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Next month’s Liverpool City Region mayoral election will be the first to use the first past the post voting system to elect the region’s metro mayor.   In the previous two votes for this position the supplementary vote system had been...

Residents of the Liverpool City Region will be able to vote for their Metro Mayor on May 2nd.  Here's a Mersey News Live explainer to answer your questions on who the current mayor is, who the candidates are and...

The Africa Oyé festival has been nominated for the National Diversity Awards 2024. The festival, which takes place in Liverpool's Sefton Park each June, hosts the largest celebration of live African music in the UK. The event harnesses the spirit of...

A Cheshire schoolgirl has received the world’s first ever deep brain surgery on a child to ease her dystonic cerebral palsy, it was revealed today. Surgeons at Liverpool's Alder Hey hospital performed a new form of advanced deep brain stimulation...

Liverpool City Council has backed an initiative that encourages children with autism to speak up about their experiences. The council has partnered with Alder Hey Children's Hospital and the Liverpool Parent and Carer Forum to support the National Autism in...

Liverpool woman makes the Forbes 30 under 30 list 2024 Olivia Hanlon, the founder and CEO of her female-focused startup, Girls in Marketing, has been named in the prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 list for 2024. Olivia founded Girls in Marketing...

Metro mayor Steve Rotheram warned today that the Liverpool City Region is facing a homelessness crisis during a debate with fellow mayoral candidates. The candidates spoke on BBC Radio Merseyside earlier today as local elections draw nearer. Rotheram said Liverpool was...

A new disability history trail is to be launched at the Museum of Liverpool, exploring the fascinating stories of Liverpool’s history. The trail has been developed in partnership with Curating for Change, a development programme that challenges under-representation of disabled...

People living in the six boroughs of the Liverpool City Region (Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral and Halton), have a choice of five candidates to vote for their next mayor on May 2. Here’s everything you need to...

People living in the six boroughs of the Liverpool City Region (Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral and Halton), have a choice of five candidates to vote for their next mayor on May 2. Here’s everything you need to...