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A project supporting homeless people in Sefton is using upcycling and furniture restoration training to enable homeless and unemployed people to get back into their own accommodation and gain valuable employment skills.

OAP feels the PANE as smashed shelter glass rips through her foot OAP feels the PANE as smashed shelter glass rips through her foot, Thursday 12 January 2017. An eye witness who

Tesco car park crash: Woman escapes injury after head on crash with lamppost   A woman driving a silver Vauxhall Meriva escaped uninjured after a car crash in Tesco, Town Lane, Kew, Southport car park

File your return now to avoid hefty fines, warns local tax specialist Small businesses are being reminded they need to complete their online tax returns well before the 31st January deadline, rather than

Southport’s KGV Geography Students Visit Chester Zoo King George V College Geography students recently visited Chester Zoo to enhance their research on the A Level topic ‘Biodiversity under threat’. Students examined the

Sefton Council are planning cuts of almost £750,000 to the budget for The Atkinson and Tourism in Southport. The towns Tourism fund will cut by a staggering £335,000 and The Atkinson will

Result | Burscough 0-2 Bamber Bridge Bamber Bridge are through to the next round of the Intergro Cup after a 2-0 victory over Burscough at Victoria Park. Burscough manager Keith Mccann and

Photo: Missing, Sonia Cookson Update: Sonia Cookson was found safe and well this afternoon. Thank you for sharing.   Family appeals for help to locate missing Southport Woman The sister of missing woman

Barrow suffered a narrow home defeat by Southport on their return to National League action. The hosts, who were knocked out of the FA Cup by League One side Rochdale on Saturday,

KGV Students festive fundraising for Alzheimers A team of Advanced Level Students at King George V College have raised almost £300 for the Alzheimer’s Society through their festive fundraising activities which took

 Photograph issued following Formby burglary Detectives have issued photographs of jewellery which was stolen during a burglary at a house in Formby. Between 12 noon on Sunday 4th December and 11am on Monday

Southport precision machinist Lattimer is launching a new multi-lingual sales force to drive expansion across Europe. The Southport-headquartered firm which exports 96pc of total sales has ramped up turnover to £10.6million, following

Next of kin appeal – Dorothy Caines, 82, from Southport Sefton Coroner’s Office is appealing for the public’s help in tracing the next of kin of a woman who was recently found

Southport is at risk of becoming Britain’s biggest scary attraction – a living ghost town. That’s the fear from many residents who are contacting OTS news after H&M closed down and it

HM Coastguard paged to assist after woman lost on Southport beach HM Coastguard Southport were paged at 12:53pm to assist with the search and rescue of a female casualty lost in fog and

An ambulance crew attended a call out in Chapel Street, early this afternoon. Several concerned bystanders waited and helped the person, until emergency services arrived on the scene.     Submit News Contact

Beating the tax cheats – HMRC’s criminal case highlights of 2016 HM Revenue and Customs has today revealed its top ten most significant fraud and organised crime cases of the last year

Man in his 50’s found dead in a property outbuilding, Churchtown Merseyside Police can confirm enquiries are underway following the death of a man in Southport today, Saturday 7 January 2017. Emergency

Family escape home after toaster catches fire A Portuguese family were forced to flee their Southport home after a toaster caught fire this afternoon, Friday 6 January 2017. Merseyside Fire & Rescue were

The penny is in the meter and the plug is nearly on! The penny is in the meter and the plug is nearly on! It’s just going to be a little while

MakeItWorkShop are making it happen this year What a wonderful start to 2017 Set The Scene and MakeItWorkShop CIC is having. The wonderful Clapperboard Uk and staff from the Carers Centre visited

Photo: Kyle Jameson has joined Chelsea (Picture: ChelseaTV) Chelsea sign defender from Southport Kyle Jameson will join up with the academy ranks at premier league club Chelsea after an impressive trial at the

Despite common sense and several urgent calls for felling to halt, Sefton Council have now gone blindly ahead with the massacre of the healthy and vigorous mature Ainsdale tree in Bowness Ave/Liverpool

Appeal following handbag snatch on Lord Street, Southport Detectives in Sefton are appealing for information following a robbery in Southport last month. At around 10.30pm on Saturday, 10 December, a woman was walking

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