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Photo: Paramedics and witnesses at the boy at the scene Teenager knocked off bike in Roe Lane Southport  Emergency services were called to Roe Lane at around 12:45pm today following a 999

Monday’s Marvellous Mawdesley Car and Bike Show Report by Steve Kirton on behalf of W.L.MG.O.C Today bank holiday Monday (30 May) started the car show season for West Lancs MG Owners Club.

Southport building firm receive Sefton certificate of achievement  The PAUL ENNIS GROUP –  based at Liverpool Road in Birkdale recently reached the final of the Northwest Building Excellence Awards, receiving a certificate

Photo:  Sefton Parking department cash in Minimum Southport parking charge to increase to £1.50 From Monday 6th June 2016 Sefton Council will increase the cost to park in Southport, drivers will have to pay

The Legion’s Advice and Information Officer, Sarah Abbotson, will be available at Byng House to discuss face to face the Legion’s services with anyone that may need help. This also includes: signposting

Tree bumblebees first arrived from continental Europe about 15 years ago. They have now been seen throughout England, Wales and southern Scotland. They are doing well in the UK and helping our native

Wrong body is cremated after morgue mix-up: Family face ordeal of second funeral after mourning over stranger’s ashes •Blunder occurred due to deceased having similar names at the mortuary •A member of mortuary staff

Southport’s Coast is Clear  Volunteer group Rubbish Friends turned out in force over the bank holiday weekend to clear the Coastal Road pathways. The Southport litter-pickers filled 24 bags of rubbish from

Photo: Charlene Butterworth Missing from Southport home – Charlene Butterworth The brother of missing Charlene Butterworth has made the following appeal on social media to locate his sister. Joshua said: “Please help, no

Photo: Argyle road roundabout Southport’s overgrown roundabout a ‘considerable risk’ People living in the area of town say that plants on the roundabout have not been cut back all year, even the

Sudden death Byrom Street Southport OTSNews.co.uk is saddened to report on a sudden death on Byrom Street, Southport Merseyside Police can confirm that a man’s body was found in a caravan at

Photo: Michael Pearce Ltd Funeral Parlour to replace Southport’s luxury car showroom Plans have been passed and Michael Pearce Ltd car showroom will be converted into  a funeral parlour. The proposal is listed below:

RTC Ash St lights, Southport Emergency services were called to Ash Street lights shortly after 8.00am  this morning after two vehicles collided with each other, Sunday 29 May 2016. Paramedics dealt with

Photo: The moment the trailer overturns (11.30am) Tarleton bypass partially blocked after tractor overturns Southport woman, Samantha Watt captured the very moment a tractor and trailer go round the roundabout too fast resulting

Photo: RTC Meols Cop Road 3 car RTC Meols Cop Road Southport Emergency services were called to Meols Cop Road following reports of an RTC at around 4pm this afternoon, Saturday 28 May 2016

Roadworks removed in north west for late May getaway Over twenty Highways England schemes are being lifted or completed on motorways and major roads in the north west in time for the

Photo: Sleeping Southport Taxi driver Letter to the Editor (Friday 27 May 2016) There’s something very vulnerable about being asleep, especially being asleep in public. Today business was so slow in Southport even a taxi driver

Photo: Merseyside want to speak to Ryan Edwards over an allegation of burglary Merseyside Police is appealing for the public’s help in tracing a 20 year-old man who officers would like to

Last week, a Southport mum (Cath Regan) who is a regular customer  used a wall-mounted cash machine outside the popular Morrisons store. Cath was disturbed to notice a man standing right next to

A drugs trafficker who went on the run for nearly five years was yesterday (Thursday, 26 May) jailed for eight-and-a-half years at Liverpool Crown Court. Scott Hughes, 35, originally from the Croxteth area, was

Sefton Council won’t renew Arvato contract In 2008 Sefton Council signed a 10 yr contract with Avarto a private company to provide services to the Council. These included payroll, council tax collection

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of illegal money lending following an operation in Sefton. Sefton’s Trading Standards, working with the Illegal Money Lending Team and Merseyside Police executed warrants at

Photo: The Lynn Thompson Lettings team Lynn Thompson Lettings celebrate 10 years of business  Lynn Thompson Lettings was founded 10 years ago in June of 2006, when Lynn Thompson acquired Locate Property Management. 

On the 12th of May, A-Level Music Students at King George V College performed their Spring Concert to a busy theatre in the College’s new Creative Arts Building. This annual event allows