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Hollywood Bowl Edge Lane (C) William Shortall

Residents’ concern over plans for landmark Hollywood Bowl complex

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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"...
Women running in Sefton Park

Beginner girl-only running group combat loneliness together

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Women across Merseyside have started to run together at Sefton Park on weekends in a group created to support women and facilitate friend making opportunities. Stephanie Barney, 22, and Caitlin Lewing, 21, are the brains behind “Girls on the Go”....
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Praise for Liverpool City Council’s £6 million alleyway repair scheme

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Liverpool City Council is being praised for tackling waste disposal issues in residential alleyways. The 4ft alleyways between homes in residential areas of Merseyside have been an ongoing problem for residents, with several bins in use at any one time...

Oxton celebrates as Christmas light switch-on returns

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Last Christmas was a very unusual Christmas for everyone in the UK. Covid-19 was at one of its highest transmission rates and caused Christmas to be basically 'cancelled'. People who usually would be attending Christmas markets, shopping for stocking fillers, seeing...
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NHS service for people experiencing language barriers is branded “inadequate”

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A report has found that local NHS services are poorly serving those who don’t speak English as a first language. The study by Healthwatch Liverpool found: “People who experience language barriers struggle at all points of their healthcare journey. “They find...
Deborah Mclarten, Managing Director of Love Reading 4 Kids talking to Ranworth Students- Taken by Cassie Ward

Local primary school receives £1,000 to encourage reading for pleasure

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Ranworth Square Primary School in Norris Green had received £1,000 to spend on books for their library to promote reading for pleasure across the school. The books arrived at Ranworth Square Primary School yesterday, handpicked by the ‘bookworms’ who are...
Graffiti on Bold Street

Liverpool’s Bold Street: A foodie haven

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5 of our favourite restaurants on Bold Street Lonely Planet labelled it as one of the best shopping streets in the country, and there are lots of quirky shops and dinky creative outlets, but Bold Street is also known to...
Reclaim these streets Liverpool - picture courtesy of Isabel Burke

Reclaim These Streets vigil to take place in Liverpool

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A vigil for women threatened on our streets is planned to take place in Liverpool following the disappearance of Sarah Everard. The vigil will take place at the Bombed Out Church, Liverpool on Saturday March 13 at 6pm. The #reclaimthesestreets vigil...
Hamilton Square Emergency Help Point

Wirral Council rolls out Emergency Help Points

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Wirral Council has launched 28 Emergency Help Points throughout the borough to improve safety on the streets by linking people directly to its CCTV control centre. The points can be identified by distinctive yellow signage. A red button links to the...

Lime Street roadworks on pause as company goes into administration

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Additional reporting by Joe Zebedee Liverpool City Council says it is seeking clarification as to the future of the roadworks outside Lime Street station. The company employed by the council, Nottinghamshire-based construction firm NCMN, has called in administrators after failing to...

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