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News, posts and releases on Merseyside.

Peace Bike World Tour Starts In Manchester

An international cycle tour will set off from Manchester Town Hall on Saturday 15 March in a bid to raise awareness of the need to create a nuclear free world. Dignitaries, including the former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell-Masgne Bondevik and the Lord Mayor of Manchester Councillor Naeem ul Hassan, will join local cycle groups and …

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Liverpool turns blue to highlight autism

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LIVERPOOL will light up its buildings blue to raise awareness of autism. The Town Hall and St George’s Hall will be bathed in blue light on Wednesday 2 April to mark United Nations World Autism Awareness Day. They will join other iconic locations around the world, including the Empire State Building in New York, Sydney Opera …

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Giant Volunteers Needed For Liverpool Street Show

THE team behind the UK’s biggest street theatre spectacular taking place in Liverpool are looking to recruit an army of 500 volunteers. Preparations are well underway for Memories of August 1914, which will be this year’s national flagship cultural event – marking a centenary since the outbreak of the First World War. The event will see …

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