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Funeral chiefs launch bereavement support group

Staff at Co-op Moisters Funeralcare in Southport has launched Friends Together to help people through the bereavement process. Held at the St Philip and St Paul with Wesley Church on Scarisbrick New
29th October 2017

Mental Health hospital gets one step closer 

Plans for a new mental health hospital for Southport have been showcased at community roadshows. Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and its construction partners held two public events earlier this month prior
28th October 2017

Hoghton Street firm shut down Skem ground 

Skem United Football Club chiefs say it could face going out of business after they were thrown out of their ‘home’ ground by the stadium’s Southport-based owners, Chequer Properties. Bailiffs were brought
28th October 2017

MATCH PREVIEW | AFC Telford V Southport

Southport travel to Telford United today chasing the three points they came so close to gaining in last week’s emotional rollercoaster against Gainsborough Trinity.   The Sandgrounders thought they had claimed their
28th October 2017

Sheila steams ahead with ironing empire

A Southport woman is steaming ahead with her one woman ironing empire  Sheila Moore who runs Southport Steam is being inundated with requests for her one of a kind idea. For a
28th October 2017

Is Chapel Street set to lose M&S store?

Marks and Spencer have announced the impending closure of a number of UK stores as part of plans to turn around the business. M&S chief executive Steve Rowe also announced a shake-
28th October 2017

Tribute to “Dukes Woman” Patricia Ball

Councillor David Barton, the local District Councillor for Dukes Ward has provided his own tribute at the recent Sefton Council Meeting to Councillor Patricia Ball, also affectionately known as the “Dukes Woman”
28th October 2017

Do you know about the latest KILLER animal disease?

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has called for renewed vigilance and responsible sourcing after Defra and Scottish Government announced that a number of cattle in a consignment from an assembly centre in
27th October 2017

Be sure you get the D after clocks go back

With winter fast approaching and our hours of daylight getting shorter Brits are being urged to take a supplement of sunshine Vitamin D – especially those north of the border in Scotland.
27th October 2017

Families invited to free halloween film night

Southport families are being invited to enjoy a free and fun Spooky Film Night next week. Southport Community Centre is hosting the event for families and young children at its Norwood Road
27th October 2017

Southport firm tasked with fighting KILLER virus

Inciner8 have ramped up Production of Medical Waste Incinerators to help fight the Marburg Crisis in Kenya and Uganda  The Marburg Virus has been around since the 1960’s but normally only in
27th October 2017

Hart street hit and run driver hunted

Insurance firms are eager to find the driver of a gold VW Golf or Polo after a hit and run A white van was rear ended on Hart Street bridge in front
27th October 2017

Vandals target Kings Gardens shelters AGAIN

More shelters vandalised in Southport. This time a Victorian weather shelter on the South end of the Marine Lake, Thursday October 26. Once again mindless vandals have smashed in panes of glass
27th October 2017

Crime alert after rise in burglary reports

A Crime Alert for the residents of Southport from Merseyside Police Between 12th October and the 24th of October burglaries took place in the following locations: Park Avenue (garage), Town Lane, Hall
27th October 2017

Cash boost for Sandpipers respite centre

Friends of Sandpipers has been given a £250 cash boost from Southport Hesketh Round Table. The local group were delighted to receive the fund- ing and gratefully accepted it from Dean Wilson.
26th October 2017

Disgraced Edge Hill staff shamed by union

Commenting on guilty verdicts handed down to two Edge Hill University employees today, the University and College Union (UCU) said the university had serious questions to answer about its governance structures. Robert
26th October 2017
Assured care southport OTS news

Assured Care Southport Recruiting

Assured Care Recruiting. Quality Carers of all ages required for long established local domiciliary Care Company, Assured Care Southport Limited. All local calls within five miles of Company Office in Southport. Availability
26th October 2017

Homebase staff in desperate search for new jobs

Staff at Homebase in Kew have been told that their employment is being terminated ahead of the store being demolished to make way for a new supermarket. Workers at the home improvement,
26th October 2017

Fruit and veg shop is a business on the grow

An Ainsdale fruit and veg businesses is growing quicker than their stock.The Ainsdale Fruit And Veg Shop is experiencing such popularity that staff are now expanding the amount of deliveries they do
26th October 2017
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