News · 12 January 2024
Plans are under way to stage Liverpool’s biggest-ever Lunar New Year celebrations, not only to welcome in the Year of the Dragon, but also to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the city’s twinning with Shanghai. Taking place from Friday 9 to Sunday 11 February, for the first time the FREE activities will not only take
News · 11 January 2024
Artists, presenters and sporting legends including Rebecca Ferguson, Heather Small, John Barnes and Peter Ried are set to join Mayors Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham for their charity ‘DJ Battle’ in Liverpool next month. This follows their epic encounter last year in Manchester when both claimed victory. The pair will be taking to the decks
News · 9 January 2024
Liverpool has officially expressed an interest in hosting the Gay Games in 2030. The Federation of Gay Games (FGG) has announced the results of the first phase of bidding for Gay Games XIII. A total of 25 cities across six continents expressed an interest in bidding by submitting an official response to the FGG’s Request
News · 21 December 2023
Liverpool City Council’s Film Office has had its busiest year to date with a whopping 301 film and TV productions choosing the Liverpool City Region as the place to shoot their stories for the screen. In a report looking back at this showstopping year, the Film Office has: In the last year, the city region
Thriving communities · 18 December 2023
The first six emergency ‘bleeding control cabinets’ have been installed in Liverpool city centre in an attempt to save lives.
Thriving communities · 1 December 2023
Liverpool City Council is launching a taskforce to go after rogue landlords involved in criminality who exploit vulnerable tenants.
News · 27 November 2023
Merseyside Police and partners’ intensified efforts to tackle knife crime resulted in almost 250 knives and dangerous weapons removed from the streets, as part of a national week of action.
News · 22 November 2023
Remember the official Eurovision Song Contest 2023 branding which was emblazoned across Liverpool in the run up to those incredible two weeks in May? Well, it has now been transformed into the ultimate, must-have Eurovision host city merchandise. More than 100 flags and banners, which adorned key areas of the city centre, have had a
News · 17 November 2023
Liverpool City Council has won a landmark case in successfully prosecuting a building company for letting a historic Grade II listed building fall into ruins.
News · 16 November 2023
Get ready for some festive treats, crafts and winter fairground rides at the Liverpool Christmas Market. It officially opens on November 18th and will run until December 24th, with extended opening hours from 11am to 10pm every day, except Christmas Eve, when it will close at 5pm. This year, you’ll find a variety of food
News · 13 November 2023
An estimated 10,000 people turned out for a Remembrance Sunday service at St George's Plateau in Liverpool.
News · 13 November 2023
People can hand in bladed weapons as part of a knife surrender being carried out this week (13-19 November).
Thriving communities · 10 November 2023
Chart-topping put Liverpool on the music map, and we have a wall of discs to prove it. It was a big deal then and it still is now, writes Kevin McManus, Head of UNESCO City of Music (and someone with history of a No1 hit)...
Thriving communities · 9 November 2023
Liverpool City Council has appointed a multi-disciplinary team of placemaking experts to help create a new neighbourhood next to the city’s Festival Gardens.
News · 7 November 2023
Christmas is coming early to one of Liverpool’s best-loved markets. In a first in its 100-year history, Great Homer Street Market (known as Greatie) is launching a dedicated Christmas market each Sunday from 19 November until 17 December. With up to 100 new and existing traders taking part in the new initiative every week, shoppers
Thriving communities · 6 November 2023
If you asked me to sum up this year’s Bonfire Night, I’ve got one word: Relief, writes Cllr Laura Robertson-Collins, Cabinet member for Neighbourhoods.
Thriving communities · 6 November 2023
Liverpool City Council’s annual Remembrance Service will take place on Sunday 12 November on the plateau at St George’s Hall.
News · 3 November 2023
Funding has been secured by Merseyside’s Police Commissioner to improve safety and protect women and girls in three areas blighted by crime and anti-social behaviour.
Air Quality · 1 November 2023
We have a Bonfire Night problem in Liverpool – and it needs tackling head on, writes Councillor Laura Robertson-Collins, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods.
News · 27 October 2023
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