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The Salvation Army urges people to keep hold of charity shop donations during coronavirus crisis. A local church and charity is urging people to keep hold of vital donations during the coronavirus

Merseyside’s Police Commissioner has made an emergency grant available to Victim Support, one of the charities she commissions through the Victim Care Merseyside service, to help vulnerable victims of crime that they

Family run Silcocks Funland are paying tribute to thousands of NHS staff and key workers in the resort by painting thank you signs across its shutters. Sign writers have taken to the

POLICE have launched an investigation after two people were arrested close to a prison fence. Officers were on patrol near the perimeter of HMP Wymott near Leyland at shortly before midnight yesterday

Detectives want to identify a number of people who could provide vital information in connection with a shooting in Skelmersdale. Around 1.30pm on October 15 three men aged 46, 45 and 21

A Southport based young girl aged “ONLY 10” has launched her very own company.  “Classic Arcade Machines” after watching her dad over the years. Cece Mezzone-Taylor has followed her fathers footsteps in

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust will celebrate the vital contribution of nurses as it marks International Nurses Day. The Trust, which offers mental health services across more than 400 sites,

Inspirational 10-year-old’s marathon fundraiser for TippyToes Baby Bank reaches more than £4,000! A kind-hearted schoolboy, who used his daily exercise lockdown allowance to help a charity supporting Lancashire families in need by

Officers are appealing to members of the public who may recognise this man. We’d like to speak to him as we believe he could have information to help us investigating two racial

Sefton Council is reminding anyone who has been contacted by their GP or the NHS and told they should be shielding that they are entitled to Government Coronavirus support. This means they

Primary schools in England could reopen to some year groups from 1 June “at the earliest”, says Boris Johnson. The prime minister said a phased return to school would begin with pupils

The Liberal Democrats have raised serious concerns about whether elderly people in care homes are being taken to hospital when they need to amidst the Coronavirus crisis, and ordered an investigation. In

For now they’re open at their Birkdale and Roe Lane locations and are operating a click and collect service as well as deliveries to PR8. Please click on the link for more

A spokesperson for Lancs Road Police on Twitter quoted: It’s been a busy set of shifts for us but one surreal incident this week has been this chap. He had been taking

The driver was travelling from Southport when he was stopped by officers A vehicle has been seized after its uninsured driver was caught breaching lockdown rules. The incident was revealed by North Wales

Response from UK golf bodies to PM announcement In conjunction with The R&A, home nations, PGA and other industry partners, England Golf has released the following statement. Prime Minister’s announcement of 10

Thousands of people are expected to flock to Southport over the coming weeks after Boris Johnson lifted restrictions on travel and exercise. Packed out beaches and parks are expected to now become

Cars are being forced to turn around after a highway cockup following a hole appearing in a quiet Southport street. A massive pothole has emerged on Devonshire Road in Southport with the

Routine appointments for a number of clinics at Southport and Ormskirk hospitals now have the option of being carried out via video conferencing. Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust has sped up

Two Liverpool Labour Councillors have responded to images showing them appearing to flout the COVID-19 lockdown rules at their home with insistence that they had NOT organised a party. The photo showing

A group of teenagers are being hunted by Merseyside Police and and park rangers after a commemorative bench was destroyed in a Southport Park. The bench which was donated to Botanics Gardens

One of the consequences of the lockdown combined with this long period of warm and dry weather has been a big increase in the number of cyclists on the roads, and this

A lighting production mogul has put his downtime to good use lighting up his entire house in the colours of the Union flag for VE Day. 17 year old businessman Scott Makin