Liverpool Live

Folk singer Seth Lakeman joined David Easson on Liverpool Live ahead of his gig in the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and to talk about his new single 'Ballads of the Broken Few'.

Richard Kemp joined Mick Coyle on Liverpool Live where he was asked why Richard Roberts was allowed to stand as a local councillor for the Lib Dems in the Warbreck ward, two weeks after being arrested in a police sting. Roberts was found with 850,000 child porn images and was caught after arranging to meet up with what he believed was a 3 year old girl.

The son of a Wirral mum - who's been missing for more than a month has told Radio City he's desperate for her to come home

Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, joined Mick Coyle on Liverpool Live earlier to talk about proposals to put council tax in Liverpool up by 10%. He wants to hold a referendum to see if people would be prepared to pay more, in return for improved services

Local lad Roy Turnham joined Mick Coyle in the studio to talk about his amazing ventures as a blind footballer competing in the Paralympics and starring in Bombardier beer's new TV ad playing the drums. Roy tells us what it was like growing up blind, the struggles he's faced and how he overcome his disability. You can catch Roy's ad here: https://vimeo.com/185654146 #RoysStory

Ahmed Mohammed is a 21 year old refugee from Kurdistan who has been living in Liverpool for the past 2 years. Ahmed tells Mick Coyle how his hometown was attacked by ISIS and how he fled to Merseyside to start a new life.

A Liverpool based medical charity's backing calls for better lung cancer care. It's claimed 11-thousand lives a year could be saved with earlier diagnosis. Experts say survival rates in the UK are lagging behind the rest of Europe. Greg Woodley's Director of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and joined Mick Coyle on Liverpool Live.

Local Olympian and Taekwondo bronze medallist Bianca Walkden joined Mick Coyle in the studio to tell us all about Rio 2016 and what she has been up to since she's back on home turf. She even let Mick wear her bronze medal!

Fallen Angels Dance and Theatre are a Merseyside group of adults in recovery from addiction. They're doing an open call for local people to join them in their movement workshops based at LIC studio within Bluecoat in the City Centre. The group meet weekly to explore their creativity through movement and would like to invite people who are inspired by different art forms to come along and collaborate. They are hoping to find people who share common ground to explore themes, like over-coming adversity - whether this is addiction or mental health through the arts for example: Creative writing, visual art, music, film, photography are all welcome.

Not long back from Seattle, Robbie, Sophie and Charlie Fearns dropped by the studio to give us an update on how Charlie is doing after his car-t cell treatment. Robbie told us how difficult it was for their family and some of the challenges they came up against while Charlie was receiving his treatment.

Jay McKenna from the Spirit of Shankly joined Mick Coyle on Liverpool Live to give his thoughts on John Henry's most recent comments about the Anfield expansion. John Henry spoke to AP about how the ticket price protest could have potentially put the development at risk as 'ticket prices in England are an issue'.

Thomas Lang joined Mick Coyle in the studio to talk through his new album 'The German Alphabet' . He also told us of his early memories of Radio City and where he is looking forward to playing on his upcoming tour.

Local athlete & Team GB bronze medallist Bianca Walkden joined Mick on Liverpool Live to talk about her experience in Rio 2016. Bianca spoke to us about her first taste of the Olympics, sharing a room with fellow medallist Jade Jones and the reaction she's had since coming home.

Local athlete and 4x400 Women's relay bronze medallist Anyika Onura joined Mick Coyle on Liverpool Live fresh from Rio to talk about her experience at Rio 2016 and what her medal means to her. Anyika also told us that she's not finished just yet, she still has to finish off her racing season!

The infamous Speedo Mick joined Mick Coyle on Liverpool Live to talk about his next fundraising venture after he had raised tens of thousands of pounds for the Woodlands Hospice. Speedo Mick has revealed that he will be boxing Colin Fulton in a 'Merseyside Derby' boxing match to raise funds for Slow Down For Bobby, the Max Lally Foundation and #charlieschance. Mick and Colin told us why they are raising for money for their charities and we also had our first bit of fighting talk! The boxing match takes place on October 8th and all funds will go towards the respective charities.

Mick Coyle was joined by Liverpool Lib Dem Leader and Cllr Richard Kemp to talk about his plans to ban the Coca Cola Van from coming to Liverpool at Christmas. He says that the bringing the van here promotes sugary drinks and gives the wrong impression when Liverpool is struggling with a child obesity crisis.

Commonwealth champion boxer and gold medallist Stephen Smith joined Mick Coyle to give us his thoughts on the possibility of Liverpool hosting the Commonwealth Games in 2026. He told us of how special it could be for the city and how young and aspiring sportsmen and women would have something to aim for.

Mick was joined by Liverpool Labour Councillor Joann Kushner and she told us why she was supporting the current Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn ahead of his leadership rally at St George's Hall . Joann is also one of the speakers at the rally along with other local councillors and MPs.

Robbie Fearns & Andy Coles joined us in the studio along with the main man himself, Charlie Fearns, before flying out to Seattle. We've been following #charlieschance really closely on Liverpool Live and we brought you the news that they'd reached their target of £140,000 to get Charlie over to Seattle for his CAR-T cell treatment. Robbie told us how overwhelmed he was by the support they have received from all over the world that has given Charlie the chance he needs. You can still donate to #charlieschance and the money will go towards other families who are in need of donations and to help the Fearns family over in America. They are flying out to Seattle on Tuesday 26th July. If you'd like to donate, follow this link: https://www.gofundme.com/charlie-schance

Liverpool Live reporter Adam Phillips joined Mick Coyle live from Angela Eagle's Wallasey office where Merseyside Police are investigating criminal damage after a brick was reportedly thrown through a front window. The incident follows the formal announcement on Monday by Angela Eagle that she is challenging Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership. She may face moves by local party members to de-select her after the Wallasey Constituency Labour Party (CLP) had urged her to support Mr Corbyn.