Liverpool City Council - June


 
  • 1/6/2005 Life begins at 50!

    The summer of love is the theme for Festival 50, which celebrates its third anniversary this year....

  • 1/6/2005 City's anti-crime global lessons

    Dublin's Lord Mayor is heading a 25-strong delegation to Liverpool to learn how the city is winning the war against crime....

  • 2/6/2005 All the world's a stage

    A Liverpool theatre company is going back to nature to perform Jason and the Argonauts in Otterspool Park....

  • 2/6/2005 Umpire boost for Liverpool International

    One of the North of England's biggest summer sporting events has received a major boost - just a week before it begins....

  • 2/6/2005 River Festival's silver lining for kids

    Young people will be making a splash at the Mersey River Festival this year....

  • 2/6/2005 Lord Mayor all at sea!

    Liverpool's Lord Mayor will be all at sea this weekend - without leaving dry land!...

  • 2/6/2005 The pod squad!

    Seven new pavement pods are about to land on the streets of Liverpool....

  • 2/6/2005 We'll meet again!

    Older people in Liverpool are getting together to view the silver screen in an evening of music and memories....

  • 2/6/2005 '08 Clipper's Maiden Mersey Arrival

    Liverpool's entry in the 05-06 Clipper Round the World Yacht race is arriving in the city for the first time....

  • 3/6/2005 Shoreline set to sparkle

    Part of Liverpool's stunning shoreline is being transformed by an environmental task force....

  • 3/6/2005 Dance telling a story

    Liverpool people have a chance to get involved in a unique dance project describing the fascinating stories of the city....

  • 7/6/2005 Working progress for ethnic minorities

    A new city council project is set to get scores of unemployed ethnic minorities into work. ...

  • 7/6/2005 Giant blue halo for Everton

    Everton's historic water tower is being bathed in blue light and given a giant halo....

  • 8/6/2005 Glitter Ships Launched

    A glittering flotilla of hand-crafted ships will take to the water this weekend as part of the 25th annual Mersey River Festival....

  • 8/6/2005 Liverpool's Silver Superstar

    A talented amateur singer from Liverpool is to represent the city in the national final of a top talent contest....

  • 8/6/2005 Fairtrade takes centre stage

    A hard-hitting drama is teaching the city's youngsters a fair lesson....

  • 8/6/2005 08 - What's it all about?

    Liverpool residents are discovering what Capital of Culture means to them....

  • 9/6/2005 Young musicians make waves

    Young musicians have fought off stiff competition to win a place on stage at the 25th Mersey River Festival....

  • 10/6/2005 Council Gives Green Light to Merseytram

    Liverpool City Council has paved the way for building work to start on Line 1 of Merseytram....

  • 13/6/2005 Modern vision for social care

    Liverpool's leadership and vision for social care for older people has been highlighted in a new inspection report. ...

  • 13/6/2005 Businesses Invited to Drop In

    BusinessLiverpool has launched the 'Drop in' Business Suite at 8 Chapel Street....

  • 14/6/2005 Theatre in the park (Knowsley)

    Knowsley people are taking to the stage in a performance which is open to the elements as well as to the public!...

  • 14/6/2005 Low-cost loans help keep people at home

    Cash loans for home improvements are to be given to the elderly by Liverpool City Council. ...

  • 15/6/2005 £54m planned for Princes Park area

    Fifty million pounds of investment is on the cards to improve the Princes Park area of Liverpool....

  • 15/6/2005 How we used to live!

    It's a story of binge drinking, crime and even plastic surgery....

  • 15/6/2005 Open air gallery at dock is pier-fect

    Liverpool's historic Albert Dock is being turned into an open-air art gallery for a unique, time defying photographic exhibition this summer. ...

  • 15/6/2005 Liverpool kids wash their hands of it

    Children are holding up their hands this week to show just how dirty they are....

  • 16/6/2005 Garage menace removed

    A block of derelict garages which became a focal point for yobs will be torn down....

  • 16/6/2005 Sofa, so good for youth clubs

    Teenagers wanting to spruce-up their youth clubs are taking matters into their own hands....

  • 17/6/2005 Celebration of city's green oasis

    What do an America sea captain stabbed to death, a martyr who helped the sick in the 1932 cholera epidemic and a royal painter all have in common?...

  • 17/6/2005 Make 20/08 a healthy date

    Children will be able to make a big splash on 20/08 - when the city celebrates its European Capital of Culture, 2008 status....

  • 17/6/2005 Liverpool's Friendship boosts Olympic bid

    Liverpool will throw its support behind London's Olympic bid as the capital city launches its FriendShip Week....

  • 20/6/2005 Green light for Kings

    Influence the future

    Partners working on the regeneration of Kings Waterfront in Liverpool have announced the start of a £15m programme of infrastructure works....

  • 21/6/2005 Neil's a knockout

    Neil Perkins

    Young boxer Neil Perkins one of Liverpool city council's elite sporting scholars made his mark last week producing a magnificent performance in Italy. ...

  • 21/6/2005 Liverpool launches national Friend Ship

    Liverpool is extending the hand of friendship to London to support their Olympic bid....

  • 21/6/2005 Fill your plate on 20/08

    Liverpool's hotels and restaurants are offering a feast of culinary delights as part of this year's 20/08 celebrations. ...

  • 22/6/2005 Liverpool's Big Dig Gets Under Way

    A campaign to inform and involve Liverpool people in the regeneration of the city is under way....

  • 22/6/2005 War memories brought to life

    A Prisoner of War, a Spitfire pilot and survivors of the blitz are bringing the second world war to life for youngsters in Liverpool....

  • 23/6/2005 You light up my life!

    Bright sparks at Liverpool City Council have won a top national award....

  • 23/6/2005 A 'fine' way to improve school attendance

    A pioneering government scheme to crack down on parents of truants in Liverpool is driving down the number of children skipping school....

  • 23/6/2005 Council launches cash card

    An innovative new council scheme is to make it easier for vulnerable people in Liverpool to get emergency cash....

  • 23/6/2005 Schools awarded official fair trade status

    The first official fair trade schools will be named at a special award ceremony in Liverpool....

  • 23/6/2005 Theatre in the park (Liverpool)

    Liverpool people are taking to the stage in a performance which is open to the elements as well as to the public!...

  • 24/6/2005 Car Seat Safety Campaign Launched

    A hard-hitting advertising campaign to encourage parents to fit the right type of child car seats and to ensure their children always wear seat belts has been launched....

  • 24/6/2005 A century of lending in Liverpool!

    A Liverpool library is celebrating a century of lending by turning back the clock....

  • 24/6/2005 Speke reaches carnival fever

    Bouncy castles, clowns, talent contests and even canoeing will bring a carnival atmosphere to the city on Saturday 25 June....

  • 27/6/2005 Merry bard's Mersey mover

    Will power is set to shake Liverpool this weekend as one of the bard's funniest plays gets a moving makeover....

  • 27/6/2005 Hub festival at the double

    One of the UK's biggest urban culture festivals has just got bigger....

  • 28/6/2005 Books are a bear necessity!

    More than a quarter of a million pounds worth of books have been given away to children in Liverpool over the last five years as part of a scheme to encourage reading....

  • 1/7/2005 Liverpool children put on ship-shape display

    Pirates, sailors and sea creatures will clamber on board a primary school....

  • 1/7/2005 Text In And Find Out

    man holding mobile phone

    Liverpool City Council has launched a new text messaging service called Text In and Find Out...