Liverpool-based property firm EW Developments has started work on the redevelopment of Jamaica House in Toxteth. The building on Upper Parliament Street, which was originally a key part of the Liverpool 8 community but now lies derelict, will be transformed into 25 luxury apartments. Opened by Leonard Airborne in the 1970s, Jamaica ... Read More...
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The role of a slavery defending Liverpool MP has been acknowledged in the heart of the Toxteth community - almost 40 years after his statue was removed following the infamous riots. The new inscription at the plinth for William Huskisson, who gained notoriety as the world’s first train fatality in 1830 ... Read More...
All 14 ‘rent to buy’ homes at a new development in Dingle have been reserved within hours of their launch. Harrington Row, which is being marketed by Redwing Living, is a collection of three-bedroom properties on Park Street, L8. The homes have been made available through ‘rent to buy’ – a concept ... Read More...
Nelson Mandela’s eldest daughter will be in Liverpool next week to give her blessing to a new memorial to the anti-apartheid icon. Mandela’s granddaughter Tukwini will join Dr Makaziwe ‘Maki’ Mandela for the three-day visit taking place from Monday to Wednesday (11 – 13 February). The pair’s first engagement will see them ... Read More...
A host of new housing projects could be approved by Liverpool City Council at a planning committee meeting next week. The schemes up for debate include a new apartment complex in the L8 area and Redrow's plans to build 18 houses at the site of the former Lower Lee School in Woolton. Also ... Read More...
The childhood home of Ringo Starr is set to go under the hammer at the Cavern Club. The former Beatle lived at the two-bedroom Victorian terrace in Toxteth until he was 21, with the Fab Four often dropping by to visit him along with the late Cilla Black. Still a regular haunt ... Read More...