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Meols Ward Councillors Advice Centre

Councillors John Dodd, Daniel Lewis, Nigel Ashton and Jo Barton will be holding their next Advice Centre on Thursday 23rd November. They will be available from 10.30am-11.30am at BoxTree Kitchen for Queenscourt

20th November 2017

Chris Bannister Concert Gild Hall Formby

The Music of John Denver’ at Formby Gild Hall at Formby Gild Hall Nov 29 starting at 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm Chris is looking forward to returning to the Gild Hall with

20th November 2017

Police Appeal for information following theft on Southport bus

Merseyside Police is investigating after a theft on a bus in Southport on Sunday, 19 November 2017. At approximately 1.20pm, reports were received that two male passengers on an Arriva bus at

20th November 2017

Formby residents create 1,300 special festive Christmas giftboxes for Liberia

Kind hearted Formby residents have helped to create more than 1,300 special festive Christmas giftboxes which have been sent to Liberia. The Shoebox Express is a not-for-profit project which makes it easy,

20th November 2017

Kevin Davies Sponsorship Available

Kevin Davies Sponsorship Available Southport FC are delighted to be able to announce details of a superb package for your business to sponsor Southport FC’s Manager and former England International, Kevin Davies.

20th November 2017

Abandoned vehicles dummped in Church Car Park

Photo: No tax, no MOT, A.V.I.S (Abandoned Vehicle In Southport) An untaxed Jag and a Sorn Transit abandoned in Holy Family Church car park on Brompton Road, Southport over the weekend. A

20th November 2017

Taxi left lodged in a garden wall after crash

Two vehicles colided at the junction of Park Avenue and Rawlinson Road, Southport this morning, Monday 20 November 2017. One of the vehicles a Taxi is lodged in a garden wall. The

20th November 2017

Vandals smash up Victorian Kings Gardens shelters Southport

Photo: vandalised weather shelter (8.15am) Vandals have smashed up a Victorian Kings Gardens shelter, Southport over the weekend. More shelters vandalised in Southport. This time a Victorian weather shelter on the South end of the

20th November 2017

Club Shop Open Friday Evening For “Black Friday” Bargains

The Southport FC Club Shop will be open on Friday night(24th) between 5 and 7.30pm. Black Friday Bargains galore!! Big savings on a number of items! You can also get your discounted

20th November 2017

Violent town centre teenagers attack Tesco boss

An attempt to kick a gang of violent youths out of Tesco has ended with the store manager being assaulted. A group of violent teenagers who are intent on flouting the dispersal

19th November 2017

Thousands gather for spectacular BID switch on

Thousands of people packed out Southport town centre this evening for the annual Southport BID Christmas switch on. Lord Street was teeming with families who came out for the likes of BeWitched

19th November 2017

Tommy Fleetwood crowned European Tour Race to Dubai champion

TOMMY FLEETWOOD won the Race to Dubai in dramatic fashion after Justin Rose blew up on the back nine of the final event of the tour. Rose bogeyed three holes – 12,

19th November 2017

Directors make plain – NO Council cash yet allocated for playgrounds

Information has been release which proves campaigning residents seeking a new playground have been bamboozled by outside politicians coming into town with their own agendas. Councillors’ promises are not Council decisions. A

19th November 2017

MP Damien Moore visits Christ the King High School

On Friday 17th November, Damien visited Christ the King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre in Southport. The voluntary-aided mixed 11-18 school is performing well despite its recent Ofsted report requiring improvements

19th November 2017

Maria Makes Maher Flip Over Offshore Strand Shops Sale Fib

Independent Councillor Maria Bennett knocked Council Leader Ian Maher back on his heels in Thursday’s Sefton Council meeting when the Labour boss blamed councillors for being ignorant about the offshore purchase of

19th November 2017

Mum makes HORRIFIC discovery in her Ocean Plaza KFC

A Southport Mum has had a hair raising experience with KFC after finding a three inch long hair in a meal. Danielle Murisom was tucking into her Meal from the ocean plaza

18th November 2017

Do you know where your child is tonight?

Officers will be deployed to Southport Town Centre and surrounding area on HVP Patrol to enforce the Dispersal Zone this evening (Saturday 18 November). Do you know where your child is? Will

18th November 2017

Bog eyed kids jog for joy at Tarleton

Fitness fanatic pupils from a Tarleton primary school have put their best feet forward for charity on their annual ‘Bog Eyed Jog’. Children from Tarleton Holy Trinity CE Primary turned up early

18th November 2017

RESULT | Southport 0-3 Blyth Spartans

Southport 0-3 Blyth Spartans 0′ – BSFC – Kick Off 37′ – SFC – Yellow Card – Nathan Lowe 37′ – BSFC – Sub OFF Adam Wrightson ON Greg Rutherford 46′ –

18th November 2017

Councillors Give Free Park & Ride for pre-Christmas Saturdays

Aim is to boost town trade and ease pollution and congestion. Local Councillors have agreed to spend Southport Area Committee funds to relieve Christmas shoppers of Park & Ride fees. The majority of the

18th November 2017

Southport Dispersal Zone | Boozed boys have bud seized

9.05PM Friday 17th Nov. 17 bottles of beer seized from two boys aged under 16 on Kings Gardens, Southport. Two further dispersal notices were issued on Lord Street. Two further dispersal notices

18th November 2017

Southport Christmas Lights Switch On 2017 – full times and details

Here’s the full line up and What’s On for this Sundays big switch! The full line up for Southport’s Christmas Lights switch on Is here – and it is going to be

18th November 2017

Exposed: £684,000 spent by Sefton Council on Bootle Strand “advice”

Senior Lib Dem councillor Iain Brodie Browne has expressed his concern at the refusal of Sefton Council Leader Ian Maher to come clean over the true cost of professional advisors employed over

18th November 2017

MATCH PREVIEW | Southport v Blyth Spartans

Southport welcome Blyth Spartans to the Merseyrail Community Stadium this weekend, desperate to put an end to their eleven match winless run. Kevin Davies was left ruing a leaky defence on Tuesday

18th November 2017

Councillor shows support to Children In Need 2017

Sefton Councillor David Barton, a long- term supporter of BBC’s Children In Need has once again shown his support for this proud national cause here in Southport and is encouraging others to

17th November 2017

Youths flout dispersal order

Gangs of youths are defiantly flouting a dispersal order in Southport town centre A Dispersal Zone is in force in Southport Town Centre from 6pm this evening (17/11/17) until Sunday 19/11/17 @

17th November 2017

Southport man spared jail after vicious attack on woman

A Southport man who launched into a vicious assault on a woman in the town centre has been found guilty of assault by beating. George Arthur Hayes, 24, launched a frenzied attack

17th November 2017

Southport fundraising banquet raises thousands of pounds for cancer research

A team of fundraisers from Southport have raised £3,700 for North West Cancer Research after hosting a sell-out banquet at a well-known Chinese restaurant. More than 100 guests gathered at Ho Lee

17th November 2017

DVLA eager to clampdown on demolished car ruins

The DVLA are out in force this week clamping down on uninsured cars around Southport. The clampdown has been so severe that even a clearly abandoned and half dismantled Skoda has been

17th November 2017

Ormskirk Hospital to hold baby and child Christmas remembrance service

Ormskirk hospital will be offering support for the third year running to families remembering lost loved ones in the weeks before Christmas. The Baby and Child Remembrance Service will be held at

17th November 2017