Pat Regan | OTS News - Southport

Gareth & Rachel’s Sponsored Abseil for Freshfields Animal Rescue Centre

Caring animal lovers, Rachael Langdon and Gareth Herbert, are all set to abseil down Liverpool Cathedral to raise desperately needed funds for Freshfields Animal Rescue Centre. A special page has been set

3rd February 2017

Sandbrook Way planters scheme moving ahead

Above: Local improvements campaigner Cath Regan (left) with Cllr Lynne Thompson, discussing positions for the new planters. People Power paying off! Following long-standing pressure for improvements from residents and Cllr Haydn Preece

26th January 2017

Mystery sea creature at Southport – identity finally confirmed!

The Coast Guard was recently called out to what many initially suspected to be a beached whale at Ainsdale. Some people also thought that the unidentified dead animal was a porpoise. Is

18th January 2017

High tide at Southport – so what about Fred’s tidal lagoon?

I was talking a few photos of the high tide at Southport today when a gentleman inadvertently approached and asked me to take snaps of him by the pier. Always happy to

13th January 2017

Councillors calling for costly funding to plant Southport trees need to look closer to home to save us all a fortune

In these days of austerity we are supposed to be saving money. Therefore, the following eco-proposal can (and will) do just that and give us all a much greener town as well!

4th January 2017

Council start unnecessary tree butchery in Ainsdale

Following this OTS News release (see link below) Sefton Council today started work on the tree in Bowness Ave/Liverpool Road passageway. Council threatening mature Ainsdale tree with felling, for no good reason!

3rd January 2017

Council threatening mature Ainsdale tree with felling, for no good reason!

Sefton Council is needlessly threatening a lovely mature tree in the passageway between Bowness Ave and Liverpool Road in Ainsdale. Residents are very concerned for the old tree after misplaced threats

2nd January 2017

Strange case of the runaway kites

Strange case of the runaway kites A young man contacted OTS News with a set of photos he’s taken asking if anyone had seen lost kites flying across Ainsdale beach, which were

28th December 2016

The Royal farce – what is it costing?

The classic obscenity of traditional royal indulgence Duchess of Cambridge. leading the way or…? Starving homeless on our streets this Xmas but the cost of the Duchess’s 2016 wardrobe this year came

24th December 2016

Storm Barbara hits Southport

Storm Barbara arrived in Southport today, bringing with it some spectacular skies as the evening rolled in. The Met Office released a yellow weather warning for Merseyside on Friday, December 23. Wet

23rd December 2016

Yuletide, Xmas, Christmas and the Winter Solstice: so what’s behind it all?

Yuletide/Midwinter Solstice is a vital part of our indigenous, Pagan spiritual heritage. It resides so deeply within us that we cannot possibly resist it. Charles Dickens inadvertently marked it extremely well in

21st December 2016

Ainsdale Yuletide Roadworks – now cleared

Temporary traffic lights set up at the Meadow Lane end of Sandbrook Road in Woodvale earlier this morning have now been cleared. Some delays were experienced as roadworks continued with traffic seeking

21st December 2016

Speed humps costing lives and increasing pollution says health watchdog

In a report that examined how to make our air cleaner, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), said that measures which help motorists stay at a constant speed, rather

14th December 2016

Salmon Conference

Scarthwaite Country House Hotel Crook O’Lune, Lancaster, LA2 9HR Tea and Coffee served from 10.30am meeting begins 11.00am and finishes 3.00pm Buffet Lunch will also be served The agenda will concentrate on

9th December 2016

Woodvale’s Liverpool Road Bottleneck – when will it be sorted out?

When are councillors and the authorities going to address the issue of traffic coming into Southport off the Formby Bypass at Woodvale? For years, north travelling motorists have struggled for position when

9th December 2016

Another Coastal Road Crash in Ainsdale

Another Coastal Road Crash in Ainsdale A collision between two cars occurred this morning near to Pontins, Thursday 8 December 2016. The accident occurred between an Isuzu and a Ford during heavy

8th December 2016

Southport Xmas Parade is back as the trucks roll on – updated

Southport’s Xmas parade returned to the resort this year. Local resident Adam Brown was behind this fun-filled festive event. The celebration is being used to deliver toys for disabled children at Ainsdale’s

4th December 2016

Open Letter to Cllr David Barton from Cath Regan, Co-chair of the CARES group

Dear Cllr Barton I am writing to you because rightly or wrongly you appear to be the ‘only’ remaining semblance of the Conservative Party in Southport. I am also aware that you

23rd November 2016

Smashed: Woodvale’s dangerous Brook eyesore – the shame continues- UPDATED.

The derelict Brook building on the corner of Sandbrook Way is now threatening additional public danger, thanks to recent damage this weekend. A makeshift tape barrier has been placed around a lamp

13th November 2016

Beloved Ainsdale wildlife sanctuary facing One Vision Housing/Sefton Council – based extinction, but the fight goes on

This week a test drilling/survey for proposed housing developments started in George Drive, Ainsdale. Residents that utilise the woodlands for recreational family purposes with their children have been fighting hard to save

3rd November 2016

Spookport comes to life

It’s not quite Halloween yet, but tonight (28th October) Southport became ‘Spookport’. Crowds lined the town as Lord Street was treated to a Halloween ‘Spooktacular’ parade. Thankfully the night stayed dry, as

28th October 2016

Circumzenithal arc witnessed over Lancashire this afternoon

A circumzenithal arc appeared high over Hesketh Bank farmlands this afternoon. The Circumzenithal arc is also know as the ‘Upside down Rainbow’, for obvious reasons. This attractive phenomenon forms when sunlight refracts

24th October 2016

Huge dock fire still blazing away tonight

Fire control teams have been busy trying to quell a huge fire at Seaforth Docks that started last night. The sky over Liverpool docks seen from Hightown/Crosby sand dunes – full of

22nd October 2016

Xmas Fundraising event 2016 for Ormskirk Neonatal Unit

Fundraiser Emma Graham stated: “We are hoping to raise £500 from this final event of the year. We are holding a Family Christmas Shopping Evening on Friday 25th November at St Jeromes

21st October 2016

Fight to Save Woods at Ainsdale’s George Drive continues

The Sovini Group have now applied to Sefton Council for permission to build 17 dwellings plus 4 self-contained apartments and car parking space adjacent to George Drive and Elizabeth Drive. Residents and

14th October 2016

Fracking: doing the best thing or raping earth for commercial profit?

Ecological threat to Southport, Liverpool, Blackpool and Cumbrian populations from Fat- Cat Hydrofracking Operation? On 1 April 2011 an earthquake hit Blackpool. Around about that time a few notes were made, as

6th October 2016

Is he Tango or Teddy? Lost dog at Halsall brings in a flurry of concern

Following my blog article, which also appeared on OTS News (see below), we have had many contacts with concerned dog owners. A few of these correspondents may have vital details regarding the

18th September 2016

Lost Dog at Halsall, Lancashire, on canal tow path

Lost Dog at Halsall, Lancashire, on canal tow path Have you lost a dog ‘similar’ to this one this afternoon on the Leeds and Liverpool canal, at Halsall? Please note that this

17th September 2016

Southport’s MP calls for medical weed to be legalised – why this makes very good sense

OTS News recently ran this story… Marijuana for medical purposes should be legalised, says John Pugh MP The comment from Southport’s MP has come following the findings of a survey produced by

15th September 2016

Sefton Council goes ahead wasting taxpayers’ cash on more speed bumps

The decision makers at Sefton Council seem to have gone totally mad. Today, workers started drilling into marked speed bump areas down Ainsdale’s (20 mph – limited) Orchard Lane. This is just

15th September 2016