Merseyside Police help escort Royalty at Platinum Jubilee celebrations
The police motorcycle team at Merseyside Police were invited to ensure the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London were happy and glorious at the weekend. Merseyside Police were the only force to assist the Metropolitan Police with the escorting of VIPs during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in the capital. Members of the The Roads Policing Unit’s motorcycle team […]
ASPIRING PLASTERER BAGS APPRENTICESHIP AFTER IMPRESSING ON ST HELENS CREMATORIUM REFURBISHMENT
A young aspiring plasterer from St Helens has secured an apprenticeship after impressing bosses on a £3.4m project. Through St Helens Borough Council’s Ways to Work programme – which he heard about through Universal Credit while looking for construction jobs in the area – Mark Owen from Eccleston was offered a six-month contract to work […]
Sutton Kersh Auction’s penultimate event of the year sees the first property offered sell for £333,000 over its guide price!
450 people registered for the Sutton Kersh October auction, which has seen a total of £8.2 million worth of property sold so far. The auction echoed the trends of the national property market with residential investment properties receiving multiple offers and bids both prior to the event and on the day itself. The team sold […]
Writing on the Wall achieves financial boost for Year of Writing
A raft of new events will take place as part of Liverpool’s Year of Writing (LYOW) thanks to a funding boost. Literacy events, workshops, a writing bus and writer’s boot camp will be just some of the activities for adults and children, all designed to improve literacy in the city and inspire through creativity. The […]
Footprints and football to mark Refugee Week in St Helens Borough
St Helens Borough Council is marking national Refugee Week (14-20 June) with a programme of inclusive events arranged by its dedicated Resettlement Service, celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary here. The week launches with a local tribute to the campaign’s theme for this year – ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’. […]
BLOG: “I would love my experiences to have a positive outcome”.
On a day when the world is remembering George Floyd and the pain, protest and progress which has been made a year on from his death, Liverpool resident Jordan reflects honestly and openly on his experience as a mixed-race man living and working in the city. In it, he holds the private sector to account […]
Statement on the passing of the Duke of Edinburgh
Leader of the Council Sir Richard Leese responds to the announcement that Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh has died this morning. Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council, said: “Prince Philip has been a major national figure for more than seven decades and, as the longest-serving consort to a British monarch, a source of companionship and support for the Queen […]
Tributes to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Liverpool is sending its condolences to Her Majesty The Queen, following the sad death of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke of Edinburgh visited Liverpool many times as consort to the Sovereign, most recently in 2016, when the Royal couple attended the International Festival of Business and opened both the new Exhibition Centre and […]
New SEND strategy puts young people at the heart of plans
A new strategy which sets out plans to support young people with SEND (Special Educational Needs) has been approved by councillors. A Life of Equal Chances sets out a partnership approach to making sure that young people with SEND get the right help over the next four years. It was created using the feedback from […]
One-year on
This time last year the UK went into its first national lockdown following a confirmed outbreak of COVID-19. The stay-at-home order put a ban on all non-essential travel and prevented close contact with other people outside the immediate household. The Coronavirus Act 2020 was rapidly brought in to help police forces enforce the regulations and […]