Tag: Local News

Liverpool City Council will be taking back the lease for Colomendy Outdoor Activity Centre after the current leaseholder, Kingswood Colomendy Ltd, and its parent company, Inspiring Learning Ltd, both went into administration earlier this month. Kingswood Colomendy Ltd had been granted a 30-year lease for the North Wales site in 2007. The centre, which is… Continue reading Statement on Colomendy Outdoor Activity Centre

The bishop of Liverpool has been accused of sexual assault and harassment by two women, according to Channel 4 News. John Perumbalath has denied the allegations, which date back to 2023. He claims that the police investigated the allegations but took no further action. This is not the first allegation of this kind to emerge… Continue reading Bishop of Liverpool accused of sexual assault and harassment

After spending over 50 years as a youth worker, Bill Cox has passed away at the age of 83. A founder member of the Federation for Detached Youth Work, Cox became an MBE recipient in 2014 for his outstanding contributions to the field. Cox worked as a detached youth worker with the Merseyside Youth Association… Continue reading Bill Cox obituary

Next week, those searching for employment opportunities in Liverpool are being encouraged to attend the Liverpool City Council’s Job Fair. The event is taking place on Monday 10th February at Central Library where numerous employers will be present and looking to hire right away. In coordination with INGEUS and Liverpool in Work, job seekers can… Continue reading All the fun of the Job Fair at Central Library

Liverpool City Council is to take further action against fly-tipping and littering by hiring an external partner for additional enforcement. Responding to feedback from surveys that showed residents wanted action against illegal waste, the council provisionally interviewed various suppliers last December and invited open applications. The contract award is scheduled for March, with the winning… Continue reading Liverpool City Council cracking down on illegally dumped waste 

Liverpool City Council has commissioned a team of placemaking experts, led by Levitt Bernstein and featuring Arup, Montagu Evans, and Turner Works, to develop a plan for the revitalisation of the previously neglected 75-acre zone, Pumpfields, on the northern edge of Liverpool city centre. The goal of the project will be to create an ambitious… Continue reading Placemaking team appointed to masterplan revival of key Liverpool community

Liverpool will be hosting the British Chess Championships in the summer of 2025 alongside a wider chess festival that aims to provide the event with the strongest line-up in its 121-year history. From July 31 to August 10, the top chess players in Britain will descend upon Liverpool as the English Chess Federation’s most important… Continue reading Liverpool to host British Chess Championships

Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter (KQ) has revealed a new “Blueprint for Growth” that will help to supercharge the city’s knowledge sector and create more than a million sq ft of new laboratory and workspace over the next 15 years. KQ Liverpool’s 2040 vision has three core principles: to Convene and Collaborate, Amplify and Attract, Invent and… Continue reading Vision to supercharge city’s knowledge sector announced

Liverpool is embarking on an ambitious project that aims to highlight the city’s infamous role in transatlantic slavery by transforming the Albert Dock Traffic Office into a new entrance pavilion for the International Slavery Museum (ISM). The renovation of the historic structure is just one feature of a £58m project that will delve deeply into… Continue reading Liverpool to put role in slavery in spotlight in £58m waterfront project

Pass the Parcel, the full-length debut of playwright Sarah Whitehead, centers around the story of three sisters. The play is set in Liverpool, in the aftermath of their mother’s death. However, despite this tragic event, the focus of the play is towards the sisters’ reckoning and healing. Pain leads them to reflect, bicker, and dig… Continue reading Pass the Parcel review – witty reckoning with a mother’s death