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The forgotten wife who helped create one of Liverpool’s most famous photographers

THE life of a wife who helped her husband become one of Liverpool’s most famous photographers is being revealed in a new exhibition.Read

National Museums Liverpool score another bumper year

LIVERPOOL’S museums have notched up another bumper year, after welcoming 2.2m visitors through their doors.Read

Harry Potter actress Imelda Staunton gives masterclass in Liverpool

HARRY POTTER star Imelda Staunton brought a touch of magic to Liverpool’s Acting Academy.Read

Buyers pay £114,000 for derelict Liverpool pub with Banksy artwork

A DERELICT city centre building made famous by an urban graffiti artist sold at auction for almost £50,000 over the guide price.Read

Liverpool celebrates Chinese New Year and 10th anniversary of twinning with Shanghai

LIVERPOOL will host a Chinese New Year spectacular this weekend to mark the 10th anniversary of twinning with Shanghai.Read

Colin Gent from Medical Thermal Imaging North West

Working Day: Meditating on life in hi-tech healthcare

Colin Gent, 56, is co-owner of Medical Thermal Imaging North West, a Liverpool practice that uses a hi-tech scanner to detect the cause of pain or disease. This was his day:Read

New ‘Liverpool Eye’ completed at the Echo Arena

THE Wheel of Liverpool at the Echo Arena is finally complete – just in time for Valentine’s Day and those sky-high marriage proposals.Read

Virgin Trains and Guinness among top sponsors for Liverpool Boat Show

BLUE-CHIP sponsors will back the city’s first international boat festival in a move which will reach millions of potential visitors.Read

Mersey manufacturers switch to alternative power supplies to ease demand on gas network

KEY Merseyside manufacturers have been hit by gas shortages as the nation struggles to cope with the current cold-snap.Read

Liverpool brewer Cains predicts US export deal for new year

LIVERPOOL brewer Cains is in talks with several major US importers and hopes to clinch a US export deal early in the new year.Read

Tributes paid to Liverpool Labour councillor Jack Spriggs

TRIBUTES have paid to Liverpool council stalwart Cllr Jack Spriggs, who died on Friday.Read

Soul of city’s battleship - HMS Prince of Wales - returns to Liverpool

THE bell of the vessel known as “Liverpool’s own battleship” went back on display at the Maritime Museum yesterday, just in time to mark the anniversary of its sinking.Read

Yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnson

Liverpool Boat Show to be staged annually

LIVERPOOL’S boat show will become an annual event, injecting millions into the city’s economy every year, organisers claim.Read

Liverpool Boat Show will be best boat festival in Europe

PLANS for Liverpool’s first major international boat show will be officially unveiled today.Read

Remarkable progress of driver of Liverpool's collapsed crane

A FATHER-of-four left paralysed after he was thrown from a 200ft high crane was last night said to be making "remarkable" progress.Read

Rare blue and white Everton FC spider “needs to be seen to be believed”

A RARE blue and white tarantula, dubbed the “Everton spider” because of its colours, is to go on display at the Bugworld Experience attraction this week.Read

Mankey Monkey spotted in Liverpool

THE very first Mankey Monkey has landed in Liverpool – and will be making its home in the Daily Post’s building.Read

Liverpool gets its very own 'London Eye'

LIVERPOOL One’s giant big wheel has started to take shape.Read

Ninth annual Liverpool DaDaFest launches in style with taste of talent on offer

DEAF and disabled arts festival DaDaFest launched last night with an event offering the public a taste of what is to come throughout the three-week event.Read

Liverpool pupils meet Crosby screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce

HUNDREDS of Year 7 pupils from schools across Liverpool had the chance to meet author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce and author Cathy MacPhail at a special event at Liverpool Central Library.Read

Liverpool law firm rapped after using £100,000 of miners’ compensation cash to pay a middleman

A TOP city law firm was rapped after it used £100,000 of miners’ compensation cash to pay a middleman who passed on their claims.Read

Liverpool's Echo Arena moves to protect acts from crowd trouble after Morrissey bottle-throwing incident

THE Echo Arena last night vowed to take a “zero tolerance” approach to drunken behaviour – but will not stop selling alcohol at its shows.Read

£2m road improvement plan for Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle announced

MORE than £2m will be spent improving roads in the heart of Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle after it was designated as a hub for creative businesses.Read

Liverpool's DaDaFest puts on burlesque night with a unique twist

IT’S one of Liverpool’s most glamorous – and unique – annual events.Read

Liverpool DaDaFest: A glimpse into the life of a burlesque performer

FEATHER boas, rhinestones, corsets, thongs, heels and tassels spring forth from Millie Dollar’s bulging carry case.Read

Liverpool shows its pride as annual gay festival Homotopia opens

HOMOTOPIA, Liverpool’s annual gay arts and culture festival, launched last night with a show of solidarity from the city’s authorities.Read

Liverpool comedy legend Ken Dodd: I simply want to make you smile

THE Squire of Knotty Ash – the surely soon-to-be-knighted Kenneth Arthur Dodd – has made millions of people laugh during his supremely successful career.Read

Liverpool Novas CUC calls for artists to paint its wall

NOVAS Contemporary Urban Centre is calling for artists to create a work for the wall of its cafe bar.Read

Mankey Monkeys head for Liverpool to raise Alder Hey money

INTRIGUE is mounting around the impending arrival of some strange little creatures on Liverpool shores.Read

New York artist Laurie Lipton’s exhibition is part of Homotopia festval

LAURIE LIPTON’S provocative charcoal drawings are on display as part of the Homotopia Not Homophobia festival of gay culture, opening in Liverpool next week.Read

Liverpool crane collapse: Wrecked flat owners caught in insurance limbo

A RECONSTRUCTION plan for flats destroyed in a crane collapse has ground to a halt after insurers refused to admit liability.Read

Liverpool designer Ilsa Parry wins Design for Life TV show

LIVERPOOL designer Ilsa Parry is celebrating after winning a television design show which will now see her working in Paris with one of the most famous names in the industry.Read

Double date in Liverpool for Hollywood legend Jane Russell

JANE RUSSELL, one of the most glamorous actresses in Hollywood history, was arriving in Liverpool today for two glittering showbusiness occasions.Read

Jane Russell Liverpool visit - upfront and much-admired

BORN in Minnesota, Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell – plain old Jane Russell to her friends and fans – made an early mark as a model.Read

Knowsley police officer among rescue team bringing hope to Asia’s earthquake survivors

A MERSEYSIDE police officer has returned from a search and rescue mission to help survivors of the Indonesian earthquake.Read

Masterplan of Liverpool One in final six for RIBA Stirling Prize

A decade after plans for Liverpool One began, Vicky Anderson reports on its unique architectural achievementRead

Liverpool's Everyman & Playhouse theatres up for business arts award

THE theatre trust behind the Everyman & Playhouse has been nominated for a regional award that could boost its profile and success.Read

Liverpool attractions win big with tourism awards

SOME of the city’s tourism hot-spots have been recognised with a clutch of awards.Read

Rare beetle looking for love in Liverpool

A RARE beetle who stowed away to the UK in an imported shipment of wood is in safe hands – and looking for love.Read

Artist left baffled by 'censorship' at Liverpool film festival Abandon Normal Devices

A ROW about “censorship” of a film shown as part of the On the Waterfront weekend has left its creator questioning why segments of his work were taken out.Read

Contract between The Beatles and Brian Epstein goes on display in Liverpool

IT WAS the most famous manager-group partnership in music history.Read

Victorian welcome to University of Liverpool Museum & Gallery

THERE’S the long arm of the law, but this is ridiculous . . .Read

Seminar shows how Liverpool theatre can be open to all

DEAF and disabled arts organisation DaDa began the run-up to its annual DaDaFest with a seminar at the Playhouse theatre yesterday.Read

Liverpool's culture venues open late for the Long Night

THE city’s cultural attractions big and small will be open into the night tomorrow for a unique chance to see things in a very different way. The Long Night will see the city’s museums and galleries open to the public and celebrating into the evening.Read

Everton FC's history goes on display at Liverpool Central Library

WHAT is considered to be the largest collection of footballing memorabilia relating to a single team goes on display to the public this week.Read

Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw hails Merseyside’s Find Your Talent art scheme

CULTURE secretary Ben Bradshaw visited Liverpool yesterday to meet young people who have benefited from a pioneering arts scheme.Read

Marking 70 years since WWII – Liverpool's wartime links with Poland explored

LIVERPOOL marked the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II this week, with a two-day exhibition at the Town Hall exploring links between the city and Poland.Read

REVIEW: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Novas CUC

NO ACTOR likes to be kept waiting in the wings yet this is the entire premise of Tom Stoppard’s absurdist play. The action, or lack of it, takes place in the bits of the Shakespearean tragedy Hamlet that you do not usually get to see – the waiting around in between scenes.Read

Jo Malone to open Liverpool Metquarter store in October

LUXURY skincare specialist Jo Malone is to open a new store in Liverpool’s Metquarter.Read

Scrapheap Challenge host Dick Strawbridge to give University of Liverpool lecture

THREE green pioneers are heading to Liverpool for a string of environmentally-themed lectures.Read

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