News · 6 November 2024
Live audience podcasts, curated Q&A sessions and artistic performances will spotlight Liverpool’s ambitions to become the most sustainable city for film, TV and music – on the planet! On Friday 29 and Saturday 30 November, a special two-day event, Expedition One, will take place at Exhibition Centre Liverpool which will officially launch Liverpool’s UN Accelerator
News · 5 November 2024
Public Health chiefs in Liverpool have welcomed the introduction of a new bill in Parliament which is set to ban disposable vapes and the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2009. Liverpool has an estimated 51,000 smokers, and smoking is the biggest cause of death in the city. The City recently launched a tobacco
News · 5 November 2024
Liverpool City Council’s annual Remembrance Service of will take place on Sunday, 10 November, on the plateau at St George’s Hall. Thousands are expected to gather on Lime Street to commemorate the event, themed “The 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Normandy Landings and the Battle of Arnhem.” The Band of The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
A well-run council · 5 November 2024
Liverpool City Council is set to take full control of essential environmental services including waste collection, street cleansing and parks maintenance.
News · 4 November 2024
Liverpool City Council is set to phase in camera enforcement at six further locations around primary schools to improve safety and boost air quality. Known as School Streets, this project involves introducing a range of measures on roads close to schools that will reduce or calm motorised traffic, aiming to not only keep children, parents
News · 30 October 2024
Shoppers will be spoilt for choice this festive season as Liverpool welcomes some brand new markets, as well as the return of some old favourites, in the run up to Christmas. Liverpool City Council’s Markets team have been busy elves working behind the scenes to schedule a brand new offer to meet the Christmas demand.
News · 29 October 2024
Following a trade and investment mission to the United States, Liverpool’s Head of UNESCO City of Music, Kevin McManus spent some time in New York looking at ways in which to boost music tourism to Liverpool. He writes about how the trip explored how more meaningful links can be developed between the two great music
A well-run council · 28 October 2024
During National Care Leavers Week (28 October – 3 November), the Council is proudly recognising the achievements of care-experienced young people with a week that promises a mix of enriching activities designed to uplift and empower care leavers. These activities include: We encourage care leavers from across the city to get involved. Find out more
News · 25 October 2024
The British Music Experience (BME), UK’s Museum of Popular Music in Liverpool is putting Ian Curtis’ Vox Phantom VI Special guitar on display to celebrate the enormous contribution of both Curtis and Joy Division to the history of British music. Bought in September of 1979 by Joy Division’s manager, Rob Gretton, this Phantom Vox was
A well-run council · 24 October 2024
With just under a week to go until the Chancellor’s first budget, Council Leader Liam Robinson, explains why Liverpool City Council continues to manage our finances in a sound and prudent way. You’d have to have been living under a rock for the last three months not to know that the mood music coming from
News · 23 October 2024
The Pandemic Institute, a world leading facility committed to helping the world prevent, prepare, and respond more effectively to pandemics, celebrates three years of vital work to keep the public safe.
News · 22 October 2024
Liverpool City Council is continuing discussions with the City of Liverpool Football Club about finding a new location to meet their aspirations of building a community stadium.
Blog · 22 October 2024
Key representatives from the Liverpool City Region are currently on a trade mission to the United States. Liverpool City Council Leader, Cllr Liam Robinson, outlines why the visit is vital for the city’s future economic success... One of Liverpool’s key strengths is that, thanks to our maritime, music and sporting heritage, we are known around
News · 21 October 2024
A band new online learning hub – All Together Inspired – has been launched to support Cheshire and Merseyside’s public, private and third sectors to learn more about the social determinants of health and reduce health inequalities. The social (or wider) determinants of health refer to the social, cultural, political, economic, commercial and environmental factors
News · 21 October 2024
There’s no such thing as a ‘normal’ family, according to 66 per cent of people in North West England as National Adoption Week starts which will this year explore the adoption journey through modern families. The survey by You Can Adopt has also revealed that the vast majority of the public – 88 per cent
Thriving communities · 17 October 2024
Liverpool will host a major conference tomorrow (Friday, 18 October) that will explore the reasons that led to the riots following the fatal stabbings in Southport in August.
News · 17 October 2024
Friday 18th October marks World Menopause Awareness Day. This year, the aim is to raise awareness of Hormone Replacement therapy (HRT) and to highlight where people can go to get support and discuss options. Menopause is a natural process which is when periods stop due to lower hormone levels. The perimenopause is when there
Blog · 17 October 2024
Liverpool City Council’s Culture Liverpool team have joined forces with the arts organisation Metal to push the boundaries of mass, cultural participation events. Metal’s Director Jenny Porter tells us more. Picton Play is a programme of resident engagement that focuses on communities in Toxteth, Wavertree, the Smithdown Road area, Edge Hill and Kensington. The programme
News · 16 October 2024
Calling Liverpool’s guitarists! Can you help set a record at St George’s Hall in December? The Big Guitar-In is ready to strike a chord for the third consecutive year and organisers hope they can tempt more than 600 musicians into the Great Hall on 3 December for an extraordinary evening of music, community spirit, and
News · 15 October 2024
Liverpool has been a home to numerous markets since the Middle Ages and 2024 has shown us they are more popular than ever. Here Michael Bracken, Liverpool City Council’s Head of Markets, reflects on why markets are special places for scousers… In Liverpool, markets are more than just places to shop. They have always been
