24 Dec 2020, 11:40
Liverpool’s corruption probe, Kellogg’s 500,000 sq ft St Helens warehouse deal and Stockport’s £1bn metrolink bid all feature as
Place North West looks back at the most popular stories of this year.
See below for the best-read stories broken down by month, and then a top 20 round-up for the whole year at the bottom.
Best read stories by month
January
The council and Transport for Greater Manchester started to draw up a business case for the Metrolink extension, set to cost between £500m and £1bn. They said at the time that if funding is granted, a start on site could begin by 2025.
Questions over gardening leave pay of arrested city council planning boss
Calls have been made for a decision on the future of regeneration chief Nick Kavanagh
Nick Kavanagh, Liverpool Council s Director of Regeneration (Image: Liverpool Echo)
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The ongoing saga of the green oasis that Liverpool council plan to sell to Elliot Group
Just over a year after the council agreed to sell the land, we take a look at what s been happening with one controversial Liverpool development
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All the investigations engulfing Liverpool Council and the city s development scene
A number of probes, some criminal, have been launched into business activity in Liverpool over recent years
Updated (Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo) The arrest of Joe Anderson came as part of a long-running probe into building and development contracts in Liverpool.
The city mayor was questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation in the third wave of arrests linked to Merseyside Police s Operation Aloft. The investigation is the latest to have been launched in response to allegations linked to either Liverpool Council s business activity or the city s development scene.
Liverpool City Council has been told to hand details of its property plans over to the government as a police investigation continues into the awarding of