The Guardian newspaper’s investigations correspondent David Conn was one of the keynote speakers as LJMU played host to the European Journalism Training Association’s 10th annual conference.
Shirley is a journalist with more than 25 years of experience in newspapers, radio and television. For 18 years she was a Senior Correspondent at Sky News, covering some of the UK’s biggest news stories.
Jeremy Corbyn received a huge welcome ahead of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, where Brexit is set to be a dominant issue.
An art sculpture which commemorates the Hillsborough victims has gone on public display at Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
We look back at some of the major stories and events of 2017, both locally and nationally.
A tribute plaque has been unveiled to honour and recognise the survivors of the Hillsborough disaster.
Six people have been charged with offences relating to the Hillsborough disaster, including match commander, David Duckenfield.
Labour’s Steve Rotheram has been chosen by the public to become the Liverpool City Region’s Metro Mayor.
A crowdfunding page has been set up to help five Hillsborough families after they have been ordered to pay £28,000 court fees.
The chairmen of the Liverpool and Merseyside UKIP branches have resigned over Hillsborough comments made by party leader, Paul Nuttall.
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall has apologised after admitting claims that he lost “close friends” in the Hillsborough disaster were false.
Angry protesters gathered to demonstrate against President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban orders.
The Crown Prosecution Service has been sent files on 23 people and organisations involved in the Hillsborough disaster.
Shock election results and the new Hillsborough Inquests verdicts formed just part of a hectic news cycle in 2016.
The city remembered the 96 at St George’s Hall in a vigil following the ‘unlawful killing’ verdict at the Hillsborough Inquests.
The jury at the Hillsborough Inquests has decided that the 96 Liverpool fans who died in the 1989 disaster were unlawfully killed.
The last of the annual Hillsborough memorial services was held at Anfield on the 27th anniversary of the disaster.
As Liverpool marks the 27th anniversary of Hillsborough, we look back at our annual coverage of the memorial service at Anfield.