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We’re all getting on the buses in Merseyside – bucking a national decline

Ybnews Sep 26, 2017

Over the past three years the number of bus journeys taken by people in the Liverpool city region has risen 16.2% with the number of bus journeys taken by young people soaring 142%. Tony McDonough reports Across the UK the numbers if…

Hola! Wirral entrepreneur opens Merseyside’s first Spanish-English bi-lingual nursery

Ybnews Sep 26, 2017

Habla is the brainchild of Jenny Birch who subscribes to the theory that bi-lingual children fare better educationally and socially than those who speak just one language. Tony McDonough reports Merseyside’s first Spanish-English…

Morgan Sindall hands over Birkenhead school after £12m rebuild

Ybnews Sep 26, 2017

Ridgeway High School is one of 12 that have been rebuilt by the firm under the North West batch of the Education Funding Agency’s Priority School Building Programme Construction giant Morgan Sindall has handed over a Wirral school it…

Ships on the Mersey and high and low tides on Tuesday, September 26

Ybnews Sep 25, 2017

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Celtic Crusader, a cargo vessel coming from Portugal. Agent is Freight Logistics Warehousing. Karin Schepers, a container vessel coming from Portugal and sailing on to Ireland. Agent…

Video: Watch stunning drone footage of the £600m Mersey Gateway Bridge

Ybnews Sep 25, 2017

Shot from high above the estuary, the video clearly shows the work that's been carried out on the landmark scheme linking Runcorn and Widnes, which is due to open by mid-October Just weeks ahead of the opening of the £600m Mersey…

Hospitality entrepreneur Steven Hesketh invests in Merseyside chicken takeaway chain

Ybnews Sep 25, 2017

Founder of Liverpool-based The Know Collection aims to grow Piri Piri Express to 12 outlets across the UK from its current three over the next 12 months. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool hospitality group The Know Collection is…

Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside presents Queen’s Award to St Helens Chamber

Ybnews Sep 25, 2017

Annual Queen’s Awards recognise British businesses that have excelled in exporting, social or environmental good works, or innovation and the chamber was told it had won back in April St Helens Chamber of Commerce has received its…

Stretch of Great Howard Street to close for a week amid fears building may collapse

Ybnews Sep 25, 2017

Demolition works are currently being undertaken on the former grain silo along Great Howard Street at Tobacco Warehouse Stanley Dock, for Harcourt Developments. A major route into Liverpool city centre is to close for up to a week…

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Ships on the Mersey and high and low tides on Monday, September 25

Ybnews Sep 24, 2017

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: YM Pluto, a chemical tanker carrying paraffins from Italy. Agent is Graypen. Shipping information supplied by Peel Ports Birkenhead to Belfast: Stena Lagan will sail from the 12 Quays…

Developer unveils plans for small business start-up hub in St Helens

Ybnews Sep 24, 2017

Luxor Group acquires Barrow House on the corner of Claughton Street and Barrow Street and aims to attract independent and fledgling businesses with a number of incentives. Tony McDonough reports Developer Luxor Group has acquired a…

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We’re all getting on the buses in Merseyside – bucking a national decline

Hola! Wirral entrepreneur opens Merseyside’s first Spanish-English bi-lingual nursery

Morgan Sindall hands over Birkenhead school after £12m rebuild

Ships on the Mersey and high and low tides on Tuesday, September 26

Video: Watch stunning drone footage of the £600m Mersey Gateway Bridge

Hospitality entrepreneur Steven Hesketh invests in Merseyside chicken takeaway chain

Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside presents Queen’s Award to St Helens Chamber

Stretch of Great Howard Street to close for a week amid fears building may collapse

Ships on the Mersey and high and low tides on Monday, September 25

Developer unveils plans for small business start-up hub in St Helens

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