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📢 | Attention Liverpool families! There are hundreds of FREE activities available for young people as part of our Holiday Activities & Food (HAF) programme. Plus drinks and snacks are included! Click the link in the comments for more info. #SummerSavings

Promotional graphic for a free summer food and activities programme, with a sun, cloud, bee, ladybird, and website link.

🎥 | We have pledged to create a Youth Parliament tasked with developing a Child Friendly City ‘manifesto’ with ideas and initiatives children and young people want to see introduced. Read more by clicking the link in the comments.

📢 | Attention Liverpool families! There are hundreds of FREE activities available for young people as part of our Holiday Activities & Food (HAF) programme. Plus drinks and snacks are included! Click the link in the comments for more info. #SummerSavings

Promotional graphic for a free summer food and activities programme, with a sun, cloud, bee, ladybird, and website link.

🤸| Our free Lifestyles Junior scheme is now live! Eligible young people aged 8-17 who live in Liverpool are now able to sign up for the new Kids Go Free membership as part of the council’s Active Lifestyles Youth Offer. Find out more by clicking the link in the comments.

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This year's Summer Reading Challenge is under way! 🎵 Read to the Beat is all about celebrating the joy of music through the magic of reading. Children can sign up at any library and special storytelling, song writing, and craft sessions will be taking place across July. More in the comments.

A colourful illustration of six diverse children playing musical instruments on a rooftop for the Summer Reading Challenge.

🚴 | There's just a year to go to the start of the Tour De France heading to Liverpool! On the second day, competitors will race from the Cumbrian town of Keswick before finishing the stage in a super sprint along our iconic waterfront. Click the link in the comments for more.

A promotional poster for the 2027 Tour de France Grand Départ in the UK, featuring cyclists and iconic British landmarks.

📢 | A programme of events will take place across Liverpool next week to mark Armed Forces Week, including a formal flag raising, civic engagements, and a military music performance in the city centre. Click the link in the comments for details.

Armed Forces Day flag flying over Liverpool Town Hall

What does courage look like? Sometimes it’s starting over, learning a new language, or finding a place to call home This Refugee Week, we celebrate the courage, & contributions of refugees in Liverpool & around the world This is Liverpool. A city of courage. A city of welcome #RefugeeWeek2026

Graphic for Refugee Week: 'This is Liverpool. This Refugee Week, Liverpool chooses COURAGE.' Features a colourful bird within a heart outline.

📢 | Find out more about the upcoming highway improvements on Wavertree High Street at drop-in events at Liverpool Aquatics Centre, Wellington Road, Liverpool L15 4LE: • Tuesday 16 June, 9.30am-12.30pm • Tuesday 30 June, 3.30pm - 6.30pm Click the link in the comments for more info.

An image of Picton Road in Liverpool

🗣️ | Carers Week starts on Monday 8 June, and there's lots happening in Liverpool: ℹ️ Information and advice drop-ins 📝 Getting a carers assessment 🖥️ Support securing employment Find out more by clicking the link in the comments.

Logo for Carers Week, featuring the words 'carers' and 'week' within a blue crescent shape.

📸 | Today we held a Day of Action at Mab Lane woods in Yew Tree. The Neighbourhoods & Parks teams were joined by local councillors, Merseyside Police, the University of Liverpool, YPAS & residents. Improvements including new accessible entrances and benches are coming soon! #WhereWeLiverpool

Cllrs Dan Barrington and Barbara Murray with litter pickers and bags of rubbish after a clean-up, standing by a green fence.A person in a high-vis vest clears overgrown bushes and grass outdoors.Discarded rubbish, a rusty bicycle, and items in a shopping trolley on grass.

📢 | Norris Green East has become the second Pride in Place area in Liverpool to appoint a Chair of the Board. Ann-Marie Ferrigan will bring together community representatives and other local stakeholders to create a 10-year plan to spend £20 million in the area. Read more in the comments.

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🚧 Speke Hall Rd (from Triumph Way/Barford Rd to North Ave) will be closed overnight for essential works from Monday 18 - Thursday 21 May, and on Tuesday 26 May. Traffic will be diverted via Hillfoot Avenue, Woodend Avenue & Speke Boulevard. Thank you for your patience.

A red 'ROAD CLOSED' sign stands on a street, with two traffic cones and a safety barrier in the background.

🗳️ | There are no local elections in Liverpool on Thursday 7 May. In 2023 we moved to a new 'whole council' system in which all 85 seats are contested every four years, meaning the next elections will take place on Thursday 6 May 2027.

A red pencil poised over a ballot paper with the word 'Vote' and empty checkboxes.