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Sight loss charity Galloway’s calls on residents to join 3K Santa Dash

Sight loss charity Galloway’s is calling on people to help spread some festive cheer and take part in their own socially distanced Santa Dash for blind and partially sighted people across Lancashire

1st December 2020

PCC endorses Keeping Christmas Kind campaign

Merseyside’s Police Commissioner is adding her voice to a nation-wide campaign urging shoppers to ‘keep Christmas kind’ this year. As we approach the busy festive period, Jane Kennedy has joined forces with

1st December 2020

Police discover huge cannabis farm in Birkdale

Officers from our Cannabis Dismantling Team (CDT) have seized 90 plants and equipment after a cannabis cultivation found in Birkdale on Sunday, 29 November. At around 1pm, officers were called to a

1st December 2020

Targeted covid testing in Sefton for people not showing symptoms

After the Government’s announcement that it was extending COVID-19 testing for people not showing coronavirus symptoms to 67 Council areas including Sefton, plans are coming together for testing across the Borough. With

1st December 2020

Pothole opens up on Devonshire Road

A massive pothole has opened up on Devonshire Road in Southport. The huge hole is around two foot long and has only been discovered earlier today near to the junction with High

30th November 2020

Friends launch IVF fundraiser to give couple their dream child

A couple who moved to Southport in search of an IVF miracle are now hoping the kindness of strangers will help them on their way to conceiving a miracle baby. Partners Natalie

30th November 2020

Sefton Council backs campaign against loan sharks and illegal money lending

Sefton Council is backing a national campaign aimed at tackling illegal money lending on the Internet and warning of the dangers of online loan sharks. Coordinated by the England Illegal Money Lending

30th November 2020

Sefton Council supports taxi drivers with £400k grant amidst coronavirus impact

Sefton Council is currently distributing over £400,000 in grant funding to support taxi drivers who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. From today (Monday, November 30) over 4,000 taxi drivers licensed

30th November 2020

Pet FERRET found at St Teresa’s School

A pet ferret was discovered at St Teresa’s Catholic Infant and Nursery School on Everton Road in Birkdale this morning. The ferret is the domesticated form of the European polecat, a mammal

30th November 2020

How Technology Is Changing The Fashion Industry

Have you ever looked at your parents’ pictures or your great grandparents to inspire you what fashion was like in those old days? You will realize that there have been many changes

30th November 2020

How to keep arguments at bay during future lockdowns

Following a two-week ‘firebreak’ in Wales, a five-tier approach in Scotland and just having had a four-week lockdown in England – it seems we will be getting very familiar with those we

30th November 2020

How Small Businesses Are Using Technology to Adapt to the COVID-19 Pandemic: 5 Key Trends

In this post, we take a look at how technology is helping small and medium businesses adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic.

30th November 2020

Christ The King teachers to race school bus in lifeboat charity fundraiser

Christ the King Catholic High School teachers are raising money for Southport lifeboat by holding the Great Bus Challenge. Mr Oliver and Mrs Durkin will race the 714 bus from school to

30th November 2020

Southport’s Promotion Prospects

The question and hope among Sandgrounders fans is whether Southport FC can maintain a high position in the league. The squad currently ranks in position five, above Spennymoor and just below AFC

30th November 2020

‘Santa please bring her home.’ Family relaunch search for beloved pet cat

A Southport family have launched a heartfelt appeal for any or all information that someone may have as to the whereabouts of their much loved cat. Such is the heartbreak felt from

29th November 2020

No new cases of coronavirus in Ainsdale borough for 7 days

Ainsdale is officially one of the safest areas of Southport for cases of coronavirus after national data revealed no new cases of the virus were diagnosed in the past 7 days. The

29th November 2020

Spar Churchtown insist there’s ‘Neigh’ queue jumping

Customers at the busy Spar supermarket in Churchtown were told to reign it in and wait in line this weekend before getting their essentials. While many find themselves queueing up due to

29th November 2020

Southport FC secretary saves match after referee’s injury

Southport FC’s James Tedford was forced to step in and save a National League North match on Saturday after an injury to the referee. The popular (poplar?) Secretary and Head of Operations

28th November 2020

Ainsdale ‘village idiot’ graffiti artist returns with bridge message

A graffiti artist who continues to plague Ainsdale village with a series of anti coronavirus messages has struck again. This time the unidentified conspiracy theorist, dubbed a ‘village idiot’ by locals, has

28th November 2020

Southport Round Table to welcome Santa’s float in December

It’s been an unusual year but not even a worldwide pandemic will stop Santa from riding his sleigh around Southport this Christmas. The Southport Hesketh Round Table Santa and his festive elves

28th November 2020

Marshside RSPB: Concern over nesting habitat destruction

Growing concerns from birdwatchers and other nature lovers are being raised over the manmade loss of valuable bird nesting habitat at RSPB Marshside. Large swaths of thorn and bramble cover have been

28th November 2020

Village tree ‘needs more love’ this Christmas

For the second year running traders in Birkdale village are feeling inadequate over their ‘permanent’ Christmas tree. The tree outside the Spar shop on Liverpool Road in the centre of the village

28th November 2020

Jimmy Cricket to entertain at Galloway’s Christmas party

Sight loss charity Galloway’s has a jam-packed programme of virtual festive events for blind and partially sighted people next month. As well as a seasonal quiz, a pre-Christmas warm up and a

28th November 2020

Local health worker thanks MP Moore after award nomination

Southport MP Damien Moore has announced the local health and care worker he has nominated for this year’s NHS Parliamentary Awards The accolades, sponsored by Fuji Film, were set up for the

28th November 2020

Merseyrail to boost timetable as Southport enters Tier 2

From Saturday 5 December, services between Liverpool Central and Southport will be increased to a 15-minute frequency Monday to Saturday, with trains continuing to operate every 30 minutes on Sundays. Services between

28th November 2020

Dangerous ‘laughing gas’ canisters left littered in town centre

Southport is once again being hit by the laughing gas craze. Shocked runners around the Southport Theatre and Marine Lake car park on the promenade say they have nearly slipped and fallen

28th November 2020

More Covid conspiracy stickers appear across town

Dangerous anti-mask and anti-vaccine campaigners have littered a busy Southport shopping park with conspiracy theory stickers: Shop windows across the Central 12 Retail Park have been covered in stickers thought to be

28th November 2020

Southport pubs pull Christmas decorations after Tier 2 announcement

Two of Southport’s most famous pubs are lamenting the announcement the town is only in Tier 2 status, meaning they cannot reopen this Christmas. Both the Mason’s Arms on Anchor Street and

28th November 2020

Young girl’s bike swiped from Manchester Road

A family of a distraught young girl are appealing for help after her bike was stolen. The black and yellow Whyte 801 bike was taken from near a residential property in the

28th November 2020

‘Move!’: furious residents turn to paint plea in war on campervan

Angry residents of an apartment block in Southport have grown so tired of a seemingly abandoned campervan on their road that they’ve graffitied a message to its owner. Despondent residents of a

28th November 2020