Superfoods you can buy in Southport for PENNIES revealed
Want to eat well without breaking the bank? Grab a bag of lentils, a dozen eggs and plenty of broccoli and you’ll be stocking up on foods packed with goodness without shelling
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
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
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
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
YOUR support needed for Red Rose county celebrations
Members of the Friends of Real Lancashire group are busy planning their annual list of events ahead of Lancashire Day on Monday,November 27th. On this date in 1295 the first elected representatives
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
Metro host spectacular halloween party; FREE entry
Halloween at the Metro Bar & Hotel takes place tonight from 6pm (Friday 27th October) Join the staff and guests for a spooktacular evening of fancy dress, food and horror related entertainment
Southport man jailed for possession of a shortened shotgun
Kane Doherty, 22 years of age, of Kensington Road Southport has been sentenced to 14 months imprisonment for possession of a shortened shotgun.
Results from roads policing operation in Southport
Results from roads policing operation in Southport 2/2: The results were: 26 tickets were issued for excess speed 2 verbal warnings were given 1 summons issued 1 car seized for no insurance
Woodlands Animal Sanctuary – Support – it means the world
Woodlands – Support – it means the world “Helping one animal may not make a difference to the world, but it will make the world of difference to that one animal” this
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.
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
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
Letter to the Editor says Lord Street is bumpier than ever before
An angry businessman has written into OTS News to say he thinks Lord Street is bumpier and worse than ever before. The road reaurfacing works have left the road worse than the
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,
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
New mortgage advisory company moves into Southport
New Mortgage Provider Helps the good people of Southport onto Housing Ladder A trusted Lancashire-based mortgage advisory company with over 15 years experience is opening a new office in Southport on 30
Help a hedgehog and save a life this wintertime
Staff at Woodlands animal sanctuary in Holmeswood are urging families to create hedgehog-friendly habitats in their gardens to help their prickly friends put on weight in the run-up to hibernation! Sally McDerby
Country music lovers invited to new class
A beginners dance class has been set up in Ainsdale. An Introduction to English Country Dancing, has been launched at Ainsdale Lunch and Leisure, next to Ainsdale Methodist Church on Liverpool Road.
Birkdale charity needs YOU to help them win transport funding
The Four Seasons is an established cafe, garden centre, gift shop and florist, but with an exciting and unique twist. It is also a place where adults with learning difficulties can go
Free musical workshops for Southport children
High schools and sixth form colleges in Southport are being invited to take part in free work- shops in acting and musical theatre. The sessions are being delivered at schools and colleges
Four Seasons host Macmillan coffee afternoon
The Four Seasons in Birkdale are having a Macmillan coffee Afternoon this week Hosted at the four seasons on 224A Liverpool Road from 1pm, staff are throwing open the doors to all
Plastic Coated Victoria Park Propaganda
Plastic Coated Park Propaganda A hastily thrown-together plastic laminated sign on Southport’s Victoria Park gates states, quite reasonably, that the Park has to be closed occasionally for events in order to pay
Citizens Advice call for tougher fixes for Universal Credit
The Citizens Advice service in Sefton is calling for the government to fix the new ‘deeply flawed’ Universal Credit system as they claim it is creating more problems and pushing many people
Missing from home: Becky Shaw
Merseyside Police is appealing for help in tracing a 16 year-old girl who has gone missing from home. Rebecca Shaw, who was living in the Southport area, was last seen at 12
Community care workers honoured by Bingo firm
Staff at Mecca Bingo in Southport are hosting a free party to thank unpaid carers for their work in the community. The team at the Lord Street venue will hold the event
Alleged drunk driver arrested after Promenade crash
Alleged drunk driver arrested after Promenade crash The driver of above BMW 1 series lost control of their vehicle in the early hours of this morning smashing into Jaguar outside the Royal Clifton
Burglary warning for Ash Street
Residents are being warned to be on their guard after another spate of burglaries or attempted burglaries across the town. These took place on Westbourne Road, Vivian Drive, Salwick Close, Mount Street,
Damien Moore MP: Southport set to benefit under draft boundary proposals
Last week, the Boundary Commission published their revised proposals for the Parliamentary Constituency Boundary’s and retain their initial proposals for Southport. These proposals are subject to a further 8-week consultation (17th October