Controversial plans to change parking rules in the city

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Controversial plans to shorten the period of free parking in the city centre and make it more expensive are being considered by Liverpool City Council. It is hoped the move will generate an additional £1.6m a year to the council's...

Hotels and private rentals ramp up prices for Eurovision

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Hotels are charging thousands of pounds more than normal to stay in Liverpool over the Eurovision period. An investigation by MerseyNewsLive compared hotel and other short-term accommodation prices and revealed an eye-watering price hike. Hotel prices were compared between the Eurovision...

New neighbours for The Pilgrim pub as developers buy plot next door

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Liverpool people have been reacting to the news that land next door to one of the city's most famous pubs has been sold for development. Plans to transform the once-empty space next to The Pilgrim into two, four-bedroomed homes, has...

Stick it to the man: Book fair with a twist comes to Liverpool

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Friends, comrades and co-conspirators welcomed the return of the Liverpool Anarchist Book Fair. This, the 5th fair, was hosted at the Black-E on Great George Street. Phrases such as 'The system is causing more problems than it can ever solve' and...
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Queer suffragette history in the spotlight at Shakespeare North Playhouse

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A new play uncovering queer suffragette history is set to come to the Shakespeare North Playhouse this week. Ladyfriends will tell the untold relationship of suffragettes Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney and will be “rammed with live music and film,...

Break-in blow for city cafe that supports homeless community

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A Liverpool cafe that provides a lifeline for homeless people has been broken into. PaperCup Coffee, located in Queens Square, was set up by The Papercup Project to train rough sleepers in 2022. The cafe was targeted in the early hours...

Mersey Police appeal following rape in Liverpool City Centre

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Merseyside Police have issued a CCTV appeal following a rape in Liverpool city centre. A woman in her 20s was raped by a man in Temple Lane at 530 am in the early hours of Saturday morning, March 18.   Temple...

Music festival Liverpool Food Aid to help those in need

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The historic Florrie in Liverpool 8 is to host a ground-breaking charity event to raise funds for those in need in Liverpool. The Food Aid music festival has come about as Liverpool’s Independent Community Food Spaces are beyond capacity and...

Liverpool police drama The Responder tops BAFTA TV award nominations

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A Merseyside drama written by a former Liverpool policeman is leading the nominations for this year's BAFTA TV Awards. The Responder, written by Tony Schumacher has been nominated in six categories. These include Best Drama Series, Best Actor for Martin Freeman...

Saint Patrick’s Day parade defies the rain

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It may have been raining but that didn't dampen the spirits of the revellers enjoying Liverpool's annual Saint Patrick's parade. This year was the seventh year of the parade which followed a new route, from the Old Irish Centre on Mount...