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After two positive results this week Southport will be hoping to continue their good form into this weekends game against Darlington. The 5-3 win over table-toppers Chorley was one of the highs
Clients at a Southport adult disability service have been given royal invitations to take part in a special service at Westminster Abbey. Six clients from the Southport Learning Rooms will be treated
Plans for public-sector land to be developed, which aim to bring forward 10,000 new homes, 14,000 new jobs and save taxpayers £37million in running costs. Plans for public-sector land to be developed
Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a 35-year-old man who has breached the terms of his bail. Ashley Bernard McConville, whose last known address was Cambridge Road, Bootle, is
Highways England is changing the way it manages major motorway upgrades in the North West to help reduce the impact of roadworks on drivers. Following feedback from road users, the government company
Damien Moore MP attended the Southport Bid conference on Friday 8 February to discuss with prominent business leaders how to attribute part of the £675 million fund he secured from the Chancellor
Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a 44-year-old man from Bootle who is wanted on warrant. Stephen Gannon is wanted by officers after he failed to comply with the
The music has faded out at a popular Southport guitar store after it closed its doors for good. Chartered surveyors have been called in to liquidate the remaining stock at Dad’s Guitar’s
A Southport travel firm boss says his company has defied all the Brexit scaremongering to sell a record £1m worth of holidays in just one day. Don Bircham, managing director of Hays
Three Southport Pubs have been shortlisted for CAMRA’s prestigious North Merseyside Pub of The Year award for 2019. The current Pub of the Year, The Grasshopper at Hillside, is again included on
499 children in the region ‘left in limbo’ according to latest SEN schools admission statistics Local authorities in the North West of England are ‘failing’ hundreds of children with special educational needs
Playing online slots is a great way to pass the time and try to earn a little extra cash on the side. You may be new to the entire experience and unsure
A STATE-OF-THE-ART new inflatable theme park is coming to a school in Southport in time for half term – and it’s for both pupils and big kids alike! The ‘pop-up’ venture is
Detectives are appealing for information following the robbery of a bike from a teenage boy in Southport in January. At 3.45pm on Wednesday 30 January, a 14-year-old boy was cycling through Southport
Bike hire scheme Bike & Go are inviting Southport subscribers to go on a Valentine’s date with a difference thanks to a ‘buy one get one free’ offer. Those signed up to
Detectives working on ongoing Operation Castle are welcoming the sentencing of two men for burglary. Joseph Moran, 24, of Mildmay Road, Norris Green, and James Donnelley, 20, of no fixed abode, pleaded
Police are appealing for information to trace a missing man from Bootle who was last seen on Friday. 58-year-old Alan Spencer was last seen in the Merton Road area at 8.15am on
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Following a very successful inaugural event last September, registrations for the 2019 Formby Car Show, which has been brought forward to 30th June, are now open. Speaking for the organiser, Ormskirk and
A brand new bespoke kitchen and appliance store is opening in Birkdale Village. Earle & Singer Kitchens have taken over what was formally the June’s Florist near to Birkdale Station and have
Police are appealing for information to find a woman from Bootle who was last seen on Friday. 35-year-old Sarah Routledge was last seen at 1.45pm on Friday afternoon at the junction of
Court outcome update – Paul Edgerton, 29, from Long Moor Lane, Liverpool has been found guilty at Preston Magistrates Court of theft and attempted theft of charity boxes in Ormskirk. Edgerton has
The annual Southport Festival is back this May. Last year 1000’s of families and visitors were in town over the weekend to enjoy a variety of on street entertainment, live musics and
Officers are appealing for two witnesses following an allegation of rape on 18th January. The incident is reported to have happened around Seel Street, Liverpool at approximately 4am. We’re keen to speak
Over 100 local businesses, regional property agents, investors, and other stakeholders with an interest in taking Southport forward were brought together last week by Southport BID. Southport has been hit hard, not
Firefighters have been called to a large fire at a compost business in Formby this morning. Four fire engines and two support appliances are in attendance. Crews were alerted at 5.18am and
Southport MP Damien Moore has responded to the Merseyside Police Commissioner’s consultation on increasing the policing precept in Southport, remarking it as tendentious and limited. Damien Moore MP said: “Once again, the
Detectives are investigating a serious assault that took place on Sunday February 10th in Skelmersdale. Paramedics and police were called shortly after 7am to a report of an incident at an address on Helmsdale.
Fire chiefs in Merseyside have revealed plans to increase the number of firefighters as they vow to ‘bite back against austerity’. Merseyside Fire and Rescue wants to raise recruits from 620 to
FINAL RESULT: Southport 5-3 Chorley FC Port goals: Sampson 11′ 90′, Green 20′, Charles 26′, 37′ Magpies goals: Newby 30′ 90′ , O’Keefe 55′, Port bookings: Magpies bookings: 35′ Carver, 67′ Blakeman, 90′ Teague Port subs: 80′ Morgan Homson-Smith (on for Gilchrist), 90+ Archer (on for Charles), 90+ Richards (on for Green) Magpies