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Improving the outpatient experience for over a decade

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its partnership with LloydsPharmacy at a special event held earlier this month. In 2009, LloydsPharmacy became the first external provider to

23rd January 2020

Dukes Ward Advice Surgery

Please note the day change from Tuesday to WEDNESDAY! Councillors John Pugh, Tony Dawson and Ward Activist Jo Barton will be holding their Dukes Ward Advice Surgery on Wednesday 12th February. They

23rd January 2020

Norman Wallis is Standing Up For Southport

Standing up for Southport! I took over the Pleasureland site in Southport back in 2007. At that time, it had been all but destroyed in a bid to prevent it ever opening

22nd January 2020

Scottish Power restore traffic light signalling on Brooms Cross Road

Scottish Power have now made assurances that there will be no more disruption to power on the Traffic Signal junction on Brooms Cross Road. On January 9, the Traffic Signal junction of

22nd January 2020

Christmas at Dalemain House 2019

Residents at Dalemain House on Westcliffe Road Birkdale Southport enjoyed a very festive Christmas lunch in December 2019. Residents were joined by family for an afternoon of food and drink provided by

22nd January 2020

Flying start for resorts Wedding Photographer with 2020 Magazine Front Cover

Leading North West Wedding Photographer Matthew Rycraft, starts 2020 with a flying start after being asked to provide a bridal image for well known Merseyside & Cheshire Wedding Magazine front cover. North

22nd January 2020

Sidney Road Lights’ Best Fundraising Year Ever!

For the 4th year in a row, Steve Henshall and his wife Jan (pictured with Helen Stanbury, Freshfields Director) raised funds for Freshfields by running a Christmas Lights display in their front

22nd January 2020

Reshape the centre of Southport, warm worried councillors

A Southport town centre councillor is calling upon the Council to ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ following the announcement that Beales Department stores are going into liquidation. The bad news follows

21st January 2020

A Crime Alert for the residents of Southport from Merseyside Police

Burglaries Between the 5th January and the 19th January 2020 burglaries or attempted burglaries have taken place in the following locations: Mount Street (shed), Stanley Street, Argyle Road (garage), Marlborough Road, Norbury

21st January 2020

Charity want all resort hotels to have life saving defibs

Desperate pleas have been made for all major hotel chains in Sefton to install defibrillators. Anthony Marsh, the Chairman of the Associ- ation of Ambulance Chief Executives, wants Automated External Defibrillators (AED)

21st January 2020

New research reveals retirement living improves people’s social life & helps prevent loneliness

New research by Girlings Retirement Rentals found that the majority of people (88%) that had moved to a retirement development had made new friends, with a third (33%) saying they are now

20th January 2020

‘Export Champion’ Isotech celebrates four decades of innovation

Local manufacturer of quality calibration systems celebrates 40 years in business this year. Isotech was founded by John Tavener in 1980 with the single aim of supplying thermocouple reference units to the

20th January 2020

Police Commissioner to have new role in police complaints system

Merseyside’s Police Commissioner is set to have a new role in the police complaints system. The Home Office has introduced legislation that will change how complaints made against the police are handled,

20th January 2020

Check your vehicle!

The advice comes as figures released by Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) show that last January over half a million cars had a late MOT with more than 70,000 failing with

20th January 2020

Witness appeal following serious collision on Christmas Eve -Crosby

POLICE are appealing for information following a serious injury collision in Crosby on Tuesday, 24 December 2019. It was reported that at around 9.25pm, a dark coloured vehicle, possibly a Ford Fiesta, was

20th January 2020

Hospital staff pull out all the stops to boost beds

Hard working staff from both Ormskirk and Southport hospitals worked tirelessly to reopen under-utilised space at Ormskirk. This has created additional beds at Southport, and will help to reduce the amount of

20th January 2020

History in the making for Southport Rugby Club

History in the making for Southport Rugby Club on Saturday afternoon. Past 1st XV Captain Shane Cook played for the 2nd XV along with his three sons in a big win against

19th January 2020

Fears grow for missing Southport girl who vanished on night out

A young girl from Southport has seemingly vanished without a trace after a night out in Liverpool. Concerns are growing for the safety of Sam Butler who was last seen at G

19th January 2020

The critical information about CBD oil

The success of CBD is mainly due to its relaxing effects and its absence of toxicity and harmfulness. Unlike THC, CBD is indeed not a psychotropic drug that alters states of consciousness.

19th January 2020

Famous resort photographer celebrates three decades behind the lens

Celebration at Yaffé Photography! Southport photography company has a great reason to celebrate during 2020. As a third generation of Yaffé photographer, a great milestone has been achieved. This year, Adam Yaffé celebrates 30

19th January 2020

“I LOVE TO DRAW” – a pastime becomes a passion

Paul Daley can trace his early interest in art back to his childhood growing up in Newcastle where he passed his days (or at least some of them) portraying his fantasies in

18th January 2020

Grants to encourage people to enjoy the great outdoors

Community groups in Sefton are being invited to apply for a ‘Get Outside’ grant being offered by wellbeing organisation, Living Well Sefton. This is the seventh round of the popular Community Resilience

18th January 2020

St Helens side fired up ahead of Southport clash

FC welcome Southport FC to Ruskin Drive next Wednesday evening (22Jan) for a quarter-final tie in the Liverpool FC Senior Cup. Currently the semi-professional club ply their trade in the National League

18th January 2020

PREVIEW | Southport V Boston United

After a difficult run of form, Southport welcome Boston United to the Pure Stadium this weekend as they look to get back to winning ways. Despite some improved performances of late, Liam

18th January 2020

Local health body to meet in Hilldale, Ormskirk

HEALTHCARE commissioners in West Lancashire are to hold their next Governing Body meeting in public at Hilldale on the Ormskirk Hospital site on Tuesday 28 January 2020, from 9.30am – 11.30am. Members

17th January 2020

Southport Christmas Spectacle Helps Local Hospice

In November this year the staff at David H Myers Opticians got together and decided they wanted to do something special to raise money for a worthy cause. Led by Laurie a

17th January 2020

Kinetics Fitness 24 hour fundraiser

Kinetics are organising a 24 hour fundraising event commencing from 7pm on Friday 31st January 2020 to help raise money to a cause very close to our hearts. In 2018 alone 138,836

16th January 2020

New Year and a new CEO for Southport BID

With the start of a New Year, The Southport BID Board are pleased to announce that new Chief Executive, Rachel Fitzgerald, has taken up her post heading up the BID Management team.

16th January 2020

A Gin tasting masterclass is coming to Southport

An afternoon Masterclass in tasting a selection of the wonderful Gins out on offer. Ticket includes: A masterclass in gin tasting A taste of 5 carefully selected gins Perfectly served with our

16th January 2020

Is the ‘Burscough Bricker’ something to fear?

Residents around rural Burscough and Scarisbrick say they are hoping a vandal who throws bricks through windows of parked cars is caught soon. Police are hoping to find more information to identify

15th January 2020