Visitors to Liverpool could be charged a tourist tax under new plans proposed by city councillors. Councillor Roy Gladden and Cllr Joann Kushner are suggesting the city adopts the principal of a small charge – similar to that levied in several European countries. The motion has been submitted for debate at a ... Read More...
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Knowsley Council has secured the future of Prescot Cables Football Club by completing the freehold purchase of its home ground Volair Park. A new 99-year lease has also been granted for the club as part of the agreement, which comes after difficulties over its future at the site. The local authority says ... Read More...
Liverpool City Region residents are being urged to recycle real Christmas trees and other festive waste this season. Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) is calling on householders to make use of the 14 Household Waste Recycling Centres to help boost Merseyside’s recycling levels. Cans, cardboard, garden waste including real Christmas trees, ... Read More...
Respondents to a consultation on the future of Liverpool's Williamson Square say they "want a reason to stay” in the public space. A report updating the council’s cabinet on the progress of a regeneration vision for the square has identified possible ways to maximise its potential. According to the document, which will be discussed at the Cunard ... Read More...
Less than a week until Everyman Cinemas' Liverpool opening Advertorial Not to be confused with the already established and much lauded theatre venue, Everyman Cinemas is gearing up to open its new boutique venue in Liverpool's Metquarter on Tuesday 18 December. The Other Everyman venue will be a discerning social space to indulge in ... Read More...
Housebuilder Stewart Milne Homes has spread some festive cheer in Wirral by donating Christmas trees to two hospitals. Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals received the trees for a third year as part of Stewart Milne’s charitable partnership with Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH). Staff from the company, which is ... Read More...
New images showing a revamp to public spaces along Liverpool’s Lime Street have been revealed. The CGI pictures reveal a new public square outside the city’s main train station and an expanded plateau outside St George’s Hall, ahead of an event this week. The designs are central to the Liverpool City Centre ... Read More...
The co-founder of Bongo’s Bingo wants to open a music, arts, drinking and eating space in the Baltic Triangle made from repurposed shipping containers. Joshua Burke is behind plans submitted to Liverpool City Council for ‘Content’, which would be based in Cains Brewery Village. Proposals are for 15 steel shipping containers sited on ... Read More...
Plans to convert a kitchen showroom into a new hotel in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle are expected to be approved. Living Brick's proposals for ‘Baltic Hotel’ include a café, restaurant and a three-storey roof extension. A report to Liverpool City Council’s planning committee recommending the 36-bedroom hotel for approval says the scheme will ... Read More...
Liverpool’s Florence Institute has received a national accolade at the Historic England Angel Awards 2018. The building, affectionately known as ‘The Florrie’, won in the Best Rescue of a Historic Building or Place category during a ceremony last night (27 November). The awards were hosted by historian Bettany Hughes at the Gillian ... Read More...