00:00In Rock Ferry, the former Byrne Avenue Baths is being revived as a community centre.
00:05The Grade 2 listed building closed to swimmers in 2009 and is now run by the Byrne Avenue Trust, hosting
00:12groups and supporting local people.
00:15One former pool room is a sports hall used by Wirral Trampoline Club, Birkenhead Comets Cheerleading and other groups.
00:21But it's cold and water leaks through the ceiling. The Trust has a £20,000 Asda Foundation grant towards energy
00:29efficient heating, but needs another £10,000.
00:32The Trust also runs a subsidised community shop in hopes to raise money to replace the ceiling in the unused
00:38main pool hall, which is in poor repair.
00:40Its ambition is to reopen the space for events, sports and live music.
00:45Liverpool City Council is set to receive more than £1.6 million in government funding for its rough sleeping programme.
00:51The money is intended to strengthen prevention and help people sleeping rough or at immediate risk move into accommodation.
00:58The council says more than two-thirds of the grant will fund direct delivery, with the rest supporting staffing.
01:04It reports that since its transformation work began in April, the number of people seen sleeping rough over a month
01:10has fallen by 40%.
01:11On the Wirral, a carbon capture project is being revised after criticism from residents, councillors and local representatives.
01:19Developer Peak Cluster says it has reduced by 85% the land needed for a proposed above-ground installation.
01:26The wider scheme would carry carbon dioxide from cement and lime sites in Derbyshire and Staffordshire through a pipeline for
01:34storage beneath the East Irish Sea.
01:36Wirral West MP Matthew Patrick says the smaller installation remains unacceptable.
01:41Calling it a non-starter.
01:43He's also raised concerns about safety, habitats, noise, lighting and public money.
01:49Wirral Council has also objected.
01:51Pete Cluster says consultation, feedback and technical and environmental work have helped refine the design.
01:57A further consultation is planned on the pipeline route and other infrastructure.
02:01In Sefton, community organisations are being invited to propose taking over vacant council buildings.
02:07They include Ainsdale Library, Hesketh Park Conservatory, a community kitchen in Seaforth and a former public toilet block in Formby.
02:16Under Sefton, council's community assets policy-eligible not-for-profit groups could manage and maintain the buildings while the council
02:23retains ownership.
02:25The council wants sustainable proposals that benefit local communities.
02:29Finally, work continues at Tarbock Island to ease congestion on a key route linking Noseley, Liverpool and the motorway network.
02:37Noseley council leader Graham Morgan says traffic has outgrown the roundabout designed in the 1970s.
02:43The project's faced delays, but it's expected to finish in January 2027 with wider carriageways and slip road access restored.
02:51And that is your roundup of the latest development and regeneration across the Liverpool City region.
