The editor of a far-right website has been convicted of possessing racially inflammatory material, including stickers that had been posted in and around Liverpool in 2021. James Costello, 38, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for stirring up racial hatred.

Liverpool City Council has won a landmark case in successfully prosecuting a building company for letting a historic Grade II listed building fall into ruins. Woolton Developments One Ltd has been fined £80,000 for neglecting St Gabriels, a late Georgian mansion once used as a nursery and convent. The Manchester-listed company has been found guilty of ignoring a listed building enforcement notice for five years.


A formal planning application for the multi-million-pound transformation of Liverpool's iconic Littlewoods building has been submitted. New images have been released to coincide with a major step forward for the project, which has been hit with a number of obstacles over the years. It is hoped the Littlewoods development would create around 4,000 full-time equivalent jobs in the region's creative sector.