Liverpool
Life 26th - November - 2013
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This week...
Bus lane closure One month on, we look at the reaction on Twitter.
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SHIP-SHAPE SHOPS
Pop-up shops housed in shipping containers have docked in Williamson Square. They have been put in place to celebrate all things away from the mainstream
A growing year
How a Liverpool man faced a charity challenge.
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Food for thought Do Instagram food pictures affect our eating habits?
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in the run up to Christmas. Independent businesses set up in the village include Independent Liverpool cards4scousers and craftcreative.
LET’S GIVE POVERTY THE PUSH
United effort to help the city’s poor Liverpool is taking action against poverty following the release of new figures showing the city is the second worst hit in the country by the impact of bedroom tax, and there are nearly 700 new rough sleepers on the streets. The Mayor of Liverpool has launched ‘The Mayor’s
Hope Fund’ to tackle poverty in the city, where donations can be made in Tesco stores to raise money for local foodbanks. A new campaign to help beggars has also been launched, “Your Kindness Could Kill”, to advise people not to give money to people begging on the streets.
Instead people are encouraged to donate to local charities, so the money beggars receive doesn’t get spent on drugs or alcohol. Payday loans which increase people’s debt are also being capped by a new law from the government. Full story: page 3.