
Storm Boelo Cancels River of Light for a Second Night
Wind and rain on Saturday shut the River of Light trail, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral to visitors and several markets across Liverpool.
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Wind and rain on Saturday shut the River of Light trail, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral to visitors and several markets across Liverpool.

Liverpool play Brighton at 2pm on Sunday under a yellow wind warning. Merseyrail will run some of its first trains empty to check the lines.

Two University of Leicester contestants accuse the BBC of editing out rainbow symbols from their episode. The BBC says its guidelines call for no badges or symbols during filming.

The children's hospice needs £10m of a £23m total to build a round-the-clock site on Honey's Green Lane, with doors aiming to open in summer 2029.

A yellow warning covers Merseyside. Liverpool has cancelled River of Light on both nights, three markets and council pitch fixtures.

Work on a 2km stretch between Tithebarn Street and Sandhills Lane starts on 28 October and is expected to run into 2028.

Marc Davenant's twelve-year project on protest in Britain is on free display in Birkenhead until February 2027, with three more venues to follow.

A sharing event looked at three projects funded by an AHRC grant, from Romano-British women's heritage to dementia-friendly music, and set priorities for the next phase.

Urban Splash and igloo have agreed the legal papers for the waterfront site, with a planning application planned by the end of 2027.

Three men who stole more than £40,000 from elderly cash machine users across England were sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court, after a Cheshire Police investigation.

Rio Ngumoha drove a Champions League comeback at Anfield, with two goals from Alexis Mac Allister and one each from Ronald Araújo and Florian Wirtz.

Merseyrail runs replacement buses until 6 November while Mersey Ferries stay suspended with no return date.

Apple Corps plans a larger Beatles attraction opposite Lime Street station, with film sets and a Yellow Submarine viewing tower.

A Lancet Public Health study led by Liverpool and Manchester researchers finds the North-South mortality gap in this age group has more than tripled since 1981.

The water company and the university have signed a memorandum of understanding covering research, education and innovation, and a campus testing site among its features.