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Friends and Family recommend Lancashire Care

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust is proud to share overwhelmingly positive “Friends and Family Test (FFT)” feedback from service users, their carers, families and friends. The results of over 7,100 completed Friends

17th July 2019

Families brought together by Macmillan

A family fun day held by Southport and Formby Macmillan Information and Support Centre was a real success and brought parents,carers and children in similar situations together. The event, held on 22

17th July 2019

Celebrate the NHS with tea and cake

Health professionals in Sefton came together on Monday 8 July to hold a ‘Big Tea’ and cake bake event to raise money for a local NHS charity. ‘Big Tea’ events are being

17th July 2019

CCTV appeal after theft from Southport town centre shop

POLICE are appealing for the public’s help to identify two women in this CCTV image. We’d like to speak to these women as we believe they could have crucial information to help us

17th July 2019

RIP well known High Park resident, Brian Edmondson

OTS News is saddened to report the death of well known Southport resident Brian Edmondson (Ebby). Brian passed away on Saturday 13th July, he was very well know from High Park, his

17th July 2019

Damien Moore MP meets families with disabled children at charity awards

Damien Moore MP joined families from Southport in Parliament to celebrate the amazing work families do when caring for a disabled child. The event was organised by Contact, a national charity that

17th July 2019

Headlines Hair Tarleton supports Woodlands Animal Sanctuary with the ‘Big Hair Do’

Louise and the team at Headlines Hair Tarleton participated in an annual event created by Schwarzkopf which runs for 100 lucky salons throughout the uk and Ireland. This event raises money for

17th July 2019

New rights for victims of crime

Victims of crime will receive greater support under government plans to boost their rights at every stage of the justice system. Greater clarity through simplified and improved Victims’ Code Entitlements updated to

17th July 2019

Chief Executive named for Liverpool’s ‘mega-trust’

A long-serving Liverpool NHS leader has been appointed as Chief Executive of the city’s new ‘mega-trust’. Steve Warburton, currently Chief Executive of Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, will become Chief Executive

16th July 2019

Southport MP hails fourth successful beach clean

Damien Moore MP has hailed a recent action day on Southport as a success as he was joined by local residents and staff from supermarkets to collect discarded plastics. It is estimated

16th July 2019

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Best friends take on Great North Run for Dementia UK

A dementia health nurse from Southport is hosting a number of events and charity runs to raise money for Dementia UK. Helen Green and her friend Jayne Telford want to raise £700

16th July 2019

Southport’s weed issue is knot good say experts

Southport has been named in the 10 ‘hotspots’ in the North West to find the ‘’aggressive and destructive’ Japanese knotweed plant. Nic Seal, chief of Environet UK, national Japanese knotweed specialists, said

16th July 2019

Ainsdale Entrepreneur receives #WOW award from Jaqueline Gold CBE

On 4th July 2019, Jennifer from Ainsdale, was recognised by British businesswoman, Jacqueline Gold CBE, for her success as a female entrepreneur, and awarded with a prestigious #WOW badge. Jennifer was one

16th July 2019

Friends of Rotten Row is recognised as one of the UK’s very best green spaces

Today, a record number of parks and green spaces collect a Green Flag Award Friends of Rotten Row in Southport has been recognised by the Green Flag Award Scheme as one of

16th July 2019

Former Merseyside Cop jailed for misconduct offences

Former police constable Ben Murphy Merseyside Police can confirm that former police constable Ben Murphy has today, Monday 15th July, been sentenced to a total of 28 months after pleading guilty to

15th July 2019

Southport vet embarks Chernobyl mercy mission

A student vet has flown out to Chernobyl on a mercy mission to help the area’s abandoned dogs. Ashley Pounder, 25, from Kew, who works at Parker and Crowther Vets in Birkdale

15th July 2019

A hospital chaplain helped three families find the graves of babies lost in tragic circumstances in the 1970s.

A Southport chaplain helps families find graves of babies

Chaplain helps families find graves of babies A hospital chaplain helped three families find the graves of babies lost in tragic circumstances in the 1970s. Each of the families contacted the Rev

15th July 2019

UPDATE | Man charged with attempted murder following Southport stabbing

POLICE have charged a man with attempted murder following an incident in Southport on Saturday 13 July. At 3.40pm, emergency services were called to Southport Promenade to reports that a man had

15th July 2019

Police launch investigation into life threatening head on smash

Lancashire police are investigating a serious RTC at Carr Cross in Scarisbrick last night. Two cars were involved in a horrific head on collision and a number of men are now in

14th July 2019

Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following incident in Southport

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder following an incident in Southport this afternoon, Saturday 13 July. At 3.40pm, emergency services were called to Southport Promenade to reports that

13th July 2019

Travellers wage terror on frightening Meols Cop residents

Out of control travellers who have illegally taken over Meols Cop are now putting lives at risk by speeding down the public footpath near to the park. The travellers who are thought

13th July 2019

Observatory in Hesketh Park Open Day

Saturday 20th July 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and successful landing of the Eagle module on the surface of the Moon. To celebrate this remarkable event Southport

13th July 2019

Jimmy wages one boy war on litter in village

A Southport boy has won regional praise for giving up his free time to pick litter after school. The young boy, nicknamed Jimmy, goes to a school in nearby Scarisbrick and each

13th July 2019

More than 9.2 million people visited Southport in 2018 generating in excess of £590 million for the Sefton economy

The number of visitors heading to the resort is up by 1.5% on the previous year with a 6.5% increase on money spent in the town. These findings are contained in

13th July 2019

Lancashire Care receives prestigious North West Financial Award

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust was recently recognised for its dedication to providing excellent services at the prestigious Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) North West Awards. The HFMA North West Awards are

12th July 2019

New Exhibition At The Atkinson : Black Presence Saturday, 21 September 2019 – Saturday 23 November

The Atkinson’s new exhibition takes place during Black History Month. Most British museums and art galleries have very few paintings of black people and even fewer by black artists even though there

12th July 2019

Heartless travellers ruin kids football pitch

Heartless travellers have threatened the weekend’s junior football matches after setting up on Meols Cop Park. The group of travellers, speaking with Eastern European accents have forced their way into the playing

11th July 2019

Over 50 people arrested and 45 knives recovered in first seven days of Operation Target

Operation Target launched on 1st July Over 50 people have been arrested, 239 stop searches carried out and 45 knives recovered in the first seven days of Operation Target. Operation Target –

11th July 2019

In Pictures: Lydiate Classic Car and Bike Show

The car show was held on Sunday 7th July at 288 Southport Road Lydiate L31 4EQ. All proceeds going to NWCR (North West Cancer Research). https://www.facebook.com/groups/91022806077/ Photos by car enthusiast, Jason Regan…

11th July 2019

Bungling burglars jailed after Southport bar burglary

The men who ransacked Enelle’s Glass Housein Southport on June 11 2019 have been jailed for 20 months each. Steven Lloyd, 43, of Arlington Close, Hither Green, London, admitted burglary and possessing a

11th July 2019