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Passengers to sail in and out of Liverpool on the QM2

Queen Mary 2 has arrived in Liverpool Credit: Stephen Foster

Cunard's flagship Queen Mary 2 has arrived in Liverpool and today is the first chance for passengers to sail in and out of Liverpool on the world's largest ocean liner.

It's the first time in 45 years that passengers can sail on a Cunard liner from the Pier Head waterfront.

QM2 can carry 2,620 passengers and will allowing passengers to either sail into Liverpool from Southampton or cruise back there.

Queen Mary 2 arrives in Liverpool

Queen Mary 2 Credit: ITV Granada

Cunard's flagship Queen Mary 2 has arrived in Liverpool and today is the first chance for passengers to sail in and out of Liverpool on the world's largest ocean liner.

It's the first time in 45 years that passengers can sail on a Cunard liner from the Pier Head waterfront.

QM2 can carry 2,620 passengers and will allowing passengers to either sail into Liverpool from Southampton or cruise back there.

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Liverpool's LightNight festival

Liverpool waterfront

Liverpool's annual LightNight festival takes place tonight. It's a one-night only arts and culture celebration.

Over 50 city centre organisations keep their galleries, museums and venues open until late, staging around 100 special cultural events for visitors of all ages.

Events include the reopening of Central Library, street theatre, light projections and a food and drink festival.

Click here for a full list of events.

Mersey travel are providing a free bus service to loop venues around the city.

Liverpool lose Gerrard and Agger for final games

Captain Steven Gerrard and defender Daniel Agger will miss Liverpool's final two matches of the season, starting with Sunday`s game at Fulham.

Gerrard will have a shoulder operation this weekend while the Denmark centre-back will have injections in his back as part of a long-planned rehabilitation programme.

Luis Suarez is suspended, Joe Allen is sidelined after shoulder surgery, Martin Kelly continues his recovery from a knee operation.

Provisional squad: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Enrique, Lucas, Henderson, Downing, Coutinho, Borini, Sturridge, Jones, Wisdom, Coates, Suso, Assaidi, Shelvey, Coady.

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Chief Exec: new hospital will be 'landmark' for city

Designs for the new Royal Liverpool Hospital have been released.

The new hospital will be built next to the existing one on the same site, at a cost of 416 million pounds.

The new hospital will become the largest in the country. It is due to open in 2017.

Chief Executive of the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Aidan Kehoe, says it's great news for the city.

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