St Helens college leads Merseyside schools with environmental leap
A St Helens college is leading Merseyside's schools and colleges with a new environmentally-charged syllabus.
Carmel College, on Prescot Road, was provided funding of £8000 to establish the Sustainable Steps Towards Sustainability project.
The project aims to provide students with the...
Liverpool man calls for volunteers to join charity helping disabled people
A Liverpool man has pledged to help disabled people after his dad was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and now he is hoping others will join him.
Remap is a national charity which brings together volunteers who are skilled at...
Bootle loses bank in HSBC branch closures
Bootle is set to lose its HSBC branch as 69 sites close across the UK.
HSBC is closing down branches following a large shift to online banking since the start of the pandemic.
The bank said that fewer than 50% of...
Hospital staff say “walls are coming off” as they wait for new building
Staff at The Royal Liverpool University Hospital have raised concerns about worsening conditions at the hospital as they await the move to a new building.
A new building was first approved in 2013 and scheduled to open in 2017, but...
Pet foodbank’s support for Ukraine animals in need
Pawz in Need, a pet foodbank based in Wirral, is now providing support for animals in Ukraine.
The volunteer-run organisation has been running for three years and providing food, toys, and facilities for animals whose owners are struggling with financial...
Royal Albert Dock launches zero waste programme
With 84 businesses and countless tourists, the Royal Albert Dock has to deal with an abundance of waste, so they have launched a zero waste programme.
Instead of having separate waste programmes for every business on site, the Royal Albert...
Success for Pilch Lane petrol station protestors
Protestors who have been fighting against a proposed petrol station and convenience store in Huyton have won their battle following the withdrawal of the developer’s application.
The initial proposal by the Co-Op was to build a six-pump petrol station on...
An uncertain future: Students’ fears over post-pandemic job opportunities
Students are worrying about securing a job after university after the impact of Covid left many of them unable to do placements.
A study from the graduate careers organisation, Prospects, of more than 3000 university and sixth form students, found...
Ukrainian visa scheme branded a con by Liverpool charity
The manager of a Liverpool asylum organisation has branded the government’s Ukrainian visa scheme “a bit of a con”.
The government announced the Ukrainian Family Scheme earlier this week and Michael Gove has confirmed “unlimited numbers” will be allowed to...
Council to use AI and photography in £34m road improvements plan
Liverpool City Council is planning to use AI and photography to identify which roads to improve in the upcoming financial year.
The Highways Investment Programme will be debated at a cabinet meeting this Friday at the Liverpool Town Hall.
If approved,...
