Liverpool sets out new Cultural Strategy to protect arts in the city
Liverpool City Council approved plans for a new cultural strategy for the city to address issues highlighted by the pandemic.
The strategy was approved on Friday March 19.
The plan sets out a vision for the creative industry in Liverpool up...
Liverpool’s hospitality businesses urged to get pavement licence ahead of reopening
Liverpool City Council is urging hospitality venues to ensure they have applied for a pavement licence ahead of the easing of restrictions next month.
The sector is due to reopen on Monday April 12, but only pubs and restaurants with...
Close monitoring in schools is cause for teacher stress research suggests
A new study has revealed that the close monitoring of schools and student achievement data in the UK is a cause of stress for teachers.
University College London found the school system to have some flaws when it comes to...
How Liverpool is marking a year of lockdown with a day of reflection and...
Liverpool is marking one year since the first national lockdown with an event for hope and reflection for the future.
World Poetry Day 2021: Merseyside poets reflect on what poetry means to them
Today is World Poetry Day 2021, a global event to encourage the teaching, reading and writing of poetry and celebrate poets across the world.
UNESCO declared March 21 as World Poetry Day in 1999. Their aim was to support linguistic...
Mental health organisation to host community cleanup in Wirral
Local organisation, Running Head First, are hosting a community cleanup event to raise money for their mental health services.
The two-day event will take place on Saturday March 27 and Sunday March 28 around Wirral.
Residents are asked to donate through...
Liverpool makes landmark pledge to protect all of its parks
Liverpool City Council has announced that all of the city’s parks are to be protected indefinitely.
Liverpool's acting mayor, Councillor Wendy Simon, is set to make the plans official at Cabinet today which will see the protection of 100 much-loved...
University accommodation to be turned into temporary housing for homeless
Liverpool City Council planning committee voted unanimously to approve plans to transform a student accommodation site into temporary housing.
The building at 47-55 Smithdown Lane will replace previous temporary housing sites that were forced to close in the pandemic.
The application...
Liverpool’s brand new film studio officially named ‘The Depot’
Liverpool is aiming to be a 24/7 film city with its first purpose-built sound stages, which have officially been named The Depot.
The name takes inspiration from the location's history as a former bus site for Merseyside Transport Limited.
Adjacent to...
‘Soul destroying’ amounts of rubbish left covering Sefton Park following St Patrick’s Day celebrations
A large amount of ‘soul destroying’ rubbish was left covering Sefton Park following yesterday’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations.
Over 1,000 people were understood to have congregated in one area of the park resulting in beer bottles, balloons and plastic wrapping...
