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‘An unprecedented, disastrous move’: why has Liverpool City Council cut its obesity services?
The city has long played a pivotal role in weight loss policy. A recent money-saving move threatens to throw that away
Is it fair to name and shame councillors over council tax debts?
Plus: an update in the Showcase Cinema shooting and a social services shake-up
An uncertain future is facing one of Liverpool’s greatest theatres
The Unity has long been a pillar in the city’s theatre scene. But it’s not been an easy year for those at the helm
50 years since its creation, a borough is still searching for its identity
Why Knowsley seems to be the hardest word
Campaigners and bereaved families wanted a Hillsborough Law. Six years later, the government says this isn’t necessary
On why the Hillsborough Charter doesn’t go far enough
In the deep end: Leisure centres could be given away as council finances are squeezed
Plus: A magical performance of The Snowman, and an ode to Bongo’s Bingo
Is knife crime going up in Liverpool — or are we just more aware of it?
Plus: A major problem for the city’s hospitals and a visit from Brit-pop legend Tim Burgess
We’ve been making a list, checking it twice…
Scrap the Dukla Prague Away Kit, all I want for Christmas is an inbox full of longreads
Go for a pint? No thanks, I’m off to the Die Hard-themed shooting range
Forget pubs, never mind clubs. David Lloyd on how ‘competitive socialising’ is reshaping Liverpool’s nightlife
Manchester for business, Liverpool for culture? Not anymore
As the English National Opera heads to Manchester, have local leaders been complacent or unlucky?
Anthony Walker’s future was taken away in a senseless racist attack in 2005. So why is Joey Barton ‘rewriting history’?
‘It is worth noting that Michael Barton did not lose 17 years of his life, the only life lost that day was Anthony’s’
The Christmas market is here — and it’s expensive. But is anyone to blame?
‘Realistically my prices should be higher, but I don’t want to charge that’
The People’s Day of Death: Liverpool celebrates its own mortality
Skools, ghouls and a rulebook for funeral punkery