A water supply outage left families without any running water for both drinking and washing for the entire weekend.
A celebration of businesses big and small was held to mark the achievements of local firms at the Echo Awards.
A sea of retro Liverpool 80s-style perms were on show as thousands took part in the Echo Scouse 5k fun run.
Derry Mathews capped off a memorable night for Liverpool's boxers by beating Tony Luis to the interim WBA world lightweight belt.
Liverpool boxer Tony Bellew tells JMU Journalism he is going to knock Nathan Cleverly "spark out" at the Echo Arena on Saturday.
Arctic Monkeys made a triumphant return to Liverpool to play the Echo Arena as their UK tour continues.
