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Southport awarded national Purple Flag accreditation

Southport has been awarded Purple Flag accreditation after a lengthy campaign co-ordinated Southport Business Improvement District (BID) working in partnership with Merseyside Police, Sefton Council, Pubwatch, Light for Life, and the Street
17th February 2018

PREVIEW | Port Prepared For North Ferriby Test

Southport head to North Ferriby United in Vanarama National League North action on Saturday, and Kevin Davies’ side are full of confidence after Jason Gilchrist’s 3-0 dismantling of Gainborough Trinity last weekend.
17th February 2018

Warning over cash machine frauds in Southport

People who use the Tesco garage on Albert Road have fallen victim to a card skimming scam. A number of residents have contacted OTS News after finding their cards had been skimmed
15th February 2018

Medicines review to be updated

Healthwatch Sefton, the local independent health and social care champion, has recently released a report which details the feedback it received from People First Merseyside about accessing repeat prescription services in Sefton
15th February 2018

Panel endorses police precept proposal

A proposal to increase the precept payable for policing in Merseyside was “reluctantly” endorsed by the Merseyside Police and Crime Panel at their meeting on Tuesday 6 February. The panel, which is
15th February 2018

X2 bus crashes into car on Lord Street

The emergency services were called to Lord Street at around 10:45am morning after a Stagecoach x2 Bus and a car collided, Thursday 15 February 2018. Paramedics treated the occupants of white Suzuki
15th February 2018

Missing Bradford man has Southport links

Police are urgently appealing for information on Gareth Shutt, who has been reported missing from Bradford and has links to Southport. There have been possible sightings of Gareth in the Southport area
15th February 2018
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£2.3m cannabis farm discovered in Formby

We are investigating the discovery of a cannabis farm in Formby yesterday afternoon, Tuesday 13 February. Shortly before 12 pm, officers attended an address on Hawksworth Drive, Formby and discovered 583 cannabis
14th February 2018
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Disabled young people consider their next steps

Young people with disabilities and special educational needs (SEN) have been invited to a special event where they can learn about the options available to them as they leave school. Moving On
14th February 2018
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Kew Estate kid Tommy Fleetwood targets BMW title

SOUTHPORT’S Tommy Fleetwood will make his first appearance on home soil since being crowned the European Tour’s Race to Dubai Champion when he tees it up in the BMW PGA Championship at
14th February 2018

National appeal to locate missing Ian Cree

Officers searching for missing man Ian Cree have issued a renewed appeal for information after he was last seen almost three weeks ago (20 January 2018) at around 4pm. Ian is white,
13th February 2018
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