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Royal Birkdale

Golf Toolkit available for Southport Businesses

Golf Toolkit available for Southport Businesses A special ‘golf toolkit’ has been produced for local businesses ahead of The 146th Open Golf Championship at Royal Birkdale. More than 200,000 visitors are expected
5th June 2017
Aaron Bishop

Aaron astounds doctors after beating the bike

Aaron astounds doctors after beating the bike. A teenager who was told he’d never walk again after a horrific car accident is now back riding a bike! Heroic Aaron Bishop from Southport
5th June 2017
Patricia Lewis (Nee O'shea)

R.I.P Patricia Lewis (Nee O’shea)

R.I.P Patricia Lewis (Nee O’shea). Patricia Lewis (Nee O’shea) passed away peacefully in hospital on 31st May 2017, aged 64. Patricia was a devoted wife to the late Tommy, and loving mother
5th June 2017
All smiles...Edna Palmer with Judith Catton of Ormskrik and Southport Oddfellows

Friendship group gave me a lifeline, says Edna

  ‘Five-a-day is the recipe for a happy life’ Former Southport Equal Opportunities worker Edna Palmer was left feeling isolated when she lost her husband who had shared many of life’s experiences.
4th June 2017
The Grasshopper 70 Sandon Rd, Southport PR8 4QD

The Grasshopper Rocks the Boat – again!

The Grasshopper Rocks the Boat – again! Last week saw the very successful  “Grasshopper Rocks the Boat” event featuring Rock the Boat brewery beers. On Monday (5th June)  Dave Barker the chief
3rd June 2017

Motorcyclist injured in Ormskirk collision

Motorcyclist injured in Ormskirk collision Police are appealing for witnesses after a 31-year-old man suffered a serious leg injury following a collision in Ormskirk. Officers were called around 7pm following reports of
2nd June 2017

Get swan for me too!

A Southport man famous for rescuing injured swans in the town certainly had tongues and beaks waggling when he left one of his charges outside a chippy. And of course it was
2nd June 2017

Minister visit helps give tory campaign boost

SOUTHPORT shopkeepers have been given the backing of Government Business Secretary Greg Clark who was in the town to support Conservative Candidate, Damien Moore. Greg, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy
2nd June 2017

New website launched to help cancer patients

he University of Liverpool and Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen have launched a new website intended to promote safer prescribing and improve quality of care for cancer patients called www.cancer-druginteractions.org. Building on
2nd June 2017

Police raid Victoria Street in drugs crackdown

Police raid Victoria Street in drugs crackdown (Friday 2 June). Police are currently searching a home on Victoria Street, Southport as part of a huge Merseyside wide operation to crack down on
2nd June 2017
Formby Festival OTS News

Tickets on sale for Formby Festival

You can now purchase earlybird tickets for the upcoming Formby Festival. Between July 14 and July 16. hundreds of people are expected to descend on Formby Village centre for the festival, with
2nd June 2017

Too many people are ignoring bleeding gums 

New research reveals that many people in Southport may be increasing their risk of developing advanced gum disease by ignoring blood in their spit when they brush, as bleeding gums is an
2nd June 2017
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