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Arts & Events · 25 September 2019

New-look festival lights up Liverpool

A light festival and extraordinary fireworks – a new-look River of Light is back for 2019, bigger and better than ever! From Friday 1 to Saturday 9 November the Liverpool waterfront will be transformed with light, colour and sound as ten incredible art commissions by some of the most exciting international light artists will be on

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Podcast · 24 September 2019

Libraries – Are they on ‘borrowed’ time?

We’re talking about libraries – an emotive subject which sees fiercely protective instincts kick-in when the words ‘budget cuts’ and ‘libraries’ are used in the same sentence. We’re living in a time when the tide of austerity has not turned.  This means we need to think differently about libraries and the service they offer to

Development · 24 September 2019

Elliot Group completes restoration of listed Georgian terrace

Developer Elliot Group has completed the refurbishment of a listed Georgian terrace in Liverpool’s Canning neighbourhood following a blueprint agreed with Liverpool City Council. The nine properties, which form an L-shape along Percy Street and Upper Parliament Street, had remained empty since 2008 when they were last occupied as bedsits. After an open-market bidding process

Care · 19 September 2019

Liverpool Dementia Information Day

People living with dementia and their carers can find out more about the condition and the support services available at next week’s Liverpool Dementia Information Day. Organised as part of World Alzheimer’s Month, the free event, on Wednesday 25 September, will see a packed programme of speakers at the Conference Centre at LACE, as well

News · 18 September 2019

Lifesaving defibrillators to be legacy to grassroots football legend

EVERY local authority football pavilion across Liverpool now has a life-saving defibrillator installed – as a legacy to a grassroots football legend. John Cantwell, 69, died in February 2018 while watching his son play football on the Joe Stone playing fields in Fazakerley. The dad-of-two, from Walton, began managing amateur football teams alongside his wife

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Finance · 13 September 2019

Councillors work together to tackle “worst crisis since WW2”

Politicians of all parties on Liverpool City Council are uniting next week to call for urgent Government action to tackle the authority’s “perilous financial situation”. A special budget-themed meeting of all 90 elected members is being held at Liverpool Town Hall at 5pm on Wednesday 18 September to discuss an estimated £57.6 million gap in

News · 13 September 2019

Reading changes lives

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

News · 11 September 2019

Austin Rawlinson Lifestyles to reopen following urgent works

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

Holocaust Memorial Day

Community · 10 September 2019

Holocaust Memorial poems preserved in anthologies

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

Transport · 9 September 2019

Liverpool gears up for major cab and taxi conference

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

Business · 4 September 2019

Become flushed with success on Waterloo Place

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

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Podcast · 3 September 2019

Is the Liverpool music scene too Beatles – centric?

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

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