Staff at Trinity Mirror titles on Merseyside are facing fresh uncertainty with the announcement today of a further 17 possible redundancies.

Nearly a year ago, the company announced a major restructure which eventually saw the loss of 43 out of 175 editorial posts at its main Liverpool centre.

Today, Trinity's North West and Wales division has announced that it is making further changes to its editorial operations on Merseyside.

A company statement said there will be a reduction of approximately 17 job roles in the editorial department with as many of these redundancies as possible to be identified by voluntary means.

Although the company has not spelled out the nature of the changes in detail, it is understood that most of the job losses will be at the Liverpool Daily Post and will span a number of editorial functions.

However a company spokesman has confirmed that the plans do not include turning the Post into a weekly title, following last month's decision by Trinity to take the Birmingham Post weekly from next week.

Staff were today informed of the decision and those affected have now entered a period of consultation.

Sara Wilde, regional managing director for the North West and Wales division, said: "It is vital that we continue to make and take these difficult decisions and I believe these changes will ensure we have a viable, robust and thriving business which continues to provide jobs and media services to the communities we serve."

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