News · 20 June 2023
Directors of Public Health in Cheshire and Merseyside’s nine local council areas – including Liverpool – have issued a statement expressing their concern about the increase of the use of vapes in the subregion.
Care · 20 June 2023
Adoption in Merseyside is looking to find adopters for children who wait the longest for families.
News · 19 June 2023
A public consultation is being launched today (Monday, 19 June) on a major new active travel route in the city.
News · 16 June 2023
CRUISE Liverpool is embarking on an exciting new journey – helping young people across Merseyside feel inspired and optimistic about their future. A series of partnership deals with local schools and voluntary organisations is helping to open the eyes of school children, as well as young adults with learning disabilities, to job opportunities in the
Community Safety · 16 June 2023
New figures reveal that since launching two years ago, Project ADDER has supported thousands of disruptions against criminal gangs selling drugs in England and Wales and helped thousands of people into drug treatment, including in Liverpool.
News · 15 June 2023
The second series of Jimmy McGovern’s multi-award-winning hit drama Time has received investment from Liverpool Film Office through the Liverpool City Region (LCR) Production Fund. The announcement follows the BBC’s release of first-look image of Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who, Broadchurch), Tamara Lawrance (The Silent Twins, The Long Song) and Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us,
Community · 14 June 2023
Liverpool City Council is looking for people to become hosts for displaced Ukrainians who have fled the country following the Russian invasion.
News · 13 June 2023
St George’s Hall has chord-ially invited 600 guitarists to play together in one of the biggest musical performances ever to take place in the venue.
News · 13 June 2023
The Makers Market is bringing a pop-up artisan market at Croxteth Hall and Country Park on Sunday 25 of June 2023.
News · 13 June 2023
After the record-breaking success of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, hosted by the UK city of Liverpool, on behalf of last year’s winners, Ukraine, a new one-day event, Modern Music Cities (A Eurovision Legacy Conference), has been announced. On Friday 14 July, this seminal event will ask what contemporary music cities look like presently and need
News · 13 June 2023
This week is Loneliness Awareness Week. Advanced Public Health Practitioner Jayne Cook reflects on how loneliness can affect anyone and looks at some of the organisations which work in Liverpool to bring people together. Loneliness affects all of us at one point or another, it’s a difficult feeling and often complex to unpack. Some of
News · 12 June 2023
The team which helped bring one of the biggest ever music events to Liverpool is to receive an inaugural music award. On Wednesday (14 June) the Eurovision Song Contest host broadcaster, the BBC, and event owners the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will be awarded the first ever Liverpool UNESCO City of Music Award – an
News · 12 June 2023
LIVERPOOL City Council has today launched a consultation to create a “new” primary school. In partnership with the Catholic Archdiocese, the council is asking for feedback on proposals to amalgamate St Cecilia’s Catholic Infant School and St Cecilia’s Catholic Junior School, both in Tuebrook, which, if approved, would come into effect from 1 January 2024.
Best Value · 9 June 2023
With news that the Epstein Theatre is to close, here's some questions which should help explain the situation.
News · 8 June 2023
LIVERPOOL City Council is set to welcome a new Corporate Director for Children and Young People’s Services. Jenny Turnross has this week been appointed and will come to Liverpool from Birmingham Children’s Trust where she is currently Director of Practice and has been in post since 2018. She will start work in Liverpool in August.
News · 8 June 2023
Liverpool will mark Armed Forces Week with a series of events, culminating in a special service and the exhibiting of a quilt made by war widows.
News · 7 June 2023
PEOPLE in Liverpool are invited to come together on 18 June to mark Father’s Day at Anfield Crematorium. A service of remembrance will be held at 1pm in Anfield Chapel, delivered in partnership with the Good Funeral Company. The chapel will be open from noon-2pm for people who would like to take a quiet moment
News · 6 June 2023
Two volunteers who care for Liverpool Naval Memorial and war heroes’ graves have received a prestigious award from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC).
News · 5 June 2023
Liverpool City Council is committed to reducing our environmental impact and becoming a Net Zero Carbon city by 2030, so it’s vital that we all play our part in protecting the local environment and encouraging greater biodiversity. To help and support nature, the environment and increase biodiversity, the Council is in the process of modernising
News · 1 June 2023
A landmark new consultation on the future of bus services in the Liverpool City Region has stepped up a gear with the start of a calendar of in-person events.
