Peter Harvey
@peterjharvey.bsky.social
Journalist • Labour councillor Formby & Freshfield • Cabinet Member, Sefton Council • Former crime reporter and editor, Merseyside and West Lancs
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Peter Harvey
@peterjharvey.bsky.social
· Nov 15
🦋 Bluesky intro - journalist for 35 years. Local, regional, national. News, sport, features. Writer, sub, editor. Plus Labour councillor (Sefton) and Cabinet member (streets and waste). Twitter, it’s not me, it’s you. #Liverpool
70 days till #Christmas. And I’m steaming! 🙂
October 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
70 days till #Christmas. And I’m steaming! 🙂
🌤️ Today’s walk found nature in ‘survival mode’ after a record-breaking dry summer.
🍂 In Formby and Freshfield, #FalseAutumn is all around.
🍎 Fruits/berries have ripened weeks early, and sun-baked leaves are already underfoot as trees ‘shut down’ for winter. #photography
🍂 In Formby and Freshfield, #FalseAutumn is all around.
🍎 Fruits/berries have ripened weeks early, and sun-baked leaves are already underfoot as trees ‘shut down’ for winter. #photography
September 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🌤️ Today’s walk found nature in ‘survival mode’ after a record-breaking dry summer.
🍂 In Formby and Freshfield, #FalseAutumn is all around.
🍎 Fruits/berries have ripened weeks early, and sun-baked leaves are already underfoot as trees ‘shut down’ for winter. #photography
🍂 In Formby and Freshfield, #FalseAutumn is all around.
🍎 Fruits/berries have ripened weeks early, and sun-baked leaves are already underfoot as trees ‘shut down’ for winter. #photography
▪️A fitting memorial to the 21 passengers who died in the ‘forgotten’ railway disaster at Blundellsands #Liverpool.
▪️Many of the dead were from #Formby and #Southport.
▪️Good work by Sefton councillors, Sefton Council, Merseyrail and others. www.bbc.com/news/article...
▪️Many of the dead were from #Formby and #Southport.
▪️Good work by Sefton councillors, Sefton Council, Merseyrail and others. www.bbc.com/news/article...
'One of Britain's worst ever rail disasters' to be remembered - BBC News
A plaque will be unveiled later to commemorate the Hall Road Rail Disaster 120 years on.
www.bbc.com
July 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
▪️A fitting memorial to the 21 passengers who died in the ‘forgotten’ railway disaster at Blundellsands #Liverpool.
▪️Many of the dead were from #Formby and #Southport.
▪️Good work by Sefton councillors, Sefton Council, Merseyrail and others. www.bbc.com/news/article...
▪️Many of the dead were from #Formby and #Southport.
▪️Good work by Sefton councillors, Sefton Council, Merseyrail and others. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Keeping Sefton moving…
✅ Potholes repaired
✅ Pavements fixed
✅ Gullies unblocked and cleaned
✅ Roads relaid
🙂🚗🚴🚙🚶🏻♂️🚸🚚 | @seftoncouncil.bsky.social
✅ Potholes repaired
✅ Pavements fixed
✅ Gullies unblocked and cleaned
✅ Roads relaid
🙂🚗🚴🚙🚶🏻♂️🚸🚚 | @seftoncouncil.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Keeping Sefton moving…
✅ Potholes repaired
✅ Pavements fixed
✅ Gullies unblocked and cleaned
✅ Roads relaid
🙂🚗🚴🚙🚶🏻♂️🚸🚚 | @seftoncouncil.bsky.social
✅ Potholes repaired
✅ Pavements fixed
✅ Gullies unblocked and cleaned
✅ Roads relaid
🙂🚗🚴🚙🚶🏻♂️🚸🚚 | @seftoncouncil.bsky.social
2️⃣0️⃣ years ago! Sir Antony Gormley officially took the wraps off his wonderful Iron Men on Crosby beach, near Liverpool. Happy birthday, boys x 100! 🎉
June 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
2️⃣0️⃣ years ago! Sir Antony Gormley officially took the wraps off his wonderful Iron Men on Crosby beach, near Liverpool. Happy birthday, boys x 100! 🎉
♻️ ‘Change is coming’ to bin collections in parts of #Bootle #Sefton
🚮 2,000+ homes are switching from sacks to wheelie bins.
🚫 ‘In the 21st century we shouldn’t be putting rubbish in bin bags and just throwing it out onto the pavements once a week’ www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
🚮 2,000+ homes are switching from sacks to wheelie bins.
🚫 ‘In the 21st century we shouldn’t be putting rubbish in bin bags and just throwing it out onto the pavements once a week’ www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Huge changes set for bin collections in one part of Merseyside
There have been numerous complaints about rubbish being strewn around the streets and fly tipped waste dumped in alleyways
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
June 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
♻️ ‘Change is coming’ to bin collections in parts of #Bootle #Sefton
🚮 2,000+ homes are switching from sacks to wheelie bins.
🚫 ‘In the 21st century we shouldn’t be putting rubbish in bin bags and just throwing it out onto the pavements once a week’ www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
🚮 2,000+ homes are switching from sacks to wheelie bins.
🚫 ‘In the 21st century we shouldn’t be putting rubbish in bin bags and just throwing it out onto the pavements once a week’ www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
🇺🇸 Good luck Tommy Fleetwood as he chases his first PGATOUR win later.
🏌🏽♂️ His golf journey began playing the council-run Southport course as a kid, and then Formby Hall.
⛳️ Next summer Tommy returns to the Sefton coast for the The Open at Royal Birkdale
🏌🏽♂️ His golf journey began playing the council-run Southport course as a kid, and then Formby Hall.
⛳️ Next summer Tommy returns to the Sefton coast for the The Open at Royal Birkdale
June 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🇺🇸 Good luck Tommy Fleetwood as he chases his first PGATOUR win later.
🏌🏽♂️ His golf journey began playing the council-run Southport course as a kid, and then Formby Hall.
⛳️ Next summer Tommy returns to the Sefton coast for the The Open at Royal Birkdale
🏌🏽♂️ His golf journey began playing the council-run Southport course as a kid, and then Formby Hall.
⛳️ Next summer Tommy returns to the Sefton coast for the The Open at Royal Birkdale
Sunday brekkie with a view! Santa Catarina, southern Italy 🙂🌤️🇮🇹
June 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Sunday brekkie with a view! Santa Catarina, southern Italy 🙂🌤️🇮🇹
▪️Drug-driving is a growing menace - cases in Merseyside are now more than twice drink-driving.
▪️Drug-drive offenders are predominantly male.
▪️One senior Merseyside officer has described drug-drive numbers in the region as ‘simply staggering’.
▪️Drug-drive offenders are predominantly male.
▪️One senior Merseyside officer has described drug-drive numbers in the region as ‘simply staggering’.
May 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
▪️Drug-driving is a growing menace - cases in Merseyside are now more than twice drink-driving.
▪️Drug-drive offenders are predominantly male.
▪️One senior Merseyside officer has described drug-drive numbers in the region as ‘simply staggering’.
▪️Drug-drive offenders are predominantly male.
▪️One senior Merseyside officer has described drug-drive numbers in the region as ‘simply staggering’.
Chuffed for Chiesa. Fan favourite! #Liverpool #LFCchampions 🇮🇹
May 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Chuffed for Chiesa. Fan favourite! #Liverpool #LFCchampions 🇮🇹
▪️A grubby, narcissistic pair - both only in politics for themselves.
▪️These fake patriots are the worst kind of politicians.
▪️They ride on the backs of workers, families and communities - delivering nothing but misery and hardship.
▪️These fake patriots are the worst kind of politicians.
▪️They ride on the backs of workers, families and communities - delivering nothing but misery and hardship.
May 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
▪️A grubby, narcissistic pair - both only in politics for themselves.
▪️These fake patriots are the worst kind of politicians.
▪️They ride on the backs of workers, families and communities - delivering nothing but misery and hardship.
▪️These fake patriots are the worst kind of politicians.
▪️They ride on the backs of workers, families and communities - delivering nothing but misery and hardship.
☕️ NEW: Perfect coffee stop for #Sefton coast tootlers. Impressive 🙂🚶🏻♂️🚴🏼♂️
📍Crosby Coffee, 2 Alt Road, Hightown, Merseyside, L38 OBF
⏰ Mon - Fri, 8am - 5pm, Sat - Sun, 9am - 4pm
📍Crosby Coffee, 2 Alt Road, Hightown, Merseyside, L38 OBF
⏰ Mon - Fri, 8am - 5pm, Sat - Sun, 9am - 4pm
May 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
☕️ NEW: Perfect coffee stop for #Sefton coast tootlers. Impressive 🙂🚶🏻♂️🚴🏼♂️
📍Crosby Coffee, 2 Alt Road, Hightown, Merseyside, L38 OBF
⏰ Mon - Fri, 8am - 5pm, Sat - Sun, 9am - 4pm
📍Crosby Coffee, 2 Alt Road, Hightown, Merseyside, L38 OBF
⏰ Mon - Fri, 8am - 5pm, Sat - Sun, 9am - 4pm
🌳 This is a great North West Cancer Research project supported by @seftoncouncil.bsky.social - a memorial ‘Tree of Hope’ at Thornton Garden of Rest near Crosby #Liverpool
⬇️ Details below…
⬇️ Details below…
March 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🌳 This is a great North West Cancer Research project supported by @seftoncouncil.bsky.social - a memorial ‘Tree of Hope’ at Thornton Garden of Rest near Crosby #Liverpool
⬇️ Details below…
⬇️ Details below…
🚨 Fly-tipping is disgusting, selfish and criminal.
🔍 In #Sefton #Merseyside we are tracking down scruffs who trash our neighbourhoods.
💰 This woman found out the hard way… www.sefton.gov.uk/mysefton-new...
🔍 In #Sefton #Merseyside we are tracking down scruffs who trash our neighbourhoods.
💰 This woman found out the hard way… www.sefton.gov.uk/mysefton-new...
Fine issued after Ford ward fly-tipping incident investigation
<p>A £400 Fixed Penalty Notice has been issued to the woman found to be responsible for a recent fly-tipping incident on Kirkstone Road North in Sefton’s Ford Ward.</p>
www.sefton.gov.uk
March 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🚨 Fly-tipping is disgusting, selfish and criminal.
🔍 In #Sefton #Merseyside we are tracking down scruffs who trash our neighbourhoods.
💰 This woman found out the hard way… www.sefton.gov.uk/mysefton-new...
🔍 In #Sefton #Merseyside we are tracking down scruffs who trash our neighbourhoods.
💰 This woman found out the hard way… www.sefton.gov.uk/mysefton-new...
March 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Our wonderful Sefton coast #timelapse
March 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Our wonderful Sefton coast #timelapse
Sefton Council, with Labour in power, is setting its budget tonight - with £2.6MILLION earmarked for cleaner, greener streets and communities. ♻️🌱🗑️ #politics
February 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Sefton Council, with Labour in power, is setting its budget tonight - with £2.6MILLION earmarked for cleaner, greener streets and communities. ♻️🌱🗑️ #politics
Reposted by Peter Harvey
Cunard says its Queen Mary 2 ocean liner will return to Liverpool later this year in a visit lasting two days
Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 to return to Liverpool in 2025 - Liverpool Business News
Cunard says its Queen Mary 2 ocean liner will return to Liverpool later this year in a visit lasting two days
lbndaily.co.uk
February 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Cunard says its Queen Mary 2 ocean liner will return to Liverpool later this year in a visit lasting two days
While phoney Farage is bad mouthing Britain, and fluffing up Trump in the US, Labour is rolling up its sleeves on our streets - making our communities cleaner, stronger and healthier. #politics 🌹🇬🇧
February 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
While phoney Farage is bad mouthing Britain, and fluffing up Trump in the US, Labour is rolling up its sleeves on our streets - making our communities cleaner, stronger and healthier. #politics 🌹🇬🇧
February 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🌤️ Golden sunset with the Iron Men at Crosby beach this evening. #photography
February 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🌤️ Golden sunset with the Iron Men at Crosby beach this evening. #photography
Reposted by Peter Harvey
📚 Exciting News for Southport! 📚
➡️ RSVP or learn more by contacting Patrick Hurley at patrick.hurley.mp@parliament.uk
I am hosting a community meeting to explore the creation of a new cooperative bookshop in the heart of our town!
➡️ RSVP or learn more by contacting Patrick Hurley at patrick.hurley.mp@parliament.uk
I am hosting a community meeting to explore the creation of a new cooperative bookshop in the heart of our town!
January 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
📚 Exciting News for Southport! 📚
➡️ RSVP or learn more by contacting Patrick Hurley at patrick.hurley.mp@parliament.uk
I am hosting a community meeting to explore the creation of a new cooperative bookshop in the heart of our town!
➡️ RSVP or learn more by contacting Patrick Hurley at patrick.hurley.mp@parliament.uk
I am hosting a community meeting to explore the creation of a new cooperative bookshop in the heart of our town!
🌤️ My iPhone handily grouped ‘Golden Hour’ snaps, so I thought I’d share some sunshine from our wonderful Sefton coast #photography
January 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🌤️ My iPhone handily grouped ‘Golden Hour’ snaps, so I thought I’d share some sunshine from our wonderful Sefton coast #photography
First snowdrops of spring.
📍 Alexandra Park, Crosby, Liverpool
📍 Alexandra Park, Crosby, Liverpool
January 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
First snowdrops of spring.
📍 Alexandra Park, Crosby, Liverpool
📍 Alexandra Park, Crosby, Liverpool
🔸Rightly, the narrow definition for ‘terrorism’ will come under scrutiny. It is outdated.
🔸We have boxed ourselves in with word play, risking public harm, as seen more than once in Britain over recent years.
🔸It can also lead, often wrongly, to opportunist claims of cover-up.
🔸We have boxed ourselves in with word play, risking public harm, as seen more than once in Britain over recent years.
🔸It can also lead, often wrongly, to opportunist claims of cover-up.
January 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🔸Rightly, the narrow definition for ‘terrorism’ will come under scrutiny. It is outdated.
🔸We have boxed ourselves in with word play, risking public harm, as seen more than once in Britain over recent years.
🔸It can also lead, often wrongly, to opportunist claims of cover-up.
🔸We have boxed ourselves in with word play, risking public harm, as seen more than once in Britain over recent years.
🔸It can also lead, often wrongly, to opportunist claims of cover-up.