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The Sun opens Liverpool Twitter channel

The Sun has open a Liverpool Twitter account. Not such a big deal? Maybe to the people of a city accused of the most hideous lies imaginable by the paper after Hillsborough.

Images from Spirit of Shankly demo

The photo desk has received this images of the Spirit of Shankly demo that took place at the weekend, in protest against the continued ownership of LFC by Gillet and Hicks.

New Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson spotted on Hope Street

The Culture Blog’s paparazzi desk has sent this image of new Liverpool Football Club Roy Hodgson taking a stroll down Hope Street.

Tories determined to write off Liverpool vote

The latest episode in the Liverpool Versus The Tories saga hit the news-stands today, with the news that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has implied that hooligans caused the Hillsborough disaster.

Sven drops in at Anfield

This fairly uncunning Sven Goran Eriksson ‘lookalike’ was spotted in Liverpool this week, including detours to the Newz Bar and the Shankly Gates.

We’re not English, we’re Scouse

There are a few areas around the country that are fairly unimpressed by the England football team, but none so much as Liverpool.

Gillett and Hicks put Liverpool up for sale. Here’s what happens next

So, LFC finally look like getting shot of their American tycoon owners, but we all know the perils of getting what you wished for, don’t we? Here’s what will probably happen next.

Liverpool Echo’s Hillsborough exhibition

The Liverpool Echo and Daily Post are staging a joint exhibition in the foyer of the Echo building on Old Hall Street, consisting of 96 pages from the two papers in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster.

The Best of Liverpool 2009

I’ve asked a group of people well placed in media, music, arts and other general culture vultures to venture their high- and lowlights of Liverpool in 2009.

Ground share moves a step closer

I hate to say I told you so but, as I predicted, Destination Kirkby has been thoroughly kiboshed by the government.

It was, financially, a good deal for Everton and an affordable way out of a crumbling ground badly served by surrounding infrastructure.

But it was also a good few miles away from Goodison and came with a bundle of other leisure and retail strings attached.

Communities secretary, John Denham, was apparently worries about the negative impact on surrounding areas of a vast out-of-town development.

It’s almost enough to make one what Liverpool One’s management team made of it all.