Operator chosen for Liverpool’s bombed-out church

While certainly not to be encouraged, it’s hard not to be left open-mouthed at the recent antics of two urban free climbers who decided to scale, and dangle off, Allied London’s 19-storey No.1 Spinningfields.

The funding from the EU's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme means Liverpool becomes one of ten European cities, and the only one in the UK, acting as a role model to promote historic city centres.

Liverpool City Council has gone out to tender for a lead advisor and multidisciplinary technical team to consult on the design and development of a new permanent cruise liner terminal at the former Princes Jetty off Princes Parade.

Liverpool City Council, working with Mersey Forest and the University of Liverpool, has secured £3.4m funding to develop “green corridors” across the city.

November featured council cock-ups, a Monty Python Northern Powerhouse moment, housing pledges and Ikea aspirations.

The Government named its next four science and innovation audit areas in the North, as part of a £4.7bn push into research and development initiatives.

The redevelopment of Myerscough College’s facilities at Croxteth Park, Liverpool is set to be given the go-ahed, following a report for Liverpool City Council’s cabinet ahead of its meeting this Friday.

A study into the condition of the derelict Wellington Rooms in Liverpool has revealed that £120,000 of urgent repair works are required to protect the building, with the council set to apply to Historic England to joint fund the restoration.