Events and updates
A ‘hornet’s nest’, an incredibly long train and unauthorised additives
What isn’t happening across Merseyside this week?
Sefton
Liverpool
‘A complete failure’ and a ‘direct attack on municipal autonomy’: a week in local democracy
What will our local councillors be going on about this week?
Sefton
Council decision to auction off the ‘family silver’ sparks concerns
A special meeting was held at Bootle town hall to discuss the council’s plan to auction off three properties in Waterloo
Sefton
Live: Padel, the ‘grey belt’ and a HMO thousands ‘don’t want’
The Monitor reports live from Sefton Council’s planning committee
Sefton
Live: Aviary closure under scrutiny at Sefton council
The Monitor reports live from Bootle Town Hall
Sefton
‘The impact could be catastrophic’: sounding the alarm at Sefton Arc
Mysterious websites, ‘financial leakage’, risks of ‘fraud’ - why are we only hearing about all this now? An elderly woman walks slowly along a path, carrying a large shopping bag and using a walking stick. A group of people wearing blue lanyards follow a short distance behind her, walking in sync.
Events and updates
We’re watching, we’re scrutinising - and this is why it matters
It’s also a good job too because there‘s plenty going on across Merseyside this week. Hello Mersey Monitoroos, You might want to grab a quick cuppa and get yourself comfy before you tuck in to this week’s digest. It‘s a bit of a bumper one, but
Sefton
All kinds going on across Merseyside this week
Flags, finances, feathered friends and other funny business Good afternoon Mersey Monitorers, If you’re new here, thank you for signing up to the Monitor. We’re a little independent public interest news site operating on a not-for-profit basis and our aim, first and foremost, is to keep
Sefton
Birds, budgets and transparency
A fiery four-hour meeting sees Sefton councillors spar over transparency in the sweltering heat Last night’s meeting at a sweltering Southport Town Hall for Sefton‘s first full council gathering since the May elections appears to have been relatively well attended by the public as well as councillors
Sefton
Could Sefton Labour lose a key vote on Southport’s aviary?
We take a look at the maths ahead of a key vote over the controversial decision to close Botanic Garden’s aviary When Sefton Council announced plans last month to close the nearly 90-year-old aviary at Botanic Gardens in Southport, it didn’t just provoke a backlash among
Sefton
The budget line that sealed Southport aviary’s fate
Who paid attention to the line on page 17? When Sefton Council announced last week that Southport’s 87 year old aviary would close, there was an immediate public backlash. The BBC reported a bird keeper describing the news as a ‘bolt from the blue’, residents were in uproar all
Sefton
Southport esplanade updates given in ‘error’
What is actually happening at one of Southport’s most prominent sites? The future of a key Southport site has been thrown into confusion after the council admitted this week that months of updates given to councillors about it were incorrect. An exclusivity agreement linked to a proposed £75 million