Litter pickers’ recycling project turns ‘laughing gas’ canisters into community cash
Used nitrous oxide canisters are causing severe littering problems throughout the city, but a Liverpool litter-picking group has spotted an opportunity to tidy up and do some extra good by recycling the canisters to gain money for community projects.
The...
Liverpool cookery class teaches skills for life to tackle food waste
Community projects in the Liverpool area are helping people to cut food waste, eat healthily and save money.
The projects have been given a share of £110,000 through the Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority Community Fund 2022/2023, which supports community...
Wirral comes together to celebrate its local businesses
The topic of small businesses versus chain companies has been ongoing for years - but more recently people are going out of their way to support their local businesses.
Independent stores and restaurants create jobs for the community, increase product...
Be Free awards set to celebrate community innovators
The Be Free Campaign will host The Community Award Show to recognise change-makers and innovators in the community.
The event will take place at the Isla Gladstone on Friday March 10, with eight different awards up for grabs.
Shantanu Kundu, the...
Residents’ concern over plans for landmark Hollywood Bowl complex
Developers have put in a planning application to Liverpool City Council to reconfigure the landmark Hollywood Bowl complex in Liverpool Shopping Park.
But residents fear that a newly-updated Hollywood Bowl will not be built due to the previous "failed promises"...
Tim Hetherington Fellowship offers unique opportunity for LJMU students
In a unique partnership with Index on Censorship and the Tim Hetherington Trust, Liverpool John Moores University is offering one journalism student the opportunity to join the Index on Censorship editorial team for a year.
The Tim Hetherington Fellowship...
Merseyside MP demands safer car parks in wake of tragedy
Merseyside MP Maria Eagle has called for an increase in the minimum height of car park barriers in a Bill being referred to as 'Gabe's Law'.
The Bill is named after Gabriel Santer, who died after falling from Q-Park Hanover...
Widnes bus driver to be honoured for charity efforts during pandemic
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...
Liverpool group saves more than two million meals from food waste
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,...
Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner’s plan for increased safety for women around Liverpool
The government has backed Merseyside's Safer Streets campaign with a cash boost of more than half a million pounds.
It means Merseyside's Police and Crime Commissioner, Emily Spurrell, can extend the project, throughout the region, in response to womens' concerns...
