Exclusive: LBN can reveal global ports operator Global Ports Holding paid £12.5m for the right to operate Liverpool's cruise terminal and the facility has already made a ‘positive contribution’ to the company's record £176m annual revenues.…

Generations of day trippers to Southport have got off the train at the town’s station and walked through the shopping mall that is a gateway to Chapel Street - now the mall is to get a major facelift. Tony McDonough reports A major…

Merseyrail says more than 111,000 journeys were made between Liverpool and Aintree during the three days of the 2026 Grand National meeting with both tap and go and free flip-flops hailed a success. Tony McDonough reports There were…

Staffordshire accountancy group DJH grows its Liverpool city region footprint with a further acquisition eight months after buying Haines Watts and entering the local market for the first time. Tony McDonough reports Just eight…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Mazarine, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Stolt Seagull, a tanker carrying urea from Germany. Agent is Graypen. Lucky Sea, a cargo vessel…

New report from Mersey Maritime reveals there are 188 active innovation projects in Liverpool city region’s maritime sector, totalling £1.9bn in value. Tony McDonough reports Mersey Maritime (MM) has revealed in a new report that…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Peregrine, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Bonas, a cargo vessel steel coils from the Republic of Korea. Agent is Normac Shipping. Eems Exe,…

A Liverpool city region hospice is having to halve the number of in-patient beds it provides amid a £2m funding crisis. Tony McDonough reports Queenscourt Hospice in Southport is having to slash the number of in-patient beds from 10…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Vespertine, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Mazarine, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Atlantic Sun,…

Cash-strapped Wirral Council puts historic Bebington building on the market for ‘re-use, refurbishment or redevelopment’ despite opposition from people living locally. Tony McDonough reports Pennant House in Bebington Village in…