Category: Local

Leaders from 11 major cities in the UK have sent a letter to the new Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, outlining how big cities can help drive economic growth and become central to the success of the government’s missions, according to a report from The Business Desk. Led by Liverpool’s City Council Leader, Cllr Liam… Continue reading Liverpool joins other big cities in writing to new Prime Minister over economic growth

The Health Security Agency in the United Kingdom has announced that two young children who attended Millstead primary school in Liverpool have died. The children, who were five and six years old, both attended the school that provides specialized educational services to students with special needs. Symptoms of the illness that led to their death… Continue reading Two children from same Liverpool primary school die

Liverpool City Council has launched a public consultation on the city’s housing plans. The council has set a vision for 2030 and aims to support 2,000 new houses a year, reduce the number of empty homes, and tackle homelessness through their new draft housing strategy. This will shape a £1+ billion building program for the… Continue reading Consultation launched on housing vision to 2030

Liverpool City Council’s Leader, Cllr Liam Robinson, has recently sent a letter to the new Local Government Secretary, Angela Rayner MP, updating them on the Council’s journey of improvement and outlining their ambitions for the city. The Government intervention at Liverpool City Council was concluded in June 2024, as the Commissioners found that the Council… Continue reading Council Leader updates new Local Government Secretary on city’s ambitions

Liverpool City Council is planning a renewed approach to tackling litter, fly-tipping and related anti-social behaviour. A report to next week’s Council’s Cabinet suggests three significant changes, designed to increase environmental standards across the UK city. The three recommendations follow feedback from the Council’s residents’ survey, which called for greater action against fly-tipping and litter.… Continue reading Liverpool set to establish taskforce to get tough on littering

Liverpool City Council has started the process of transforming two pop-up cycle lanes in the city into permanent active travel routes. The project involves the upgrade of the Crown Street pop-up lane, as well as the construction of a new cycle lane along Catharine Street, which will link up with the award-winning segregated lanes on Princes Avenue. The… Continue reading Pop-up cycle lanes to be made permanent

Liverpool City Council’s leader has issued an open letter to the newfound Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, expressing the council’s willingness to support the government’s mission for growth and change. The council has emphasized the city’s potential in the innovation of health and life sciences, the development of the north of the city, the innovation… Continue reading Liverpool’s message to the new Government: We stand ready to help you deliver

The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool has temporarily removed John Gibson’s 19th-century Tinted Venus from its sculpture gallery, replacing it with Zak Ové’s Lost Soul IV, a black child playing in a costume. The removal of the marble statue is part of a community-led project that explores the gallery’s relationship with slavery, colonialism, and empire.… Continue reading ‘We want to ruffle a few feathers’: Liverpool gallery confronts colonial past

Lifestyles Peter Lloyd, a community center that had been shut due to essential repairs, will reopen its doors next week following a £2.2million refurbishment. Existing and potential members are invited to take a look at some of the revamped areas and meet the team on Monday and Tuesday. From Wednesday, members will have access to… Continue reading Lifestyles Peter Lloyd reopens its doors

An inquest has heard that Jessica Baker, a 15-year-old schoolgirl, who died when her school bus crashed on a motorway, was one of the few passengers wearing a seatbelt. She was dressed for a morning PE class at West Kirby grammar school in Wirral, Merseyside, when the coach crashed on the northbound M53 just after… Continue reading Girl who died in Wirral school bus crash was wearing seatbelt, inquest hears