Social media safe space provides support during Sexual Assault Awareness Month
A Liverpool based social media organisation is providing sexual assault survivors access to a safe space online.
Emily Penman, 24, founded The Middle Woman Liverpool on Instagram in 2017, after being spiked and sexually assaulted whilst at university.
Emily spoke to...
It is still about THE dress – behind the scenes in the bridal industry
Regardless of the challenges of the pandemic, raging inflation all over the world and the current cost of living crisis - the bridal industry is holding up just fine.
It is still all about the dress. That one perfect gown,...
Once could be a coincidence: Is three a target?
A local coffee shop has now been broken into three times in the past two weeks.
A JustGiving page has now been set up by the owner to help with security issues of the café.
Paper Cup Coffee Shop in Queen...
What “The Good Lie” teaches us about refugee life
https://youtu.be/u2X1zZIGtmE
The Good Lie is an American drama film starring Reese Witherspoon. It was first aired in 2014, written by Margaret Nagle and directed by Phillipe Falardeau but, given the ongoing plight of refugees it is a compelling watch today.
The...
DJ DOWD on Liverpool’s music scene: “It’s a real close-knit community.”
It’s safe to say the Liverpool-based DJ DOWD is having a busy and successful year.
From hosting a monthly radio show at Melodic Distraction, having an upcoming headline gig
in London, presenting ongoing parties at Metrocola, and with numerous festivals lined...
Junior doctors picket hospitals in pay strike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJo3RXsI5V8
Junior doctors are standing on the picket lines for three days outside the Royal Hospital in Liverpool in a long-running dispute over pay.
The medics are aiming to get their pay back to what it was in 2009 but so...
Things about Liverpool that confuse me as a southerner
Liverpool is a special place.
Everyone will say something to that effect about their home but having recently come here I can say this to be an objective fact. Liverpool is strange in the best way.
I’ve lived in Kent for...
Wirral Council rolls out Emergency Help Points
Wirral Council has launched 28 Emergency Help Points throughout the borough to improve safety on the streets by linking people directly to its CCTV control centre.
The points can be identified by distinctive yellow signage.
A red button links to the...
Paper Cup Coffee targeted a third time in two weeks
A Liverpool coffee shop dedicated to helping Liverpool’s rough sleepers has been broken into for the third time in two weeks.
A charity first and a business second, Paper Cup Coffee runs on donations in order to feed their homeless...
New penalties for retailers to crackdown on youth knife crime
New sentencing guidelines for businesses found selling knives to children have been introduced to tackle worrying youth knife crime.
The guidelines came into force on April 1.
The Sentencing Council states that the guidelines are there to ensure adequate safeguards are...
