Communities

Liverpool City Council is hoping that an increase on council tax and a new £40 charge on green bin collections will help fill a shortfall in council funds. The city's budget has taken a significant blow over the past decade...

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool has announced that its 2021 Santa Dash run raised more than £15,000. The popular event sees thousands of people dress up in their festive running gear and dash through the streets of Liverpool to...

Drivers are still getting used to the changes made to the Highway Code last month, with many road users still not aware of the new rules. Merseynewslive spoke to a driving instructor to find out more. The Highway Code has...

Wirral Council have joined with other authorities in the region who are determined to tackle health inequalities and improve life expectancy. Life expectancy in Merseyside is lower than the national average. Women live for 80.4 years, whilst men live for...

The newly-appointed Chief Operating Officer for Liverpool has set out her ambitions for the city and said she is determined to deliver its improvement plan. Jacqui McKinlay was appointed last November but began her work in January. The role involves her...

A Liverpool community group is helping to restore the Caribbean Centre in Toxteth. The centre in Pomfret Street has been known in the Toxteth community for decades as a place where families and children could gather to socialise. However it closed...

A Wirral bride-to-be’s sheer panic has turned into activism to save Thornton Manor's marquees after a devastating blaze at the historic building Chloe Davis, 34, launched a petition to save Thornton Manor’s marquees after the historic Wirral Grade II-listed building...

Wirral residents have organised protests against planned cuts and service closures in the council budget. Birkenhead is a significant part of the government’s levelling up agenda. Despite this, libraries, parks and leisure centres have all closed across the Wirral. The grant...

An EU project is introducing new green corridors across Liverpool City Region to help tackle climate change. The URBAN GreenUP project has been awarded nearly £3.5m through the Horizon 2020 programme. Partners in this five-year innovative project include Liverpool City Council,...

Wordle is the latest online trend to take over social media and has become a global sensation. The brainteaser, which is free to play and features a daily word puzzle, started with only 90 daily players, but participants have flooded...