Share your memories of the original Liverpool Royal Hospital
After opening 45 years ago, Liverpool Royal Hospital closed its doors for the final time last October due to major issues in infrastructure.
The building has remained vacant since, but over the last few days demolition work has began to...
How to beat the bed-bugs: Prevention, detection, treatment
The recent bed-bug outbreak in France has created a media frenzy which has proven hard to ignore. The French government has launched an anti-bed-bug campaign to help people cope with the epidemic and let them know what to do...
Jacob Crackers’ workers stage Aintree factory walk-out
Jacob Cream Crackers' workers have gone on strike over a pay dispute.
Over 750 workers from the Aintree plant, which also makes Club biscuits, Jaffa Cakes and Twiglets, will be taking industrial action every single day until the dispute...
Youth mental health charity launches new Prescot hub
Lee Thornley, aged 17, took his own life on 22 February 2018. His close friends set up The Lee Cooper Foundation in his memory, in the hope of preventing other teenagers from suffering with their mental health in silence. They describe themselves as ‘a...
Beginner girl-only running group combat loneliness together
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”....
Life-saving knife kits to be rolled out to schools and bars
Kits which save lives in the event of a stabbing are to be rolled out in secondary schools and public places across Merseyside.
Knifesavers, a non-profit organisation, aims to empower and educate the public on how to treat life-threatening knife...
Guide dog puppy raisers needed in the Liverpool area
Guidedogs is asking for puppy raiser volunteers in the Liverpool area.
Breeding, raising, and training dogs can take up to two years, and the impact of the pandemic is still being felt.
The breeding and training had to be suspended for...
Charity urges men to speak up this World Mental Health Day
ANDYSMANCLUB is a men’s suicide prevention charity, which aims to end the stigma surrounding men’s mental health.
The charity was founded in 2016 in the wake of the death of Andy Roberts, a 23-year-old man who took his own life.
Andy’s...
First full-length version of Hillsborough disaster play comes to Liverpool
A play which explores the impact of the Hillsborough disaster is returning to Liverpool with the first full-length production at the Olympia Theatre.
The play "97+" is written and directed by Tom Cain and is co-produced by Tom Cain Theatre...
‘There’s no justice’ – Liverpool reacts to George Floyd case
Local activists have spoken in support of the recent conviction of Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd last May.
The murder of Mr Floyd in Minnesota, USA, captured the world’s attention after footage showed Derek Chauvin kneeling on...
