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1 month ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Claire Hamilton |Jenny Coleman
Image caption, Some roads and car parks have been closed two weeks ahead of the three-day festivalClaire Hamilton & Jenny ColemanA number of schools will close as BBC's Radio 1's Big Weekend arrives in Liverpool, in a decision which one high school said was "out of our control". St Hilda's Church of England High School, which is located near Sefton Park where the festival will take place, will be closed on 23 May to all pupils apart from Year 11 students who are sitting a GCSE English paper.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Tom Walker |Jenny Coleman
A public consultation over changes to city centre parking was a "tick-box exercise" which ignored local people, an opposition leader has said. Liverpool City Council approved plans to remove free on-street parking after 18:00 despite almost 90% of about 1200 respondents to a public consultation opposing the change. Liberal Democrat leader Carl Cashman said it showed the Labour-led council was "not listening to local people".
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2 months ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Tom Walker |Jenny Coleman
The Uniform Hub has now opened at new premises in Cambridge Arcade in the town and provides items for primary and secondary schools across Southport. School uniforms can be swapped for bigger sizes and the centre also accepts donations. "You don't need to be referred to us, you don't need to be in receipt of free school meals," she said. "This service is for everyone who needs it.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Ryan Dobney |Jenny Coleman
In July last year, a seaside resort in the north-west of England was left in shock after three young girls were murdered during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. United in grief, the community of Southport came together to offer each other support in the days and weeks after then-17-year-old Axel Rudakubana, armed with a knife, went on a "meticulously planned rampage" on 29 July.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Mairead Smyth |Jenny Coleman
The parents of a man who took his own life at a private mental health unit have said the hospital was "like a prison" and current patients say "it's not changed". Liam McGenity was found dead at St Mary's Hospital, run by Elysium Healthcare, in Warrington in 2021. An inquest earlier this year found neglect had contributed to the 29-year-old's death.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Davinia Ramos |Jenny Coleman
Two divers from Lancashire are celebrating after making history as the first disabled duo to scuba dive to a depth of 40m (131ft). Paraplegic Shaun Gash and Mohammed Salim Patel, who is blind, have spent months preparing for the challenge, which they undertook at Um Sid in Egypt. Guided by their instructor Curly, the pair spent an hour at the deepest depth any recreational diver is allowed to go. "We want to spread the word that diving is for every body, for every ability," Shaun said.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Phil Cunliffe |Jenny Coleman
Teenage singer-songwriter Alex Spencer shares the same dream as many new artists, of one day headlining festivals alongside the biggest names in music. And while he is still working towards that aim in the real world, in a virtual sense, that ambition has come true. The 17-year-old student's "silly little song" Nightmares has been included alongside the likes of Coldplay, Billie Eilish and Kasabian on the soundtrack of one of the country's best-selling video games, FC 25.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
aol.com | Jenny Coleman
September 24, 2024 at 8:37 AMNinety-seven Liverpool fans were fatally injured at Hillsborough on 15 April 1989 [BBC]A "Hillsborough law" will be introduced in Parliament before the next anniversary of the 1989 football stadium tragedy, Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed. The Prime Minister announced that legislation would force public bodies to co-operate with investigations into major disasters or potentially face criminal sanctions will be in progress before April 2025.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Jenny Coleman
A rhinoceros with a broken leg is back on its feet after a world-first operation. Amara, a southern white rhino at Knowsley safari park, was given keyhole surgery and had to wear a cast for six months. Surgeons took what they knew about operating on horses and applied it to Amara because there was so little information about rhinos which had been injured in this way. A team of 10 vets was involved in the operation, which they described as "unlike anything we've experienced previously".
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Jenny Coleman
Jenny Coleman - BBC NewsSeptember 11, 2024 at 7:53 AM·3 min readFamilies of people killed in the Hillsborough disaster waited more than 23 years for face-to-face meetings to discuss the findings of their post mortems, a review found. The investigation found the loved ones of Manchester Arena bombing victims also faced lengthy delays. The report, by forensic expert Glenn Taylor and published by the Home Office, said bereaved families should be entitled to timely meetings and better communication.
