Who is the city centre for?
'A place where art, culture and design are in the very air'
'A place where art, culture and design are in the very air'
‘Words are not the answer to structural inequalities’: Plus the rest of the weekly briefing
In the second part of our special report into the city council, we look at staffing problems in the Cunard building and why the mayor is a 'lame duck'
Cigarette companies used to dump their waste here. The damage will take many more decades to undo
Wirral wildfire causes devastation - plus the rest of your weekly briefing
Critics say it’s a council in limbo - under weak leadership and in hock to the all-powerful government commissioners. Is that true?
Some local activists are calling it 'a national scandal' in the making - but one rival candidate says 'she’s very young but the best girl got it'
Why we might struggle to follow Greater Manchester, plus the rest of the weekly briefing
Plus: a recommended long read about a young man who died and the two friends who set up a men’s mental health café in his name
'All they want to do is be theatrically socialist, speak at rallies and wave placards'
10 great stories to fill your afternoon
Plus: a new exhibition on migration at the Tate, a report into racial discrimination at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and the rest of the weekly briefing
One of the wonders of the world: just around the corner
An alarming report shines a light on educational disparities, plus the rest of your Monday briefing
The Philharmonic's new maestro on life in Liverpool and the lucky meeting that gave him his big break
Plus: an art club for children in deprived communities and why arts provision matters in north Liverpool