from an elite police unit have been arrested over claims they stole property confiscated during raids to sell on eBay, it has emerged.


The Merseyside police officers, from the force’s Matrix unit, have been suspended from duty on suspicion of "misconduct in public office and theft".
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8415880/Merseyside-raid-police-arrested-over-eBay-stolen-valuables-plot.html

Well, England did`nt quite do it in the World Cup, but these two sang them on anyway!! Hand drawn with Faber Castell brush pen, and colorized in Photoshop.

Maybe 2014 we may do a bit better!!

This shot was taken with the Tamron 17-50 2.8 VC. ISO 400 17mm S 1/10

This is a very good lens when working in low light, and a definite fav of mine.

It`s not very often we get fog like this these days, so I took the opportunity to get this shot while I had the chance.

The scene is Bootle town Hall, Oriel Road, Bootle Liverpool.