Communities

The fortnightly collection of Liverpool’s green bins is back once more, for those households willing to pay the annual £40 charge. In an attempt to save money, in April 2022 Liverpool City Council introduced some controversial schemes, including the green...

As legendary Liverpool midfielder James Milner received an MBE for his services to football and charity the organisations he has supported expressed their delight and thanks. Alongside his two-decade expanding football career, James Milner set up the James Milner Foundation to...

A group of four Liverpool John Moores University students are hosting a dodge ball tournament in aid of a testicular cancer charity. Oddballs Foundation was set up in 2015 to raise awareness and donations about the condition. Testicular cancer is one...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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"...

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 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...