Man with Parkinson’s completes skateboard challenge for charity
A 58 year-old from Newton-Le-Willows has completed a 'ten tricks on a skateboard' challenge and raised over £1,200 for Parkinson's UK.
Philip Brown was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2018, and began skateboarding in 2022 after helping his son learn.
He said:...
“Grief Must Be Love With Nowhere To Go” – the exhibition finding new ways...
Grief is universal – and something that is very hard to avoid.
So why can it be so difficult to talk about something that affects everybody to some extent at some point in their lives?
For artists, Emily Simpson and Chris...
Cunard’s ‘four Queens’ ships to unite for the first time in Liverpool
A British luxury cruise company announced a world first today with all four Cunard ships set to unite in Liverpool.
Taking place on the 16 May 2028, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria and Queen Anne will come together...
The Reader: The charity getting Merseyside reading again
Tucked away in the dreamy Calderstones Park is the Mansion House, home to ‘The Reader’; the UK’s largest shared reading charity.
In this UK-wide 'year of reading', a national initiative that aims to reverse the decline in people reading...
Two illegal waste sites shut down in Kirkby after years of misery
The Environment Agency has announced that illegal waste sites Simonswood and William Brothers Industrial Estates have been shut down, finally tackling the long-standing issue known to Kirkby residents as the 'Simonswood Stink'.
On the 5th of February this year a...
Five Merseyside widows find ‘New Life After Death’
A group of five Merseyside widows, all in their 70’s, have written a book about their lives, losses and finding meaning again through their connection with each other.
Their book, New Life After Death, came to fruition after the women...
Protesters rally against Marie Curie Liverpool ward closure
Campaigners from The Liverpool Hospice Action Group gathered outside the Marie Curie hospice in Woolton on Saturday to protest against the closure of its inpatient ward, warning the decision is leaving terminally ill patients without vital end-of-life care.The demonstration...
Biker bunnies deliver Easter cheer in annual rideout for Alder Hey.
Swapping out their leather jackets for bunny ears, a group of local Liverpool bikers are making the journey to deliver chocolate and cheer to the children of Alder Hey Hospital this Sunday.
Meeting at the McDonald's on Edge Lane, the riders...
“Parents fight for their kids”: LIPA school parents vow to battle closure
Parents of pupils at LIPA primary and high school say they are “not giving up” as they continue the fight to save the school from closure after the controversial announcement last month.
The arts focused school on Upper Duke...
Police appeal over possible link between sexual offences
Merseyside Police are appealing for information following three reports of sexual offences in Liverpool, which police believe may be linked.
The three incidents happened in February and March.
On Sunday 22 February, there was a report of a man approaching a...
