Shining a light on Spina Bifida: Hugo’s Story

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When you think of October you think of Halloween, pumpkins, trick or treating and maybe even Bonfire Night. However, it is also a time where people celebrate a lot more than just sweets and scary movies.   This month many charities and families across the UK...

Jack and the Beanstalk Review: St Helens Theatre Royal

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Christmas has come early for panto lovers in St Helens this year as the Theatre Royal’s October offering ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ provides the perfect half-term treat for all the family. From the instant the dastardly giant’s voice rumbles through...

Charity encourages children to walk more to combat air pollution

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The Living Streets charity has launched the WOW Walk to School challenge to help reduce levels of air pollution. The national campaign is encouraging more children to walk to their schools. The challenge aims to reduce the number of congested roads and the associated levels of pollution. The organisation found that...

Future Ages Will Wonder premieres this Thursday

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An exciting hi-tech exhibition is opening in Liverpool on Thursday.  As we reported last week, plans are progressing for the exhibition and the doors are almost ready to open. https://youtu.be/eINKNA_RZcE Showcasing the works of nine UK and international artists, FACT presents Future Ages Will...

‘My drink was spiked and nobody believed me’

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Women share their stories of nights out in Liverpool city centre Two women have shared their experiences of having their drinks spiked while enjoying a night out in Liverpool. Neither wishes to be named, but their experiences in the city centre...

Liverpool joins nationwide boycott of nightclubs in solidarity against drink spiking

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Young people in Liverpool are joining a nationwide boycott of nightclubs over the coming week.

Historic Wirral docks building awarded listed status

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A Victorian building at Birkenhead docks has been given a Grade II Listing. The Dock Gateman's Hut is believed to have been built around 1866 and currently stands on the grounds of the Wirral Waters redevelopment scheme. The scheme aims to...
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Art project aims to empower single parent families

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A community art project is helping single parents tackle some of the challenges they are facing in the wake of the pandemic and benefit rule changes. Single parent families are among the hardest hit when it comes to job losses...
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Latest issue of our sister magazine MerseyNewsLive available now

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The latest issue of our sister magazine MerseyNewsLive is now out, writes reporter HARLEY MULLEN. As university life gets back into full swing, fresh dangers arrive for students with a worrying increase in the number of people being spiked on...