Health · 11 August 2020
Liverpool City Council is conducting a public consultation over its proposals to introduce a new landlord licensing scheme – known under legislation as ‘Selective Licensing’. Different proposals are being consulted on covering up to 16 (out of 30) council wards. If approved by the Government, the preferred scheme is expected to start in June 2021
News · 10 August 2020
A health and wellbeing social enterprise is donating park benches across several boroughs in the Liverpool City Region and it wants members of the public to choose where these benches should be located. The project is called ‘Peoples Park Benches’ and forms part of the organisations 15th birthday celebrations this month. A bench will be
News · 10 August 2020
THREE community libraries in Liverpool will be reopening from today, Monday 10 August. After the successful reopening of Central Library on 13 July, three further libraries will be opening their doors to the public once again: Norris Green Library, Townsend Avenue, L11 5AF Open Monday, Tuesday and Friday – 10am-3pm Spellow Library, County Road, L4
News · 7 August 2020
Directors of Public Health across the region are urging people to ensure they use face coverings in shops, takeaways and public transport, avoid crowds and keep to social distancing of 2 metres. The plea from Directors of Public Health, who are now leading the local response to Covid-19 outbreaks, comes as cases are increasing in
News · 6 August 2020
Liverpool City Council and its partners continue to take proactive community-focused steps to control the increase in positive Covid-19 cases in the city. Testing facilities are now available in the community: PAL Multicultural Centre: 68A Mulgrave St, L8 2TF, 10am-4pm There is no need to pre-book an appointment for these two centres. Learn more about
News · 6 August 2020
SHHH! There are lots of bears coming to Liverpool and Liverpool City Council is looking for places to hide them! As part of the city’s Year of Reading, Liverpool City Council and its #LiverpoolReads partners have teamed up with publishers Walker Books to set up a Bear Hunt, inspired by the children’s classic We’re Going
News · 5 August 2020
A new helpline has been launched to support people in Liverpool who need to self-isolate during the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Covid Isolation Advice Line has been created to help people who need to self-isolate to find support to stay at home. Nationally, the Government has advised that shielding ended on 1
News · 4 August 2020
A scrutiny panel for Liverpool City Council has outlined a national blueprint to strengthen regulations for development schemes with a bid for a good practice pilot to be launched in the city.
News · 4 August 2020
LIVERPOOL City Council and its partners continue to take proactive community-focused steps to control the increase in positive Covid-19 cases in the city. There has been a significant increase in confirmed cases in Liverpool. Thirty-seven cases were confirmed from 20-27 July, with 71 cases confirmed from 28 July–3 August. The confirmed cases continue to be
News · 3 August 2020
The latest number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Liverpool is 68 with the largest number of confirmed cases is Princes Park (18 cases), followed by Picton ward (9 cases), then Greenbank and Wavertree wards (6 cases).
News · 3 August 2020
CONSULTATION gets under way today on a comprehensive landlord licensing scheme which would cover around 80 per cent of privately rented properties in Liverpool. In January, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick turned down an application to keep the citywide scheme going from April 2020, claiming the council did not provide robust evidence to show low housing
News · 31 July 2020
Liverpool's goal to be the Hollywood of the North has taken a major step forward with a £17 million funding boost for Littlewoods Studios.
Community · 31 July 2020
Additional measures have been put in place in the Princes Park area of Liverpool following a rise in COVID-19 cases. The advice relating to care homes now applies to residents living in Greenbank and Picton wards – please see below for more detail. Here we answer some of the questions you may have. Why have
Covid-19 · 31 July 2020
Public Health officials in Liverpool have unveiled a plan to deal with an increase in confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Princes Park area of the city. 31st July 2020 The ‘enhanced outbreak control action plan’ is designed to rapidly control the spread of the virus, protect vulnerable communities and the elderly in the area,
News · 31 July 2020
THREE of Liverpool’s leisure centres are getting ready to open their doors to welcome members back following the coronavirus lockdown.
News · 30 July 2020
The Liverpool 5G team is building on its previous success by bringing an extra £4.3m into the city to support vital health and social care technologies as part of a £7.2m project. The team behind the Liverpool 5G Health and Social Care project has won a UK-wide competition 5G Create, run by the Department for
Health · 30 July 2020
There has been a small increase in coronavirus cases in the Princes Park area among all age groups. Advice is now being given to people living in the area about reducing the risks of spreading the illness. Director of Public Health, Matt Ashton, said: “You, your family and friends may feel fine but without realising
News · 30 July 2020
Restaurants, cafes and bars in the city centre can now cater for a further 2,723 covers thanks to the Liverpool Without Walls programme. In what is believed to be the first project of its kind in the country, Liverpool City Council launched a £450,000 fund in June to help local small to medium sized businesses
Community · 29 July 2020
Liverpool City Council and its partners have set out a vision to create a fair city for everyone by taking a stand against hate crime. This week Liverpool’s Citysafe partnership launches its Hate Crime Strategy 2020-2023, which sets out how partners including the council, police, health service, voluntary sector, the business community and more will
News · 29 July 2020
Liverpool City Council has announced today (29 July) it will be unable to host a rescheduled Special Olympics GB National Summer Games in 2022. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the decision to postpone the 2021 games was made in late May, but having explored all the options for the Games to take place in Liverpool
