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Photo: Cuadrilla The energy firm Cuadrilla says it has produced the first shale gas from its fracking site in Lancashire. Fracking began at the site in Little Plumpton near Blackpool last month,

PREVIEW | League Away, Cups Home After Tuesday’s draw against Curzon Ashton, Southport head back on the road to secure some more vital points against familiar opposition in Kidderminster Harriers to kick-start

Christmas Idea – Be A Rally Co-driver Ormskirk and District Motor Club (ODMC), the most active enthusiast’s motor club in the area, has announced details of a special training course taking place

Vandals smash shop windows on Lord Street Vandals once again let loose on another Lord Street business. Police were at The Edinburgh Woollen Mill following another incident, Friday 2 November 2018. Anyone

GP says low-carb approach is ‘shaking up’ the healthcare profession A Southport-based GP who has saved the NHS thousands of pounds and put 52 people with type 2 diabetes into remission using

Grants to help reduce social isolation Local groups have been given a boost now that wellbeing organisation Living Well Sefton has launched the fifth round of the Community Resilience Grant. Community groups

Southport man jailed after Roe Lane shop theft  On Tuesday 30th October, an off-duty Police Officer from Southport Community Police Team observed a male exiting a store on Roe Lane, having just

Search is on for the best of the best football kids • English Schools’ FA (ESFA) International season kicks off for 2018-2019 • U18 School boys’ International trials continue • Two squads

Elderly local residents living in “butcher’s storeroom” freezing flats. Local residents say they are being forced to choose between living in flats “as cold as a butcher’s storeroom” or face huge heating bills

Why Now Is the Best Time to Invest in the UK and Australian Real Estate As Brexit looms over our heads, everyone is fearing a huge housing market crash. Is this a

Police have launched a criminal inquiry into allegations of anti-Semitic hate crimes within the Labour Party. Met Police chief Cressida Dick told the BBC her officers were assessing online material because it

Lord Street In Bloom receive 5 Outstanding award Lord Street In Bloom Volunteers today received a Level 5 Outstanding award from the RHS Britain In Bloom Judges. Another great achievement for all your

Driver rushed to hospital after crashing into hedge near Southport A driver has crashed into a hedge on Water lane after swerving to avoid oncoming traffic, Thursday 1 November 2018. It’s not

CCTV appeal after dress theft from town centre shop Police are hunting a Middle aged woman who stole from a discount clothes shop on London Street today, Thursday 1 November 2018. The

Southport’s Award Winning Photographer in Wedding English Finals Matthew Rycraft has been nominated for The 3rd English Wedding Awards 2018 for The Best Wedding Photographer in the North West. The English Wedding

Health experts in Sefton support antibiotic resistance campaign Sefton residents are being asked to play their part in Public Health England’s effective campaign tohelp keep antibiotics working.   The ‘Keep Antibiotics Working’

UPDATE | Stolen cars, motorbikes and quad bikes seized from Shakespeare street garage Mereyside Police are investigating after a number of suspected stolen vehicles were recovered from a garage in Southport, Tuesday 30thOctober.

Great’ Southport visited by Great Yarmouth group for tourism tips A delegation from Great Yarmouth visited Sefton to see at first hand the excellent work taking place in the borough’s tourism sector.

Meat cleaver comes down on Southport Butchers The meat cleaver has come down on a popular town centre butchers after the company went into administration. Crawshaws butchers had a number of outlets

Traffic slow following Cambridge Road crash  Hard working Police shattered from a night of Halloween patrols have rushed to the scene of a rush hour crash, Thursday 1 November 2018. Two cars

Police step up patrols to help stop ASB in Southport. Officers were policing the area from Banks to Hightown and all points between last night following a night of chaos. A spokesperson

Southport hospital is in trouble again for breaching waiting list times for live saving surgeries. Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust has breached national waiting time targets for potentially life-saving tests to

Highways England Bakes a Winner – Could You? If you can bake a cake you could be half-way to engineering a new road to make journeys all the sweeter for the millions