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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

Despite previous efforts of Ainsdale residents to gain their usual free Midweek Visiter the fly tipping and dumping linked to the paper persists. For some months local areas have not received their

Photo: Free Parking in Southport A privately owned Wright Street Car Park is offering free parking until parking meters are installed. Will it always be free…..? Well watch the video below and

by Anton Dolders, Regional Chair of Arts for Macmillan Cancer Support “I work in abstraction. My influences are art and music” – Chris Oliver 2016 Local artist, Chris Oliver is a pioneer in

Southport 0-1 Forest Green Rovers Photo: A disappointed Chairman, Charlie Clapham Forest Green Rovers returned to the top of the National League table thanks to Kurtis Guthrie’s dramatic late goal at the

Do you know this man? Police  are looking to speak to this person in connection with a high value theft from Superdrug, Moor Street on Sunday 24th January 2016 between 12:20pm and

We are appealing for information following a burglary at a house in Ormskirk in which more than £100,000 worth of items were stolen. The house on Burscough Road was broken into sometime

The next monthly talk at Formby Library will be on Tuesday, February 9 when Graham Lymbery, Sefton Council’s Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Manager, will discuss the “Changing Coastline: a recent history

Young residents of Sefton are set for a super half term of events, sessions and fun as the popular school holiday programme, Be Active, returns. Following a frightful twist in October, the

Whilst it seems the centre of Lord Street is struggling to fill them empty shops. There is no denying that the northern end of Lord Street is thriving. The burning question is;

Photo: Occupants get checked over by paramedics at the scene The emergency services were called to Bispham road shortly after 1pm today following a 999 call, Tuesday January 26 2016. A witness