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Swarms of police officers have descended on the Scarisbrick Hotel this evening. As fancy dress partygoers adorned in circus clown makeup watched on under the hotel’s makeshift smoking area, police hurriedly surrounded

Dozens of Southport town centre businesses were forced to close up shop early yesterday after a huge power cut. A number of shops, cafes and restaurants all in the town hall gardens

Sefton Council are set to approve proposals to sell the former Pumping Station building in Kings Gardens, Southport. An agreement in principle has been reached between the local authority and a private

Southport BID have hit back at claims made by Sefton Council that their contractors were responsible for the cancellation of a show at the Atkinson last week. The Christmas tree in the

An accident occurred this afternoon on the roundabout of Lord Street and Duke Street. Vehicles involved appear to be a Nissan and a Land Rover Discovery.  

The Atkinson in Southport will be bathed in red as part of a City Region-wide tribute ahead of Remembrance Sunday. Sefton will once again fall silent to remember those who died in

Hundreds of people have come to the defence of Southport market after one patron complained of there being too much ‘young person’s thumpy music’ at the venue. A review of the new

Police say they have safely rescued the driver of a vehicle and their passenger after they inadvertently drove their car into the Marine Lake. A blue Ford was recovered this morning from

A main roundabout which sees thousands of cars a day use it on Lord Street is under water. The Lord Street West roundabout is severely flooded this morning (Tuesday) after 48 hours

Sefton Council is set to engage with business owners and residents around Scarisbrick Avenue ahead of proposed regeneration works on the busy Southport thoroughfare. A package of works worth nearly £1million are

Police have today, Friday 15 October, welcomed the sentencing of a 23-year-old man for rape in Southport earlier this year. Stephen Lequesne, 23, of no fixed address was sentenced to 15 years

Council chiefs have signed off on a sale of a town centre office building to a national pub chain. Wetherspoons made a bid in 2019 to take over the higher floors of

Southport’s Victoria Park, home of our famous Flower Show, today celebrated over a century of motoring history. Featuring Southport’s record-breaking motor sport legacy, the classics came out in style. The showpiece was

A Southport pensioner broke her nose in two places and requires surgery after she tripped over ‘dangerous’ concrete bases on a controversial cycle lane. OTS reported last week how the council have

Southport BID is backing local businesses in their calls for urgent improvements to be made to the historic Cambridge Arcade in Southport. Recent visits by the BID have revealed a range of

A motorcycle rider has been rushed to hospital after his bike collided with a car in Southport Town Centre. Emergency services were called to Lord Street near to St George’s Gardens just

Despite the showery weather, the UK Hotcars group gathered yesterday (3 Oct.) by the Marine Lake café. Photos credit: Jason Regan. UK Hotcars https://www.facebook.com/ukhotcars Dave Elsby – Mobile Motoring Services https://www.otsnews.co.uk/dave-elsby-mobile-motoring-services/  

A town centre street was closed off overnight after a man stabbed himself before a tense stand off with police. OTS News understands from stunned neighbours awoken by the commotion in the