New life for Toxteth’s Caribbean Centre
A Liverpool community group is helping to restore the Caribbean Centre in Toxteth.
The centre in Pomfret Street has been known in the Toxteth community for decades as a place where families and children could gather to socialise.
However it closed...
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...
Irish star opens Smithdown’s newest bar, the Beeswing
Liverpool's newest bar opened with a touch of the Irish magic.
Singer Conleth McGeary, originally from County Tyrone, has launched a new music- orientated bar, The Beeswing, in the bustling student area of Smithdown.
The Beeswing originates from the classic Richard...
Top Liverpool chef makes final of BBC cookery show
An award-winning Liverpool chef has made it it to the final round of BBC2 show Great British Menu.
Dave Critchley, who is the executive chef director Lu Ban in Cains Brewery Village, said his phone has not stopped ringing since...
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...
Knowsley left behind in Government’s Levelling Up plans
Knowsley Council and local community groups have voiced their outrage after receiving no money in last week’s Levelling Up announcement.
The Levelling Up fund has been set up to invest in local infrastructure with Secretary of State for Levelling Up,...
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...
