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Merseyrail pass (c) Lucas Wright

Young Merseyside care leavers to benefit from free travel

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The region's metro mayor Steve Rotheram has announced free travel for care leavers aged 18 -21 across Liverpool City region. The passes will be allowed on buses, trains and ferries across the city region with over 1,000 people expected to...
Left to right: Tania, Tom, Billy and Jayne (c) Amy & Friends/TT23 Studios

Oxton charity releases fund-raising song ‘gifted’ by local company

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  A production company in North Wales has gifted a fundraising song which has been released by an Oxton children’s charity. Wirral-based Amy & Friends have released ‘War Child’ to raise funds for children suffering with Cockayne Syndrome and linked DNA...
Sober October

Sober October helps raise funds for cancer support charity

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People are choosing to go sober in October to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. The charity wants to encourage social drinkers to change their habits for the month of October and to make some healthier lifestyle choices. The aim is...

Community comes together to support vandalised bowling club

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  The Walton community has come together to restore their local bowling club after acts of vandalism. Walton Hall Bowing Club was targeted three times over the weekend. John Rodgers, secretary of the Walton Hall Bowling Club, said: "It was broken into...
Black Lives Matter information in Liverpool Museum (c) Hannah Towler

How Museum of Liverpool is celebrating Black History Month

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National Museums in Liverpool are holding a range of events to celebrate black lives, spread across the World Museum, Museum of Liverpool, and the Maritime Museum. The series of events, part of Black History Month, include ‘Inspirational Black Scousers’ -...
Outside Park Palace Pony club

Reprieve for Park Palace Ponies as they gain charitable status

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There is great news for Park Palace Ponies riding school which has been granted charitable status, allowing it to stay open. It was announced last week that the riding school was due to close last Friday because of a lack...
Irish House, Liverpool

Liverpool crowned second most Irish city in the world

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Liverpool has been crowned the second most Irish location in the world, following Boston in the U.S. Factors such as the number of Irish pubs in each city, the percentage of Irish cuisine offered in restaurants and how much of...
Switch Liverpool 2

SWITCH: Safe space for queer women and non-binary people in Liverpool

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Liverpool’s newest event for queer women and non-binary people will return this Saturday (May 4) at the Quarry. 'SWITCH' emerged onto Liverpool’s queer scene last summer and has continued to grow in popularity ever since.

Toxteth community project provides healing through gardening

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  Granby Toxteth Development Trust (GTDT) has worked in collaboration with the Whitechapel Centre to develop a therapy garden for members of the local community to learn gardening skills and grow their own vegetables. The newly renamed New Beginnings Garden of...
A guide dog, with its owner (visible from the waist down) holding onto its harness.

Merseyside blindness charity welcomes Rotheram’s promise to make Mersey Rail accessible

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A Merseyside blindness charity welcomed Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram's pledge to make all Mersey Rail stations and platforms accessible for those with disabilities. However, Margaret Guppy, a volunteer from Bradbury Fields, told Mersey News Live that not enough is being...

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