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At the entrance to Earlestown cricket ground, a white banner flutters across the fence and acts like a symbol of surrender, where people come to lay down their woes. Held up by cable ties, the banner states in bold, black...

Liverpool universities are celebrating LGBT+ history month to spread awareness of the ongoing discrimination people face. Students at Liverpool John Moores, Liverpool Hope and University of Liverpool can join a range of events this month including movie nights, bingo and...

A UNIQUE charity sports shop where everything is £5 or less – and all profits are sent back to the community – has opened in Runcorn. Sportstraider, sells a range of quality sportswear and equipment all for £5 or under, catering for men, women, and children.

Young people across Merseyside are being asked to join a 12-hour dance-a-thon to help raise funds for the £5 million rebuild of The Young Person’s Advisory Service. This fundraising scheme titled 'Moving For Mental Health' began last year with YPAS...

Schools and parents are remembering Bobby Colleran on what would have been his 16th birthday. Bobby died in a traffic collision while on his way home from school in Knowsley in 2014 aged six years old. The Bobby Colleran Trust was...

Some Liverpool homeowners are paying twice the amount of council tax that King Charles pays on Buckingham Palace. Despite sitting in the highest council tax band H, Buckingham Place was charged £1,828 by Westminster City Council, whereas a Liverpool home...

Liverpool charity Papercup Project is now set to open a new coffee shop that will train rough sleepers. Estimates from the Office for National Statistics suggest 29 homeless deaths were registered in Liverpool last year. Many homeless people will be staying with family or friends, or...

A new exhibition has revealed the shocking figures on how many young women are experiencing Female Genital Mutilation across the world. The #ENDFGM exhibition was open throughout February at the International Slavery Museum. It Featured artwork created by the Savera...

Fundraiser Neil Atherton is to receive an British Empire Medal (BEM) award for his services to public transport and the community in Liverpool and Widnes during Covid-19. The 43-year-old Arriva bus instructor has walked over 250 miles in recent years...

Music star Tim Burgess swapped his microphone for an apron this afternoon as he served various coffees and sweet treats to help raise money for homeless people in Merseyside. The Charlatans' lead vocalist visited Paper Cup coffee shop located near...