Mother Nature's Son Joel Bird is a Liverpool-born artist, designer/maker, author and musician who recently starred in BBC2’s ‘Your Garden Made Perfect’, helping homeowners make the most of their outdoor spaces with ingenious low cost solutions. We caught up with him to discuss his Liverpool roots, obsession with sustainability, and why ... Read More...
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Iliad has submitted plans for a new £30 million hotel development in Liverpool city centre. The property developer, which has delivered a number of residential and commercial building schemes across the North West over the last 35 years, has put forward plans for a 190-bedroom hotel on Duke Street. Iliad is set ... Read More...
A huge mural of a rat painted by Banksy on the side of the former White House pub in Liverpool has been transported to the Netherlands for auction. The ‘White House Rat’ has been delivered to Hessink’s International Fine Art Auctioneers this week, and will sell alongside other works by Banksy ... Read More...
Redrow has announced plans to build up to 730 new homes in Halewood following its acquisition of two sites totalling 90 acres. The housebuilder has exchanged contracts on a parcel of land to the south west of the town, off Lower Road, with plans in place to build 196 new homes ... Read More...
The government has announced details of the pilot events to be held in Liverpool, as the city follows in the footsteps of Amsterdam and Barcelona by participating in a science-led research programme to reopen the cultural and business sectors. 45149 ... Read More...
Liverpool City Council has announced that all of the city’s parks are to be protected forever. The city’s acting mayor, Councillor Wendy Simon, is set to make plans official today which will see the protection of 100 much-loved parks and green spaces, totalling 1,039 hectares. In a partnership with the charity Fields ... Read More...
Top tourist attraction, RLB360, provides Liverpool-inspired gifts this Mother's Day Sponsored Content RLB360, the tour and visitor attraction at Liverpool’s iconic Royal Liver Building, is offering a range of Liverpool-inspired Mother's Day gifts this year. The tour and experience is currently preparing for its post lockdown reopening in May but gift vouchers for ... Read More...
Shone Productions has announced three new shows – including a pantomime – heading for The Auditorium stage at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena this summer to mark the venue’s post lockdown reopening. The shows will form the first live programme taking place at the waterfront venue when Covid-19 restrictions are eased in ... Read More...
Occupy Meccano! Historian wants to find former female employees for new digital exhibition documenting plant takeover A DINGLE-BASED ORAL HISTORIAN is seeking to trace participants and witnesses to a little-known chapter of Merseyside’s tumultuous labour history. Dr. Greig Campbell, who specialises in documenting rank-and- file worker responses to plant closures and mass redundancies, ... Read More...
Property in Focus Super stylish three-bedroom semi in Woolton Offers over £200,000 THIS 1970’S THREE-BEDROOM SEMI on Grassington Crescent has been transformed into a stylish, modern family home by its current owners. Adam and his partner Anthony, who previously ran a furniture shop in West Derby, utilised their contacts within the industry to create ... Read More...