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Aug 13, 2024 | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Jess Molyneux |Elliott Ryder
The striking buildings still stand out in the city centreLiverpool city centre boasts plenty of incredible and historic buildings, many which have been a familiar sight on our streets for generations. In a lot of cases, many started life being used for a very different purpose, but in recent years have transformed and undergone regeneration to become the likes of restaurants, hotels, large office spaces and more.
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Sep 3, 2023 | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Elliott Ryder |Elliot Ryder
A “vaping community” is emerging among young people in Liverpool with the product's “tempting flavours” being criticised by the city’s Director of Public Health. According to Professor Matt Ashton, who oversees public health in Liverpool, one in seven young people now claim to vape regularly. The figures, based on council data, show the current levels are seven times higher than in 2017. It is illegal to sell vapes or vaping products to people under the age of 18.
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Aug 27, 2023 | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Elliott Ryder |Elliot Ryder
The removal of a well known public artwork which hundreds of people passed everyday has divided opinion. A sculpture of a house made of glass known as ‘The Outhouse’ was installed on a grass verge beside Menlove Avenue in Woolton in the south of the city in 2005. It is situated by four 1960s tower blocks on Vale Road with hundreds of people passing the artwork every day via the road or a path which runs through the wooded area.
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Aug 27, 2023 | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Elliott Ryder |Elliot Ryder
Peter Foo can be found aboard the Mersey ferries once or twice a week. Since retiring, the 79-year-old makes the trip across the river and occasionally spends the day walking along the promenade at Seacombe. On a Monday afternoon crossing, while sitting in his usual seat tucked away in the corner on the lower deck, he looks out onto the Liverpool shoreline where he says his dad was forcibly deported in 1946.
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Aug 26, 2023 | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Elliott Ryder |Elliot Ryder
Playing at The Cavern on Mathew Street is the pinnacle for most Beatles tribute bands, but for one of South America’s leading acts the response wasn’t one they were initially expecting. Formed in Lima, Peru, 12 years ago, Dirty Soul quickly won over home crowds and competitions with their punchy, full throttle take on the Fab Four - earning themselves a spot on the bill at International Beatleweek 2014.
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Aug 23, 2023 | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Elliott Ryder |Elliot Ryder
A public art installation situated beside a major Liverpool road has been taken down and will not return. The glass house sculpture known as ‘The Outhouse’ was installed on a grass verge beside Menlove Avenue in Woolton in 2005. It is situated close to four 1960s tower blocks on Vale Road, with thousands of people passing the artwork every day. The Outhouse was commissioned as an art installation by Liverpool Housing Action Trust in partnership with the Guinness Trust.
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Elliott Ryder |Elliot Ryder
P&O Ferries has announced its intention to axe its Liverpool to Dublin route. The ferry provider said its planned closure of the route is set to come towards the end of 2023. P&O Ferries claims that the berth, managed by Peel Ports, is no longer available to the company and negotiations to extend its current lease or find an alternative have been unsuccessful. The two ferries currently serving the Liverpool-Dublin route will be redeployed elsewhere on P&O Ferries network, the company has said.
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Elliott Ryder |Elliot Ryder
More than 100 flats could be built on the site for a former nightclub and cinema. A plot of land in Tuebrook, on the corner of West Derby Road and Green Lane, is the subject of a proposed residential development comprising 119 units. The mixed use development, named ‘Carlton Court’, could take shape across a building of part five and six storeys. The site on the corner of the busy arterial route running through the east of Liverpool was once home to the Carlton Theatre and Cinema.
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Aug 20, 2023 | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Elliott Ryder |Elliot Ryder
A Liverpool developer is relishing the “massive pressure” of bringing one of the city's most iconic department store buildings back to life. Earlier this month plans to transform the former George Henry Lee building into a luxury hotel were revealed. Proposals from developers Landlab would see the conversion of the former department store into a 175-room hotel in partnership with Parisian brand Accor Mama Shelter.
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Aug 19, 2023 | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Elliott Ryder |Elliot Ryder
When George Henry Lee opened his first store on Basnett Street in Liverpool city centre in 1853, it would lay the foundations for a brand that is now known by generations of Liverpudlians. Gradually the business grew into one of the north's top department stores. To match the growth, a striking building was constructed beside what became St Johns precinct overlooking Williamson Square. The building was later bought by John Lewis in 1940.
