Plans to transform vacant Huyton land with a new Aldi supermarket have been given the green light this week. Knowsley Council’s planning committee has approved the development next to the junction of the M62 and Cronton Road, which will also include a building for light and general industrial use. A later phase ... Read More...
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Plans for a ‘world class visitor attraction’, café/bar and a new restaurant at Liverpool’s Royal Liver Building have been revealed. The proposals form part of multiple newly submitted applications to carry out renovations at the Grade I-listed waterfront landmark. The overall scheme would mark phase two of updating the iconic building, which ... Read More...
A chef and restaurant co-owner from Liverpool will compete in ‘Great British Menu’ when the popular show returns next week. The culinary BBC Two programme's 13th series, which gets underway on 13 August, will feature Liam Simpson-Trotman among its top 24 chefs from across the nation as it celebrates the 70th anniversary ... Read More...
Wirral’s planned Eureka! Mersey attraction has moved a step closer towards opening in 2021 after securing £3 million of government funding. The project, which aims to reinvent the borough’s SPACEPORT as a world-class science and discovery experience, is one of six UK centres to receive a share of the £13m Inspiring ... Read More...
Cardboard castles and a Viking church will be built and toppled across the Liverpool City Region this week. A full schedule of the towers’ spectacular rises and falls, along with a host of accompanying family entertainment, has been revealed ahead of the ‘Lost Castles’ festivities. With the cultural project led by renowned ... Read More...
Work to redevelop the famous Strawberry Field in Woolton has got underway in the presence of some very special guests. John Lennon’s sister Julia Baird and the late George Martin’s widow, Lady Martin OBE, visited the Beatles’ pilgrimage site in South Liverpool yesterday. The world-famous red gates will open to the public for ... Read More...
The public are being asked to vote for Liverpool's International Slavery Museum and help it win a top prize. The attraction is one of 49 finalists in the running for National Lottery Awards, as it competes for the title of the best education project. With a prize including a £5,000 funding boost, ... Read More...
Two Liverpool parks have been hailed among the best in the country having received the coveted Green Flag and Green Heritage statuses. Sefton Park and Stanley Park have been awarded both of the internationally recognised, government-backed accolades, dubbed the ‘Oscars of the park world’. On receiving the Green Flag honours, which recognise ... Read More...
New state-of-the-art football hubs will help develop the “next generation of Gerrards and Rooneys” according to Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson. The Parklife project will see the creation of 12 floodlit 3G pitches, as well as health and fitness and coaching facilities, across Liverpool. Liverpool City Council says completion of four of ... Read More...
A planning application has been submitted to return North Western Hall next to Liverpool Lime Street station back into a hotel. The Grade II-listed building, which for the last 22 years has been used as student accommodation, was originally part of the founding family of ‘grand railway hotels’. North West-based contractor and developer ... Read More...