sport · 5 September 2019
Smoking by adults at children’s football matches in Liverpool will be officially stubbed out from this weekend as the new season kicks off. After a successful six-week pilot throughout the summer, Smokefree Sidelines Liverpool guidance will now apply and any adults smoking or vaping at matches or training sessions will be asked to stop by
News · 22 August 2019
EU CITIZENS who need help to complete their applications to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) can now get support from organisations in Liverpool. Liverpool Citizens Advice and Migrant Help have both secured Home Office funding to offer guidance to hard-to-reach or vulnerable EU citizens and citizens of Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland who need help
Education · 15 August 2019
The average A-level grade achieved by students in Liverpool has improved this year – whilst the national average has remained the same, according to provisional figures. Last year, the city’s overall average grade was C-, and now it has risen to C, just below the national average of C+, with almost half of schools, 12
Uncategorized · 9 July 2019
TRAVELLING by black cab in Liverpool will soon be even easier after city council licensing chiefs agreed that all vehicles should provide the facility for customers to pay by debit and credit cards.
Uncategorized · 3 July 2019
AN Anfield teenager is celebrating after being awarded a full scholarship to attend one of the UK’s top music schools. Charlotte Meredith, 18, who attends North Liverpool Academy, will have her tuition fees paid for her full course when she starts her three-year music performance degree at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in September. Although already
Community · 26 June 2019
Liverpool will premiere a major new play this week as part of a series of celebrations and reflections about the city’s Windrush Generation.
Care · 25 June 2019
An event to launch the memoirs of Sir Bert Massie CBE DL, will be held in Liverpool Town Hall on 25th June. The event, which will be hosted by The Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson OBE, will pay tribute to the life and work of Sir Bert, Vice Chairman and long-standing Trustee of Local Solutions and a key figure in the disability rights movement.
Civic · 19 June 2019
Liverpool will officially be flying the flag for Armed Forces Day from Monday 24 June. Monday marks the start of Armed Forces Week and, as is now traditional, the Armed Forces Day flag will be flown from the Town Hall. This year, Lord Mayor of Liverpool Cllr Peter Brennan will be joined by Lieutenant Colonel
Uncategorized · 19 June 2019
Liverpool will be monitoring the air that we breathe in real time all day tomorrow (Thursday, 20 June) - as the city marks Clean Air Day.
Uncategorized · 12 June 2019
One of the UK’s largest independent drinks manufacturers is the headline sponsor of this year’s Liverpool International Music Festival. Merseyside-based Halewood Wines & Spirits, owner of Liverpool Gin, will be the title partner for the city council organised Sefton Park music extravaganza, which takes place on 20 and 21 July – with the event now
Uncategorized · 7 June 2019
Liverpool’s carers are being asked to “rise” to the occasion next Thursday, 13 June, as part of the annual Carers Week event. The Local Solutions-organised event is hosting a cake competition for the first time and bakers who enter a cake will have their efforts judged by Liverpool’s own Great British Bake Off contestant Flo
Uncategorized · 16 May 2019
PEOPLE in Liverpool can find out more about dementia at special sessions being held as part of Dementia Action Week 2019. To be hosted at Sedgemoor Hub, Liverpool City Council’s specialist dementia centre, two drop-in sessions are running on: • Tuesday 21 May at 1pm, organised by the Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Friends • Thursday 23
Uncategorized · 16 May 2019
The first female Director General of MI5, and the alleged inspiration behind James Bond’s ‘M’, is heading to Liverpool in June. Dame Stella Rimington DCB MA, the former boss of one of the most legendary security services in the world, will take part in a special event – How to be a Spy at St
Uncategorized · 21 March 2019
Liverpool's eye-catching public health campaigns to tackle issues such as obesity, alcohol intake and sugar consumption have been praised in a new national report from the Local Government Association (LGA).
Uncategorized · 15 March 2019
Liverpool’s celebrated Giant Spectacular has scooped the top prize at a ceremony widely regarded as the ‘event Oscars’.
Business · 12 March 2019
Private and public sector leaders from across the Liverpool City Region are part of the new Brexit Council.
Uncategorized · 27 February 2019
CHILDREN’S care chiefs with Liverpool City Council have joined a national call to action to halt an impending crisis in funding for children’s services after it was revealed that the city is one of the worst-hit areas in the country for budget cuts.
Uncategorized · 22 February 2019
A huge traffic monitoring exercise takes place next week as part of the development of Liverpool's city-wide air quality plan.
Uncategorized · 1 February 2019
The OVO Energy Tour Series and Tour of Britain will both head to Wirral this year as a part of the area’s celebrations as the Liverpool City Region’s Borough of Culture for 2019. It will be the first time that Wirral has hosted either of the events.
Uncategorized · 3 July 2018
LIVERPOOL City Council has put together a team to offer extra help to reduce street begging and address associated anti-social behaviour in the city centre.
