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AstraZeneca’s £450m Speke U-turn looks terrible for a pro-growth government

It seems bizarre that ministers and UK’s largest company cannot complete investment in vital life sciences sector

The Guardian - UK

AstraZeneca axes £450m vaccine plant in Liverpool, blaming state funding cut

Days after Rachel Reeves highlighted life sciences as UK strength, firm decides against site expansion

The Guardian - UK

Lloyds bank to shut Liverpool office with 500 workers impacted

Lloyds said it has not cut jobs as part of the closure plans but will require around 100 staff to relocate to Chester.

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From the Beatles to biologics – how Liverpool became a life science hotspot

The city has a long history with tropical medicine and is now home to one of the largest biotech clusters in Europe

The Guardian - UK

Reeves should nail down UK AstraZeneca deal. A collapse would be embarrassing

Chancellor hopes to cut state aid for Speke vaccine plant to £40m. But pro-growth Treasury must not let project slip overseas

The Guardian - UK

I turned my hobby into a career and I've never looked back

We took a look inside the Big Bog and Strawberry Fields breweries in Speke

Liverpool Echo

NYPD police car spotted getting petrol at Speke Morrisons

People were "stopping and and staring" at the unusual car

Liverpool Echo

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Hundreds of jobs planned as multi-million investment made into Speke warehouse

The existing site on Speke Hall Road has fallen into disrepair

Liverpool Echo

Major upgrades planned for two city fire stations

More than £1m is to be spent on Old Swan and Speke sites

Liverpool Echo

BBC Antiques Roadshow guest delighted as bottle of penicillin is valued at £4,000

The guest produced one of the first bottles of penicillin ever produced which came from a factory in Speke

Liverpool Echo

Fearsome crime gangs who caused misery for people across Merseyside

The gangs made law abiding residents lives hell

Liverpool Echo

New restaurant opens in Speke with Everton player-backed twist

Everton midfielder Tom Davies has links to the restaurant

Liverpool Echo

Controversial plans to move school children 14 miles across Liverpool to be scrapped

Liverpool Council's cabinet are to discuss new plans on Friday

Liverpool Echo

Delays as main road closed after vehicle fire near shopping centre

Speke Boulevard has been closed just after the Halewood exit

Liverpool Echo

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Arriva bus routes impacted by anti-social behaviour

Some roads may be omitted due to increasing concerns

Liverpool Echo

Some of the best Merseyside 'houses of horrors' on previous Halloweens

People gave their gruesome imaginations full play in these horrid designs

Daily Mirror

Inside £100m abandoned 'ghost school' that is costing the public £12,000 every day

Parklands High School Speke, Merseyside, has been labelled the most expensive school in history with Liverpool Council and taxpayers shelling out £4m for the closed building

Liverpool Echo

Merseyside's lost bakeries famous for strawberry tarts and 'best workers in the world'

Merseyside workers are "the best in the world. They are tremendous and they have a marvellous sense of humour."

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Woman put off learning to drive by 'terrible' potholes

Liverpool council confirmed work has started on repairing the road

Liverpool Echo

Woman fighting for life after being hit by suspected drug driver

A 30-year-old man from Speke has been arrested

Liverpool Echo

Memories of street corner bus mums sent their kids to after shops shut

The converted bus known as "Stan's van" seemed to sell everything and was open long after the regular shops had closed

Liverpool Echo

Lost shop that was a bookworm browser's dream

It had something for everybody

Liverpool Echo

'Loved' Liverpool restaurant customers still miss today

'The onion loaf was the stuff of legend'

Liverpool Echo

Massive new Aldi store has just opened in Speke

The new store had its grand opening today

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool's lost restaurant known for free birthday meals and being 'the place for ribs'

"Damon's was unique, bit of a Scouse institution in fact"

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