Festival uses culture to bring together an ‘unequal society’
Liverpool's Black-E hosts an event, a celebration of Black dance, reflecting on how living in an unjust nation affects our wellbeing.
The African Routes Festival: Equal Measures 2025, was showcased over the weekend exploring how African dance and music influences...
Bold Street venue LEAF shuts for good
A popular venue on Bold Street has closed its doors for good after 15 years of business.
LEAF, which was regarded as ‘one of Liverpool’s hospitality originators’, was opened by siblings Natalie and Graham Haywood in 2010.
The Bold Street venue...
UK’s first poetry expo connects communities and schools through power of spoken word
All Ears Poetry hosted the UK's first-ever poetry exhibition last Friday in Liverpool, bringing together creatives from across the country to create an inclusive space to share ideas, performances, and promote poetry events, to promote spoken word to a...
Fans find city is perfect place to celebrate Beatles Day
Liverpool was undoubtedly the best place to to celebrate Beatles Day, the annual Beatles holiday celebration.
With The Beatles' Story by the docks and numerous landmarks to visit, we want to hear how you celebrated yesterday's historic anniversary.
Watch the...
‘Miracle dog’ Scooby still looking for forever family
A rescue dog described by the RSPCA as one of the thinnest dogs they had ever seen has made a miraculous transformation and is looking for adoption.
Tan lurcher Scooby was found weighing only 20kg when found by the...
Council tax change to help ‘struggling families’
The Government has launched a 12-week consultation on how to make council tax collection fairer in the UK.
One of the key proposals is to spread payments of council tax over 12 months instead of 10 as currently happens....
Campaign for Croxteth Park Riding School to become “community focused attraction” in restoration bid
A campaign has begun to reopen the closed and dilapidated Croxteth Park Riding School, which has been locked in a bitter Council dispute for nearly 4 years.
‘Friends of Gellings Riding School’ have started the campaign which is urging the...
Family pay tribute to man who died after serious incident at Seaforth Docks
The family of a 63-year-old who died after a forklift accident have paid tribute to "a much-loved son, dad and very devoted grandad."
The man has been named as Michael Leppert from Seaforth.
Police confirmed that Mr Leppert had died after...
St Helens drugs bust results in eight arrests
Police in St Helens have arrested eight people after a drugs bust in St Helens found Class A drugs and cash in properties across the town.
Around £20,000 was seized along with cocaine, crack cocaine, cannabis and ketamine at numerous...
Benefit payment changes for May 2025 threaten to overwhelm food banks
With controversial changes benefit payments set to take effect from tomorrow, Merseyside’s charities and food banks are bracing for a surge in demand.
Speaking to Mersey News Live ahead of the May 1 changes to Universal Credit and Personal Independence...
