Everton stadium plan rejected

Everton's football clubs plans for a new stadium at Kirkby have been rejected by Communities and Local Government Secretary John Denham, the club and Tesco had hoped to build a ground and a shopping complex.

Everton chief executive Robert Elstone said the club were "bitterly disappointed" but it did not mean the end of the search for a new home.

Denham felt the impact of a stadium on the chosen site "would have a harmful effect on the living conditions" of residents in a nearby street.