Southport is bursting with events this year - from the fireworks to the Food & Drink Festival 🎆🍴 To help you get there, I'm cutting the cost of Merseyrail fares on key dates - saving passengers up to 70% off. 🎫 £2 return for adults 🪙 £1 return for children

💼 The Chancellor has unveiled £95m for the Liverpool City Region to unlock major growth projects, including the redevelopment of Liverpool Central. It's a key step in delivering the Northern Growth strategy - the North’s biggest travel upgrade in decades. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Liverpool City Region in line for almost £100m regeneration boost

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the funding in a speech today

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❄️ Brrr-illiant news for Merseyrail passengers. We’re bringing fares in line with the government’s national freeze until March 2027 - helping keep travel affordable for local people.

I was honoured to be Lord Mayor when Jesse Jackson visited Liverpool in 2008. He was one of the most inspirational people I’ve ever met - a true champion for justice and equality. His legacy will continue to inspire people across the world for generations to come.

📻 I'm back in the BBC Merseyside hot seat taking your calls. ☎️ 0800 731 9333 📱 WhatsApp: 0800 321 333 (start MERSEY) 📧 thehotseat@bbc.co.uk

I've joined fellow Northern mayors and leaders to call for any future Olympic and Paralympic Games bid in Great Britain to be hosted in the North. Here's why 👇 www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympi...

New Olympics and Paralympics campaign insists future UK bids must be in the north

A new campaign has been launched calling for future Olympics and Paralympics to take place in the north of England

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This week I have been thinking about the words ‘Labour values’. My conversation with @metromayorsteve.bsky.social embodied them. Other stories showed that we must not allow them to become lip service to be betrayed both those who never lived them. labourlist.org/2026/02/labo...

'Labour values: Power, principles and the red lines Labour must not cross' - LabourList

From Hillsborough to workers’ rights, Emma Burnell offers a timely reminder that Labour values must be lived — not merely invoked.

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Artificial Intelligence will be used to accelerate new medicine discovery in a @liverpooluni.bsky.social partnership secured following @metromayorsteve.bsky.social’s US trade mission. 👉 news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/02/05/n...

New University of Liverpool-US collaboration to accelerate drug discovery using AI - University of Liverpool News

New University of Liverpool-US collaboration to accelerate drug discovery using AI

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🚨 NEW: Another major US company is teaming up with Liverpool to use AI to transform medicine discovery. The deal is a direct outcome of our 2024 US trade mission and another strong example of growing American investment in our region 🇺🇸🤝 www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Huge boost for Liverpool as US firm to bring AI jobs to city

Boston-based group announces partnership with university that will bring investment in more good economic news for city region

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Enough already.

🚨 I'm back in the BBC Merseyside hot seat taking your calls for the next hour. ☎️ 0800 731 9333 📱 WhatsApp: 08000 321 333 (start MERSEY) 📨 thehotseat@bbc.co.uk

🕯️ Today we remember the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered in the Holocaust, and all victims of genocide. On Holocaust Memorial Day, we honour their memory by reaffirming our commitment to defeat antisemitism and all forms of hatred.

✍️ Today I welcomed the Transport Secretary to Liverpool to sign a new agreement to deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail in full. It sets out work to deliver: 🚆 A new Liverpool–Manchester line 🏗️ A new Gateway station 🔗 Integration with Liverpool Central Now it's time to get to work!

"Thatcherism was great for the country - we need more Thatcherism!" Don't make me laugh. This is the last thing the country needs. Reform are nothing new - and the North won't be fooled.

❌ We’re clamping down on ads for vapes, junk food and high-sugar drinks on publicly-owned assets. Because in some of our communities, children are surrounded by adverts that harm their health. It's simple: public infrastructure should serve the public interest.

❓ Do you have a question for me? Tomorrow I'll be back in the BBC Merseyside hot seat taking your calls from 12pm. 📞 0800 731 9333 💬 WhatsApp: 08000 321 333 (start MERSEY) ✉️ hotseat@bbc.co.uk

We appreciate that the government has made huge strides in working to deliver the Hillsborough Law. It is in that spirit that @andyburnham.bsky.social and I are calling on them to withdraw their amendment ahead of Monday’s debate to find a solution acceptable to all sides.

🎉 🚴‍♂️ Bienvenue à Liverpool City Region!!

Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region@lcrmayor.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨 🚴 The Tour de France is coming to the Liverpool City Region! 💛 Thousands of visitors are expected as Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens host the finish of Stage 2 of the men’s race on Saturday 3 July 2027, with the event ending on our iconic waterfront.

The Wirral benefits massively from being part of @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social and from @metromayorsteve.bsky.social 's leadership.

A pleasure to welcome @darrenpjones.bsky.social to the region yesterday! Great to have a government working with us to drive investment and growth in the Liverpool City Region. @evertonstadium.com was the perfect venue to show off the huge potential of the North Liverpool-South Sefton corridor!

Our Labour government, with Rachel Reeves as Chancellor, is smashing through the barriers to growth🌹 The Green Book review could be transformative, helping attract more government investment into the Liverpool City Region while we work to attract more foreign investment too.

🤓 One of the wonkiest and most technical changes possible. 💪 Also: one of the most impactful and transformative changes possible. This is could open up a world of opportunity for the North. Green Book has seen countless worthy infrastructure projects canned because of its outdated methodology.

"For those who survived and for the loved ones left behind, today is another step on a long and challenging road. But they will not face it alone." My statement following today's sentencing 👇

Busy few days of important and productive meetings down in London! We discussed how we can work together to turn our shared missions into reality. 🤝

🚨 BREAKING: In response to today's disruption on Merseyrail, Steve has commissioned an independent review to examine and address the failures that led to it. Transport bosses from Merseyrail, Network Rail and Stadler will also be summoned to answer before the region's Transport Committee.

The complete cancellation of Merseyrail services today is unacceptable. People in our region deserve better, and I won’t stop until they get it.

The riots that took place last Summer showed the dangers of unchecked misinformation and racial hatred spread across social media. Truth matters, and we all have a duty to uphold it—whether on X or elsewhere. If platforms won’t act, it’s time we rethink where we engage.

Thanks for the nice feedback about our Bluesky report tonight. 🦋 The full piece, featuring @metromayorsteve.bsky.social & @drmaximilian.bsky.social, is below. Will be fascinating to see what the year ahead holds for this site and others… www.channel4.com/news/as-thou...

As thousands desert Twitter, is this the end for Elon Musk’s X?

It was once the world's online marketplace of ideas. But ever since the billionaire tycoon Elon Musk bought up Twitter and renamed it X - dissatisfied users have fled the site - especially after the U...

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🚆 HERE, FARE AND EVERYWHERE 🚆 🪙 For the entire month of January, enjoy unlimited weekend travel on Merseyrail for just £2! 🧒 And just £1 for kids! 🎡 Start off the year right and get out to see the best the Liverpool City Region has to offer!!

🤝 Working together with @seftoncouncil.bsky.social & @metromayorsteve.bsky.social we have put forward a bold plan to deliver 10,000 new homes between Kirkdale & Bootle 📈 This project represents the scale of ambition we have for this city www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

New town 'Liverpool North' could transform two areas 'left behind'

The new town could connect two parts of the region with 10,000 new homes

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