Liverpool has been chosen to host the Special Olympics GB Summer Games in 2021.
Joe Anderson has won another mandate from the public as he remains Liverpool Mayor for a second term.
The death of veteran politician, diarist and peace campaigner Tony Benn has generated tributes from across Merseyside.
Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson won the backing of nearly half of voters in an exclusive JMU Journalism street poll.
Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson denies claims in a story about him in the Sun even before it was due to be published.
A Liverpool benefits advice charity has warned those facing the bedroom tax to speak to their housing association.
A campaign against government spending cuts has gained an overwhelming number of signatures so far.
Legendary artist Neil Young has been announced as the first big-name act for the new Liverpool International Music Festival.
A smoke-free scheme for Liverpool’s play areas has been launched to help prevent youngsters taking up the habit.
Labour’s Jane Kennedy has won the election to be the first Police and Crime Commissioner on Merseyside after a very low turn-out.
JMU Journalism Politics Editor David Williamson blogs about the election that nobody seems to be talking about.
Photos taken at the elections for the first-ever Liverpool Mayor, held on 4th May, 2012.
Labour’s Joe Anderson has been named Liverpool Mayor after winning the city’s first ever directly-elected mayoral vote.
The BNP and National Front finished in the bottom two places in the Liverpool Mayor race, but a rival candidate described their votes as “very worrying”.
A strong day for Labour will leave bitter tastes in the mouths of the Lib Dems in the Liverpool City Council elections.
Labour’s Joe Anderson capped an eventful mayoral campaign by overwhelmingly winning the backing of Liverpool’s voters in the city’s first mayoral election.
Patrick Arnold blogs about his experience covering the Liverpool Mayor election for JMU Journalism.
JMU Journalism talks to Labour’s Joe Anderson about his mayoral bid.