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Photo: Pedestrian and other road users look on in amazement. A Southport  driver has been captured on his dash cam driving the wrong way around the Kew roundabout at 10.40am on Thursday

This year Jo will be  running the Virgin London Marathon for the Charity Refuge. Below you can read about my journey from couch to marathon, about Refuge charity, and follow my fundraising

The video of youths in Birkdale confronting police has gone viral on Britains Biggest Sausages, to date it has been over 115,000 times. The guys record the video because they feel that they are being

Photo: Two women taken in custody, Bath Street, Southport Two women arrested after Bath Street fight Police were called to Bath Street shortly after 4.20pm this afternoon, Friday 11 March 2016. A

Joy rider seen driving this wrecker around Formby Village today, Friday 11 March 2016. A witness said: “This beaten up Nissan Micra was being driven erratically around formby this afternoon. “The male

Photo: Four new recruits celebrating their graduation from the sales academy. Tom Wearing, Phil Hunter, our sales trainer Chris Dawson from 6th Door Training, Adam Finlay and Marc Murray. Landmark’s Saviour Launches Industry

The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of Friday, 11 March, and could be subject to change due to weather conditions or

Photo: Royal Birkdale by David Birtill MORE than 60 per cent of the places have already been snapped up for the Southport Coast Links Championship. And entries have been bolstered by players

A young woman from Southport was recently rewarded for her role in giving a makeover to a pioneering new service for young people in Sefton. Winning a competition to design the logo

The Sunbeam car that Sir Henry Seagrave broke the land speed record in has arrived at The Atkinson ahead of the Festival of Speed. In March 1926, Sir Henry Segrave drove his Sunbeam Tiger

Drivers are to benefit from a new surface on a busy section of the M6 in Lancashire, providing smoother and safer journeys. The Highways England resurfacing scheme starts on Monday 14 March

Merseyside Police has launched a campaign to recruit over 200 new constables to the Force this year. Anyone aged over 18 is eligible to apply. There is no upper age limit for

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After months of preparation, King George V College BTEC Music Technology students held their annual showcase last Wednesday evening. Students performed their own remixes and renditions of famous songs such as Harder,

Southport firefighters are preparing to roll up their sleeves to take part in a national car wash this weekend to raise vital funds for The Fire Fighters Charity. Firefighters from Southport Community

Photo: Fylde Road, Southport(12:45) Low loader lorry rear ends parked Mercedes (Southport) A ‘RNW’ recovery low loader lorry rear ended a parked Mercedes on Fylde road at around 12.30pm this afternoon, Thursday

Photo: David Scanlan(left) Merseyside Police can confirm that three warrants were executed this morning in partnership with Sefton Council, in relation to an ongoing fraud investigation. Warrants were executed at addresses in Brighton

Photo: Kian Musgrove A Charity event called “Danceathon” will raise money for Kian Musgrove who is 4-years-old and fighting Neuroblastoma Cancer. Event organiser, Katie Shepherd said: “Kian needs £550,000 to get life changing

Photo: Matrix on scene (10am) UPDATE Merseyside Police can confirm a man from Southport has been charged with possession of controlled drugs.  A 39-year-old man, of Heathfield Road, Southport was arrested following the

Police are looking to speak to a man in connection with a theft from an O2 phone shop, Ormskirk.  Officers want to talk to the man pictured following a theft at Ormskirk O2

The Scarisbrick hotel in Southport has been told it can keep its amusement arcade open, following a ruling by the planning inspectorate. The arcade at the Britannia group hotel – was open for eighteen

Photo: Clamped on Sandbrook Road, Ainsdale, Thursday 9th March The silver Ford Fiesta that was clamped by the DVLA last week has now been vandalised. If you don’t pay your car tax, either intentionally or because you

A team of staff and students from Southport College took part in Canter for Cancer at Aintree Racecourse a 5k race, in novelty horses heads, on Sunday March 6th. The Science department at

Photo: Southport’s Gareth Hibbott Southport’s IPA World Pool Champion Gareth Hibbott flies to Dubai this morning. From Dubai to Shanghai then will catch a bullet to Yushan to play in the Star Chinese

The Atkinson, Sefton’s home for music, history, art, literature, comedy and more has been nominated for a Liverpool City Region Award. The venue, run and managed by Sefton Council is one of

Lord Street’s Bold Hotel had its ‘grand’ reopening this weekend, following a multimillion pound makeover. The Bold Hotel will be open today after it closed Monday/Tuesday after its grand opening last Saturday (March

Photo: Action from the match / Credit Jon Corken Padraig Amond scored his 27th goal of the season to hand Grimsby a narrow win over Southport at Blundell Park. The 28-year-old striker

The Liverpool ‘Mayor’ who wants to rule Southport has run into further trouble. Labour’s Joe Anderson caused a scandal when he spent £89,000 of Council Tax Payers’ money on legal bills. He

Photo: Damaged bus/Car (5pm) Emergency services were called to Sussex road after a people carrier collided with a bus at Tithebarn road junction, Tuesday 8 March 2016 A witness at the scene