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Advice has been issued to parents and carers in Liverpool as all pupils are set to return to school. Education and public health officials in Liverpool have written to parents and carers with information about the measures in place to keep Covid cases down when schools reopen to all pupils next week.

LJMU and the University of Manchester have partnered up to conduct research into the effects of lockdown on teenagers.  The research project Teenagers’ Experiences of Life in Lockdown (TELL) aims to explore the experiences of 16-to-19-year old's in lockdown.  The results of the project vary with teenagers giving different examples of positives and...

Liverpool has set out a post-pandemic roadmap to recovery which will build a better, brighter and fairer future for all. Ten pledges have been set out which aim to make the city’s communities, residents and businesses thrive. The pledges will be...

Today is the national day for University Mental Health Day. Run jointly by Student Minds and UMHAN, the aim of the day is to make student mental health a national priority and to enact a nationwide effort to make student...

A Merseyside couple have built their TikTok following over the last year, reaching 12.6 million views on a recent video. Joan and Jimmy O’Shaughnessy created their TikTok account during the first lockdown after seeing a friend post a TikTok dancing video on Facebook.

Liverpool City Council's first major housing scheme in over 30 years is set to clear its final hurdle this week. The scheme at Denford Road in Dovecot aims to deliver 105 homes in partnership with Merseyside developer Lovell and local...

Liverpool City Council are contacting EU nationals who need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS). EU nationals have until June 30 2021 to sign up to the scheme that protects their rights to live, work and access healthcare...

Liverpool’s first vertical farm Farm Urban believes the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the food industry model is unsustainable. They are pushing for a transition from a linear to a circular economy to produce better quality food that benefits the environment. A...

A revised Wirral Council budget has reduced proposed cuts to Birkenhead's Hive Youth Centre by £100,000. The council needs to reduce spending by £16.5m over the next year. Original plans deliberated early this year wanted to cut funding for the popular...

St. Helens Council has agreed on their budget for the following year and a new Medium Term Financial Plan. The budget has been greatly impacted due to Covid-19. In 2010, St. Helens Council received £127m in government funding for vital services,...