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Acting the Goat at Birkdale Craft Fayre

Woodland’s Animal Sanctuary kindly provided the friendly goats Ana, Elsa, and Olaf at yesterday’s (20 July) Birkdale Craft Fayre. See also… Please help us to support local businesses! More… https://southport-crafts-arts-and-preloved-items-fayre-1.jimdosite.com/ https://www.woodlandsanimalsanctuary.org.uk/

21st July 2024

Merlin cannot make it so come and see Ana Elsa and Olaf

Tomorrow (Saturday, 20 July) come and see the goats Ana, Elsa, and Olaf from Woodland’s Animal Sanctuary. Unfortunately, Merlin the Shetland pony could not make it. They will be joining us at

19th July 2024

Birkdale Craft Fayre – Coming Soon!

Southport Craft and Preloved fayre. Stallholders wanted. Our next craft event will be held on Saturday 20th July at St Peter’s Parish Hall, Birkdale, Southport PR8 4BY. It opens at 10.30am until

11th July 2024

An unexpected mini hailstorm left people thinking a new ice age had arrived in Birkdale yesterday. Nevertheless, inside it was warmer as the craft fayre got underway. Support local businesses. More information

16th June 2024

Southport Craft Event

Our next event is Saturday 15th June at St Peter’s Parish Hall in Birkdale, Southport. It opens at 10.30am until 2.00pm free admission. We have some lovely artisans with their handcrafted gifts

8th June 2024

Southport Community Cupboard raises funds at Birkdale Craft Fayre

Fayre Organiser Cath Regan (right) was presented with a lovely bunch of flowers by Debbie and John from ‘Southport Community Cupboard’. The allotted fundraising stall at the latest Craft Fayre in St

21st April 2024

22° Halo over Southport

An impressive 22° halo around the Sun showed itself this afternoon, over Southport’s sea shore. Such halos form as sunlight (or moonlight) is refracted by millions of hexagonal ice crystals that are

21st April 2024

HUNT’S BUDGET – TWO FINGERS UP TO OLDER PEOPLE

Latest news from the Silver Voices team shows discontent at Jeremy Hunt’s selective budget…. Silver Voices state…. TWO FINGERS UP TO OLDER PEOPLE ‘So said the Daily Telegraph in its immediate response

7th March 2024

Christ The King celebrates ‘good’ Ofsted rating

Ofsted say: 'Pupils feel happy, safe and valued at this welcoming school. They enjoy a calm and respectful environment that helps them to study and learn.'

27th January 2024

Silver Voices; campaign to delay the switch over of traditional copper wire landlines to internet -based telephone systems

Silver Voices latest campaign is gathering pace ‘Our campaign to delay the switch over of traditional copper wire landlines to internet -based telephone systems (VoIP or Digital Voice) is fast gathering pace.

2nd January 2024

New service to be launched with Barnardos to support children and young people with SEND

SEND

20th September 2023

Sefton Council say ‘miss school, miss out’ as it launches new push on school attendance

Sefton Council is reminding parents, carers and children about the importance of school attendance as the new school year begins. Through the new ‘Miss School, Miss Out’ campaign, families in Sefton are

20th September 2023

Council ‘unaware’ of RAAC concrete in local schools but surveys planned at ‘small number’

Sefton Schools

1st September 2023

Birkdale High School celebrates GCSE success with outstanding results

Exam results

25th August 2023

Sefton Council’s improvement in children’s services deemed ‘too slow’ by Ofsted

Sefton Council

23rd August 2023

Council too slow on children’s services improvement, says Ofsted report

An Ofsted report has revealed that Sefton Council’s children’s services are continuing to fail some minors who “continue to experience ongoing harm”. The Council has faced significant criticism over the state of

29th March 2023

Bond between Edge Hill University and Ukraine fostered by grant award

Work to strengthen ties between Edge Hill University and Ukraine has been boosted by a £100,000 grant. Universities UK has awarded the grant to Edge Hill as the next phase of its

29th March 2023

Sefton Council launches recruitment drive for school governors

To mark National School Governors Awareness Day, Sefton Council is launching a new recruitment drive to boost numbers of school governors across the borough. Sefton launched the #GiveBackGetAhead campaign today to

28th February 2023

Edge Hill University reveals £35m development plan

Edge Hill University has unveiled plans for a further £35m development, significantly enhancing the student experience at its Ormskirk campus. The largest element of the new plans is for 232 residential rooms,

22nd February 2023

KGV principal praises “excellent results” achieved by class of 2022

KGV principal Michelle Brabner has praised students for their “excellent” results with the publication of today’s A-Level results. Michelle Brabner, Principal said: “Our students have achieved excellent results today and as such

18th August 2022

Decision to close St Teresas school set to be confirmed next week

The closure of St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School is set to be confirmed at a Council Cabinet meeting next week. In October, the council detailed that the primary school retained just 15

19th May 2022

Edge Hill University twinned with Ukrainian institution

Edge Hill University is offering support to academics and students after being twinned with a Ukrainian institution. The University is one of 30 in the UK to have been matched with a

13th April 2022

College deletes International Women’s Day tweet after gender pay gap highlighted

Southport College have deleted a tweet celebrating International Women’s Day after campaigners pointed out that they paid women less than men. The “Gender Pay Gap Bot” took Twitter by storm yesterday, highlighting

9th March 2022

KGV Sixth Form College in Southport praised in Parliament for outstanding A-Level results

King George V Sixth Form College in Southport has been praised in Parliament as “a model of how things can evolve in the education sector”. Students at the College, based on Scarisbrick

10th December 2021

Council documents reveal full extent of difficulties at St Teresa’s school

A Sefton Council Cabinet report has laid bare the extent of the difficulties being faced at St Teresa’s School in Birkdale, leading Governors to recommend full closure of the school. The report

28th October 2021

Birkdale Councillor ‘less than impressed’ by Council over proposed school closure

Birkdale Lib Dem Councillor Iain Brodie Browne has said he is “less than impressed” by Sefton Council’s approach to the proposed closure of St Teresa’s Nursery and Infant school on Everton Road,

27th October 2021

Stanley High School shortlisted for ‘Most Inspirational’ school award

Stanley High School are proving themselves top of the class after being shortlisted for a prestigious award. The Marshside based school, which boasts a long line of successful and even famous alumni,

14th October 2021

Churchtown Primary evacuated after gas leak

Churchtown Primary has been evacuated following a gas leak in the school grounds. Children have been rushed to the school playing fields and all staff and children are accounted for. The emergency

6th September 2021

KGV Sixth Form College welcomes back students and says it’s not too late to enrol

The new 2021/22 college year is now underway, with a record number of students being welcomed to KGV Sixth Form College in Southport this Thursday and Friday. KGV is reminding young people

3rd September 2021

Greenbank High School congratulates pupils on GCSE results

Greenbank High School have offered a well-deserved congratulations to students who collected their GCSE results on Thursday. The school said: “Congratulations to all Year 11 leavers at Greenbank High School who have

12th August 2021