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As part of Trust in Yellow’s role in bringing supporters together, it is the Trust’s aim to put on at least one event after a home game every month during the season. The Trust’s new Get Involved! programme of events began in August with a Meet the Manager with Paul Carden and the Class of ‘05 championship reunion. The next event is a quiz night following the home match against Dover Athletic this Saturday – and the Trust again wants you to get involved. The quiz will take place in the Grandstand Bar, starting at 5.30pm, so it is easy…
The next Tomorrow’s People Trust Young Persons’ ‘Working it out’ personal development, and CV enhancing programme with involvement from Local Business (CSR), accredited courses in Health & Safety, First Aid and customer service commences the 12th October 2015. Any person aged 16 – 24 and not in employment, education or training is eligible, and will receive £40 weekly reimbursement of expense and also a 24/7 city bus pass. Each programme runs for 10 weeks and clients are required for a maximum 15.5 hours per week, the programme involves team building, making friends, community voluntary work experience, CV Building, job search mock Interviews, and much more. If…
Almost £1 million worth of improvements are taking place on a stretch of the M6 near Wigan and St Helens, providing smoother and safer journeys for drivers. Contractors for Highways England are resurfacing a two-mile stretch of the M6 between junctions 23 and 25, equivalent to the size of seven rugby league pitches. Over 500 new reflective road studs are also being installed along the route, improving visibility, and road markings are being repainted. All of the work will be carried out overnight, between 9pm and 5am from Monday to Friday, to keep disruption to a minimum. Some lane and…
Photo: Police divert traffic around the Passat involved in the collision(7pm). The emergency services were called to Preston New Road following a collision at around 5.30 this evening, Wednesday 2 September 2015. A witness at the scene said: “The Passat(above) was involved in a collision with a Vauxhall Astra which made off from the scene and was found Tarvin Close a short time later. “Police told me that there were three men in the Astra. “The police helicopter was was in the area and police on foot searching gardens” Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101 or the…
Fans of the frosty film can enjoy a spot of alfresco movie action at Kings Gardens next Friday (September 4) If you love Frozen and refuse to Let It Go, come along to King’s Gardens where the film will start at 8.30pm and admission is free; however a donation of £2 per person to the Friends of King’s Gardens will help to support future film screenings. Video: Lion King, May 1 2015. Frozen will be shown in the Community Garden (opposite the Royal Clifton Hotel). The showing follows the success of a screening of Grease, which took place on Wednesday, August 12. King’s…
Photo: A worried Mr Wiles, Sandbrook Way A month has passed since the council visited Pastor Pete’s Sanbrook Way slum. On this visit a Sefton Council representative took photographs of the awful living conditions. The represantive said they would paint the front, have the drains unblocked and that the water leak from upstairs would be fixed. Mr Wiles said: “This visit was over a month ago and I have not heard anything since. “The smell is getting a lot worse and is effecting our health”. UPDATE: Pastor Pete’s office allegedly calls desperate family man a disgrace Dear OTS NEWS I’m Keeping you up…
Health organisations don’t like to endorse nicotine consumption or smoking in any form, so it’s quite understandable that they’ve always emphasised e-cigarettes are still bad for you. However, according to recent reports from NerdWallet and Public Health England, e-cigarettes may have their benefits compared with traditional smokes: they may end up costing you almost 40% less, and they (could be) 95% safer than tobacco. The NerdWallet report looked at the comparative price of e-cigarettes and tobacco, and concluded that the electronic cigarette is vastly cheaper to smoke. For example, a regular cigarette will deliver around 10 puffs over 5-10 minutes,…
Rip Off Sefton Parking Charges in Southport Why pay extortionate parking prices in Southport town centre when you can park in town for a fraction of Sefton’s prices? The price Sefton Council is charging for two hours parking on the street is £2.80p Why pay these rip off parking prices when you can get 12 hours secure parking in the town centre at NCP in London Street for £2.30p You can also park on B&M Car Park on Kingsway, Southport for £2.00 for four hours! Submit News Contact us with your community, business or sport news. Phone 07581350321 Email ots@otsnews.co.uk…
The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of Friday 28 August and could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All our improvement work is carried out with the aim of causing as little disruption as possible. Please note: we have completed or lifted most roadworks by or for the late summer bank holiday to give holidaymakers smoother journeys between midnight on Thursday 27 August and 6am on Tuesday 1 September. Please see our news release for more details: www.gov.uk/government/news/highways-england-removes-roadworks-for-august-bank-holiday-getaway M56 Junction 11 Daresbury A major…
Photo: Wennington Road(12:15am) Merseyside Police is appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision in Southport, last night. At around 11.30pm, a black Peugeot 307 was travelling along Wennington Road, Southport. As the car approached the junction with Chester Avenue and Chester Road, it collided with a tree. The driver, a 53 year old woman, was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, a 15-year-old male, was taken to Alder Hey Hospital where he remains in a stable condition. The woman is yet to be formally identified but her family has been informed. Officers from the Merseyside Police Road Police…
Some public concern has been raised over excess drinking and antisocial conduct on barges that spoils the waterway for other canal users In this following instance two barges crashed together creating a loud bang. It was not confirmed if the craft sustained any damage. This brief clip was taken just after the barges had both hit each other as they foolishly tried to get through a narrow part of the canal near Burscough in Lancashire at the same time. The loud drinkers on one barge (apparently named the ‘Blue Swan’) shouted all the way down the watercourse seemingly oblivious to what could have…
Sefton Council will be carrying out essential maintenance work on Southport Pier, starting on Tuesday 1 September. The works, which are expected to last around one month, will involve timber repairs and painting as well as scaffolding under the Pier. The works have been scheduled for September to avoid clashing with the busy peak summer months. The public will be able to access both the Pier and the beach at all times and the concessions on the Pier will be open for business as usual during the works. Submit News Contact us with your community, business or sport news. Phone 07581350321 Email ots@otsnews.co.uk…
Photo: Southport Airshow Flying displays over land by vintage jet aircraft will be significantly restricted until further notice, the Civil Aviation Authority has said. The planes will be limited to flypasts, meaning ‘high energy’ aerobatics will not be permitted. The new restrictions follow the deaths of up to 20 people, when an aircraft crashed into the A-27 on Saturday (August 22) The Hawker Hunter jet was flying at over 150mph when it failed to pull up from a loop-the-loop stunt and it impacted with the road below. Pilot Andrew Hill remains in critical condition in hospital. A spokesperson for the…
Photo: Police stop a motorist, Fairway, Southport (2pm) Merseyside Police today has been carrying out vehicle checks around the resort. Police have been operating in marked and unmarked vehicles, Monday 24 August 2015. On this occasion police were parked up in KFC on Marine Drive and followed the vehicle and made a random stop check. The police can stop a vehicle for no reason. If they ask you to stop, you should always pull over. You’re breaking the law if you don’t. If you’re stopped, the police can ask to see your: Driving licence Insurance certificate MOT certificate If you don’t…
Michael Quinn (25) broke his girlfriend’s fingers with a baseball bat and cheekbone by elbowing her in the face. Violent Michael Quinn who demanded his girlfiend call him Dominus, after the slavemaster in Spartacus, was jailed today jailed for five years. Liverpool Crown Court heard how Quinn even forced his victim to accompany him to the toilet on her hands and knees. “He would push her around, twist her arm and spit on her.” David Watson, prosecuting, said Michael Quinn, waged a “prolonged period of sustained domestic abuse” from 2012 to early 2015. He said from the outset Michael Quinn “sought to…
Photo: Head injury, Nevill Street • Women trips on curb and splits her head open. • Women was taken to hospital one hour and ten minutes after ambulance was called. Today a woman who split her head open after tripping on a curb on Nevill Street had to wait one hour and ten minutes for an ambulance, Sunday 9 August. A member the public called for an ambulance at 2pm and twenty minutes later a response paramedic car arrived and treated her injuries. The lady A witness said: “The lady appeared to be in a state of shock and her head injury looked quiet serious, our ambulance service…
John Birchall wasn’t going to let a two hip replacements stop him from enjoying his favourite pastime. And his determination and hard work has been rewarded by Hesketh Bank Parish Council after being named winner of the allotment category in their ‘Best Kept’ competition. John, who has owned plot 15 on the Hesketh Bank Allotments since they were first started, said: “I spend a lot of time on my allotment, not least because it takes me twice as long to do the work following two hip replacements!” And he added: “I would like to thank Farringtons of Guide Road for…
Photo: BLACK DIAMOND (Liverpool) Rock This weekend at the fox and goose sound lounge, cable street, southport FRIDAY 7TH AUGUST 2015 “Friday Night Live (Originals) Best of the fresh new northwest talent all wrapped up in one amazing night, the fox and goose presents “Originals live” BLACK DIAMOND (Liverpool) Rock “The band collided with convention and convention threw up a white flag and surrendered.” “To watch Black Diamond is to know that the future is safe” – Liverpool Sound and VisionPlaying live is key to Black Diamond. Rock bands – as all true fans of the genre know – can’t fake it,…
Photo: (Left)Matthew Palfreyman Last weekend (1st & 2nd August) saw Matthew Palfreyman, 23, of Aughton, Lancashire compete in the second round of the 2015 Formula 2 Powerboating World Championships in Tonsberg, Norway. Eighteen drivers from seven countries took part in the Norwegian boat festival spectacular and after finishing in third position in his first ever Formula 2 World championship event, three weeks prior in Brindisi, Italy, the pressure was on Matthew to perform. After multiple problems, damaging a propellor, engine trim pump issues and loosing a bolt which secures the engine to the boat to name a few,…
Southport MP John Pugh is urging local doctors to think very carefully before ending Southport Hospital’s contract to provide community nursing services to the area. The decision has been made by the local commissioning groups (CCGs) who control most of NHS spending in the area to invite other groups and organisations to take over the service that currently is provided by the hospital. If the hospital loses its contract for community nursing, this will make a further dent in its troubled finances and could lead to the hospital providing fewer services. Community nurses themselves will endure a period…
Photo: Café Varley, London Street Café Varley is intending to open to the public on Monday 27th July, all being well with the fit out. Café Varley will be a breakfast and daytime modern café and take away serving chef prepared fresh food and drinks. … New Bistro opening in London Street Southport A BISTRO serving up a diversity of fresh, healthy food is to officially open in Southport town centre in summer. Multi millionare Mike McComb, has submitted a planning application to Sefton Council hoping to change the use of the London Street from premises (Class A1) into Restaurant (Class A3).…
Photo: Failing Care Home Southview Lodge on Station Road in Hesketh Bank A care home has been told to make a series of improvements after failing four out of five key assessment targets. Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) made an unannounced visit to Southview Lodge in Station Road, Hesketh Bank, and deemed it was not always safe, not always effective, not always responsive and not always well-led. Owner Thomas Blane has acknowleged the report and said: recommendations were being taken onboard, after inspectors found “a significant number of breaches” of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities)…
Southport market has this week kick-started its ‘open season’ Gazebos can be rented for £20 per day (or just £30 for two), to new or existing stall-holders looking to pitch up in the market foyer. The outdoor market will run every Tuesday until September, with a special produce market on Chapel Street on Thursdays Customers can bag themselves everything from tasty food to clothes, fresh groceries to phone cases – and you can say hello to Buster, the market mascot! For more information, contact Market Manager, Denise Ryder, on 01704 525001. Check out our gallery for a look at Tuesday’s outdoor…
Photo: Stolen Cube bike Mother pleas for the return sons bike, Monday 22 June 2015 Mother Kim Owens said: “My 14 year old son has just had his bike stolen whilst riding down Balmoral Drive Churchtown by a man in blue jacket and jeans who pushed him off then rode off on it down Preston New Road, police have just been informed, anyone with any information please get in touch, Bike is a Cube black and white, yellow mark on back tyre” If you have information you can contact Kim or alternatively please get in touch with Merseyside Police on 101…
Photo: Dukes Ward Councillor Tony Dawson, Deputy Leader of Liberal Democrat Group Many people with major disabilities have waited far too long for their Personal Independence Payments to be processed, say local Lib Dems. Councillor Dawson, local Lib Dem Health & Adult Care spokesperson, is disappointed in a recent High Court case where two disabled people had failed to establish in court this week that the delays in assessment of PIP were so great that their human rights had been breached. “Delays in PIP assessment have persisted and even exceeded the delays in assessment in the previous benefit, the Disability…
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Photo: Paul Nuttall Local MEP Paul Nuttall is urging Southport to support the town having its own council. A campaign for such a body to restore the control of Southport into the hands of the town’s residents has been launched and an on-line petition set up. Mr Nuttall, UKIP deputy leader, said: “Historically the majority of Southport residents did not want to be included in Merseyside or Sefton and today many of the residents still feel the same way. “Local people have raised their concerns for a number of years that Southport has become nothing more than the piggy bank of…
Pupils at primary schools in Southport have taken part in a special art project to raise awareness of littering. School children were asked to design a poster advertising ‘Rubbish Friends’ – a local initiative aimed at encouraging people of all ages to dispose of their waste responsibly. Rubbish Friends was introduced in 2012 by councillors Pat Keith and Sue McGuire in a bid to decrease the amount of litter within the local community. Cllr Keith came up with idea for the poster design competition which was won by Grace Wareing – a Year 6 pupil at St Patrick’s RC Primary School. Grace’s design will now be seen on Sefton Council refuse…
Photo: Darren Brookfield Darren’s Story As some of you already know, recently I was taken ill. What I first thought to be a common bug ended up being a debilitating form of septicaemia (caused by the bacteria staphylococcus) and pneumonia and following a stint in intensive care, I was given various antibiotics to fight off the infection. However, various forms of antibiotics had a negative effect on my immune system and caused me to become neutropinic which again made me very Ill. As my immune system was almost non existent, I was more susceptible to further illness and, although being paced…