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Major apartment schemes set for green light" />CGI of the YPG scheme approved in December 2016 (left) and the new-look plans (right) Proposals to create more than 400 apartments across two major schemes at opposite ends of Liverpool city centre look set to secure the green light. Liverpool City Council 's planning committee will discuss separate residential -led applications by YPG Devon House and Eloquent Global as part of its next meeting on Tuesday, 29 August 2017. YPG Devon House is seeking full planning permission to demolish existing warehouse buildings on an L-shaped site at 33 Devon Street near the Royal Liverpool University Hospital to the north of the city centre to pave the way for a new development. The Smith Young- designed scheme involves creating 218 student studios and two ground- floor commercial units across a new eight- to ten-storey building. The site has been the subject of several student- focused planning applications in recent years, inc...

New access gates at the property’s two entrances. Upgraded security cameras . Additional outdoor lighting . Landscaping enhancements. Village Park at Woodgate, an apartment complex in the 5400 block of East 21st Street , is in various stages of change because of a string of high-profile crimes over the past few months: two homicides and police officers being confronted with a gun at an apartment where drugs were allegedly being sold. “There were some violent crimes that occurred,” said Capt. Clay Germany, commander of the Patrol North Bureau . Debrylan Bell, 18, was shot to death in the parking lot of the complex on Oct. 5. Four people were arrested in connection with the homicide, though only two have been charged thus far. Robert Young, 29, was shot several times in a building hallway on the night of Dec. 29 and died early the next morning. A week later, two officers investigating the report of a suspicious character at Woodgate knocked on an apartment door and were greeted by a man...

Photo: Andrew Shurtleff, AP Image 1 of / 19 Caption Close Image 1 of 19 A protestors yells as Mayor Mike Signer listens during the Charlottesville City Council meeting Monday , Aug. 21, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va. Anger boiled over at the first Charlottesville City Council meeting since a white nationalist rally in the city descended into violent chaos, with some residents screaming and cursing at councilors Monday night and calling for their resignations. (Andrew Shurtleff/The Daily Progress via AP) less A protestors yells as Mayor Mike Signer listens during the Charlottesville City Council meeting Monday , Aug. 21, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va. Anger boiled over at the first Charlottesville City Council meeting ... more Photo: Andrew Shurtleff, AP Image 2 of 19 A tour bus drives past the Central Park statue of Dr. J. Marion Sims , Tuesday Aug. 22, 2017, in New York. Critics want New York City to remove the statue in Central Park that honors the doctor who used slaves i...

Thursday, Aug. 16: 6 p.m. Students, parents and community members are being invited to attend a celebration and kicking off the 2017- 18 school year at Cesar Chavez Community School , 255 W. Beamer St. Dinner will be served during the event, which also recognizes the accreditation of Cesar Chavez. Friday, Aug. 18: 8:30 a.m. The Yolo Food Bank will distribute food to eligible residents at the Yolo Library, 37750 Sacramento St, Yolo. Participants may receive food at only one site. Eligible participants are asked to bring a bag to carry their food home. For more information call the Food Bank at 668-0690. Friday, Aug. 18: 9:30 a.m. The Yolo Food Bank will distribute food to eligible residents at the Happy Time RV Park , 5160 County Road 99W , Dunnigan. Participants may receive food at only one site. Eligible participants are asked to bring a bag to carry their food home. For more information call the Food Bank at 668-0690. Friday, Aug. 18: 10 a.m. NAMI-Yolo, the local chapter of the N...

They were the seven days that shook the world, from the death of Princess Diana to her funeral at Westminster Abbey.  In this poignant series to mark the 20th anniversary, Jonathan Mayo reconstructs those momentous events as they happened though the eyes of Royal Family members , politicians, the Princess’s family, and a heartbroken public . . . Monday, September 1, 12.15am Paris time/ 11.15pm UK time  Jill and Ernie Rees-Jones are walking down the Champs-Élysées in Paris to get some air. Their son Trevor, the Princess’s bodyguard and sole survivor of the crash that killed her, is lying unconscious in the nearby Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital. There is huge media and public interest in Trevor’s recovery, as his memories may unlock the cause of the crash. Suddenly a car races towards them, and Ernie pushes Jill out of its way just in time. He kicks the car as it passes and yells at the driver. But Jill can see the funny side: if she’d been hit, she could’ve ended up in a bed next to Trev...