Tag: Liverpool

• Tuesday, May 30th 2023 - 06:41 UTC

  Liverpool commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic

  

  Three days of Battle of the Atlantic commemorations have ended in Liverpool with organizers and the public equally delighted by the maritime spectacle.

• Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Largest ports in UK Felixstowe and Liverpool on strike

  

  The dockworkers at Felixstowe, the largest port in the United Kingdom have started an eight-day strike in protest over their wages and inflation, overlapping with an ongoing strike at the Port of Liverpool.

• Friday, May 20th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Cunard Falklands' loss, and a tribute to the Merchant navy will be commemorated by Liverpool

  

  On 25 May 1982, the Atlantic Conveyor a support vessel of the Task Force sent to recover the Falkland Islands was struck, and sank, by two Exocet missiles fired by Argentine aircraft. The Cunard owned vessel was registered in Liverpool and the city will commemorate the 40th anniversary, which cost the lives of twelve people.

• Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 04:03 UTC

  Thousands line up streets of Liverpool to celebrate the “Six Red”

  

  Liverpool's celebrations shifted to their home city on Sunday as tens of thousands of fans greeted the team who beat Tottenham to win the Champions League final in Madrid the night before.

• Wednesday, May 8th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Liverpool celebrates with a stunning win over Barca: “these boys are talented giants”, says coach Klopp

  

  Kurgen Klopp turned the air blue as the Liverpool manager celebrated his side's incredible Champions League semi-final success against Barcelona with a profanity-laced victory speech.

• Monday, September 17th 2018 - 08:07 UTC

  Falklands at UK key party conferences, six months ahead of Brexit

  

  Falkland Islands Members of the Legislative Assembly Mark Pollard and Stacy Bragger are travelling to the UK to attend Labor and Conservative Party Conferences. This is a special year for British politics given the ongoing Brexit debate, and countdown to UK leaving the European Union on 29 March 2019.

• Monday, July 25th 2016 - 10:03 UTC

  Argentina's tall ship frigate “Libertad” calls in Liverpool, first time in 24 years

  

  The Argentine Navy tall ship frigate Libertad docked in Liverpool on Saturday on its first visit to the Mersey River in 24 years. Arriving in style to the sound of The Beatles, the crew band had been practicing Yellow Submarine since they left Argentina. Docked at Liverpool's cruise terminal she was open to the public on Sunday.

• Thursday, May 7th 2015 - 06:35 UTC

  Liverpool will commemorate the centenary of the sinking of the Lusitania

  

  About 1,200 people died and 771 survived when the British liner was torpedoed by a German submarine on 7 May 1915 during World War One. One of the largest ships in the world, it was sailing from New York to its home port of Liverpool when it was sunk off the coast of Ireland.

• Monday, April 21st 2014 - 06:35 UTC

  Uruguay, team and country are unified behind coach

  

  The following piece was published by the NYT 18 April edition and is dedicated to Uruguay's football tradition and history. Uruguay's population is only 3.4 million but has an incredible record in world and regional cups victories, both with its national team and in clubs' competitions.

• Thursday, November 28th 2013 - 11:28 UTC

  North west England trade mission scheduled to visit Chile, Argentina and Brazil

  

  Attracted by Chile’s positive economic climate a trade mission for North West England will be arriving in Santiago on 2nd-3rd December. The delegation from one of the most dynamic areas of the UK economy has representatives from Covering Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and the cities of Manchester and Liverpool.