Liverpool Heritage Forum has developed a website aimed at visitors to the city that lists events of a cultural or heritage nature and also gives a general view of the city’s history. It is intended to have a section which records brief details on Liverpool-based businesses which have added to the character and quality of the city’s life over the years.

The web editors would be pleased to receive information about old established firms in the city which could be placed, in edited form, on this website. Any company willing to help with this please email apearce50@hotmail.com

For further information visit the website www.liverpoolheritageforum.org.uk

Emap Radio, has been awarded the new FM local radio licence for Liverpool and will launch City Talk 105.9FM - the group’s first all-speech service, in January 2008.

Terry Smith, Chairman of Radio City, said: “We are delighted with the news, it will give a great boost to the services our two stations, Radio City and Magic, already provide for Merseyside.

“The new station will be 100 percent speech and unlike any existing service in the UK. It will tackle real issues and real emotions through the eyes of the people of Liverpool and will become the voice of Liverpool.”

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Launching in Liverpool on 29 November until 2 December, ICE 2007 promises four days when all things Icelandic will descend on the city, as part of Liverpool’s year-long 800th birthday celebrations.

A gift from the people of Iceland to mark the city’s birthday, ICE07 is the UK’s first multi-disciplinary festival of Icelandic culture, promising lots of fun for everyone.

The festival will feature Icelandic films at FACT, art on display at the Albert Dock and an exhibition of contemporary Icelandic design at the Post and Echo building. All works will be for sale and it promises to offer an exciting range of potential Christmas presents!

There will also be a celebration of Iceland’s world-famous music scene, with a series of gigs from some of Iceland’s coolest bands playing some of Liverpool’s coolest venues.

You can also sample some of the country’s cuisine during the festival at the Room restaurant on Castle Street.

To find out about all of this and everything else that’s taking place, visit the Ice 2007 website. You’d be ‘Bjork-ing’ mad not to!

Today is Halloween, every goth’s favourite holiday and the day the dead rise from their graves and drag unsuspecting souls to their doooom! Fab!

So to help you get in the mood, here’s a few undead links from around the web.

First, set the scene by listening to this mash up of Bela Lugosi’s Dead by Bauhaus and the narration from Disney’s Haunted Mansion.

Then, impress your kids / neighbours / dog with some expert pumpkin carving. Here’s some designs to get you going. If the Force is strong with you, use these Star Wars designs. Do, or do not - there is no try.

The more ambitious / crazy may wish to try this pumpkin bomb. But it’s probably dangerous, so do so at your own risk.

After that, relax with a goblet of blood and this excellent (and free) zombie novel, serialised online.

Have fun, and don’t get caught by the ghoulies!