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Liverpool City Council has released its budget plans on how to tackle the shortfall of £24.5 million. During the meeting the cabinet approved plans for several strategies to tackle the shortfall. Following government cuts of up to £450 million since...

Liverpool charity Papercup Project is now set to open a new coffee shop that will train rough sleepers. Estimates from the Office for National Statistics suggest 29 homeless deaths were registered in Liverpool last year. Many homeless people will be staying with family or friends, or...

Merseyside Police have charged a 22-year-old man and two teenagers after a number of Liverpool burglaries. Jake Burrows, from Toxteth, and two 16-year-old males were charged with various counts of burglary this morning. The arrest of four males yesterday followed 10...

Renewable energy technology in the UK has been boosted by a new transatlantic partnership headed by a North West company. Energy group Task Contract Solutions Ltd, based at Burscough, has signed an exclusive partnership deal with US energy company Hover...

As Prime Minister Boris Johnson reveals his new Living With Covid plan to the country, England is just two days away from lifting practically all pandemic restrictions. Coming almost two years after the first lockdown, the plan is that from...

A Liverpool theatre company is using the power of performance to educate young people on the dangers of knife crime. Perception Theatre's production of 'Cut' is touring schools in Liverpool this month, funded by Merseyside Police. The play centres on knife...

The BBC are searching for new Liverpool writers to take part in an innovative writing programme. ‘Write across Liverpool’ offers writers at the beginning of their careers an insight into creating an original series idea for television. Liverpudlian screenwriter, Tony Schumacher,...

Sefton Council will be providing eligible local families with meal vouchers over the half-term break as food prices continue to rise. The vouchers are being provided through the council's Household Support grant funding allocation from the Department of Work...

A very rare plant species thought to be extinct has been discovered in Knowsley. Described as a “super duper beastie”, the rare thin-spiked wood sedge (carex strigosa) which has strap-shaped leaves and tiny white or brown flowers was discovered by...

Plans to close walk-in public access to Runcorn police station have been criticised by Halton Council's Deputy Leader. Cllr Dave Thompson said the levels of recorded crime in Halton justifies more, not less face-to-face contact with police. Also representing the town's...