Is Liverpool Britain's TikTok capital?

We meet the young people making huge waves on Gen Z's favourite app

Dear members — in today’s main story, we meet some of the young people of Liverpool who have made their name on the popular video-sharing app TikTok. Liverpool-based writer Alice Porter — who has written for Vice, Dazed and the Independent — talks to them about their brushes with fame and the strange thrill of being recognised in public.

First, we have a mini briefing with a local news roundup, some things to do over this weekend, and a Covid-19 update.