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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Dan Wareing |Marc Gaier
'Vandals destroyed all our village flowers'Dan Wareing & Marc GaierBBCA charity says people have been pulling out the flowers and leaving them to diePeople from a village in Liverpool have said they are outraged after flowers worth thousands of pounds were destroyed by vandals. Woolton in Bloom has said planters have been torn from their pots and thrown to the ground, causing about £3,000 of damage.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Sarah Spina-Matthews |Marc Gaier
Image source, ReutersImage caption, Liverpool fans were initially blamed for chaotic scenes outside the Stade de FranceSarah Spina-Matthews & Marc GaierLiverpool fans who were wrongly blamed for chaotic scenes before the 2022 Champions League Final in Paris have said an apology by France's former interior minister was "not meaningful".
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Dan Wareing |Marc Gaier
Dan Wareing & Marc GaierBBC News, LiverpoolPeople living in a some of Liverpool's most famous streets have said they can no longer afford to live there due to "disgusting" annual rent increases. The Welsh Streets, which include Madryn Street, where Beatle Ringo Starr was born, were derelict until regeneration plans by the development company Placefirst were approved by Liverpool City Council in 2017.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
msn.com | Jonny Humphries |Marc Gaier
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Jonny Humphries |Marc Gaier
A war of words has broken out between a community organisation and councillors after plans to redevelop a row of eyesore derelict houses in the shadow of Liverpool FC's Anfield stadium fell through. The nine empty terraced properties were slated to be handed over to Homebaked Community Land Trust (CLT) in 2016 instead of being demolished. However, Liverpool City Council announced it instead intends to sell the houses in Oakfield Road on the open market.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
msn.com | Marc Gaier
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Marc Gaier
Sailors on the Royal Navy's largest aircraft carrier have spoken of their pride at the warship receiving the freedom of their home city. HMS Prince of Wales docked in Liverpool for the first time in four years at the weekend. The Queen Elizabeth-class warship brought about 800 crew to the city to receive the highest honour the it can bestow. Kieron Mackay, 24, from Netherley in south Liverpool, said: "I get to see my family being proud of me.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Marc Gaier
The seasonal workforce has tripled at the warehouse [BBC/Marc Gaier]Extra staff have been recruited at a large logistics warehouse, which first opened to process coronavirus testing kits during the pandemic, to cope with Black Friday and Christmas demand. Kammac’s Wavertree site in Liverpool is crammed with a vast array of items from socks to Santa outfits, and cat litter to canine treats.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Jonny Humphries |Marc Gaier
An MP has said the lack of a digital ticketing system for a city's trains is an "embarrassment" to the region. Passengers who purchase Merseyrail tickets online must physically print off their tickets at home or using a ticket machine in a station. Some customers who have paid full price online have complained after being stopped and fined under byelaws stating they must be able to present a physical copy of their tickets - even if they can provide proof of purchase.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Marc Gaier |Jonny Humphries
The failure of a community mental health team to visit a Liverpool man days after he tried to take his own life "possibly contributed" to his suicide, a coroner ruled. The body of Dan Kay, 45, was found on a railway line in Mossley Hill in the city on 7 May last year. Speaking outside the Gerard Majella Courthouse at the conclusion of his inquest, the family of the journalist and Hillsborough campaigner said mental health professionals should have "tried harder" to make sure he was safe.
