Andy Durrant

Aug 22, 2024 | liverpoolecho.co.uk | Andy Durrant

Porters, cleaners and catering staff are taking part in five days of strike actionMore than 100 NHS porters, cleaners and catering staff are taking part in five days of strike action as a long-running dispute over money owed to them continues. The GMB union says that after the staff’s contracts were transferred from a private firm on April 1 last year, they missed out on a lump sum payment by one day as they were not employed directly by the NHS the previous day – the cut-off point for payments.

Aug 21, 2024 | liverpoolecho.co.uk | Andy Durrant |Sydney Shaw

The bright green van has been parked in the same spot for a decade but no-one knew whose it was or why it was there, until nowThe mystery of a green van that has become something of a local landmark has been solved at last. For years locals and passers-by have been wondering who the van belongs to and why it appears to never move from its parked position on Montgomery Way, just off West Derby Road in Everton.

Aug 21, 2024 | liverpoolecho.co.uk | Andy Durrant

I was slightly wary when I walked into a number of pubs but I needn't have beenI have a confession; I am not a local. The last time I was in Liverpool was three years ago in August 2021 – my first time staying overnight away from home since before the pandemic. Before that, the only parts of this great city I had visited were Anfield and Goodison Park as an away fan.

Aug 21, 2024 | liverpoolecho.co.uk | Andy Durrant |Steve Graves

The trains have travelled millions of miles transporting passengers across the Liverpool city regionIf you have used the Merseyrail network at any point in the last 45 years, the chances are you have travelled on a Class 507 EMU (Electric Multiple Unit). Introduced in 1978, the trains have travelled millions of miles transporting passengers across the Liverpool city region but are set to head off into retirement when the final remaining units are withdrawn from service over the coming weeks.

Aug 20, 2024 | liverpoolecho.co.uk | Andy Durrant

The Baltic Hotel has been open for three years and is now under new managementA hotel in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle has been taken over by a national chain. The Baltic Hotel, which opened in 2021, is now under the management of Countrywide Hotels. The first hotel to open in the district was built during the Covid 19 pandemic and first opened its doors to guests shortly after the ending of restrictions in July 2021.