Bauer Media have announced that the St. Johns Beacon studios will be closing on Christmas Eve, with Greatest Hits Radio Breakfast to be broadcast nationally from Bauer's North West hub whilst Hits Radio Liverpool will remain broadcasting across the city. This ends 24 years of tenancy by Radio City, having moved into the tower from its original Stanley Street base in July 2000. Where Hits Radio Liverpool will be broadcast from afterwards isn't currently known.
Kemi Badenoch has emerged victorious in the race to succeed Rishi Sunak as Conservative Party leader. She is the fourth woman to lead the Tory party and the first black person to lead a British political party.
Donald Trump will succeed Joe Biden as the next President of the United States after winning more than 270 electoral college votes.
Ironically, Biden ousted Trump from the White House in 2020, but chose not to participate for reelection, instead endorsing his Vice President, Kamala Harris who ran on his behalf.
(08/10/2024 00:04)NathanR Wrote: [ -> ]Zoe's Place have announced that their West Derby hospice will close at the end of the year. The lease on the facility where the charity originated from when founded in 1995 is due by the middle of next year. Plans were approved last month to build a new hospice in West Derby Village, but the charity has confirmed due to escalating costs and the current economical climate that construction will not be going ahead.
Following a last-ditch fundraiser with a deadline of exactly a month and a target of £5 million, (including a donation of £2.5 million from Home Bargains offer TJ Morris) to build a new hospice the Liverpool ECHO has confirmed that the hospice will remain in Merseyside, and additionally there are ongoing plans for the replacement hospice to be ran by a group of new trustees.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has announced he will step down from his role following a damning report into a prolific child abuser associated with the Church of England.
The review found that Justin Welby, 68, "could and should" have reported John Smyth's abuse of boys and young men to police in 2013.
The BBC has confirmed that Match of the Day host Gary Lineker is to step down from the flagship football show at the end of this season, but will host BBC Sport’s coverage of the 2026 World Cup.
The owners of Vauxhall, Stellantis have announced that they plan to close the Luton plant by 2026. The company plan to combine the production at it's other UK plant in Ellesmere Port to produce their electric vans there.
The worlds oldest living man, John Tinniswood has died aged 112. Tinniswood, of Southport was confirmed as the worlds oldest living man in April earlier this year, RIP.
Louise Haigh resigned as Transport Secretary yesterday. She has been replaced by Heidi Alexander.