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A rotting train, once at the cutting edge of rail travel, is to be given a new lease of life by enthusiasts. The LMS-designed Class 502 Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) was the most advanced of its time, when it started life in the forties on the suburban lines around Liverpool.

A college owned by Sir Paul McCartney has come to the rescue, saving John Lennon’s world-famous art college from being turned into apartments. Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) has struck a £3.7m deal to buy 68 Hope Street, the grade 2 listed former art college building, which famously houses the lecture hall where Lennon met his first wife, Cynthia. Managing Director of Gateway Merseyside commented this week, calling the building a “piece of Liverpool and Britain’s history.” The MD of Gateway Merseyside added that they were surprised that the building was to be redeveloped at all.

London did it with Canary Wharf, Bilbao with the Guggenheim. Now Liverpool wants to announce its resurgence and attract investment with a £5.5bn thicket of skyscrapers that would transform one of the most famous waterfront vistas in the world – putting its world heritage status in peril.

Managing Director of Gateway Merseyside, James Kilgallon, has welcomed news of a proposed major leisure development in South Liverpool.

In the lead-up to the Duchess of Cambridge’s first royal visit to Liverpool on the 14th February, which will be her second public engagement without her husband, the Duchess announced that she has become the patron of four charities. She has accepted honorary positions with Action on Addiction, East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices, the Art Room and the National Portrait Gallery. Kate will also become a volunteer in the Scout Association. A source from Gateway Merseyside, a local sales and marketing company said, “The royal family has a long history of charity patronages, and it drives millions of pounds to the charity sector.”

Wirral Council is holding a public consultation on the future of the borough's 24 libraries, following the dropping of plans to close almost half of them. The proposals include integrating many library services and staff with the council's One Stop Shops. Evening opening will be concentrated at four main libraries. Back in 2009 there was plans to close 11 libraries but plans were withdrawn after criticism from a government-appointed inspector. Managing Director of Gateway Merseyside has commented on this, saying, “Looking at these plans from different points of views – I can see good and bad in them. Libraries are a great place to just relax – especially for children to avoid them using computer games all the time. However books are being replaced, fast! By the internet and tablets such as the Kindle or other E-book devices.”

Plans have been abandoned to transform Southport’s Pleasureland site in an £80m development. Announced in March 2008, the proposals were intended to launch the “reinvention of the seaside resort”. The developers, Urban Splash, and site owners Sefton council, have decided to go their separate ways after the project was negatively affected by the recession. Council leader Peter Dowd admits there is no future plans for the site. “It’s quite a shame,” said a source at Gateway Merseyside, a Liverpool-based sales and marketing company, “The site was an important key piece in the plans to rejuvenate the area.”

Marketing company Gateway Merseyside are delighted that an international team of researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of bush viper in Tanzania, East Africa.

A computer worm has stolen 45,000 login credentials from Facebook, security experts have warned. Gateway Merseyside, a Liverpool based marketing company stated the situation is “very alarming”.