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Liverpool City Region's New
Music Board has been Launched
ON Monday, 21 January 2019, within the British
Music Experience, located at the historic Cunard Building, both the
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Culture Liverpool revealed the
members of the new Liverpool City Region Music Board. To mark the
announcement...
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Merseyside Singer / Songwriter
Average Joseph has been crowned:- 'National Champion for Future Music
Songwriting Competition 2018'
FUTURE Music's National Songwriting Competition has found its latest
winner! Joining a long line of prestigious:- 'Future Music' competition winners,
Average Joseph, from Runcorn, has been crowned the 2018 Champion of the national
contest which took place at the Indigo O2!
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Start a new saving habit in 2019 and
get a 50% boost
ALMOST 12,000 people in the North West
have signed up to the Government's new saving account, 'Help to Save,'
depositing over ₤1,250,000. A new tool in the HMRC app is available which lets
savers set their own savings goals and personal reminders, to keep on track and
maximise bonuses. The account offers working people on lower incomes a 50%...
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Metro Mayor Continues Commitment to
Apprenticeships
LIVERPOOL City Region Combined
Authority has worked with local training provider, Sysco Business Skills
Academy, to recruit and train another apprentice for the office of the Metro
Mayor at Mann Island.
Vanessa Brammah, 18, from the Wirral, was chosen from a strong field of
applicants to fill the role of Business Administration...
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Port of Liverpool is moving
freight from road to rail
A rail freight service launched to
transport containers from the Port of Liverpool to Scotland has been a major
success, according to its operator Peel Ports, and has helped to minimise
pressure on local roads.
Since launching in August 2018 the rail service has saved over ½ a million road
miles being driven on the UK's motorways. It has also resulted in a significant
reduction in HGV...
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RMT calls for halt to staff cuts as new BTP figures show knife crime has
tripled on Britain's railways
THE Rail Union RMT have called for a halt to staffing cuts on Stations
and Platforms, including the removal of guards, as shocking new British
Transport Police figures show that knife crime on Britain's railways has more
than tripled in the past 3 years. According to the Press Association
agency British...
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Redevelopment opportunity hits the market in Crosby
A prominent retail unit has been brought on to the market in Crosby for
₤425,000. Formerly the video and audio shop, P&A Audio, the agents marketing the
property say the building could suit a multitude of uses, including office,
clinic or conversion to residential...
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Potential of farmland still
ignored in rural housing crisis, says CLA
FEWER affordable homes are being built
in small villages because local authorities are continuing to ignore the
potential of developing farmland, according to the CLA. New Government data
shows that despite a 17% increase in the total amount of...
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Mini-excavator smashes up the Liverpool Edge
Lane Travelodge
SHOCKING footage of a mini-digger
(excavator) being driven into the Edge Lane Travelodge, on Liverpool Innovation
Park (LIP) has been posted online today. The footage posted by Gary Rothwell on
Facebook shows both outside and inside the building. You can see it on our
Facebook Wall...
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Time
to Talk about Wellbeing at Work Conference 2019
LANCASHIRE Care NHS Foundation Trust is
joining forces with Lancashire Mind and wider partners to deliver the annual
Workplace Wellbeing Conference in Lancashire. The Trust is working in
partnership with Lancashire Mind to support local employers to improve the
health, wellbeing and performance of their workforce. The 'Time to Talk about
Wellbeing at Work' event is now in its 2nd...
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New film urges victims to
seek support after losing a loved 1 to homicide
FOLLOWING the release of new figures
showing an increase in homicides across England and Wales, a powerful new film
has been released to encourage those who have tragically lost a loved one in
Merseyside to reach out for support. Produced by Merseyside's Police
Commissioner, the short video aims to promote the help and care which is offered
by...
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Marie Curie 'Daffodil
Volunteers' in Southport needed now
THE terminal illness charity, Marie
Curie, needs the help of volunteers, in Southport, to give 2 hours of their time
to hand out the charity's iconic daffodil pins, in return for donations. The
charity's annual fundraiser, the:- 'Great Daffodil Appeal,' takes place in March and
Marie Curie are hoping to get more people than ever wearing the...
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Warm smiles as Freshfields Animal Rescue Centre turns 50
IT may have been raining but there were warm smiles at Freshfields Animal
Rescue Centre, as the charity celebrated its 40th Anniversary, on Tuesday, 22
January 2019. The charity has been providing a rescue, rehabilitation and
re-homing centre for abused, abandoned and unwanted animals since 1979.
The afternoon tea...
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RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
reaches the big 40!
JUST 1 hour every year, for the last 40
years, has made the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch the largest garden wildlife
citizen science project. During that time, hundreds of thousands of people have
volunteered their time providing the RSPB with over 8 million hours of
monitoring garden birds. Over the last 4 decades, an astonishing 130 million
birds have been counted giving the RSPB real insight into how our birds...
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Wirral exhibition inspires team of Authors and Illustrators
AN exhibition on the Wirral featuring some of Quentin Blake's finest
artwork has sparked the imaginations of a group of Authors and Illustrators. 5
children's writers and 2 Illustrators from the:- 'Team Author Network'
visited the Lady Lever Art Gallery, in Port Sunlight, on 20 January 2019...
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Hospice appeals for unwanted
furniture
ST Joseph's Hospice is appealing for
any unwanted furniture. Plus, if it's good enough for them to sell in their
charity shops, their van drivers will even come and collect it from you
absolutely free. The Hospice even offers a whole house clearance service
where they will come and remove anything that is good enough to sell. The
Hospice has 2 specialist...
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'Powerful Words' have
been read out in Liverpool Town Hall on Holocaust Memorial Day
ON Friday, 25 January 2019, at Liverpool Town
Hall, a series of poems written by local people were read out at a service
marking Holocaust Memorial Day. The theme for for 2019 was 'Torn from
Home,' which is common to all genocides and persecutions, and also
acknowledges the 25th Anniversary of the start of the genocide in Rwanda, in
1994...
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Howzat! Development plans for an all weather
practice facility at Sefton Park Cricket Club are nearing completion
THE future of 1 of Liverpool's
oldest Cricket Clubs is set for a healthy innings as an ambitious plan to
install an all year round practice facility has taken a step closer. The Sefton Park Cricket Club was established in 1860 and have been twice winners
of the top tier championship of the Liverpool and District Cricket League, has
been working to install the all weather facility, with 3 artificial wicket...
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Liverpool City Council's Cabinet is set
to approve plans to deliver its air quality plan
A huge traffic monitoring exercise is
to be carried out, for 1 week, in February 2019, as part of the development of
Liverpool's City wide air quality plan. 40 cameras will count the amount
of traffic, the type of vehicles, along with engine types on all the major
routes into the City, using automatic...
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Recruitment event for Registered Nurses at Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust
ON Saturday, 2 February 2019, Southport and Ormskirk NHS Hospitals will
be hosting a:- 'Nursing Recruitment Event,' from 11am to 3pm, in
the Education Centre within Southport Hospital. Whether qualified as a
registered nurse, a student nurse, looking to return to practice or hoping to
join the NHS, interview slots are available. Teams will be on hand to answer
questions about any specific roles and departments at either Southport or
Ormskirk Hospitals. Advice will be available about career...
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Should your age stop you
from driving?
FOLLOWING the incident with Duke of Edinburgh, the
national news are all talking about laws on what age people must stop driving
at, but in reality, aging does not automatically equal total loss of driving
ability. In fact since July 2017, it has been reported that there are more than
4.5 million drivers over the age of 70's on the UK's roads. When elderly drivers
are asked why they wanted to continue driving as long as possible, older drivers
said they liked being in control of where and when they travel. In fact many
charity organisations, like Age UK also stress that it's important not to urge a
family member to stop driving until you're convinced he's dangerous behind
the...
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Barnardo's calls for more
foster carers as numbers rises by 15% in 4 years on Merseyside
MORE children are being taken into care with
fewer foster carers to look after them, says Barnardo's as it launches its 10th
annual fostering campaign. The number of children in care across Merseyside has
risen by 15%, in the past 4 years, with more than 480 more children in care in
2018 compared to 2014. The number of children in care across the whole of
England has increased by 27%,
in the last 10 years, with 75,420 children now in care in total, as of 31 March
2018. Barnardo's foster carers look after hundreds of children, giving them the
best...
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Much loved coastal heritage
assets to be saved with almost ₤1 million of Coastal Revival Fund
COASTAL heritage sites around the Great
British Coast will be saved as 23 projects are to receive a share of almost ₤1m
from the:- 'Coastal Revival Fund.' The projects, from
Blackpool to the Isle of Wight, have been awarded up to ₤50,000 each to help
restore local community assets and landmarks to their former glory. These
include Banksy's Pinwheel in Weston Super Mare, a community project in a
derelict smugglers' inn in Cornwall, and the preservation of Blackpool's 3
historic piers. The Coastal Revival Fund provides grants to coastal heritage...
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Parole Board members are
being recruited now
A recruitment campaign for new Parole
Board members is now open in the North West. There are 3 strands to the
campaign, with 1 for each type of member being recruited:– independent,
psychologist and judicial members. An
independent member can come from a variety of backgrounds and does not need to
have experience working in the criminal justice system to apply. The independent
member campaign is focussed on the North West, North East and Yorkshire and
Humber regions of England. The psychologist and judicial member campaigns
are open for people with the eligible...
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Will Britain lag behind Europe in
ending live animal exports?
COMPASSION within World Farming, on 24
January 2019, has welcomed a call by the European Parliament's Agriculture
Committee for a ban on live exports to countries that don't meet European
standards. Compassion believes that the long distance transport of animals for
slaughter and fattening is inhumane and unnecessary. The UK Government should
not lag behind Europe and instead take the lead when it comes to banning live
animal exports. Nick Palmer, Head of Compassion in World Farming UK,
said:- "Today the..."
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Latest headliner announced for
Creamfields UK 2019 - 'The Chemical Brothers'
THE music event:- 'Creamfields'
returns to:- Daresbury, Cheshire, UK, on Thursday, 22 August to Sunday, 25
August 2019 (Bank Holiday Weekend.) The event this week continues its onslaught
of headliner announcements for this year's festival and have today announced the
return of the legendary Chemical Brothers who will be headlining on the:-
'Horizon Stage,' on Saturday, 24 August 2019. For over 20 years
the multi award winning electronic duo have redefined the definition of Live
electronic music, with over 12 million albums and 6 million singles sold
worldwide already...
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