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Pokerstars News: Online Casino Popularity Surges amid Lockdown

Online searches for casinos have increased to an all-time high since lockdowns began, according to a new report derived from Google Trends. Nearly all land-based online casinos have been shut down due

16th June 2020

Southport MP Calls for Review of Council’s Parking Policy

Damien Moore is calling for temporary free parking to be brought back in Southport to help hundreds of local businesses recover from the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak. The Southport MP wants

16th June 2020

How to Cashout CS:GO Skins in 2020?

CS:GO skins can earn you quite a hefty amount if you can auction it at the right time. With a simple makeover of your weapons, players are ready to pay upwards of

16th June 2020

Car seized in Banks for no insurance

Busy day out and about the villages of Rufford, Banks, Tarleton, Hesketh Bank and this vehicle was stopped in Mere Brow. Turns out the driver wasn’t insured!! He was reported and vehicle

16th June 2020

Heartbroken families recoil in cemetery rubbish dump horror

A Birkdale resident says Sefton Council are a disgrace for letting rubbish build up at Duke Street cemetery. The woman who doesn’t want to be named said she was stunned to see

15th June 2020

Stay off Southport’s busy golf course walkers and anglers warned – it’s ‘fore!’ your own safety

With over 2,000 rounds having been played at Bootle since it re-opened on Wednesday 20 May, Sefton Council’s Green Sefton team is warning people not to use the course for exercise and

15th June 2020

Traffic Alert | Ince Blundell, Long Delays

Debilitating roadworks on the busiest shopping day in months means traffic coming into Southport has almost ground to a halt. The reopening of shops combined with hot weather means the town is

15th June 2020

Mask dodgers fined by police in virus clampdown

Transport police and civil enforcement officers are patrolling stations and trains across the northern line today to make sure all commuters are protecting themselves. A law has been passed making it mandatory

15th June 2020

Southport MP accused of “Trump tactics” after censorship in funding row.

Southport’s Tory MP has been accused of “brittle petulance” after a remarkable outburst against a local councillor in a row over funding. Damien Moore reacted after one of the town’s Norwood councillors

15th June 2020

Sporty sandgrounders flock to town after business lockdown lifts

A mammoth queue has formed outside a sports retailer in Southport after it finally reopened its doors today. Sports Direct reopened its doors to the Tulketh Street store following an ease in

15th June 2020

Paige puts best foot forward for charity trek

A southport student is hoping to raise at least £500 for a charity that is very close to her heart. Southport College Paige Caddy, 17, from Southport, will walk from the town

15th June 2020

Sefton Council join the RLSS Drowning Prevention Week campaign

Due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19, we know that the usual level of service provided by rescue and lifeguard services are not going to be possible in 2020. Personal water safety

15th June 2020

Three arrested following operation targeting off-road bikes

Police have seized a moped and arrested three males following a joint policing operation yesterday afternoon, Friday, 12 June. Officers from Merseyside and Lancashire police joined forces to target the anti-social and

15th June 2020

Appeal | Bricks thrown through windows in Chipping, Banks

Sometime after 11:30pm Friday 12th June, two windows were smashed using concrete bricks at the Banks Village Chippy on Hoole Lane. If anyone has any CCTV footage or has any information about

14th June 2020

Coronavirus outbreak FAQs: what you can and can’t do

The government has set out its plan to return life to as near normal as we can, for as many people as we can, as quickly and fairly as possible in order

14th June 2020

An update from Argos’s new CEO, Simon Roberts

Hi, I am writing to update you on our plans to keep you and our colleagues safe as we start reopening Argos stores. Following government advice, we have been reopening Argos stores

14th June 2020

Latest rod licence figures show increase as restrictions lifted

Over quarter of a million fishing licences sold after lockdown restrictions lifted Environment Agency figures released today show a huge surge in fishing licence sales after the government lifted restrictions on outdoor

14th June 2020

UPDATE | Sponsor A Southport FC Player

The latest player to be sponsored is Mo Ali who has been snapped up by Damian Stancombe. We have individual sponsorships available for the whole Southport first-team squad and staff. Whether you’re

13th June 2020

UPDATE | Southport FC Player Search

Report by Rob Urwin / Southport FC I have had a fair bit of time on my hands during lockdown and made some progress in my quest to get the date and

13th June 2020

LIVE | War vets protect memorial as BLM protests take over town

War veterans have turned out to protect Southport Monument after they feared rival protestors would try and deface the war memorial A protest is taking place outside Southport town hall to

13th June 2020

Statement from ACC Rob Carden following decision to hold the Merseyside derby game at Goodison Park

Assistant Chief Constable Rob Carden, said: “We note the decision of the Ground Safety Advisory Group to agree that the outstanding fixtures for the 2019/20 Premier League season can be safely and

13th June 2020

Former Merseyside officer jailed for corruption

A former Merseyside Police constable has been jailed today (Friday 12 June) at Manchester Crown Court for selling police intelligence to criminals after a metitculous investigation by the force’s Anti-Corruption Unit. Stephen

13th June 2020

Sefton officers recover drugs and cash following warrants in Southport and Formby

Officers targeting serious and organised crime in Sefton arrested four people and recovered drugs, cash and a cannabis farm yesterday, Thursday, 11 June. Following a warrant at an address in Formby, a

12th June 2020

Merseyrail reminds passengers about compulsory face coverings on their network

Merseyrail has reminded passengers that they must wear a face covering on their entire network from Monday 15th June 2020 Following last week’s announcement by the Government that all public transport passengers

12th June 2020

Tory party urge people to refrain from mass gathering ahead of protest

George Floyd’s death is deeply upsetting, and we appreciate the strength of feeling around it. Many people here in the UK empathise with others in the United States of America and they

12th June 2020

Strategies to Win Different Online Casino Games

The act of gaming and the use of casinos for this has been part of the gambling world since we can remember. In most cases, to attract more players, casinos are established

12th June 2020

Lockdown art takes flight to support mental health

Creative service users and staff saw their ideas take flight after channelling their feelings about the coronavirus crisis into an art project. The budding artists from Guild Lodge, part of the Lancashire

12th June 2020

Faded roundabout given new lease of life to avoid accidents

More misery for Motorists is planned as work begins on a busy town centre roundabout. Work is set to begin at the junction of the promenade and Leicester Street to repaint and

12th June 2020

Drugs and cash seized in Formby

Sefton Targeted Team executed a search warrant in Formby, Thursday 11 June. Officers seized numerous bags of suspected Class A drugs, a large amount of cash and a money counter. A male

12th June 2020

Rain fails to dampen spirited black lives matter protests across resort

Waterloo Road residents in Birkdale have shown their support for the black lives matter movement by hanging makeshift banners outside there homes. At one house a cardboard banner reading ‘Black Lives Matter’

11th June 2020