charity launches the UK’s first centre for literature and wellbeing in Liverpool city park Pioneering space aims to start a national conversation about the impact of literature and the arts on health and society Includes new exhibition centre, The Calderstones Story, which tells the 5,000-year history of life in Liverpool As part of this, the … Read more
Austin Rawlinson Lifestyles Centre in Speke will reopen next week following £250,000 of urgent works. The sports hall and gym will open its doors on Monday 16 September, and the swimming pool will be available to customers from Tuesday 17 September. It follows a three-month renewal programme after surveys identified issues with: • Electric distribution … Read more
A major road in Liverpool city centre is closing this weekend as work continues on the removal of the footbridges under the flawed Churchill Way flyovers.
A scheme devised to support vulnerable families over the summer holidays has provided up to 30,000 meals for children in need.
Anthologies of poems written to mark Holocaust Memorial Day earlier this year are to be presented to libraries in Liverpool and Wirral. They are comprised of 63 entries to ‘Holocaust Memorial Day 2019’, the theme for which was Torn from Home, marking the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. There will also be presentations to … Read more
Liverpool City Council’s Licensing Team is preparing to take centre stage as the host of a major taxi and private hire trade awareness day which will bring some of the trade’s biggest players to the city. On Tuesday 17 September, drivers, industry experts, vehicle manufacturers and licensing officers will converge on the Liverpool Community Transport … Read more
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson is calling on the Government to increase welfare payments by 20% to help people in poverty continue to afford to buy food in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Mayor Anderson said: “We are hurtling towards a no-deal Brexit and a real risk of a crisis facing the availability and … Read more
Are you a new business owner? Do you have a unique product to sell? Do you want to reach new customers in a city-centre location? If so, Liverpool City Council wants to hear from you! A new pitch for street traders has become available at Waterloo Place (on Hanover Street at the bottom of Bold … Read more
Join three music industry experts as they discuss if Liverpool is too much of a Beatles city. We find out what the impact of fab four have been on the industry today, who the up and coming talent is to keep a look out for and we debate if Liverpool will once again be the … Read more
Communities across Liverpool are being given the chance to take control of their future thanks to a new £1m city council improvement fund.
Join the arrival of ‘ARC Gloria’ with a show full of color and music at 18:15hrs on Friday, August 30th when she sails into Liverpool and docks at the Cruise Terminal. She will be welcomed by the Ambassador of Colombia to the UK, HE Mr. Antonio José Ardila. ‘ARC Gloria’ will be open to the public … Read more
A special exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark (OMD) will take centre stage at Liverpool’s British Music Experience (BME) in October. In tribute to the legacy of the Wirral synth-pop pioneers who sold an impressive 25million singles and 15million albums, the showcase will open to the public from Friday 11 … Read more
Liverpool is marking Merchant Navy Day on Sunday 1 September with a special service and wreath laying. The day is the annual celebration of the British Merchant Navy, to celebrate and raise awareness of past, present and future Mechant Navy seafarers, as well as remembering the 36,000 who died at sea during World War Two. … Read more
A special service remembering those who have lost their lives in road collisions is to take place on the 22nd anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. RoadPeace North West is inviting those who have lost loved ones or have been injured in a road crash themselves, to attend a service at Liverpool … Read more
Written by Leila Jones on behalf of TransPennine Express. Liverpool is known for its culture. Whether it’s music, football or even a hybrid between a lamb and a banana sculpture, it’s all welcome. Street art is no exception, and Liverpool might just be the only place where you can see John Lennon, Mo Salah and … Read more
Fusion Presents and Fusion Festival are taking place in Sefton Park, between Friday 30th August and Sunday 1st September 2019. The Festival operating hours are between 2pm and 10:15pm on Friday 30th September and 2pm and 10pm on Saturday 31st August and Sunday 1st September. With the event taking place, road closures will be enforced … Read more
We’re ready to start a new term, shaping the future of the city’s adult learners.For courses starting from Monday 16th September, come to one of our enrolment open days or evenings: Tuesday 10th September: Park Road Adult Learning Centre, 10am-8pm Wednesday 11th September: Calderstones Adult Learning Centre, 6pm-8pm Thursday 12th September: Newsham Adult Learning Centre, 10am-8pm Friday 13th … Read more
Provisional data shows that students in Liverpool have performed well in their GCSEs. Information supplied by secondary schools in the city shows that in both the Attainment 8 and Progress 8 measures, that look at achievement across the wider school curriculum, Liverpool has improved on both. The combined English and maths scores for pupils getting … Read more
EU CITIZENS who need help to complete their applications to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) can now get support from organisations in Liverpool. Liverpool Citizens Advice and Migrant Help have both secured Home Office funding to offer guidance to hard-to-reach or vulnerable EU citizens and citizens of Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland who need help … Read more
INFORMATION events for people to find out more about the removal of the Churchill Way flyovers in Liverpool are being held this month. Contractors for Liverpool City Council have devised a dismantling process which will see the half-century old structures come down in sections up to 25 metres in length starting on 2 September, with … Read more