A whole host of celebrities will flock to Liverpool to be part of a star-studded charity event taking place at Moniques, on Temple Court Liverpool on 6th June 2013. With performances from X Factor finalist Christopher Maloney, X Factor’s Jake Quickenden including some X Factor surprise guests, Click22, Toni Nesbitt,…

The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest running campaign of the Second World War and 2013 has seen the 70th anniversary of the battle in which Liverpool was so heavily involved and affected. It was therefore only fitting for Huyton Sea Cadets to have a heavy involvement and presence…

The Stockbridge Village community came together to celebrate local champions, in partnership with community representatives and Knowsley Council, Villages Housing held their annual community awards evening at St Albert’s church hall. Now in its third year the ceremony brought together residents of all ages, the local Mayor and Mayoress and…

Housing staff swapped their daily routines for a Latin rhythm to raise money for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital after a colleague’s grandson was cared for there. The contact centre at the First Ark Group, which includes Knowsley Housing Trust (KHT), would normally handle customer calls but became a dance floor…

Around 40 Merseyside pupils and parents recently descended on Knowsley Council offices to deliver a message to Knowsley Council: “Save Our School”. The demonstration to protest about the council plans to close Christ the King Centre for Learning, in Huyton took place from Huyton Library to the council offices. The…

An extremely generous family have raised over £30,000 to help premature babies who need specialist care at Whiston Hospital. Jason and Anita Mullen, together with their family and friends have raised thousands of pounds to help local children’s hospital services to keep the memory of their baby son alive through…

Recent figures on High Street trade have been more than disappointing. With some big name causalities, the effects are also felt by the smaller, independent retailers. But locally things are moving apace. Having attended a recent meeting of the Prescot Town Team at the fantastic, and newly opened Poco Coffee…

Knowsley Community College is celebrating after receiving its latest Ofsted inspection report and becoming one of the most rapidly improving colleges in the UK. As a result of the assessment, Knowsley Community College has now been awarded Grade 2 for ‘overall effectiveness’ and commended in all subject areas inspected. The…

A development of 49 new homes that has revitalised an area of Knowsley is one of the top 50 affordable housing schemes in the country. Tiverton Close in Huyton has been chosen from thousands of projects across the UK as a best example of a scheme that has regenerated an…

Knowsley Estate’s commercial development, Stanley Grange Business Village, was officially opened by Owen Paterson, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The 55,000 sq. ft. Business Village provides 22 office units, housed in sympathetically converted Victorian brick-built farm buildings and has already attracted a host of companies including…

At a certain house in Knowsley, the mother of two boys – Thomas and Aaron – telephoned me with a very strange and unsettling story about an unusual apparition which had been seen in her home. One night in December 2002, Thomas, aged 13, and his younger 10-year-old brother Aaron,…

First of all at the time of writing this the weather is fantastic so put off reading my article until you’re having your supper and get yourselves outside into your alloties and gardens and if your posh smallholdings. Right where was I, oh yes, what is a native plant? I…

I have spoken many times before about choosing exercise that you enjoy, not forcing yourself to do something just because you think it is good. It will not work in the long term, and if it does you are wasting valuable time doing something you don’t like. The same goes…

Being a night owl has its ups and downs. See, an obvious weakness to burning the midnight oil is having to drag myself out of bed at 7AM each weekday morning, without any disregard for how long I spent browsing the internet night before, but a plus is just how…