While most eyes will be on Liverpool for Eurovision next month, there's about to be another, equally fascinating, contest in the city.
Ednews reports citing Euronews that people across Liverpool will head to polling stations on Thursday 4 May to elect a new-look city council following a turbulent few years.
While Labour has controlled the council since 2010, their opponents are trying to capitalise on a series of political shockwaves which have rocked the city in recent times.
In 2020, following a police investigation into property deals in the city, four men including the city's then mayor Joe Anderson were arrested. He denied wrongdoing and was not charged with any crime. The other three were also told they were no longer being investigated.
In March 2021 came a damning report by local government inspector Max Caller in which aspects of the council were branded as "dysfunctional".