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Ninety-two golfer participated in 18 holes of golf at The Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Raising funds for the Serge Betson Academy. Dovehaven hosted its first charity golf tournament in Southport on Thursday

The focus of World No Tobacco Day this year on 31 May 2019 is on tobacco and lung health and the multiple ways that exposure to tobacco affects the health of people’s

There are 18,294 people living with dementia in Merseyside and that number is set to rise in the next few years, so residents are backing a campaign by Alzheimer’s UK to end

POLICE are appealing for help in finding a 49 year-old man who is missing from home in Ainsdale. Mark Baghurst, was last seen in Faulkner Close at 4pm on Sunday 28th April.

An attempted burglary took place to an address on KINGSTON CRESCENT in Southport at approximately 01:00AM in the morning of Wednesday 22nd May. Police patrols and police dog handlers on patrol in

POLICE have released CCTV images of two women we would like to trace after a pensioner had her purse stolen in Bootle. The 76 year-old woman was in The Strand shopping centre

Officers from the Local Policing Team based at Southport police station made three arrests in Southport. A 27 year old man from Southport was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to

Martin Magill (21) currently of no fixed abode was arrested on Tuesday 21st May in Southport and has now been charged with breaching conditions of a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) issued earlier

POLICE are appealing to parents in the Heathfield Road/Liverpool Road area of Southport to assist us in reducing issues of young people gathering in the grounds of Sacred Heart Church cemetery. We

Following police activity on Friday (17th May), we can confirm that a number of suspected stolen vehicles and parts have been recovered at an industrial premises on Howe Street, Bootle. After gaining

A young girl from Southport is taking the British Isles by storm as she eagerly awaits the results of the Little Miss British Isles finals. Current Little Miss Southport Sophie Goodwin and

POLICE are appealing for the publics help to locat missinge man Philip Glassar. Philip is 81 and was last seen leaving his home address in the Kensington (L7) area of Liverpool today (21st May). He

Tributes have been paid to a much loved Southport man who passed away following a short battle with illness earlier today. David Ellis, who was terminally ill with cancer was cared for

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has let slip the truth which Southport residents have long suspected. On Saturday, in Derby Park, Bootle, hundreds of people heard Mr Corbyn describing the home of Sefton’s

Sefton Council is warning rogue landlords they will be prosecuted for failing to follow legislation on licensing a house or Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs). It comes after a Southport landlord, Michelle

Sefton Council is leading the way in protecting the borough’s most culturally and historically important sites for generations to come. Working closely with English Heritage and other partners, the local authority has

1,911 children in the Sefton area, which includes Southport, are now benefiting from 30 hours of free childcare. Damien Moore MP has welcomed new figures showing that this term 1,911 children in the

Merseyrail has confirmed that it will be putting on early morning trains for runners taking part in the Liverpool Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon later this month. These early trains will get our

Norwood Avenue residents are furious that a destroyed tree on their street hasn’t been replaced. A tree was killed after a careless van driver smashed into it. Unfortunately Council bigwigs have paved

POLICE are appealing for help to trace a 38-year-old man who is missing from his home in Crosby. Michael Patrick Reynolds was last seen at home at around 2pm today (Monday 20

Police mobile speed cameras are in operation this evening on Liverpool Road in an attempt to catch speedsters eager to beat the traffic and get home after work.The notorious rat run is

The black TREK road bike and the mountain bike were stolen from a garage in Tarleton in the early hours of Monday 13th of May 2019. Do you know the current whereabouts

The restrictions being placed on Huawei’s access to the Android operating system will cast a long shadow over Tuesday’s launch of the Chinese company’s latest handsets. The firm has invited press from

Bosses at Millets have been slammed for their misleading closing down posters after furious ex staff sent condolences to their ex colleagues thinking they had lost jobs. OTS can reveal that the

Children from year two at Ormskirk West End primary school last month visited the Children’s department at Ormskirk hospital.  They wanted to learn more about how the hospital runs, and what the

POLICE are appealing for help in tracing 24 year-old Lee Doswell. Doswell, who is originally from the Wirral area, is wanted on recall to prison for failing to comply with his license conditions.

An outdoor clothing store is shutting down in Southport town centre. The huge Millets outlet on Tulketh Street will be closing it’s doors after years of decline and lack of interest from