Transport and Logistics Network
9 innovative projects are sharing £1.5m in grants from Liverpool City Region.
The cash comes from its LCR Freeport Innovation Challenge Fund and LCR Freeport Skills Infrastructure Grant.
The former focuses on accelerating research, development and depl…
Businesses and training providers get access to £1.5m that is being used to back innovation and skills projects centred around the Liverpool City Region Freeport. Tony McDonough reports
Port of Liverpool is central to the LCR Freeport project
A new …
New proposals have been unveiled to boost connectivity between the North West and north east Wales
16:44, 22 May 2025
Liverpool Lime Street station(Image: Julian Hamilton/Daily Mirror)
New services connecting Liverpool to North Wal…
The Big Weekend is taking place in Sefton Park in south Liverpool
13:06, 21 May 2025
Sefton Park prepares to host Radio 1’s Big Weekend festival this weekend(Image: Iain Watts/Liverpool Echo)
The Radio 1 Big Weekend[1] is coming to…
Shortly before 7.35am, emergency services were called to the roundabout at Tower Road and Birkenhead Road to reports of a collision involving a HGV truck and a cyclist.Emergency services including Merseyside Police, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service a…
Road closures are in place and traffic is at a standstill as emergency services work at the scene
09:50, 29 Oct 2024
The roundabout at Tower Road and Birkenhead Road is closed after a crash involving a HGV and a cyclist(Image: Liver…
Councils have issued the following intentions in the last seven days
06:30, 14 Oct 2024
Liverpool Town Hall
Councils across the Liverpool City Region have issued a list of public notices in the past seven days. These are important documents which act…
More than 3m sq ft of logistics / industrial space is under construction or in the pipeline due to the Liverpool City Region Freeport, a new report reveals. Tony McDonough reports
CGI of the £65m XDock logistics scheme in Widnes
More than 3m sq ft o…
According to the planning documents, there are broader plans of over 9,000 homes across central Birkenhead and 6,000 new jobs could be generated. More widely, a framework previously published by the authority states that there will be over 21,000 new h…
For the second time this year Northampton-based building products manufacturer Forterra provided an HGV lorry for the CarKraft safety event (12th November 2023), where young drivers were taught road safety skills. This is the second consecutive year th…