News · 28 May 2020
TWELVE brand new arts commissions by Culture Liverpool will show how female artists from across the world have responded creatively to the Covid-19 pandemic. In a special online legacy project, forming part of the city’s RISE season – which pays homage to extraordinary women across the globe – the brand new micro-commissions will provide a
News · 27 May 2020
Could you pick out a Poppy or spot a blooming Buttercup? Whatever the answer, if you want to see all those wildflowers and more in their stunning full-colour glory then look no further than Liverpool’s main roads and major routes this summer. It’s all part of the Liverpool Wildflower Gateways Project, which is a partnership between Liverpool City Council, the National Wildflower Centre at the Eden Project and is bringing a riot of colour to sites across the city.
News · 26 May 2020
Three city leaders have come together to talk about how Liverpool will re-emerge from lockdown. Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson, Vice Chancellor of the University of Liverpool Professor Dame Janet Beer and Chief Executive of Liverpool BID Bill Addy have spoken openly and optimistically about the future of Liverpool in the latest Mersey Waves podcast
Liverpool · 26 May 2020
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson is today announcing a new £450,000 project to help reimagine spaces in Liverpool in an outdoor European style. Working with Liverpool BID Company – which supports 1,500 businesses in the city centre – and the Chamber of Commerce, as well as with a collection of creatives and designers, the fund
Covid-19 · 22 May 2020
Mayor Joe Anderson is welcoming news that Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has begun recruiting frontline health and social care workers to take part in a COVID-19 vaccine trial. Due to the expertise of LSTM’s Respiratory Clinical Research Group, and working in collaboration with the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), the Liverpool University Hospitals
News · 21 May 2020
Liverpool has just become cleaner and greener thanks to the installation of a ‘living greenwall’ on the exterior of St Johns Shopping Centre. Spanning 65 metres in length, the living green wall is one of the longest in the UK and hasbeen installed as part of a project which seeks to increase green space in
Covid-19 · 21 May 2020
Public health officials in Liverpool are advising smokers to quit to reduce the risks of severe symptoms if they get COVID-19. They are joining calls from the Chief Medical Officer and Public Health England with the message: there has never been a more important time for local smokers to quit, to protect themselves and others.
News · 20 May 2020
Liverpool’s large-item household waste collection service will re-start on Tuesday 26 May after being suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak.
News · 19 May 2020
The operator of Liverpool’s 30 James Street Hotel has today been ordered to pay a £60,000 penalty after pleading guilty to four breaches of food safety and hygiene regulations in Liverpool Crown Court. A £34,000 fine (plus £26,877 in costs) results from inspections made in March and September 2018 by Liverpool City Council’s environmental health team,
Community · 19 May 2020
Liverpool’s most famous ship has been given a stunning multi-coloured makeover as a special salute to all those heroic key-workers who are helping the city through the coronavirus outbreak.
News · 19 May 2020
The ACC Liverpool event campus is currently being used as a logistical distribution hub, supporting Liverpool City Council’s efforts to ensure the most vulnerable people within the city are supported during the coronavirus outbreak. The operation is being led by the local authority in the city and is expected to continue for the duration of
News · 19 May 2020
National government has asked child care providers including childminders to begin to welcome children back from the 1st June 2020. Each child care provider will need to individually determine when their setting should re-open or, where a setting is already open, how the setting should incrementally increases the number of children attending. Any decision needs to
News · 18 May 2020
A major new specialist cancer hospital is set to open in Liverpool on 27th June to play a vital role in the second phase of the NHS response to coronavirus (COVID-19) by providing dedicated capacity for cancer care.
Covid-19 · 15 May 2020
Liverpool has joined other local authorities in Merseyside to call for members of the public to remain vigilant and continue to stay home as much as possible, in light of national changes to the UK’s Coronavirus response. The move comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an easing of the UK lockdown, due to the
Education · 15 May 2020
Schools in Liverpool will only be open to the pupils of key workers and vulnerable children from the start of June. Director of Children and Young People’s Services, Steve Reddy, is today writing to parents via schools to tell them that the council does not expect schools to reopen to any other year groups at
Video · 14 May 2020
We asked you to submit questions for Mayor Anderson – you submitted questions on a variety of different topics ranging from schools, cycling routes and transport.
Health · 14 May 2020
People in Liverpool are being advised to follow new government guidance in relation to wearing face coverings in enclosed public spaces to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. New advice published this week by the government recommends the public consider wearing face coverings in shops, on Merseyrail trains and on buses to help reduce the
Education · 13 May 2020
Mayor Joe Anderson is “minded to resist” plans to reopen primary schools to some year groups due to safety concerns from parents and teaching unions. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced last Sunday that the government was looking at a phased return from 1 June, with reception, year one and year six pupils going back first,
News · 13 May 2020
Everton in the Community is pleased to confirm that it has successfully been awarded planning permission from Liverpool City Council for its proposed mental health facility, The People’s Place. The purpose-built facility will be built on the strip of land next to The People’s Hub on Spellow Lane and will provide tailored support to promote
News · 13 May 2020
The latest Mersey Waves podcast gives you the inside story from those on the frontline, fighting Covid-19. We hear from two nurses who have been caring for coronavirus patients as the pandemic reached Liverpool and the dark, difficult days that followed. We hear first-hand testimony what it’s like to juggle lifesaving treatment, parenting, home schooling,
