13 h. ago ‘A dazzling concrete crown’: Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral gets long overdue appreciation

A genius response bridging of history and modernity with daring interior and exterior, it is shocking it wasn’t already Grade I-listedLiverpool’s Catholic cathedral has listing upgraded to Grade ILiverpool’s majestic cosmic wigwam has always faced a hard time from critics. Classicists lamented that it replaced an earlier swollen baroque design by Edwin Lutyens, which was cut short by the second world war and rising costs. Modernists found it too prissy, a brittle British version of more muscular concrete creations emerging from sunnier southern climes – a piece of Oscar Niemeyer’s Brasília lost in translation between the hemispheres.Time has proved them wrong. Frederick Gibberd’s striking upturned funnel is one of the finest postwar buildings in the land, standing as the most prominent Catholic cathedral of any British city, as well as the most original. It is shocking that it wasn’t already Grade-I listed – a fact that reflects a broader antipathy for buildings of the era, which is...

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2 w. ago Paul Doyle: Everything that happened on first court appearance and what's next for him

Paul Doyle, 53, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court today charged with seven offences after a car ploughed into crowds in the city centre leaving 79 people injured

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2 w. ago Trial date set for Liverpool driver who 'ploughed into crowds' during parade

Paul Doyle, 53, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday.

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2 w. ago Trial date fixed for man accused of driving into crowds at Liverpool parade

Paul Doyle, 53, is charged with seven offences.

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2 w. ago Paul Doyle told key next dates as Liverpool parade crash accused appears in court

Paul Doyle has been remanded into custody after appearing at Liverpool Crown Court

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2 w. ago Alleged Liverpool driver to appear in court facing charges against six victims

Paul Doyle will appear at the city’s magistrates’ court on Friday.

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2 w. ago Alleged Liverpool driver faces charges against six victims after 79 injured

Paul Doyle will appear at the city’s magistrates’ court on Friday.

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2 w. ago Alleged Liverpool driver charged with multiple offences including wounding

Paul Doyle is due to appear at the city’s magistrates’ court on Friday.

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3 w. ago Premier League quotes of the season from Erling Haaland's Arsenal jibe to Arne Slot blast

It's been another memorable season, with Liverpool securing a historic Premier League title crown, while the race for Champions League football goes down to the wire on Sunday

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3 w. ago Barber jailed for four years for sharing Islamic State videos

Mohammed Hamad, 30, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court.

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last month Liverpool transfer news: Jeremie Frimpong move ‘done’ as Reds release official statement

Liverpool have not even lifted the 2024/25 Premier League crown yet but it appears that Arne Slot’s side already have some big plans in place when it comes to the transfer window

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