DipityEVERTON FC chief executive Robert Elstone last night spoke of his confidence the club can foot the bill for a new stadium in Kirkby despite the recession.
A COLONY of water voles is threatening Everton FC and Tesco’s £400m to move to Kirkby.
KNOWSLEY council leaders will be asked to explain the timing of their decision in principle to put a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on the whole of Kirkby town centre.
LIVERPOOL council leader Warren Bradley has warned Everton and Liverpool they have until December to resolve their stadia issues or risk missing out on hosting the World Cup.
CONTROVERSIAL plans to carry out work on a small but crucial part of the Destination Kirkby site was granted by planners last night.
EVERTON FC’s move to a new stadium in Kirkby will be delayed by a year – even if inspectors give it the green light.
EVERTON FC’S chief executive last night said alternative plans put forward by those seeking to keep the club in Liverpool were “flimsy” and based in a “fantasy world”.
A DECISION on Everton FC’s plans to build a 50,000-seat stadium in Kirkby is unlikely to be made for another four to five months.
A DECISION on Everton FC’s plans to build a 50,000 seater stadium in Kirkby is unlikely to be made for another four to five months.
THE decision on Everton FC’s plans to build a stadium in Kirkby is unlikely to be made for another four to five months.
Warring councils went head-to-head on the penultimate day of the nine-week public inquiry into Everton FC and Tesco’s proposals for Kirkby. Richard Down reports on the closing statements
OPPONENTS of Everton FC and Tesco’s £400m development plans for Kirkby have again criticised transport plans in their summary at a public inquiry into the project winds down.
THE final evidence submitted at Everton FC and Tesco’s nine week-long public inquiry heard Kirkby residents object to the scheme.
THE final evidence submitted at Everton FC and Tesco’s nine week-long public inquiry heard Kirkby residents object to the scheme.
SELLING 10% of Everton FC’s future stadium seats to the corporate sector in a new-build stadium would help the club raise £110m, an inquiry heard.
SELLING 10% of Everton FC’s future stadium seats to the corporate sector in a new-build stadium would help the club raise £110m, an inquiry heard.
LIVERPOOL’S new £1bn shopping development will not be significantly affected if Everton FC and Tesco’s plans go ahead in Kirkby, according to its owners.
LIVERPOOL’S new £1bn shopping development will not be significantly affected if Everton FC and Tesco’s plans go ahead in Kirkby, according to its owners.
EVERTON FC and Tesco have exaggerated how bad Kirkby is, using a “sloppy” analysis that has damaged the town’s image, it was claimed at an inquiry yesterday.
EVERTON FC and Tesco have exaggerated how bad Kirkby is, using a “sloppy” analysis that has damaged the town’s image, it was claimed at an inquiry yesterday.
Opposing sides clashed over the effect of the Kirkby development. Richard Down reports
Opposing sides clashed over the effect of the Kirkby development. Richard Down reports
EVERTON FC has lost an inquiry to build homes on its former training ground, resulting in the loss of up £10m for the club.
EVERTON FC has lost an inquiry to build homes on its former training ground, resulting in the loss of up £10m for the club.
POOR research by Knowsley Council led to the failure of a Kirkby regeneration scheme months before Everton and Tesco’s scheme was conceived, a planning inquiry heard yesterday.
POOR research by Knowsley Council led to the failure of a Kirkby regeneration scheme months before Everton and Tesco’s scheme was conceived, a planning inquiry heard yesterday.
REGIONAL planners are “broadly supportive” of Everton FC and Tesco’s plans for Kirkby, a lawyer revealed yesterday.
REGIONAL planners are “broadly supportive” of Everton FC and Tesco’s plans for Kirkby, a lawyer revealed yesterday.
EVERTON FC does not need to build a 60,000-capacity stadium, a commercial expert for Liverpool City Council told an inquiry yesterday.
EVERTON FC does not need to build a 60,000-capacity stadium, a commercial expert for Liverpool City Council told an inquiry yesterday.
THE uncertainty surrounding Everton FC and Tesco’s bid to transform Kirkby has driven investors away neighbouring towns at a cost of millions, it was claimed yesterday.
THE uncertainty surrounding Everton FC and Tesco’s bid to transform Kirkby has driven investors away neighbouring towns at a cost of millions, it was claimed yesterday.
EVERTON FC could see its stadium capacity in Kirkby slashed by 10,000 seats if it fails to hit transport targets.
EVERTON FC could see its stadium capacity in Kirkby slashed by 10,000 seats if it fails to hit transport targets.
MATCH-DAY noise at Everton FC’s proposed stadium will be as loud as a vacuum cleaner for neighbouring families in Kirkby, according to an acoustics expert.
MATCH-DAY noise at Everton FC’s proposed stadium will be as loud as a vacuum cleaner for neighbouring families in Kirkby, according to an acoustics expert.
THE inquiry into Everton FC and Tesco’s £400m bid to revolutionise Kirkby will get under way again today.
THE inquiry into Everton FC and Tesco’s £400m bid to revolutionise Kirkby will get under way again today.
THE inquiry into Everton FC and Tesco’s massive bid to revolutionise Kirkby will get underway again tomorrow.
THE inquiry into Everton FC and Tesco’s massive bid to revolutionise Kirkby will get underway again tomorrow.
A PLANNING inspector has given four economic experts three weeks to assess how the recession will hit Everton FC and Tesco’s plans for Kirkby.
A PLANNING inspector has given four economic experts three weeks to assess how the recession will hit Everton FC and Tesco’s plans for Kirkby.
A BARRISTER for Liverpool City Council yesterday branded the additional £52m that Everton FC needs to build its proposed new stadium in Kirkby as a “miracle of modern economics”.
A BARRISTER for Liverpool City Council yesterday branded the additional £52m that Everton FC needs to build its proposed new stadium in Kirkby as a “miracle of modern economics”.
WALTON MP Peter Kilfoyle dismissed Everton FC’s financial importance to his ward as “comic book economics”, a public inquiry heard yesterday.
WALTON MP Peter Kilfoyle dismissed Everton FC’s financial importance to his ward as “comic book economics”, a public inquiry heard yesterday.
EVERTON FC’s chief executive yesterday told a public inquiry the club could not afford to miss the current “window of opportunity” to build its new stadium.
EVERTON FC’s chief executive yesterday told a public inquiry the club could not afford to miss the current “window of opportunity” to build its new stadium.
EVERTON FC may not have enough money to move to Kirkby, an inquiry heard yesterday.
EVERTON FC may not have enough money to move to Kirkby, an inquiry heard yesterday.
EVERTON FC yesterday opened up a new battlefront in its campaign to relocate to Kirkby.
AN EXPERT on master-planning and design issues was grilled on the sixth day of the inquiry into the Destination Kirkby scheme.
PLANS for a new shopping centre in Merseyside will be abandoned if Tesco and Everton’s plans for Kirkby go ahead.
BUILDING Everton’s stadium in Kirkby will bring residents back into the town centre and aid regeneration, an inquiry into the scheme heard yesterday.
A PLANNING inspector has questioned whether Everton FC and Tesco’s joint £400m plans for Kirkby are based on “sound urban design principles”.
TESCO yesterday refused to guarantee the final series of phases to redevelop Kirkby’s town centre would take place.
Knowsley Council spelt out yesterday why it wants Everton and Tesco to help revive the town. Richard Down reports
OPPOSITION authorities yesterday claimed that Knowsley’s “opportunist” regeneration plans had hijacked proper planning process.
VETRIANO: This inquiry must go Everton's way if the club is to have any future at all outside a ground share with Liverpool.
KIRKBY campaigners said they were shocked at the way their town was portrayed to the planning inspector.
Everton Football Club’s plans to build a new 50,000-seat stadium are "wrong", an inquiry was told today.
ROBERT ELSTONE has warned failure of Everton to move into a new stadium will only increase the pressure on the manager to successfully wheel and deal in the transfer market.
Supporters and opponents talk to Richard Down about their hopes and fears for Everton FC and Kirkby, as a public inquiry into £400m plans to build a superstore and stadium in the town gets under wa...
WHATEVER the outcome of the planning inquiry into Everton’s new stadium, there’s only one place I think they should be considering committing their future to.
EVERTON FC has to win its case in the planning inquiry or face a slide out of the football elite, acting chief executive Robert Elstone believes.
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TESCO yesterday restated its commitment to three major regeneration schemes in the region. Speaking at the publication of the supermarket group’s half-year results, a senior company director said ...
TESCO remain satisfied that Everton have the money to part fund their bid to build a stadium and superstore in Kirkby, supermarket chiefs said last night. The confident announcement came as Ever...
EVERTON’S plan to build a 50,000-seat stadium in Kirkby will be fought using a £275,000 legal war chest. Councils from across Merseyside and Lancashire will spend the six-figure sum when the Destin...
PLANS to buy up land to help Everton FC move to Kirkby were revealed today.
KNOWSLEY’S council leader broke his silence today to say why he believes Everton’s proposed move to Kirkby is vital for the club and the town. Photo taken by Jimps123 of the Daily Post Flickr Group...
EVENING sessions are being planned for the public inquiry into Everton FC’s proposed stadium development in Kirkby.
EVERTON FC said it remained committed to relocating to Kirkby and would fight a public inquiry called into the scheme by the Government.
SEFTON council was “bounced” into opposing Everton and Tesco’s plans for a giant development in Kirkby, its leader claimed today. Cllr Tony Robertson said the lack of time given to neighbouring ...
IT IS hard to over-estimate the importance of last night’s announcement regarding the public inquiry for Kirkby.
A PUBLIC inquiry date has been set for Everton FC and Tesco's joint bid to build a stadium and superstore in Kirkby.
The government announced the public inquiry into Destination Kirkby would be held in November
THE economic downturn could be the decisive factor in scuppering the Everton/Tesco scheme in Kirkby.
A CRUCIAL report from Everton FC’s lawyers will decide whether the club should press ahead with its £400m dream move to Kirkby.
EVERTON FC’s proposed move to Kirkby was in serious jeopardy last night, after the Government called a public inquiry into the £400m scheme.
THE GOVERNMENT called a public inquiry into Everton FC’s proposed move to Kirkby because the scheme could have "significant effects" beyond its immediate locality, a letter has this morning reveale...
THE decision to call a public inquiry into Everton FC’s move to Kirkby was last night described as a “very sad decision for the club and very worrying”.
WHATEVER your opinion on the whole move to Kirkby, and your subsequent delight or dismay at the government’s decision to call the scheme in for a public enquiry, the decision raises a lot of questi...
THE Government’s decision last night to call in Everton’s Kirkby stadium plan for a public inquiry will come as a devastating blow to the football club, Knowsley council and supermarket giant Tesco...
EVERTON FC’S proposed move to Kirkby has been “called in” for an inquiry by the Government, in a move that the club has previously said could “kill off” the entire project.
THE GOVERNMENT called a public inquiry into Everton FC’s proposed move to Kirkby because the scheme could have "significant effects" beyond its immediate locality, a letter to Knowsley council reve...
EVERTON FC’S proposed move to Kirkby has been “called in” for an inquiry by the Government, in a move that the club has previously said could “kill off” the entire project. The public inquiry into ...
EVERTON fans have delivered a damning verdict of the club’s former CEO in an exclusive online survey. More than 1,100 Daily Post readers visited our website to give their views on Keith Wyness’s sh...
EVERTON FC chief executive Keith Wyness has sensationally quit his job at Goodison. A terse one-sentence statement posted on the club’s official website said simply: “Everton Football Club wishes t...
Blue watch: Grounds for concern over Everton's Kirkby proposal
MP Peter Kilfoyle, whose Walton constituency includes Goodison Park publicly threw his weight behind Everton FC’s Kirkby stadium plan - and attacked Liverpool city council for its “utter failure” ...
A CAVALCADE of a hundred vehicles brought Kirkby town centre to a standstill, as campaigners continued their protest against plans for Everton’s £400m stadium.
EVERTON FC’s plan to move to Kirkby was given planning permission yesterday, after a hearing that councillors said would be “the most significant of their political careers”
A BITTER battle broke out between two Merseyside councils over Everton FC’s plan to relocate to Kirkby. Liverpool formally objected to the £400m scheme on grounds it breaks planning policies. Knows...
KNOWSLEY Council has said it will have to go out to consultation again after Tesco made significant changes to the retail element connected to Everton FC’s new Kirkby stadium.
PLANS for Everton FC’s new stadium in Kirkby could be “killed off” if the scheme is called in for a public inquiry, says the chief executive of Knowsley
EVERTON Football Club is looking to raise more than £60m from the naming rights for its new stadium.
TESCO has agreed to slash the retail element connected to Everton FC’s new stadium in Kirkby by 25%, the Daily Post can reveal. The move appears to be a fresh attempt to create a consensus across M...
EVERTON FC chief executive Keith Wyness last night admitted he was concerned about the long-term ramifications of the club’s proposed move to Kirkby if the Government launched an inquiry.
EVERTON FC’s proposed new stadium in Kirkby was the subject of a scathing attack by the Government’s key architectural advisor. The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (Cabe) sai...
Everton FC has threatened to sue campaign group Keep Everton In Our City (KEIOC). It is focused on the assertion on KEIOC’s website that the Everton fans ballot over the stadium move last summer wa...
RADERS have branded a multi-million pound plan to regenerate Kirkby town centre as the “kiss of death” for small businesses. Proposals for Everton FC’s new stadium, a huge Tesco superstore and othe...
EVERTON FC must put the proceeds of the sale of their old training ground towards a new stadium. The Blues and developer David Wilson Homes put together plans for 74 luxury homes on their former Be...
LIBERAL Democrats will formally object to the way Knowsley council has prepared its vision for Kirkby town centre, the Daily Post can reveal. Knowsley Lib Dems leader Cllr Ian Smith believes plans ...
EVERTON and Tesco bosses last night met two MPs to persuade them to back their plans to move to Kirkby.
OPPONENTS of Everton’s plans to relocate to Kirkby are planning to oust “unsupportive” councillors at this May’s elections. Kirkby Residents Action Group (Krag) will ask residents attending a meet...
EVERTON’S proposed move to Kirkby could face official opposition from Sefton council amid fears for the borough’s town centres.
ASDA was today revealed as the big-name rival to Tesco and Everton in the battle to regenerate Kirkby town centre. The supermarket giant’s interest is part of an alternative plan to the proposed Kn...
Everton owner Bill Kenwright faced a barrage of criticism at the club’s annual general meeting tonight over the plans to leave Goodison Park and move to a new stadium in nearby Kirkby.
TESCO could be reported to the Competition Commission over its plans to link up with Everton FC for a £400m development in Kirkby.
LEON OSMAN and Tony Hibbert are poised to become the latest Everton players to commit their long term futures to Everton. Having wrapped up deals with Tim Cahill, Mikel Arteta and Andrew Johnson i...
MORE details were today released of the £400m plan that will see Everton move from Goodison Park to Kirkby town centre.
LIVERPOOL FC was ordered by city planners to consider three sites as potential locations for a new home for rivals Everton. Details of the move have been outlined in a lengthy report ahead of a spe...
KIRKBY residents held a demonstration against the building of Everton’s new 50,000-seat stadium in their town centre. The protest was a reaction to Knowsley council’s decision last week not to allo...
EVERTON fans have voted to move their club to a new stadium in Kirkby. Ballot results announced by the club this morning showed 59% voted in favour, and 41% against. That meant 15,230 supported the...
EVERTON FC said a site occupied by a cash and carry chain is not big enough for a new stadium for the club. It came after the Bestway Group released pictures of a proposed design for the Loop site,...
he Keep Everton in Our City (KEIOC) group distributed leaflets at the game against Tottenham which quoted Duncan Ferguson as saying: “Like I said at the beginning of the campaign, if you were to ta...
EVERTON FC chief executive Keith Wyness used the first match programme of the season to appeal to club supporters to back the proposed move to Kirkby. Writing in the Wigan match programme, Mr Wynes...
TWO of the alternative sites earmarked by council leader Warren Bradley as a new city home for Everton FC were ruled out a year ago by town hall chief executive Colin Hilton.
LIVERPOOL council officials yesterday launched a month-long study into the viability of a site for a new Everton FC stadium that will keep the club within the city boundaries.
EVERTON FC fans turned up in their thousands to St George’s Hall in Liverpool to view plans to keep their club within the city boundaries. The Keep Everton in Our City event appeared to show at lea...
LIVERPOOL council leader Warren Bradley was accused of insulting the people of Kirkby, as well as the fans of Everton FC, following his claim that the club’s proposed new home would be “a cow shed ...
THE people of Kirkby will be given the first opportunity to have their say on plans for the town that could include a new Everton FC stadium and giant Tesco store. A two-day consultation began with...
THE first images that show how Everton FC’s proposed new stadium in Kirkby would look were revealed today.
EVERTON FC chief executive Keith Wyness described the offer on the table for the club to move to Kirkby as the “deal of the century”. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Post, Mr Wyness urged ...
LIVERPOOL council leader Warren Bradley says has three sites within the city of Liverpool which he believes could provide a new home for Everton, as well as insisting a redevelopment of Goodison P...
EVERTON FC could sign a contract as early as September that will set in stone the move to a new home in Kirkby. The one thing standing between the club irrevocably signing on the dotted line will b...
A MERSEYSIDE grandmother launched an audacious bid to bulldoze the luxury home of Tesco supremo Sir Terry Leahy. Dot Reid, 58, will lose her home of the past 15 years if the controversial plan to m...
EVERTON FC have submitted plans for their new stadium to Knowsley Council for a new stadium in Kirkby. The proposals outline the new ground, a conference centre and a Tesco superstore on the site n...
EVERTON FC chief executive Keith Wyness confirmed the club had signed an exclusive deal over plans to build a stadium in Kirkby. Speaking after the club's AGM, he insisted the final decision about ...
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