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An inquest has been opened into the death of a 54-year-old Southport man who was hit by a train in Freshfield. Philip Andrew Barber, from Southport, was in collision with a train at Fisherman’s

Photo: RTC Park Road, Southport The emergency services were called to the junction of Park Road and Park Crescent shortly after 8.30am this morning, Friday January 29. A BMW collided with a

Three men arrested in Liverpool yesterday (Thursday, 28 January 2016) following an investigation into money laundering have been charged. The three men were arrested along with seven others by detectives from Merseyside

Photo: Former Lib Dem Health Minister Norman Lamb The Labour and Conservative Parties ganged up tonight in Sefton.’s Council Chamber to vote against inter-party co-operation to address problems with Health and Social

Hundreds of care workers in Southport and across the Borough of Sefton remain penalised by the Council, it was exposed tonight in the Council chamber of Bootle. Responding to a question from

Ron Whittle (WLMGOC) presenting the cheque to Jill Boardman (CEO) of Twinkle House. Following our draw we had four charities nominated by the members at our recent West Lancs MG Owners Club

Photo: Bike stolen from Stanley High School BMX bike stolen from Stanley High School, Thursday January 28 The bike was in the bike shed and locked. This bike was expensive and has huge

Photo: Man stands in the middle of the Promenade giving traffic a Liam Gallagher style stare. A man was captured on camera standing in front of on coming traffic on The Promenade, Southport

Southport Councillors have welcomed a government announcement of a new £1 million publicity campaign  to encourage British families to spend their Easter holidays in the North of England. The Prime Minster has

Ormskirk and Burscough Police would like to speak to the male in these CCTV images in connection with a criminal damage on Moor Street, Ormskirk at 01:54am on Wed 27th January 2016.

An impressive seven students from King George V College (KGV) have received offers to study at the prestigious Oxford and Cambridge Universities in September 2016. The students are: Phillipa Astley (former Bishop Rawstorne

Midwives at Ormskirk hospital are counting down to their grand charity ball next month.  Tables and tickets are still available for the event which takes place on Friday 26 February at Up

Photo: Beales Department Store, Lord Street Merseyside police were called to Beales on Lord Street shortly after 12pm today, Thursday January 28. A member of the public said that the seen security detain

We have released an EvoFit image of a man we are trying to trace following an incident of indecent exposure in Penwortham last month. It happened at around 8.30am on Wednesday 2

Pictured: Catherine Greenall at Broadhursts  Catherine Greenall was born in Lancashire and worked for years as a government scientist and authored several scientific publications, before turning to writing fiction. Apart from the ‘Quirk

An outbreak of a winter vomiting bug has closed a Southport hospital ward. Three cases of norovirus were confirmed this week on Ward 7b at Southport and Formby District General Hospital. The ward

Photo: Mornington Road, RTC The emergency services were called to Mornington Road shortly after 10am this morning following a report  of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle. The collision happened at

Gareth Lang, Colin Toohey, James Doran & Mark Astwood received the Visiter Local Heroes Award on behalf of Southport RFC at the Dinner last night. Whilst we still wait to hear from

Nine men have been arrested this morning (Thursday, 28 January) as part of a Merseyside Police investigation into a North Liverpool crime group suspected of laundering large amounts of money from their

Sefton Council’ s Playing Pitch strategy has found a shortage in the number of playing fields for pitch sports in the area. The draft strategy, which will be discussed by council at a

Lancashire County Council is offering communities the opportunity to run their own bus services through parish, town and borough councils to improve existing services and develop new routes. The county council has

Photo: Concetta @ Peaches, Botanic Road, Churchtown A number of independent businesses in Churchtown Village have experienced mindless vandalism over recent weeks. One independent business owner said: “A number of businesses along Botanic

Photo: The happy grand opening A temporary closure of Brooms Cross Road is set to be in place for up to 18 working nights due to resurfacing works on the A5036 Dunningsbridge

Local residents remember  popular retired Formby businessman  Alan Lloyd; the founder and owner of Formby Carpet Shop, Cordova Carpets, who passed away suddenly, unexpectedly and peacefully on Saturday 23rd January at his

Visit Reputation Menswear and you will benefit from 10% off all non sale items. Simply Quote OTS Feb.   Reputation Menswear Ltd is Southport’s newest exclusive designer menswear shop. The proprietor, Southport born

10% off all orders Free Fitting with equivalent size underlay when you quote OTS Feb   The Carpet Shop has 2 branches the flagship shop in Cable Street, Formby and the second

25% off any order when you spend at Yaffe Photography. Whether you are making a wedding album getting some personal portraits done or reliving old memories through re-prints Yaffe Photography are there for

Photo: Police Seabank Road, Southport Detectives in Southport are appealing for witnesses to a serious assault in the town to come forward. Several people rushed to the aid of the victim after