News - Page 857

Photo: Sean Towndrow by David Birtill LANCASHIRE County players Paul Kinnear and Sean Towndrow will join forces with new English champion, Joe Dean, and the runner-up, Alfie Plant, in England’s team for

Photo: Paul Nuttall Calls for unauthorised traveller sites to be made illegal have been welcomed by local MEP Paul Nuttall. A Downing Street petition has been launched this week to make setting up

KICK-OFF for Southport’s first home game of the season on August 18 has been brought forward to 6.30pm. Gateshead have agreed to Southport’s plea of an earlier kick-off time. The floodlights at Haig

Photo: Chief Executive, Jonathan Parry Four members of staff – the Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer, Human Resources Director and Deputy Director of Performance have all been suspended. Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS

Lydia Grady from Birkdale is looking for good home for her Cockapoo Lillie’s Puppies.  Lydia said “I’ve allowed my Cockapoo Lili to have Pups sole Purpose of keeping one from her litter

Views are wanted to help shape the future of Sefton’s bathing waters. A survey is currently being conducted as part of a North West wide bathing water improvement programme called Love My

Merseyside Police Netball team showed their opponents they had really ‘Met’ their match when they beat their Metropolitan Police rivals in the Police Service UK Netball Final 2015. Since their success winning

Photo: Verulam Road Sefton Council decide not to introduce car parking charges at the Botanic Gardens. The decision to introduce car parking charges at the car park on Verulam Road was included in

Fake RNLI Southport fundraisers have been cold-calling at homes in the area, asking for money and bank account details. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) have launched a warning to Southport residents – urging

Photo: Rufford Road / Credit-Ryan Lewis Rufford Road is closed with Junction of North Road. Heading North From Botanic Gardens up Bankfield? – use Veralum Road / Balmoral onto Preston New Road.

Photo: Scarisbrick New Road, Southport Letter to the editor  This is the car wash that does not inform you to take your aerial off when going through the wash. My aerial snapped off

Merseyside Police is becoming increasingly concerned for the whereabouts of 29-year-old Daniel Grodzinski Daniel is 5 feet and 8″ tall and was last seen Friday evening in Southport Town Centre (31 July). He’s got a tattoo with his

Photo: Albert Road Cannabis Farm Merseyside Police has launched an investigation after the discovery of a cannabis farm in Southport today (Monday, 3 August). At about 11.30am this morning (Monday, 3 August),

Photo: Albert Road Police were called to a property on Albert following reports of a serious incident this afternoon, Monday 3 August 2015. The photographs were taken at 2pm. Police at the scene declined to

Photo: Previous campaign to save our NHS Both West Lancs CCG and Southport and Formby CCG have decided to out to tender for community services in the near future. It is not

Overnight work to adjust road markings and road signs at the A5036 Bridge Road roundabout at Litherland in Merseyside will start tonight (Monday 3 August).  The low noise activities will be taking

In 12 months a young local couple have developed an unwanted Old Bank in a sleepy village into an amazing Cafe/Deli. They have just made No1 on Tripadvisor for the WHOLE of

Everyone has the right to feel safe in their own home. But if you’ve been a victim of burglary, it can cast a shadow over your life, leaving you and your family

Photo shows Josh Bohannon celebrating his maiden century for S&B last Saturday. Lancashire CCC 2nd XI vs Worcestershire CCC 2nd XI Second Eleven Fixture at Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club starting for

Matt Hancock confirmed that new legislation will require every public sector worker in a public-facing role to speak fluent English. New legislation requiring every public sector worker employed in a public-facing role

North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) has joined forces with Medicash and Liverpool BID Company to install defibrillators across Liverpool city centre which are to be installed in key locations by the end

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a burglary at Croston Sports Club. The incident happened sometime between midnight and 1.30am on Tuesday 28 July, at the club on Westhead Road.

Submit News Contact us with your community, business or sport news. Phone 07581350321 Email ots@otsnews.co.uk Facebook www.facebook.com/otsnews.co.uk Twitter www.twitter.com/onthespot_news Breaking local news as it happens, searchable archives with photographs, the ability to instantly comment on news articles –

Today a Southport Lifeboat crew took part in a joint training exercise with Merseyside Fire and Rescue (Southport) to practice recovering a person from the mud and soft sand on our beach.

Photo: Exhausted proud Southport team Exhausted Southport Rugby Football Club has set the Guinness World Record for the longest rugby match in history, Saturday 1 July. Exhausted Southport Rugby Football Club players

Photo: Faulty Southport car wash Letter to the editor  I visited the BP car wash on Preston New Road today, Sunday 2 August 2015. I put £5 into the car wash machine

Vandals smash bus shelter window Bankfield Lane near to the entrance of botanic gardens & Hesketh arms Churchtown, Southport, Sunday 2 July 2015     PHOTO & REPORT BY STEVE C  

  Fire crews from Formby, Southport and Bootle & Netherton Community Fire stations attended a fire in a Flat on Weld Parade in Southport at 20:45. The fire involved a quantity of

Do you know who owns this? An appeal has been launched after a Southport woman found an personalised key ring on the street. Facebook users are trying to find the owner, with the