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Southport Flower Show 2016 – the second day The 19th August 2016 saw a very wet and dull flower show, not at all like yesterday’s sun-filled event. http://pat-regan.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/southport-flower-show-2016.html Seats remained empty for

Photo: Gypsies settle in at new Kew site Gypsies/Travellers move onto Southport Hospital site The group of Travellers that left the Deaf School in Lancaster Road this morning have now moved to

Photo: Missing 9-year-old boy found in Eastbank Street, Southport Missing 9-year-old boy found safe in Southport Merseyside Police can confirm that a missing boy has been found in Southport this morning, Friday 19

Photo: RTC Lukes Road Southport (4.15pm) Car crash St Lukes Road Southport The emergency services were called to St Lukes Road, Southport, shortly after 4pm this afternoon (Friday 19 August) following reports of an

Cheers as Travellers leave Southport Deaf School West Birkdale Councillor Tony Dawson is delighted that the travellers who took over the Birkdale Deaf School site have left the site this lunchtime. Councillor

A stonework bench was discovered smashed up on Chapel Street recently – with nobody having any clue as to how it became so damaged. The bench, outside Marble Place on Chapel Street,

The Dyslexia Innovators group have won a Silver Award for their special dyslexia show garden at Southport Flower Show. The garden, titled ‘Pathways to Dyslexia’, has been funded by an Awards for

Early this morning (Friday 19th August) one of the large glass windows of the London Street branch of Hallifax was smashed. Police attended the scene to check if the incident was just

This is the story of a sweet bright little girl named Matilda, who is a child of wondrous intelligence. But unfortunately she is different from the rest of her family. Ignored at

Boy 9 critically injured in Scarisbrick horror accident We are appealing for witnesses after a collision close to Scarisbrick. Police were called around 7.40pm yesterday (August 18) to Southport Road (A570) near

The second running of the Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) National Championship Show takes place at the Aintree Equestrian Centre next week featuring a cast of 195 former racehorses competing in over 70

Photo: Warrant executed on Hampton Road Warrant executed in Hampton Road Southport Merseyside police officers officers executed a warrant in Hampton Road, Southport this afternoon, Friday 19 August 2016. A local resident said:

The Southport Flower Show was opened by celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott yesterday (18 August). Thousands of visitors attended the annual floral event at the resort’s Victoria Park. It’s being promoted as the

Sefton Council scared to ‘ticket’ travellers Sefton Council has been too scared to put a single parking ticket on ‘travellers’ invading their car parks, a spokesperson has told Councillor.  The Council would

St Marys celebrates the number of straight A students trebling  Students and staff at St. Mary’s College in Crosby are celebrating another fantastic set of A Level results this summer with more

Staff and students at King George V College are celebrating another year of outstanding A level results. 80% of the College’s students achieved grades of A* to C, while over 55% received

Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service is warning of the dangers of open water swimming as the warm temperatures take hold. Although it is tempting to cool off with a swim on hot

Six thousand people have signed a petition to stop the potential early release of notorious resort killer Mitchell Quy. Currently serving a life sentence for the gruesome murder, Quy was jailed in

Cllr John Joseph Kelly, Cabinet Member for Children, Schools and Safeguarding, said: “I would like to congratulate all students across Sefton on their A-level results today. The grades students have received have

A MYSTERY message has been discovered by decorators helping to renovate a Southport home. The message, which was hidden on a wall in the bedroom of a property on Linaker Street in

Locked Bike Stolen From Dunes Southport A Trek Marlin 5 Matt Red bike was stolen between 2:30-3:20pm outside Dunes Southport whilst the owner was in the gym, Wednesday 17 August. It was

Mental Health The facts and figures around Mental Health About a quarter of the population will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year, with mixed anxiety

Southport “Move More” wants more participants A fitness programme and activity advice service, which helps people living with and beyond cancer become more active, is looking for new members from West Lancashire.

Rose Marshall from Southport has become a finalist for Miss Lancashire 2016 and is the only person from Southport in the competition. Rose has set up a number of event to rally

A Southport Solicitors hosts first ever annual awards ceremony   Fletchers Solicitors hosted its first ever annual employee awards evening to celebrate the continuous hard work and achievements of its 330 members of

Callers contacting Merseyside Police’s non-emergency numbers 0151 709 6010 or 101 may experience some disruption when making their calls between 9.45am and 10.15am this morning (Wednesday, 17 August) , while essential maintenance