Merseyside drivers learn to adapt to new rules of the road
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...
Liverpool amongst worst areas in UK for anti-Semitic incidents
A report has revealed a shocking rise in anti-Semitism in 2021 with Liverpool amongst the five cities with the most incidents.
The Community Security Trust released its findings this morning. Its report showed a 25% rise in incidents since the...
How a very Liverpool love story has taken city hospice to its heart
Staff and patients at Liverpool's Marie Curie Hospice will be feeling a little extra love thanks to a unique show at the Epstein Theatre.
A Very Liverpool Love Story, which uses the words of late Liverpool poet Sandra Richardson, will...
Wirral bride-to-be starts petition to save blaze-hit venue’s marquees
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...
Liverpool MP pushes for the ‘right to food’ as poverty rises
Liverpool MP Ian Byrne is campaigning to make access to food a statutory right in the face of millions being plunged into poverty.
Energy bills are rising, food costs have already increased and a National Insurance hike is scheduled for...
Merseyside music magazine Bido Lito! takes a break from publishing
The hugely popular Merseyside music and culture magazine, The Bido Lito!, has decided to take a break from publishing following post Covid struggles.
Bido Lito! has been publishing for 12 years, after it was established by Craig Pennington and Christopher...
Concerns over disability benefits grow after government report is released
A government report has revealed that low-income people who are reliant on disability benefits are struggling to meet essential living costs.
The government-commissioned research was released after MPs demanded its publication.
It had been kept under wraps for over a year...
Petition launched to improve Liverpool’s ‘disastrous’ bus services
A campaign has been launched to improve Liverpool’s bus network.
Acorn Liverpool have started a petition calling for a franchise model to be implemented rather than having privately-owned companies run the buses.
The action group claims that the privatisation of Liverpool’s...
Sweeping cuts to Wirral services prompt protests
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...
Increase in Merseyside council tax as extra police funding is denied
Merseyside’s council tax is set to be raised after central government denied additional police funding for the region.
The decision came after a Merseyside Police and Crime Panel meeting in Huyton.
At the meeting last week, Merseyside’s Police and Crime Commissioner,...
