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parents panic as popular baby food jars recalled over tampering fears

Cow & Gate and Tesco are recalling 15 types of baby food jars as a “precautionary measure” amid concerns some may have been tampered with. Customers who bought food for babies aged

26th January 2020

The next SAFE meeting, Monday 27th January

The next meeting of Southport Access for Everyone will be held on Monday 27th January from 7pm to 9pm and will begin with our AGM. Our meetings are now held in the

25th January 2020

Art as a form of therapy

“All my work is original. I work from life but for finer details beyond direct observation at times” A new solo exhibition, entitled “Faces & Figures” by celebrated Southport artist Lisa

25th January 2020

Get fit in February with fantastic BeActive Half Term fun!

Young sports fans will be delighted to hear that Active Sefton’s bumper BeActive programme is returning for the February half term. Featuring a host of thrilling fun days, sports and splash sessions,

25th January 2020

Ainsdale Pool Open Championship 2020

Ainsdale Pool Open 2020 sponsored by Dead Mans Fingers‬ £500 Cash Prize & Free Rum Tasters!‬ ‪Live Streamed on the day by Live Event LTD‬ ‪If you wish to enter please contact,

25th January 2020

Beales Department Store southport ots news

Southport BID Beales administration announcement

Following the announcement of Beales entering administration, Southport BID have taken the initiative and written to Jake Berry, Minister of State for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth at the Cabinet Office

24th January 2020

Essential path maintenance work at Lifeboat Road

The National Tralust Formby has made great progress with improvements to the main access path from the Lifeboat Road car park to the boardwalk. A spokesperson for the trust Said “Please bear

24th January 2020

Merseyrail raises £41,000 for Alder Hey Children’s Charity

Merseyrail has raised an impressive £41,000 for Alder Hey Children’s Charity in 2019 as its Charity of the Year. Employees voted for Alder Hey to be the Charity of the Year for

24th January 2020

Power outage causes chaos in town centre

Security alarms are ringing throughout the town centre and restaurants were thrown into i after a brief power cut tonight. The town wide power cut knocked out street lamps and power to

23rd January 2020

Woodlands – Could you take our Cinderella kitten to her own loving forever home?

Woodlands – Could you take our Cinderella kitten to her own loving forever home? There is always a story behind every admittance at Woodlands Animal sanctuary but Peppermints has a strong resemblance

23rd January 2020

Barking Mad – Canines in Clay, Southport

With more than a passing nod towards the upcoming CRUFTS dog show at Birmingham’s NEC 5-8th March, Skelmersdale ceramic artist, Helen Birnbaum, has been putting together her own take on man’s best

23rd January 2020

Reports of door to door salesmen, Southport

Merseyside Police offering advice to local residents following reports of young males attending houses in Southport and attempting to sell items. At around 3.35pm on Tuesday 21 November, we received a call

23rd January 2020

CCTV appeal after car stolen from Sussex Road, Southport

APPEAL for information following a theft of a motor vehicle in the early hours of this morning, Thursday 23 January 2020. The Hyundai i30N stolen from Sussex Road Southport, three men were

23rd January 2020

Rodwell, Wilshere and Jones: A Story of Failed Potential

Southport’s own Jack Rodwell returned to the Premier League in a move to Sheffield United after starting the 2019/20 season without a club. The 28-year-old is in dire need of a spark

23rd January 2020

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