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Major questions over the financial management of a local charity have been asked after contradictory accounts were discovered by a Southport’s Champion newspaper investigation. The report revealed that bosses at YMCA Sefton

Meols Ward Councillors John Dodd, Nigel Ashton and Jo Barton will be holding their next Advice Centre on Thursday 26th January. They will be available from 10.30am-11.30am at BoxTree Kitchen for Queenscourt

Our next nurse recruitment event is on Tuesday 24 January at the Clinical Education Centre at Southport hospital between 3.30 and 6.30pm.  All our current nursing students are invited to attend. We

An open evening is being held on Feb 23rd where prospective students and their parents can meet with staff and find out more about the top class education and training on offer. The

Photo: Luise and Mark Fisher Critical shortage of foster carers in the North West – over 5,250 children in local authority care in need of homes Southport foster carers Louise and Mark

Sefton will remember victims of the Holocaust during a special memorial ceremony open to the public.This year’s service will be attended by the Mayor of Sefton, Cllr Iain Brodie-Browne and takes place

Photo: Peaky Blinders, Lord Street Southport town centre bucks the national nightlife trend  The pints are still pouring freely in Southport, say the Southport BID despite a nationwide freefall in the number

Sefton residents who want to mark the new year by getting a new job are being invited to a special employment day in Southport early next month. The Jobs Roadshow is being

Ahead of Valentine’s Day Mecca Southport is playing cupid, with a search for couples who have found love in the club. The club, located at Garrick Parade, is on the hunt for

Trees ripped down as gang of vandals go on the rampage More than a dozen youths are believed to have been involved in a wrecking spree that saw trees ripped down out along

Photo: Eugene Brogan Eugene Brogan aged 50 years, was last seen at his home address in Skelmersdale on the 18th of January 2017. We are concerned for his welfare and would urge anyone

Starchy foods should only be cooked until golden yellow to cut the risk of ingesting dangerous acrylamide, experts say Eating certain foods that have been cooked at high temperatures could be linked

Southport’s Tommy Fleetwood kept his cool on the back nine to come home in 31 and win his second European Tour title at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. The Englishman entered the

Photo: Swim Academy Southport, Royal Clifton Hotel Southport Hard faced swim equipment thief leaves pliers behind A hard faced thief that has been pinching swim equipment from Swim Academy Southport since September

Second-bottom North Ferriby crushed Southport at the Merseyrail Community Stadium. Curtis Bateson’s second goal of the season got the visitors off to a dream start after eight minutes. The 21-year-old took the

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Wedding bells ring as hospital helps celebrate couple’s marriage Tricia Lorenz, a patient at the North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, today married partner of four years, Steve McEntee at the centre. Tricia, from Wrexham,

Planned road works in the North West– summary for Monday 23 to Sunday 29 January 2017 The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct

The Water Whisperer, Gail, Teaches Bobbie a non swimmer with challenges, to swim 1/2 a mile! Here is a lovely story about Bobbie who is a little boy I taught to swim

Steve Burr and Keith Briggs have had three high quality training sessions at the JMO Sports Park this week preparing for Saturday’s Southport v North Ferriby Vanarama National League fixture. It really

Rubbish Friends to tackle new art installation under the Pier.   Following recent press reports Rubbish Friends will be out this Saturday 21st January to tackle the new art installation “aka litter” under

A Loan of three quarters of a million pounds has finally been a approved to buy the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Southport. £750,000 has been handed to Bliss Investment Partnership to help

Heart & Soul Community Cafés Pay it Forward Scheme has now made its first meal donations through a partnership with Southport Foodbank and Parenting 2000. Ray Moore the Project Manager at the

A new art installation under southport pier is causing quite the stir. The piece, which consists of mounds of rubbish and litter dumped underneath the public walkway, has split the opinion of

The antiquesman John Nolan said he was delighted after ASDA apologised to him following a store cock up The famous Southport man was baffled when he was refused the sale of two homeware items at the

A body has been found in woodland in Southport, Thursday 19 January 2017. Police and ambulance crews were called to Foul Lane around 2pm after a member of the public reported finding

Photo: Kathleen Shutt turns 100 A born-and-bred Southport woman who lived through two world wars has turned 100. Kathleen Shutt, a One Vision Housing customer, marked the milestone with a party attended by

The next meeting of the ‘Southport Access For Everyone’ forum will be held at Victoria Methodist Church, Sussex Road, Southport PR8 6DG, on Monday 23rd of January 2017 at 7.00 pm. The