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Road users traveling around Great Howard Street are advised to plan for extra travel time due to urgent repair work currently underway. Scottish Power is addressing a significant cable fault that has necessitated a complete closure of the northbound lane on Great Howard Street, stretching from the Paisley Street vicinity to Walter Street. These emergency… Continue reading Travel update around Great Howard Street

Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet convened at Town Hall on the evening of 16 September, addressing a diverse agenda that included efforts to combat child poverty and plans concerning the city’s waterfront development. The session began with the Council Leader highlighting recent positive developments for Liverpool. Notably, Queen Camilla paid a visit to Spellow Library, where… Continue reading Cabinet backs £1.1m child poverty fund and gives green light to North Docks regeneration plan

Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet has approved a new support initiative worth £1.1 million, designed to assist thousands of families across the city with issues related to benefits, debt, housing, and day-to-day living expenses. This four-year programme aims to deliver free, independent advice through specially trained Citizens Advice Liverpool advisers who will be based in Family… Continue reading New programme will make it easier for Liverpool families to get financial help

Next year marks the 35th anniversary of the UK’s largest festival celebrating African and Caribbean music and culture, Africa Oyé, with earlybird tickets now available for the event scheduled on 19 and 20 June 2027 in Liverpool. This landmark festival, often hailed as the standout among Liverpool’s vibrant festival scene, returned triumphantly to Sefton Park… Continue reading Africa Oyé 2027 dates announced and earlybird festival tickets released

Liverpool City Council is partnering with the Queen Elizabeth Trust in a significant new initiative at Croxteth Country Park. This collaboration aims to build on the Council’s ongoing efforts to enhance the park, unlocking its full potential for local residents and future generations. Together, they plan to deliver improvements that foster greater community engagement and… Continue reading Croxteth Country Park to benefit from £2 million investment

Tickets for the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships 2027 (WBEURO27) are now available, offering access to what promises to be a major event in the world of wheelchair basketball. From September 11 to 19, 2027, the M&S Bank Arena will host Europe’s top wheelchair basketball teams. This marks the first occasion since 2015 that the… Continue reading Tickets now on sale for IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships 2027 in Liverpool

Liverpool City Council is preparing to support young people eager to take their first steps toward employment through the upcoming Youth Trailblazer event. This government-supported initiative has already aided more than 700 individuals aged 18 to 21 by providing access to pre-employment support services and job placements. Now, a new chance is available for interested… Continue reading Sign up to take Your Next Steps into employment

The focus of the third week of Liverpool Recovery Month will be on families, carers, children, and young people. This week aims to emphasize the ways in which recovery can reinforce family bonds and nurture meaningful relationships. It will also celebrate the significant contributions that close family members, peer support networks, and local communities make… Continue reading Liverpool Recovery Month celebrates families, connection and community 

The content you provided discusses a 1750 act of the British Parliament that formally established the enslavement and trafficking of African people as official state policy. The act ended the Royal African Company’s monopoly and institutionalized free trade in the transatlantic slave trade, explicitly acknowledging the trade as “very advantageous to Great Britain” and necessary… Continue reading Monarchs, MPs and merchants: the register laying bare Britain’s slave-trading past

After three years of in-depth investigation, a group of historians has produced the Register of British Slave Traders, cataloging every known individual who invested in Britain’s slave trading operations over nearly 250 years, spanning from the 16th to the 19th centuries. This extensive work delivers detailed profiles and biographical information on thousands of financiers who… Continue reading What is the Register of British Slave Traders and who does it identify?