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Cold-water swimming is helping some Liverpudlian’s survive January. As a way to beat the ‘January blues’ many have turned to cold-water swimming with winter being a peak time of year for mental struggles like Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). The practice has...

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Liverpool residents has raised concerns about how roads are gritted during periods of ice and snow. Temperatures have plummeted in the city in the past week, to between one and six degrees Celsius with spells of snow, creating ice across...

More people in Liverpool are relying on food banks and community based groups to get by in January, a charities have said. Organisations such as Scouse in the House and St Andrew's Church food bank say they are what many...

Vegan establishments in Liverpool are feeling underwhelmed by Veganuary this year and are urging people to support independent businesses. Veganuary is one of the many ways people try and reinvent themselves in the New Year, but plant-based businesses in the...

Members of a Liverpool-based choir that welcomes people with lived experiences of homelessness and marginalisation have described the charity as their "salvation". The Choir with No Name has been bringing people together since it was founded in 2014. Since then...

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Liverpool City Council is once again urging people with real Christmas trees to make sure they get rid of them the right way. There are thirteen drop off points across the city where people can leave their trees that shut...

  Liverpool City Council has partnered with a national gambling prevention organisation to warn young adults about the risks of betting. The campaign, in partnership with Chapter 1, aims to reduce gambling-related harms in the city by making people more aware...

A Merseyside mental health professional has warned that labelling January as a depressing month risks trivialising mental health issues. Hannah McGovern, Campaigns and Marketing Officer at mental health charity Be Free Campaign thinks instilling poor expectations of the month can...