Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced the formation of a commission to deliver a new 'world-class' train station in Liverpool city centre. Professor Denise Barrett-Baxendale, CEO of Everton Football Club, will chair the expert group tasked with choosing a site for the transport hub. The new station will fully connect the Liverpool ... Read More...
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Mediterranean restaurant Ego, which has been on Hope Street for 18 years, is relocating outside of Liverpool. The Punchbowl in Sefton Village will serve as the eatery’s new home as part of the brand's plan to grow its pub locations throughout the country. In an email to customers, the chain, which has ... Read More...
Controversial plans to create a new bus hub on Liverpool’s Old Haymarket have been recommended for approval. Liverpool City Council’s planning committee deferred proposals for the permanent layover facility last month in order to carry out another round of consultation. Local business owners fear the scheme, which would be situated on a ... Read More...
Pub and restaurant operator Mitchells & Butlers plans to transform a Liverpool city centre building into a new hotel. The firm has put forward proposals to convert the upper floors of the Queens Building in Derby Square, creating accommodation above its All Bar One venue. With a portfolio including the bar chain ... 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...
Plans for a new 30-room hotel on Liverpool's Duke Street within the Ropewalks area have been revealed. Developer Living Brick is behind proposals for the four-storey scheme on a vacant site close to the city centre's Chinese arch. According to a planning application submitted to Liverpool City Council, the new structure will ... Read More...
Liverpool residents can receive advice on keeping warm this winter as a free event takes place in the city centre. Around 40 exhibitors will be on hand at the Healthy Homes Winter Survival Event this week, covering issues from fuel poverty and debt to energy efficiency and social inclusion. Held from 10am ... Read More...
The first public artwork from Twitter satirist Coldwar Steve has gone on display in Liverpool today (9 November). ‘The Forth Estate’, a huge scale visual landscape of the UK news media, is expected to be on display in Williamson Square for the next seven days. Coldwar Steve - real name Christopher Spencer ... Read More...
The team behind a “high-end” bowling alley says it's “buzzing” as it prepares to open in the city. Lane7, which has four sites across the UK, hopes to launch on Cases Street in time for Christmas. Property entrepreneur Tim Wilks started the chain in 2014 when he opened the first Lane7 in ... Read More...
A takeaway chain which specialises in falafel dishes could be heading to Liverpool city centre. GO Falafel, which has three Manchester restaurants and one in Preston, also serves up hummus, tabbouleh, salad boxes and fresh juices. The chain now wants permission to convert the former Timpson shoe repair shop on Richmond Street ... Read More...