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Photo: Santander, Birkdale Village The Birkdale branch of Santander will close for the final time on the 19th November at 4pm. Customers will have to go to Formby, Churchtown or Southport (Central)to find their nearest

By Anton Dolders, Regional Chair of Arts at Macmillan Cancer Support Walter Fairclough is a regular demonstrator of artistic skill at fundraising events taking place outside Cambridge Walks Gallery on Saturday afternoons

Henry’s Deli 27 Hesketh Drive, Churchtown are holding a tutored Wine & Cheese tasting evening 14th November 6-8pm tickets are £15 in advance.   The tutored Wine & Cheese tasting evenings are

Photo: Abandoned Ford Focus UPDATE: The car that was abandoned in the early hours of Wednesday had its windows smashed just days after it was left.   A car was abandoned in

Sefton Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) is looking to appoint a second Independent Board Member to help in contributing to keeping local children safe. All local authority areas are required by Government

Southport Sailing Club held their annual Lifeboat Pursuit Race on Sunday 6th September 2015, raising money for the Southport Offshore Rescue Trust. The pursuit which saw 24 sailors on the marine lake

The 16th Sandgrounder Beer Festival is talking place from 15th to 17th October in the St John Ambulance hall and is being hosted by the Southport and West Lancs Branch of Camra.

Over 30,000 Pink-footed geese have arrived at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre making this one of the best wildlife spectacles in the North West over the next few weeks. But how do

A number of banks residents have been experiencing spells of dizziness over the past few months with no explanation from doctors. The incidents of dizziness came just after a number of water

UPDATE: CCTV footage of the bikes being stolen has been found picturing the 3 men. Take a close look do you recognise these scum bags that stole the two bikes from botanic road, southport

Playing their first match under new floodlights at home since 1962, Southport looked to have marked the occasion with a win but instead they were left to rue frustratingly familiar problems. Substitute

Merseyside Police’s Area Commander in Sefton has praised the actions of a constable who rescued a woman from the lake at Southport Marine Promenade yesterday (Tuesday, 14 October). Officers were called at around 7.40pm

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  Photo: RTC scene, Shore Road. Credit: Bart L (3.30pm) The emergency services were called to Shore Road, Ainsdale following a 999 call at around 3.15pm this afternoon, Tuesday 13 October 2015.

ALMOST 3,000 people have applied to become a police officer with Lancashire Constabulary. The recruitment window for the 120 new posts has now closed (on Tuesday, October 13th) and all applicants will

At around 3:30 this afternoon an elderly woman tripped over on Lord Street with members of the public coming over to help the woman and call paramedics who rushed to the scene.

A 70 year old woman collapsed on Hoghton Street due to a suspected heart attack as she waited for the bus. Paramedics arrived at around 3:15 and treated her at the scene

An open letter from the PCC to the people of Merseyside: “Dear all, It is with great disappointment that I am writing to let you know that Merseyside Police are being forced

Letter to the editor “I live on Garrick Parade and have noticed B&M Bargains have finally tidied up the car park. It seems it was too much trouble to take the rubbish

Southport is a popular sea-side resort and together with the areas that surround it provides a wide variety of leisure and recreational facilities for visitors and residents. Generations of folk have chosen

Fletchers Solicitors, a leading serious injury and medical negligence law firm, sponsored Headway Preston and Chorley’s annual Golf Day, which raised a record breaking £7,000. The annual Headway Golf Day, which Fletchers

A spokesperson for Merseyside Police confirmed they too had received a call, at 8.40am, Tuesday 13 October 2015 The collision happened at the Liverpool Road junction with Windy Harbour Road. The child

Stop Hate UK are working in partnership with the charity 17-24-30 to mark national Hate Crime awareness week. Hate Crime is defined as a crime that the victim or any other person

Sefton is set for a spooktacular half term of events and sessions as the popular school holiday programme, Be Active, returns. Following a successful summer the Active Sefton team have decided to

Photographs courtesy of Mick Carter Lancashire Scooter Alliance’s last ride of the year took place Sunday 11 October 2015. Hundreds of Scooter enthusiasts turned out for the  Southport annual rally, photographs below: