Liverpool Echo

In today’s Liverpool Daily Post: We report on Liverpool’s ‘invisible’ £10m fleet of hydrogen buses, which were unveiled to great fanfare last year but are currently sitting in storage depots. We also look at serious anti-social behaviour in Belle Vale, and at stalled plans for the former George Henry Lee building in the city centre. Sign up: https://lnkd.in/eK3VzVag

In today's Liverpool Daily Post: We report on the Spellow Lane Library, which is set to reopen next month after being torched during the summer riots. We also look at the temporary closure of two of the city’s museums, and a new documentary about Liverpool released this week. Sign up: https://lnkd.in/eK3VzVag

In today's Liverpool Daily Post: We report on shocking anti-social behaviour in Birkenhead that has prompted concerns about the number of licensed premises in the town. We also look at the upcoming strike by staff at LIPA Multi-Academy Trust Sixth Form College, and at news of a ‘major change’ to bin collections in Liverpool. Sign up: https://lnkd.in/eK3VzVag

With temperatures plunging this week, ECHO Political Editor Liam Thorp has revisited the ongoing homelessness crisis in Liverpool. There are said to be ‘unprecedented’ numbers of people sleeping rough in the city, with cold conditions adding pressure to an already dire situation. Sign up: https://lnkd.in/eK3VzVag

In today's Liverpool Daily Post, we report on a two-week strike by Wirral Council staff that will affect key family services. We also look at Liverpool’s flyover ‘masterplan’ and news that one of the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers will dock in Liverpool next month. Sign up: https://lnkd.in/eK3VzVag

In today's Liverpool Daily Post: We report on plans to convert an iconic former nightclub into housing. We also look at NHS funding cuts affecting a cancer charity, and news that hundreds of pharmaceutical jobs have been saved in Speke. Sign up: https://lnkd.in/eK3VzVag

Yasmin was just four years old when she found her mum Joanne Wilson dead in the living room of their home on Stanley Close in Seacombe on October 22, 2002 and she wants to see her mum’s killer brought to justice. Elsewhere, an inspection into Aintree Hospital has found it does not always have enough staff to deliver care and that people were not always cared for in the right place. We also have news of a mixed reaction to King Charles opening a food bank distribution hub in Kirkby yesterday, which he did via video link. Thanks for reading and enjoy your weekend. I’m off next week so I’ll leave you with Katie Westwood and Liam Thorp.

Today’s edition has an update on the future of the land created by the demolition of the Churchill Way flyovers in Liverpool city centre. The city council is searching for someone to prepare the planning policy and framework for the site. Elsewhere, more than 300 homes will be built as part of a new development just off Scotland Road and the venue where The Beatles played their first gigs is at risk of closure.

Liverpool City Council’s cabinet meeting was held last night and today’s edition brings you two stories from Local Democracy Reporter David Humphreys. First, we have more on the council’s funding blackhole and we also hear about the city’s vital role in the world’s most important meeting on climate change - COP29. Also in today’s edition is my interview with Tom Ryder, who set up Merseyside fitness supplement business Applied Nutrition in 2014.

Liverpool City Council’s mid-year financial update has revealed that the local authority is facing a £29m budget blackhole of its own. Liam Thorp has the story and David Humphreys will bring you more in tomorrow’s edition, following tonight’s cabinet meeting.