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A Speke-based community garden is using their recent grant to encourage people t make more sustainable choices. Grow Speke's Mint Meals, Minus Waste program shows people how to cook proper meals, use the right ingredients and learn how to check...

Liverpool libraries are set up to become 'the heart of the community' as a new strategy is rolled out. Liverpool City Council have began the rollout of the Library Strategy and Delivery plan 2026-2031, which was approved by cabinet members...

A year-long scheme has been announced by the Department of Education to help increase the number of people reading across the nation. The National Year of Reading is a campaign set up in collaboration with the National Literacy Trust to...

Cold-water swimming is helping some Liverpudlian’s survive January. As a way to beat the ‘January blues’ many have turned to cold-water swimming with winter being a peak time of year for mental struggles like Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). The practice has...

Liverpool residents has raised concerns about how roads are gritted during periods of ice and snow. Temperatures have plummeted in the city in the past week, to between one and six degrees Celsius with spells of snow, creating ice across...

More people in Liverpool are relying on food banks and community based groups to get by in January, a charities have said. Organisations such as Scouse in the House and St Andrew's Church food bank say they are what many...

Vegan establishments in Liverpool are feeling underwhelmed by Veganuary this year and are urging people to support independent businesses. Veganuary is one of the many ways people try and reinvent themselves in the New Year, but plant-based businesses in the...

A Merseyside mental health professional has warned that labelling January as a depressing month risks trivialising mental health issues. Hannah McGovern, Campaigns and Marketing Officer at mental health charity Be Free Campaign thinks instilling poor expectations of the month can...

Liverpool’s high street is showing signs of recovery, with a retail expert predicting another rise in sales for 2026. 2025 showed a major increase from 2022 in in-store shopping, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. And in 2025...

The UK's only brick-and-mortar fantasy bookshop has opened in Wirral and business so far has surpassed its owner's expectations. Paper and Word opened its doors just under two months ago. Abby Munro, who founded the small independent shop, says that custom...