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Euro Rowing Medal Success For St.Mary’s College Southport Student

Euro Rowing Medal Success For St.Mary’s College Southport Student A St.Mary’s College sixth former selected for the Great Britain under 18 rowing team won two medals on her first appearance with the

31st July 2018

Morrisons announces nationwide ‘Quieter Hour’

Morrisons is to introduce a quieter hour in all of its stores for customers who would benefit from a calmer shopping trip. Designed to help customers who currently struggle with music and

31st July 2018

Residents invited to attend the first my view citizen’s panel event

Residents invited to attend the first my view citizen’s panel event NHS WEST Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will be hosting its very first My View citizen’s panel event in Hesketh Bank.

31st July 2018

Experience the Sefton Circular this summer!

With the summer holidays in full swing, Sefton Council is urging families to get on their bikes and take on the Sefton Circular. The popular cycle route encompasses 24 miles around the

31st July 2018

Mcdonalds Ocean Plaza raise £1600 for Alder Hey

Mcdonalds Ocean Plaza raise £1600 for Alder Hey Some of the team at Ocean Plaza McDonalds recently climbed Mt. Snowdon to raise fund for Ronald McDonalds House Charity at Alder Hey in

30th July 2018

Southport BID Secure Discounted Training Courses For Your Employees

By: Sarah Rodriguez Southport BID Secure Discounted Training Courses For Your Employees We have secured discounted training with Sefton Council’s Training Centre for all BID members. More details below or please get

30th July 2018

Southport MP | I hope to see a better experience for Northern Passengers

This was supposed to be a good year for passengers. New services, new routes, and more capacity. In trying to deliver these improvements to people’s lives, however, Northern and Network Rail have

30th July 2018

Trust clinician leads on launch of new guidelines

A clinician with Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has led on putting together new national guidelines to support people who suffer pain. Dr Chris Barker, Clinical Lead at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation

30th July 2018

School’s out: give a hedgehog a home!

Survey results reveal the secrets to creating a hedgehog’s perfect home…. School’s out for the summer, and for those now at home what better way to spend a sunny afternoon than by

30th July 2018

Sefton tops Merseyside list for council tax collection

Sefton tops Merseyside list for council tax collection Sefton Council are yet again the best performing Merseyside local authority for the collection of Council Tax. Figures released by the Ministry of Housing,

30th July 2018

UPDATE | Southport FC Season Ticket Sales & Distribution

The club have now sold to-date, 579 Season Tickets for the 2018/19 season. This surpasses anything we have done before and is a modern-day record for us. Once again a huge thank

30th July 2018

CONFIRMED | Southport FC Sign Stefan

Southport Football Club are delighted to officially announce that Stefan Mueller has signed for the club for the 2018/19 season. The 22 year-old American has spent most of pre-season with the club

30th July 2018

Travellers spark fury after setting up camp at RSPB car park

Travellers spark fury after setting up camp at RSPB car park. Travellers have set up camp in Southport again after taking over the RSPB car park in Marshside. Three caravan loads full

29th July 2018

Woodvale Charity Censors Young Autistic Ex-Volunteer’s Criticisms

The Woodvale Centre / Woodvale and Ainsdale Community Association (WACA) Facebook page recently thanked an anonymous woodchip donator. They however went on to say that they had “too much” woodchip and to

29th July 2018

WARNING | Motorists urged to avoid HUGE sinkhole on Waterloo Road, Southport

WARNING | Motorists urged to avoid HUGE sinkhole on Waterloo Road. Another large sinkhole has opened up on Waterloo Road in Southport town centre. Sefton Council are now aware of the sinkhole and will

29th July 2018

Mindless’ vandals pull down wall on Manor Road

Mindless’ vandals pull down wall on Manor Road Vandals have smashed and kicked down a brick wall on Manor Road in Southport. The unidentified vandals struck in the early hours of this

29th July 2018

New parents could miss out on almost £500 from their tax credits

Many parents do not realise they need to deduct their statutory parental pay from their salary when renewing tax credits. Thousands of parents could be at risk of missing out on hundreds

29th July 2018

PRE-SEASON | Southport 3-1 Bury

As the final game before the start of the new season, Southport could hardly have asked for more. Mike Phenix scored twice before supplying another as the Sandgrounders rounded off an impressive

29th July 2018

Football league score big for lifeboat charity

A local football league have scored big in a fundraiser for the Southport Lifeboat Crew. The fiftieth anniversary dinner of the Southport & District amateur football league raised an impressive £1000 to

28th July 2018

Pensioner loses control of car causing Town centre chaos

Pensioner loses control of car causing Town centre chaos. A reckless driver lost control of his car and smashed into a parked car three times this morning, Saturday 28 July. The Male

28th July 2018

Formby man one of four jailed for cigarette smuggling

Formby man one of four jailed for cigarette smuggling A gang who attempted to flood the UK streets with millions of smuggled cigarettes and launder the proceeds by buying and selling high-value

28th July 2018

Southport Old Links Captain and member to ride for charity

Southport Old Links Captain and member to ride for charity Mr Captain – Karl Rimmer at Southport Old Links golf club has a team of riders to raise as much money as

28th July 2018

Could Sefton Council Follow Liverpool and Fine Drivers for Pavement Parking?

Could Sefton Council Follow Liverpool and Fine Drivers for Pavement Parking? A new pavement parking crackdown in Liverpool has seen 22 drivers punished for pavement parking – with Merseyside police issuing a warning

28th July 2018

Planned North West roadworks – Monday 30 July to Sunday 5 August 2018

Planned North West road works – Monday 30 July to Sunday 5 August 2018 The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of

28th July 2018

Dukes Ward Surgeries

Liberal Democrat Councillors John Pugh, Tony Dawson and Ward Activist Jo Barton will be holding their Dukes Ward Advice Surgery on Monday 13th August. They will be available from 2pm – 3pm

27th July 2018

VINYL HIDEOUT BAR, Hoghton Place To host weekly Pride night

VINYL HIDEOUT BAR, Hoghton Place Southport PR9 0TE. Starting on Wednesday 8th August we are holding a weekly Pride night. Also On a thursday night starting on 9th August we are holding

27th July 2018

Southport Residents invited to learn more about carer opportunities

Merseyside residents are being invited to find out more about careers in Sefton’s care sector at an event in Southport next week. New Directions, Sefton’s leading adult social care provider, is staging

27th July 2018

George enjoys his new smoke-free life

George enjoys his new smoke-free life One Sefton resident is counting the benefits of stopping smoking with Sefton’s free stop smoking service. George Travers, from Bootle, went to Smokefree Sefton’s clinic at

27th July 2018

Merseyside residents invited to New Directions Southport jobs fair

Merseyside residents are being invited to find out more about careers in Sefton’s care sector at an event in Southport next week. New Directions, Sefton’s leading adult social care provider, is staging

27th July 2018

UPDATE | Unconfirmed firearms discharge – Southport

Merseyside Police is carrying out an investigation following reports of an incident in Southport yesterday evening (Thursday 26th July 2018). Officers were called to Saunders Street just after 7.30pm when members of

27th July 2018