Liverpool News
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YMCA Together Supports People Experiencing Homelessness As The Temperature Drops In Merseyside
As temperatures plummet across Merseyside, YMCA Together is urging the community to support people experiencing homelessness. The freezing weather which is set to get worse towards the end of the week, brings further challenges to people sleeping rough with temperatures expected to be below zero during the night. Liverpool’s City Council’s Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) is in operation and emergency accommodation is available. The UK Health Security Agency has also put a Cold-Health Alert…
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Local Charity Autism Initiatives Strides Into Seventh Year of Huge ‘Walk for Autism’ Challenge
Autism Initiatives hopes Walk for Autism 2024 will be another fantastic year of fundraising for autism projects across the UK and Ireland. The charity’s annual campaign invites participants from up and down the country to walk 10,000 steps a day, wherever they choose. The challenge takes place across eight days, setting off on March 26 and finishing on World Autism Awareness Day, April 2. The total raised each year helps to fund a variety of…
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Weekly Noise: Week #48
Weekly Noise is a short and straightforward way of sharing Liverpool’s trending news and topics in the form of a weekly poem. Laura Chonzi will take the top trending hashtags or stories on social media and turn them into a ten-line poetic masterpiece for each week of the month, hence the name. LFC has made us proud once again,By ensuring that our support was not in vein.Another week has come,Hopefully it doesn’t leave us feeling…
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Paul Curtis First Ever Exhibition To Take Place This February
Paul Curtis has just announced his first ever exhibition is due to take place at The Royal Liver Building next month. Paul who was born and raised in Liverpool is the most prolific street artist in the region. Since rising to fame following his now famous “Wings” mural on Jamaica Street, (officially entitled “For All Liverpool’s Liver Birds”), Paul has produced over 230 public works of art and is responsible for the largest piece of…
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Jacaranda Baltic Announces Huge Free-To-Attend Launch Party Featuring A Line-Up Of Liverpool’s Best Talent
Jacaranda Baltic have announced they are throwing a huge free-to-attend launch party on Saturday 20 January showcasing Liverpool’s best talent and the best part is… everybody is invited! On the 1 January The Jacaranda sent shockwaves through Liverpool when they announced a brand new record store and 400 capacity live space in Cain’s Brewery, Baltic Triangle would be opening on Friday 12th January – 65 years after opening their original site on Slater Street. In…
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Tradu Launch: A Simple And Intuitive Trading Platform For Investors
New trading platform, Tradu, has now launched – offering more than 10,000 tradeable assets for active investors. This is backed by Jefferies, a leading global investment firm in the worlds of equities, asset management, wealth management and investment banking. The new platform offers over 8,000 US stocks, more than 100 commodities, 106 indicators and 37 drawing tools. It offers impressive average execution speeds of 18 milliseconds thanks to its use of the latest web technologies.…
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Weekly Noise: Week #47
Weekly Noise is a short and straightforward way of sharing Liverpool’s trending news and topics in the form of a weekly poem. Laura Chonzi will take the top trending hashtags or stories on social media and turn them into a ten-line poetic masterpiece for each week of the month, hence the name. Happy New Year to you and yours,May it be full of nothing but open doors.Day two of this year and doctors are striking,All…
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How Is Bingo Still Popular In The 21st Century?
For many, the idea of bingo resonates perhaps most clearly with halls in towns across Britain, a symbol of raucous social entertainment prominent throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s. Even though the classic, in-person game has shown a steady decline in popularity since the turn of the century, bingo is still popular. In fact, bingo generates revenue worth hundreds of millions of pounds every year. Most players have turned to the online form of the game,…
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Rough Trade Announces Liverpool Store Opening
Leading independent music retailer Rough Trade has announced plans to increase its UK footprint with the opening of a large new store in Liverpool. The news comes after a period of growth for the independent, which has tripled its UK vinyl market share in the past five years. Scheduled to open in Q1 2024, the 6500 square foot store, which will open on Liverpool’s Hanover Street, will become Rough Trade’s largest location in the UK and…
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Daffodil: Former Mersey Ferry To Be Transformed Into Liverpool Waterfront Attraction
A £2.5m project to transform the former Mersey Ferry, MV Royal Daffodil into a major destination is set for completion in 2024. Liverpool City Region entrepreneurs Philip Olivier and Joshua Boyd have spent several years working on the venture. Reborn as Daffodil, the iconic vessel will find a permanent home on Liverpool’s Waterfront with planning granted for a berth at Canning Dock, next to Royal Albert Dock. Daffodil is set to become a valuable addition to…
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Weekly Noise: Week #46
Weekly Noise is a short and straightforward way of sharing Liverpool’s trending news and topics in the form of a weekly poem. Laura Chonzi will take the top trending hashtags or stories on social media and turn them into a ten-line poetic masterpiece for each week of the month, hence the name. What’s weirder than Christmas on a Monday?That’s right, New Year’s also being the same day.Miles of cars have been trapped in the snow,At…
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Weekly Noise: Week #45
Weekly Noise is a short and straightforward way of sharing Liverpool’s trending news and topics in the form of a weekly poem. Laura Chonzi will take the top trending hashtags or stories on social media and turn them into a ten-line poetic masterpiece for each week of the month, hence the name. Chaos ensues as more Covid Inquiry WhatsApp messages are exposed,We can only hope that the real truth is enclosed.An Iceland volcano has decided…
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Weekly Noise: Week #44
Weekly Noise is a short and straightforward way of sharing Liverpool’s trending news and topics in the form of a weekly poem. Laura Chonzi will take the top trending hashtags or stories on social media and turn them into a ten-line poetic masterpiece for each week of the month, hence the name. Prince Harry is making headlines yet again,Funnily enough, it’s another complain.Rishi’s bill took 36 hours to agree with,Hopefully the said voters don’t end…
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Everton Team Take Festive Trip To Alder Hey
Everton Men’s Senior Team continued an annual tradition when they headed to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital this week to spread festive cheer. Blues boss Sean Dyche joined Club captain Seamus Coleman at the world-renowned medical facility, along with 16 other Toffees, including the likes of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Amadou Onana, Dwight McNeil, Abdoulaye Doucoure, James Garner, Beto, Jack Harrison, Idrissa Gana Gueye and Nathan Patterson. Meeting with patients, parents and staff, players wore blue Christmas hats…
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Weekly Noise: Week #43
Weekly Noise is a short and straightforward way of sharing Liverpool’s trending news and topics in the form of a weekly poem. Laura Chonzi will take the top trending hashtags or stories on social media and turn them into a ten-line poetic masterpiece for each week of the month, hence the name. The new migration rules are even stricter than the last,Looks like things are evolving pretty fast.There was a leak at the Sellafield nuclear…
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Formby High School Pupil Wins Formby Hall’s Design-A-Christmas Card Competition
Ellie-Rose Mcloughlin,13, a Formby High School pupil, is the winner of Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa‘s design-a-Christmas card competition. All proceeds from Ellie-Rose’s cards will raise money for Cash for Kids Liverpool. Ellie-Rose drew a picture of a little girl wearing a hand-knitted Christmas jumper from her grandma. She is witnessing the magic of Christmas from her living room, with Father Christmas’ sleigh and his classic reindeer. Ellie-Rose’s drawing also features golfing snowmen! Ellie-Rose says,…
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The Reader Launches Christmas Appeal To Raise £10,000 For Children’s Reading Project
Liverpool-based charity The Reader, which uses the power of literature and reading aloud to transform lives across the UK, is calling for donations to help it reach a £10,000 festive fundraising target. Funds raised will support the First Page project, its work reading with children and their families across the North West. Reading enjoyment has been reported as more important for children’s educational success than their family’s socio-economic status (OECD, 2002). However, a recent study by the children’s publisher Ladybird found that…
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Weekly Noise: Week #42
Weekly Noise is a short and straightforward way of sharing Liverpool’s trending news and topics in the form of a weekly poem. Laura Chonzi will take the top trending hashtags or stories on social media and turn them into a ten-line poetic masterpiece for each week of the month, hence the name. More hostages are being released as the truce ensues,Hopefully no one has to fish out for clues.Word on the street is UEFA corruption,We…
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Weekly Noise: Week #41
Weekly Noise is a short and straightforward way of sharing Liverpool’s trending news and topics in the form of a weekly poem. Laura Chonzi will take the top trending hashtags or stories on social media and turn them into a ten-line poetic masterpiece for each week of the month, hence the name. No one’s happy about Nigel Farage’s pay,That’s why they’re all boycotting the show’s stay.The possibilities of snow keep proving to be high,Let’s just…
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Joe Lycett To Unveil Giant Toilet In Liverpool To Mark New Podcast Launch
Joe Lycett will unveil a giant, inflatable portable toilet, The Turdis, at Liverpool Docks on Thursday 23 November to mark the launch of his new-brand new podcast, Turdcast. Ahead of the first episode of Turdcast going live at 9am on Friday 24 November, Joe will bring the fully functioning giant toilet to Liverpool on Thursday, inviting members of the public to walk the brown carpet, spend a penny/drop a plop and share their own loo-themed…
