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Southport law firm shortlisted for four coveted property awards

Birchall Blackburn Law has been nominated for four separate awards at the prestigious Modern Law Conveyancing Awards The Southport law firm has been nominated for Conveyancing Firm of the Year – North

11th July 2019

Liverpool NHS volunteers named best in Country

Hospital volunteers from Liverpool who support terminally-ill patients during their last days and hours have been named the best in the country. The Volunteers End of Life Support Team at Aintree University

11th July 2019

Merseyside men WANTED in connection with drugs supply

POLICE are appealing to the public for help to find two men detectives would like to speak to as they may have vital information about the supply of Class A drugs in

10th July 2019

Coffee morning to help mental health problems/loneliness

A Southport group which helps those who are suffering from loneliness is gathering national momentum. Suzanne Sperrin from Southport heads up the NBLA Never Be Lonely Again group which has now reached

10th July 2019

Live updates as police close Eastbank Street after crash involving bus and two cars

UPDATE – 4.55pm, Wednesday 10 July 2019. Both vehicle have now been recovered from the scene and the road has now reopened. Live updates as police close Eastbank Street after crash involving bus and

10th July 2019

Young People in SOUTHPORT to benefit from FREE online counselling

Young people in Southport can now benefit from completely free online counselling to help them in their time of need, thanks to a new collaboration from local health and wellbeing partners. Sefton

10th July 2019

Megastore plan shelves amid growing town centre woes

A last ditch on whether to allow Sainsbury’s to build a new superstore in Southport has been delayed amid fears for the future of the town centre. This is despite the plans

9th July 2019

Southport Lifeboat rescue boat bound for France

Southport Lifeboat tasked by Holyhead Coastguard to help a sailing boat aground on Formby Beach. The vessel had been on passage from Fleetwood to France when it ran aground at Formby. The

9th July 2019

Lewd graffiti vandals strike again

Graffiti vandals have drawn lewd and obscene drawings on the remote control race track in Victoria Park. It’s the latest in a series of smears and vandalism which has seen graffiti sprayed

9th July 2019

New Vicar for Southport

All are welcome to attend the Institution and Installation of 31-year-old Revd Dr Thomas Carpenter, the new Vicar of Holy Trinity Church and Priest in Charge of All Saints Southport. The special

9th July 2019

Huge turnout expected for Friday’s Orange Lodge Parades

The annual Orange Lodge Parades take place in Southport this Friday (12th July) and traffic delays are expected along the route. Parades start at approximately 10.45am returning at 5.00pm. The route is

9th July 2019

Councillors left “unimpressed” after meeting to discuss Southport bus changes

Councillors in Southport have described themselves as “unimpressed so far” after meeting with Arriva to discuss proposed bus route changes. Labour’s three Norwood councillors, Carran Waterfield, Mhairi Doyle and Greg Myers, have

9th July 2019

Pensioners lucky to be alive after dodging boy racers

More and more residents are coming forward to complain about dangerous boy racers in Southport. Elderly pensioners in the north meols area say they are risking life and limb eveytime they cross

9th July 2019

Southport thief arrested and charged

James Farrell age 35 of Hawesside Street, Southport has been arrested and charged with the following offences: 1) Theft of fragrances from Boots Central 12 on 3rd July to the value of £446.13 2) Theft

9th July 2019

BURGLARY alert for Southport

A Crime Alert for the residents of Southport from Merseyside Police. Burglaries Between the 23rd June and the 7th July 2019 burglaries or attempted burglaries have taken place in the following locations: Bold

9th July 2019

Daredevil bridge jumper slammed by rescue team

Police have been called to a man thought to be ‘free running’ and diving off the Marine Lake bridge. The unidentified man, who has apparently posted the footage to Facebook, jumped into

8th July 2019

EFT Sponsored Snowdon Walk Raised Over £2,500 For Pancreatic Cancer UK!

An amazing £2,665.00 (156% of our target) was raised for Pancreatic Cancer UK thanks to all the fantastic people who got involved with this great cause and sponsored EFT staff to complete

8th July 2019

Trans service in Sefton wins national award

Trans Health Sefton has been named as a winner in this year’s Healthcare Transformation Awards 2019, which recognise the very best in innovation and improvement across the NHS. NHS South Sefton Clinical

8th July 2019

MP calls fo action to protect Formby’s squirrels

Formby MP Bill Esterson praised the work of the National Trust and called for Government funding to help protect the UK’s red squirrel population in a debate in Parliament highlighting the plight

8th July 2019

Terminally ill town centre can’t be saved, say Sandgrounders

Southport town centre is terminally ill say fed up sandgrounders. One man recently decided to walk around Southport to assess the retail meltdown that the country’s towns and cities are experiencing. In

8th July 2019

£4m of pension credit goes unclaimed in Sefton Central each year, says MP

MP Bill Esterson is urging constituents to check their eligibility for pension credit after research showed that a shocking £4m of the benefit was going unclaimed in Sefton Central each year. Pension

8th July 2019

Merseyside - A Crime Alert for the residents of North Sefton from Merseyside Police

Appeal following fatal M61 collision

POLICE are appealing for information following a collision on the M61 in which a 12-year-old girl sadly died. The incident occurred at around 10.45pm on Saturday 6th July on the northbound carriageway

8th July 2019

Police urge public to ‘grass up’ turf thief

Police are launching an unusual manhunt for a turf thief. The green fingered thief was caught on CCTV entering the yard of a house in the town centre after casing out the

6th July 2019

Former MP’s concerned at Danger glass canopies

Southport’s Ex MP is horrified and greatly concerned that ‘sizeable’ holes which are appearing in the glass canopies on Lord Street’s iconic verandahs, are a danger to shoppers and traders. Dukes Ward

6th July 2019

WARNING | batch of high purity ecstasy circulating the area

Police are issuing a warning to drug users in Lancashire following information that there may be a batch of high purity ecstasy in the county. Officers have received information that the high

6th July 2019

Still Missing Richard KEHOE

Richard KEHOE is still missing from the West Lancashire area. He was last seen in the Ormskirk area on 28th May 2019. Richard is described as 5ft 10in tall, with brown hair

6th July 2019

7 Ideas to Refresh Your Living Room for Summer

Many people take the new season as a cue to overhaul their wardrobe, so why should our homes be any different? The summer is the ideal time to give our home a

5th July 2019

Police speed traps lies in wait for unaware drivers

Money hungry police speed trappers are waiting to catch tearaway drivers in the Moss Road area of Southport. One jogger joked how Lancashire police were so eager to catch speedsters he was

5th July 2019

Formby MP backs re-regulation following Arriva buses’ Ince Blundell ‘fiasco’

MP Bill Esterson has again called on Arriva to scrap its proposal to re-route the 47 bus away from Ince Blundell and says the episode has reinforced his belief that buses should be re-regulated in

5th July 2019

Stolen motorbike tracked to Brooke Close

A motorbike stolen in Southport last night was fortunately fitted with a tracker device. The motorbike was later recovered from a garden of a house in Brooke Close, Southport and a 15

5th July 2019