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Sainsbury’s customers donate food to Shoreline Church Food Bank

Sainsbury’s Southport Lord street customers have donated surplus food that is still healthy, nutritious and within it use-by dates to Shoreline church food bank The food donation scheme is aimed at charities

6th December 2020

Annual Baby Remembrance Service Goes Online

The chaplaincy team and bereavement midwives at Ormskirk hospital hold a memorial service every December in the baby memorial garden for anyone who has experienced the loss of a baby. This year due to the ongoing restrictions, the

4th December 2020

Still time to support Sefton Mayor’s Christmas Toy Appeal

Sefton’s Mayor, Cllr June Burns, has shared a heartfelt ‘thank you’ to residents across the Borough who have already supported this year’s toy appeal. And she is reminding people that there is

4th December 2020

Southport ICU staff recognised with national award

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) team at Southport hospital has won a prestigious national award from Nursing Times, thanks to the innovative ways team members worked during the first peak of the

1st December 2020

Sight loss charity Galloway’s calls on residents to join 3K Santa Dash

Sight loss charity Galloway’s is calling on people to help spread some festive cheer and take part in their own socially distanced Santa Dash for blind and partially sighted people across Lancashire

1st December 2020

PCC endorses Keeping Christmas Kind campaign

Merseyside’s Police Commissioner is adding her voice to a nation-wide campaign urging shoppers to ‘keep Christmas kind’ this year. As we approach the busy festive period, Jane Kennedy has joined forces with

1st December 2020

Pothole opens up on Devonshire Road

A massive pothole has opened up on Devonshire Road in Southport. The huge hole is around two foot long and has only been discovered earlier today near to the junction with High

30th November 2020

Sefton Council supports taxi drivers with £400k grant amidst coronavirus impact

Sefton Council is currently distributing over £400,000 in grant funding to support taxi drivers who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. From today (Monday, November 30) over 4,000 taxi drivers licensed

30th November 2020

Southport Round Table to welcome Santa’s float in December

It’s been an unusual year but not even a worldwide pandemic will stop Santa from riding his sleigh around Southport this Christmas. The Southport Hesketh Round Table Santa and his festive elves

28th November 2020

Local health worker thanks MP Moore after award nomination

Southport MP Damien Moore has announced the local health and care worker he has nominated for this year’s NHS Parliamentary Awards The accolades, sponsored by Fuji Film, were set up for the

28th November 2020

Merseyrail to boost timetable as Southport enters Tier 2

From Saturday 5 December, services between Liverpool Central and Southport will be increased to a 15-minute frequency Monday to Saturday, with trains continuing to operate every 30 minutes on Sundays. Services between

28th November 2020

Dangerous ‘laughing gas’ canisters left littered in town centre

Southport is once again being hit by the laughing gas craze. Shocked runners around the Southport Theatre and Marine Lake car park on the promenade say they have nearly slipped and fallen

28th November 2020

Southport pubs pull Christmas decorations after Tier 2 announcement

Two of Southport’s most famous pubs are lamenting the announcement the town is only in Tier 2 status, meaning they cannot reopen this Christmas. Both the Mason’s Arms on Anchor Street and

28th November 2020

Barton: Pokemon can save Southport

A prominent campaigner for the heritage of Southport has raised an open proposal to prospective investors regarding capitalizing on some of the town’s most well recognized Victorian architecture that could restore the

23rd November 2020

Deafblind Southport woman shortlisted for national charity award

Karolina Pakenaite, a deafblind woman from Southport in Merseyside, has been shortlisted for an award by the national disability charity, Sense. The nomination recognises Karolina’s efforts to raise awareness about face covering

21st November 2020

Southport FC and Christ The King launch education partnership

Southport Football Club is delighted to announce our new partnership with Christ the King Catholic High School & Sixth Form Centre. The programme will involve full time post-16 education provision alongside training

18th November 2020

Safety campaigner welcomes Southport rail defibrillators

A Southport campaigner has praised Merseyrail for supplying all local train stations with defibrillators The news follows local heritage campaigner, David Barton’s most recent campaign, in which he lobbied for the introduction

15th November 2020

Nugget lovers only have 24 hours left to claim 30% off McDonald’s

Fast food lovers in Southport have just 24 hours left to claim 30% off their McDonald’s food order before it runs out. The offer applies to all orders made throughout the day

13th November 2020

RIP Ian: Family lead tributes for Banks teacher

The family of a popular school teacher from the outskirts of Southport have led tributes to him after he sadly passed away. Religious Studies professor Ian Howarth, well known as one of

13th November 2020

Help our local NHS workers get a pay rise this Christmas

This Christmas, thousands of NHS workers will be working around the clock, putting their lives at risk to protect the public. Yet the average nurse in the UK has lost 20% of

13th November 2020

Formby MP backs school's bid to go plastic free

Mini Southport Picassos invited to bid for scholarship

A new giveaway is offering schools across Southport the opportunity to win a place on the ninth annual dot-art Schools programme. The art programme has been developed to nurture children and young

13th November 2020

Health chiefs say Southport needs to be cautious over vaccine news

Director of Public Health, Margaret Jones, has welcomed this week’s positive announcement about a coronavirus vaccine. But she has reminded people that if it is going to be effective, the vast majority

12th November 2020

Binmen should take garden waste even in winter, says businessman

residents in Southport are asking Sefton Council to start collecting garden waste throughout the year. The local authority currently collects waste via people’s Green Wheelie Bins from March through to November each

12th November 2020

Resort firm leads the way in tackling ‘mask poverty’

A Southport healthcare delivery company Bullens has been delivering a different kind of help to local foodbanks across Sefton and the wider Liverpool area; donating over 5,000 reusable face masks, hand sanitisers

12th November 2020

Are you going to be fire safe this winter?

Fire fighters are urging people to make fire safety a priority this winter following a serious house fire in Kensington. Firefighters were called to Esher Road on Sunday 8thNovember. Three fire engines

12th November 2020

Southport set to sparkle as work begins to replace mile of lights along historic Lord Street

Work has begun on a sparkling scheme to provide new decorative lighting along an historic mile-long shopping boulevard in the North West. The provision of new lights along the Victorian Lord Street

11th November 2020

Dobbies Kew takes to the airwaves to provide festive cheer

As Christmas approaches, Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, has released the first of three festive themed podcasts. Sharing advice on everything from festive decorations and at-home Christmas crafts, to how

11th November 2020

Unleash your creativity with FREE online workshops for residents across Sefton

Beating the lockdown blues and sparking your inner creativity has now never been easier. Dozens of bespoke FREE online Workshops designed to help you wave goodbye to boredom and unleash your hidden

11th November 2020

Nearly £1 MILLION announced to support vulnerable children and families in Southport

Families in Southport and across Sefton that have been hardest hit by the pandemic and need extra support this winter with food and bills will benefit from a new £170 million scheme unveiled by the

10th November 2020

Highways bosses welcome ‘kind words’ after sorting Birkdale pot hole

Sefton Council’s highways team say they are grateful after residents thanked them for fixing a series of pot holes in Birkdale. Campaigners and residents in Westbourne Road had recently put pressure on

10th November 2020

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