Photo: Police wait for paramedics to arrive at the scene (6.30pm) Driver was rushed to hospital after falling ill at the wheel on Liverpool Road Southport A motorist was taken to hospital after falling ill at the wheel on Liverpool, Ainsdale, Southport this evening, Monday 16 May 2016 Emergency services were called to a ‘medical incident’ on Liverpool at around 6pm. A witness reported: “A man experienced a temporary medical condition – the Jeep was pulled over at the roadside. The unwell driver had to wait for around forty minutes for paramedics to arrive” An ambulance eventually arrived and treated the man…
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APPEAL FOR INFORMATION AFTER CYCLIST FOUND IN A CRITICAL CONDITION IN SEFTON Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was found unconscious on a grass verge on Lunt Road, Lunt, Sefton, near to the junction with Long Lane, this morning (Sunday, 15 May 2016). The cyclist was found at about 11:25am this morning by a member of the public and is currently described as critical but stable. It is believed that the man may have had a medical episode and officers are appealing to anyone who may have seen the man cycling in the area near to Lunt Road…
Southport’s Slick Cupid for Eurovision 2017 Southport local music expert Martin Hovden wants resort rock band Slick Cupid (pictured) to wave the flag for the UK in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. “I spend every Wednesday night on Mighty Southport Radio providing a much-appreciated platform for our very talented bands and musicians – and having watched Eurovision’s two semi-finals and final this week, I can’t help thinking we can do better than that load of old rubbish,” explained the Live Sounds presenter. “Ukraine’s very weak entry won last night and the UK song by Joe and Jake came very close…
Photo: County Financial Services director Paul Gilchrist Southport mortgage advisors welcome “buoyant” market A Southport financial boss believes a rise in mortgage applications shows the market is now “buoyant” again. Several years after the credit crunch prices, County Financial Services director Paul Gilchrist believes they have turned the corner. And companies like County are experiencing a boom in business to cater for demand. “Mortgage lenders were very risk adverse in the aftermath of the credit crunch, with high deposits and stringent lending criteria,” said Paul (pictured). “We may never see a return of the 100% mortgages (no deposit) and self-certification mortgages of yesteryear,…
Photo: Councillor Sue McGuire (first right) Councillor Sue McGuire re-elected leader of Liberal Democrat group Cambridge ward councillor Sue McGuire was re-elected as Leader of the Liberal Democrat group of councillors on Sefton Council. Councillor McGuire first won her seat in Cambridge Ward in 2006 and has been re-elected to represent Cambridge Ward twice and this is her Councillor second year as leader. Councillor Sue McGuire said “I feel honoured to have been re-elected as leader and I’m looking forward to heading up such a great team of councillors including our newly elected members Lynne Thompson, David Pullin and Bill Welsh.”…
Baby Boom Offers Recruitment Opportunities Southport based marketing firm Access Point are experiencing what can only be described as a baby boom. Six babies in 12 months, some feat for a team of less than 50! Two ladies are already on maternity leave, with another three to follow over the next few weeks and not to leave out one dad with paternity duties due not long after that; it’s safe to say, there’s something in the water at the Old Courthouse. Marketing Manager Jacquie said “Many of our team have worked with us for 10 years or more, maturing with…
Rockin’ for the homeless at Birkers this Sunday A fantastic charity event takes place this Sunday 8th May at Birkers Bar & Grill in aid of ‘Supporting Homeless Everywhere’, a local charity formed last year by Mighty Radio presenter, Fiona Aldred. Mighty Breakfast show host, Andrew Hegarty, will host the event from 1pm which kicks off with Sean Connolly’s superb Elvis Presley tribute. Canadian rock band, ‘April Moon’ take to the stage at around 2.30pm and the Liverpool v Watford match will be screened from 4pm with a charity head shave taking place at half-time. At 6pm, the raffle will be drawn with some fantastic prizes…
Criminal Damage incidents – Southport Merseyside Police is appealing for information after recent incidents of criminal damage in the Southport area. At around 9.00pm on Saturday, 23 April, a report was received of three youths on bicycles causing damage to a bus stop on Derby Road. They were described as aged 13-14 and wearing dark clothing. They made off prior to patrols attending and enquiries are ongoing to identify those responsible. On Sunday, 24 April between 4.00pm and 10.00pm, a woman left her Fiat on Lord Street and returned to find the back windscreen smashed with a brick. Around 9.40pm…
Appeal launched to find missing Vitalij Rylscikov Police are appealing for information after a 42-year-old man went missing from Ormskirk. Vitalij Rylscikov, from Lithuania, was last seen at an address in Wigan Road around 2.10pm on Tuesday (April 26). He is believed to have links to Ormskirk as well as the Blackpool and Fleetwood areas. Mr Rylscikov is described as white, of slim build, 5ft 9in tall, clean shaven with short dark brown hair. He was last seen wearing a grey hoodie and dark blue jeans. Officers are asking for anyone with information about Mr Rylscikov’s location to call Lancashire…
Letter to the editor: Merseyside Forest regarding proposals to use areas of Sefton as so-called Woodland allotments From the Countryside Awareness Group 26 April 2016 Dear sir/madam We are aware that a controversial initiative for felling trees for firewood (Woodland Allotments) is being tabled for many areas within Sefton. http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IssueId=43987&OptionNum=0& As a group that was formed to raise awareness about loss of our UK countryside and wildlife habitat we must tell you that we have very serious reservations about this new plan. What assurances can you give local residents of areas ear-marked for this controversial tree-felling plan, that the Woodland…
Photo: RTC, Liverpool Road (1.45pm) Man runs into parked coach in Southport after falling asleep at the wheel Emergency services were called to Liverpool Road this afternoon after Ford Fiesta ran into the rear of a parked coach waiting to collect school children, Tuesday 26 April 2016. Witnesses at the scene said that driver had fallen asleep at the wheel due to him having a cold. An investigation into the accident is underway. Fortunately the driver only suffered minor injuries and no children were on the coach at the time of the collision. Submit News Contact us with your community, business…
Photo: Mark Cunningham(left), MP John Pugh Anthony James Estate Agents have held the official launch event on Thursday 14th April celebrate moving into new offices in Hoghton Street, Southport. OTS News.co.uk was invited down the event, our reporter said: The evening was a huge success with a plenty of prosscecco and beer flowing, a great speech by managing director Mark Cunningham followed by kind words from Southport MP John Pugh and a great turnout of local businesses. Mark said: “A big thank you to all our friends, staff, families and business contacts cause without all of you we wouldn’t be where…
Next of Kin Appeal – Samuel Kelly Liverpool Coroner’s Office is appealing for the next of kin of Samuel Kelly. Mr Kelly died in hospital after being taken there from his home address in Hannan Road, Kensington on Thursday, 21 April 2016. We believe Mr Kelly was born in Belfast but it’s possible he has family residing in the Crosby area. There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death and Liverpool Coroner’s Office is asking anyone with any information about Mr Kelly’s next of kin, to contact 0151 777 5066. Submit News Contact us with your community, business or sport news. Phone 07581350321 Email ots@otsnews.co.uk Facebook www.facebook.com/otsnews.co.uk Twitter www.twitter.com/onthespot_news Breaking…
Tennis Open Days North Meols Tennis Club, situated in Mill Lane Crescent, Churchtown, is hosting Open Days this Saturday and Sunday, 23rd and 24th April, from 10.30am – 2pm. Everyone is welcome, from those who have never played tennis before to experienced club players. The event offers fun for all the family and provides an ideal opportunity for budding Andy Murrays to try the game for the first time. The club coach, Rob McNulty, will be on hand with advice and tips, as well as organising fun competitions with some great prizes. Tennis rackets will be available to borrow and…
Karen Potter Craven Minor JFL Results Week Ending 18th April 2016 Under 12 Phoenix 0-5 Redgate Rovers (Saturday) Phoenix 3-3 Trinity Blue Crosby Stuart 0-8 Trinity White Under 13 Premiership Burscough Green 1-4 Southport Trinity Churchtown Athletic 2-1 S&B Red Tarleton Corinthians 4-1 Redgate Yellow Under 13 Championship Phoenix 5-7 S&B Yellow 1-4 Burscough White S&A Amateurs 2-3 Southport FC Formby Athletic 7-6 Redgate Black Formby JSC White 4-4 Maghull Youth Under 14 Maric Trophy Southport Trinity 1-0 Southport FC Under 14 Ormskirk 4-1 Hesketh Colts Birkdale Black 9-1 Formby Athletic Under 15 Southport FC 3-4 North Sefton Redgate Rovers 0-5…
Eleventh Person Charged With Drugs Offences Following Operation Targeting Serious And Organised Crime In Sefton A woman has been arrested and charged following a police operation targeting serious and organised crime in the Sefton area yesterday (Thursday, 14 April 2016). Jodie Sheree Green, aged 47, of King Street, Southport has been charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and supply of Class B drugs. She has been remanded in custody to appear at South Sefton Magistrates Court this afternoon (Friday, 15 April 2016). Submit News Contact us with your community, business or sport news. Phone 07581350321 Email ots@otsnews.co.uk Facebook www.facebook.com/otsnews.co.uk Twitter…
Rubbish Friends are out again tomorrow Saturday 16th April. This time the team of volunteers will be tackling the issue of litter under the Pier. As “Rubbish Friends” organiser Pat Keith explains “This area is always a problem for litter especially from the users of the skatepark so we try to give it a good clean up before the grass grows too high”. The volunteer group “Rubbish Friends” have been actively cleaning up grot spots from across Southport since 2012. As co-founder Pat Keith explains “We need to take pride in our town and if that involves donning gloves and “High-Vis” jackets to clean up then…
Photo: Simon Armitage, Credit / Paul Wolfgang Webster One of the nation’s best known, best loved and most popular poets, Simon Armitage, Sunday 8th May 2016. The Atkinson, Lord Street, Southport, PR8 1DB. Time; 7.30pm. Tickets: £12.00 plus booking fee. Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire in 1963. He is Professor of Poetry at the University of Sheffield and was elected Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford in 2015. He has published more than a dozen collections of poetry, most recently Seeing Stars (2010, Faber & Faber) and Paper Aeroplane (2014, Faber & Faber). His translations of medieval…
Photo: The post box target by thieves Post box theft Churchgate Southport Merseyside Police is appealing for vigilance around Royal Mail post boxes in the Southport area overnight. A resident reported witnessing a theft from a post box on Churchgate last night, Sunday 10 April 2016. The witness reported hearing a loud noise from the post box at 11.50pm, a man aged in his early twenties was gathering mail together prior to getting in the passenger side of dark-colored old shape Ford Fiesta. The car proceeded towards Bibby Road and turned left. The post box appeared to be closed and undamaged this…
Photo: RTC Hoghton Street(1pm) The emergency services were called to the Union Street junction of Hoghton Street, Southport, at 1:00pm this afternoon (Saturday 10 April 2016) following reports of a RTC. A motorcyclist collided with two vehicles at the traffic lights. The motorbike rider appeared relatively unhurt and was able to pick up his bike after the smash. Paramedics checked the rider over at the scene, at the present time his injuries are but not thought to be serious. Two fire appliance attended the scene and cleared the road of any debris following the collision. Below are the vehicles involved in…
Trek to beach to vote in Ainsdale is cancelled – for now Ainsdale voters will not now have to trek through the dunes to vote in the May local elections. But they may still have to do so in June. When Shoreside School notified Sefton Council that they didn’t want their buildings to be used as a polling station in this May’s local elections, the elections department decided that the Discovery Centre at the Ainsdale Lido was the only option available. Over 1000 Ainsdale voters were informed last week that they would be voting here, some thinking it was an…
Photo: Paramedic vehicle, Scarisbrick Hotel Concern for Safety of woman in the Scarisbrick Hotel, Lord Street, Southport Emergency services called the Scarisbrick hotel, at approximately 2:40pm this afternoon (Tuesday 29 March) following an emergency call. Both police and paramedics attended the hotel. She was taken to Southport & Formby DGH for treatment a short time later. Her condition is unknown. Submit News Contact us with your community, business or sport news. Phone 07581350321 Email ots@otsnews.co.uk Facebook www.facebook.com/otsnews.co.uk Twitter www.twitter.com/onthespot_news Breaking local news as it happens, searchable archives with photographs, the ability to instantly comment on news articles – there are so many advantages to OTS (Onthespot) News. If…
According to locals, the barriers were stuck in the “down” position for around two hours today after a train went past when barriers were up, Wednesday 24 March 2016. Local businessman, John Ford told OTSNews: “When I was at the front of queue, the barriers were up but the lights flashing…. cars became inpatient and started hooting horns. “Luckily I didn’t go through as a train then went past with barriers still up, after this I decided to turn around and the barriers then went down. “This could have ended disastrously, I have reported the incident to Merseyrail”. Submit News Contact us with…
Photo: Tornado /Credit: Scott Harrison Tornado Jet loaded with Bombs over Ainsdale At about 3pm this afternoon (23/3/16) a Tornado Jet was seen and heard going over Ainsdale. Local resident Scott Harrison managed to snap this photo of the Tornado Jet with its landing gear down and Bomb’s attached to the Underside of the Jet. Submit News Contact us with your community, business or sport news. Phone 07581350321 Email ots@otsnews.co.uk Facebook www.facebook.com/otsnews.co.uk Twitter www.twitter.com/onthespot_news Breaking local news as it happens, searchable archives with photographs, the ability to instantly comment on news articles – there are so many advantages to OTS (Onthespot) News. If you want…
Demand for smokefree events and spaces with children present is high in Sefton, according to a new survey. The survey, commissioned by Tobacco Free Futures, found 93% of people in Sefton questioned were supportive of smokefree outdoor events for children and families, with only 5% of people unsupportive. The survey results have been released as a new campaign, Smokefree Spring, launches in Sefton this week (March 27). The campaign is a new initiative running across Sefton which will see a series of family-friendly events become smokefree to increase the number of healthy family events, and family-friendly public places. Event organisers…
OTS News exclusive Ted Hartill has now decided that being an Ainsdale councillor is not really his cup of tea. He’s resigning as councillor in the Ainsdale ward and will not be standing at the next election. Nevertheless, since announcing his retirement he’s decided to thrown a few eggs at other people in public. A Southport chat-room site reported (14/3/2016) that Hartill had used Facebook to ‘tell the world’ that he disagreed with Cameron over leaving the EU and that he also agreed with the LibDems on leaving Sefton. Does anyone really ‘care’, we may rightly ask, what this soon to…
PAGAN HERITAGE – The Spiritual Birthright of the British Isles In this exclusive study, the author continues on from where his successful last book on this subject, THE NEW PAGAN HANDBOOK, left off. Within this unique book Pat Regan reveals the mysterious nature of the diverse, spiritual forces underlying the British landscape. The ancient peoples, who made their impact on the British Isles, influenced many later cultures after them. A great deal of pre-Christian heritage came to the British Isles from the Celts, Saxons, Romans and Vikings etc. This incredible Pagan legacy went on to give rise to countless traditions that later spread to the…
Southport Prince’s Trust Team 5 Handover Presentation – 26th February 2016 On the 26th February the Southport prince’s trust team organized a Handover Presentation to show what they did for their community project. We renovated the Southport & District Temperance Society basement on London Street. As you might of sore in our last article on OTS we were going to turn it into a games room but we had some problems on the way but on the 24th the Southport fire brigade came to do a health and safety inspection because the building had not had an inspection since the…
Councillor David Barton has welcomed the installation of a new ‘Welcome to Lord Street Gardens’ black and gold sign in the town centre. The sign, which also features a glass fronted notice-board was erected after Councillor Barton made the request to council officers. He had been approached by several local residents including his fellow volunteers from the Lord Street in Bloom gardening group. Councillor Barton said: “I would like to extend my thanks to the Sefton Parks and Greenspaces team once again. “Equally thanks must go to Mrs Pauline Morris and our group of Lord Street in Bloom volunteers who…
Photo: RTC clean up, Guildford Road, Southport Booze-fuelled driver arrested following Guildford Road smash Merseyside police were called to Guilford Road shortly after 9.45pm last night following reports of an RTC, Sunday 13 March 2016. A Citroen Xantia had collided with two other vehicles and smashed through a residents wall. Merseyside police have confirmed that a 31-year-old male was arrested at the scene and charged with dangerous driving and alleged drink driving. Submit News Contact us with your community, business or sport news. Phone 07581350321 Email ots@otsnews.co.uk Facebook www.facebook.com/otsnews.co.uk Twitter www.twitter.com/onthespot_news Breaking local news as it happens, searchable archives with photographs, the ability to instantly comment…