World famous Grand National meeting gets underway without crowds as Aintree racecourse lies deserted

The Grand National meeting gets underway without crowds as Aintree lies deserted at the time thousands of punters would usually be piling through its doors ready for a beer and bacon sandwich! The Grand National’s first meeting will take place without fans on Thursday   Aintree racecourse was empty ahead of the event with the UK … Read more

Rami Malek parties shirtless in Miami Beach as Lucy Boynton films across the pond in Liverpool

They met and fell in love on set of 2018 Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. And though Rami Malek is enjoying some downtime, his girlfriend Lucy Boynton is proving that The Show Must Go On.  The 39-year-old Oscar-winning actor was seen soaking up the sun while shirtless in Miami Beach on Monday while girlfriend Lucy, 27, … Read more

Liverpool and Manchester City to launch landmark study into how heading affects footballers’ brains

Premier League giants Liverpool and Manchester City will step up dementia fight by trialling gumshield in landmark study next month to assess how brains are affected by heading Liverpool and Manchester City will spearhead a new study into heading  It will assess how footballers’ brains are affected amid the dementia crisis  A gumshield will be … Read more

Robert Jenrick sends commissioners to Liverpool after ‘a serious breakdown of governance’ at council

Liverpool’s Labour city council is to be stripped of some of its powers for the next three years amid a corruption probe, it was confirmed today. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said he plans to to appoint commissioners to run some aspects of the authority after a damning report by inspectors. A team led by Max Caller … Read more

Liverpool City Council vows to NEVER let its 100 parks to be sold or built on 

Liverpool City Council vows to NEVER let its 100 parks to be sold or built on Liverpool City Council is first council to have made a vow not to build on parks This follows court ruling stopping council building homes on Calderstones Park Such areas have been vital for locked down Britons seeking places to … Read more

Champions League quarter-final draw: Liverpool face Madrid, City play Dortmund and Chelsea get Porto

Champions League quarter-final draw: Liverpool face Real Madrid, Man City play Haaland’s Dortmund and Chelsea get lucky with Porto… plus a Bayern-PSG rematch and a potential all-English semi-final! The draw for this season’s Champions League quarter finals has taken place Liverpool face a re-run of their 2018 final against Spanish giants Real Madrid  City will … Read more

Hundreds of Liverpool students gather for St Patrick’s Day gathering – despite Covid-19 lockdown

Hundreds of students gathered at a Liverpool park this afternoon as part of St Patrick’s Day celebrations, despite the national lockdown. Police were sent to Sefton Park after footage shared on Twitter and Snapchat showed crowds drinking in the sun as they flouted Covid-19 guidelines. By the time they were moved on, crowds had left … Read more

Migrants arrested trying to get into port of Liverpool in trucks amid fears of criminal gangs

Migrants are arrested trying to get into Liverpool hidden in trucks on ferries as pictures show drinks cans, bags and ear defenders left behind in one trailer Business owner says he believes criminal gangs are behind number of crossings Director of Coyne Transport says it has worsened since they began route from Santander in Spain … Read more

Academic blasts bid to remove William Gladstone’s name from Liverpool Uni halls over slavery link

A politics lecturer has hit out at Liverpool University’s plans to drop the name of former Prime Minister William Gladstone from a building because of his family’s links to the slave trade. The university emailed staff on Tuesday confirming that the plans to rename the Gladstone Hall student accommodation building, which were initially announced in … Read more

Daughter put up for adoption in Liverpool in 1953 is stunned to discover her mother is still alive

The 67-year-old daughter of an Irish woman who put her up for adoption in 1953 was stunned to discover that her mother is still alive in an emotional BBC documentary.  Margaret, from Warwickshire, was adopted in Southport, Liverpool when she was just six months old.  She appeared on last night’s episode of BBC2’s DNA Family … Read more