A woman from Liverpool is on course to make local maritime history by becoming the first female captain of the iconic Mersey ferry linking the Wirral peninsula.

Liverpool’s waterfront reads like a record of America’s rise. Tobacco from Virginia passed through its warehouses, passenger ...

These reservations do not undermine the book’s achievement. Fiercely local and profoundly international, grounded in archival ...

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A body has been found in the River Mersey as part of the search for a 33-year-old man from Liverpool. Mahmoud Alzard, 33, was last seen at around 5.30pm on Tuesday (January 13) near Sefton Street in ...

Volunteers at Newcastle RNLI have bid a sad farewell to the last operational Mersey class lifeboat in the charity’s fleet. The historic moment came at 12.20pm — the number on the side of the Leonard ...

A new ‘National River Walk’ – 21km long – is to be created in Greater Manchester. It’s part of a government scheme to get more people out and experiencing nature. The route will be dubbed the Mersey ...

Species that is critically endangered in Britain is spotted in Mersey, Bollin and Goyt rivers in north-west Young Atlantic salmon have been seen in three rivers in north-west England for the first ...

Mersey Valley Way takes in Manchester and Stockport on its 13-mile route with other walks to be identified in 2026 A new river walk has been announced by the government as ministers try to improve ...

The River Mersey walk will be part of the government's plans for improved routes nationwide A new river walk will be created along the River Mersey between Stockport and Manchester - the first of nine ...

A new river walk will be created along the River Mersey between Stockport and Manchester - the first of nine such paths promised by the government for locations nationwide. The Department for Food, ...