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Clean up for Toxteth’s Igbo community centre

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Community campaigners are continuing their mission to clean up the city. Liverpool Black Men's Group and Toxteth residents came together recently to clean up the Igbo Centre on Princes Avenue. The group in the past have helped clean up other iconic...

City’s moment of reflection as poppies fill the sky

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Around 2,000 military personal, veterans and their families came together on Sunday for the Remembrance Day service at Liverpool’s Anglican cathedral. This was not the event's usual location of St George's Hall, due to the Lime Street development works taking...

Independents struggle to compete amid claims Veganuary has been hijacked by chains

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Even during Veganuary, Liverpool’s independent vegan cafes claim they're struggling to compete against larger chains. The Vibe, a vegan eatery in the city centre boasts a spot in Liverpool’s top five restaurants on TripAdvisor. However, with the recent surge in...
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Merseyside leaseholders furious with lack of government funding to remove cladding

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Merseyside leaseholders are furious after it was announced that many buildings will not be eligible for government funding to remove dangerous cladding.  This comes as the Secretary of State for Housing, Robert Jenrick, introduced a £3.5bn fund to fix dangerous cladding.   Leaseholders say this support does not go far enough as grants will not...
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Forestry project aims to plant 5m trees across Merseyside

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An initiative set up to provide woodland for families from urban areas aims to plant 5m trees on Merseyside. With the help of the Woodland Trust and several regional charities, the Northern Forest project hopes to have the trees planted...
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Britain’s kindest plumber – the man helping thousands of families

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With energy bills continuing to rise, and a chilly start to the year, many families are finding it difficult to keep their homes warm. From fitting free boilers, making food parcels, buying PPE, helping families pay their bills, there’s not...
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Liverpool makes landmark pledge to protect all of its parks

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Liverpool City Council has announced that all of the city’s parks are to be protected indefinitely. Liverpool's acting mayor, Councillor Wendy Simon, is set to make the plans official at Cabinet today which will see the protection of 100 much-loved...
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Liverpool John Moores University short film festival returns

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A short film festival hosted by postgraduate film students at Liverpool John Moores University will return after last year's success. From April 1-8, 40 student films received from 22 countries, including Spain, China, and Brazil, will premiere digitally to be...

Liverpool Irish Centre to host festival events later this month

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Liverpool's Irish Centre - a home-from-home for Irish people and friends of Ireland across the city - is launching its annual festival later this month. The Irish Centre, on Boundary Road, has been open since 1997 and will be hosting...
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Liverpool group saves more than two million meals from food waste

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The Liverpool Zero Waste Community are feeding people across the city by saving food waste from supermarkets. Kathryn Bowman and her husband Dave originally set up the group from their Woolton home in 2021, along with their friend Pam Constance,...

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