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Most Wanted on Merseyside Andrew Peter Murphy, Thursday 28 January. Merseyside Police is appealing for the public’s help to trace a 30-year-old man from Liverpool who detectives want to speak to in

By Tom Duffy Patients are being warned to expect possible disruption to NHS services on Thursday (29th January) when health service unions and professional bodies plan industrial action.  The organisations’ members are

UKIP information centre opens Lord Street Southport, Tuesday 27 January 2015. Two local fathers Sean Ellison and Jeff Hughes felt so strongly about UKIPs policies decided to fund a 3 month campaign

Sefton’s Health and Wellbeing Board has welcomed the latest government announcement to make ‘plain’ packaging of cigarettes and other tobacco products a priority. Public Health Minister Jane Ellison has pledged that a

Martin Patrick Magill (18) pleaded guilty to stealing a bicycle worth £50 from a woman outside the Shoreline Housing centre on Mornington Road in Southport on November 25. It’s the second time

Photo Credit: The Guardian By Tom Duffy A new online resource and support service called the ‘Local Offer’ has been launched for local children and young people age 0-25 with special educational needs

Sefton Council is supporting the latest Public Health England (PHE) campaign to raise awareness that ongoing heartburn can be a sign of cancer. The campaign, launched this week, urges people to visit

This centre is situated in Ainsdale, Southport. It is the ‘only’ dementia specialist care centre in a catchment area of approximately 150,000 people. The council proposes to close it and move everybody

The government has yesterday published the legislation which will incorporate new European regulations on mortgage lending into UK law. These new regulations, which are set out in the EU Mortgage Credit Directive, set

By Joel Rodwell Plans have been put forward to Sefton Council for the erection of a single storey extension to the rear of the convenience store (Spar) and construction of a new shopper

Photo Credit: cruiseship.co.uk Southport Theatre and Convention Centre is to hold the biggest cruise fair ever. Sky TV will be filming for their popular Cruise Channel during the event. The annual event,

By Community distributor MP John Pugh has hit out at Sefton Council’s “supine dependence on consultants” who he claims are seriously compromising council decision making. He cites as instances the advice Sefton has

By Tom Duffy The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has expressed concern for young drivers after a drink-driving campaign revealed they were proportionately more likely to drive while under the

By Aimee O’Callaghan Police were called to Tesco Express Albert Road, Southport, Merseyside, approximately 1.30pm today, January 25 2015. A suspected female shoplifter aged around 65 years allegedly assaulted a female officer

Duke Street cemetery, 2010 Southport has been warned for the possibility of traffic and travel disruptions this week as forecasters predict snow fall on the resort. The Met Office has issued a

Happy New year from the Royal British Legion, The First Drop in at Byng house for 2015 will be held this Thursday 29th January 2015, Advice and Information officer Sarah Abbotson will

Patients warned of disruption during industrial action Patients are being warned to expect possible disruption to NHS services on Thursday (29th January) when health service unions and professional bodies plan industrial action.

Support for Queenscourt in the heart of Formby   Queenscourt has finally fulfilled one of its goals, to open a charity shop in Formby.  The Formby community is very important to Queenscourt as

Paramedics were called to Marine Drive, Southport at 1:45pm this afternoon Sunday 25 January 2015 following an emergency call. They arrived on scene within minutes to find a jogger about 40 years

By Aimee O’callaghan Above: Readers At the Holocaust Memorial day Southport (Sunday January 25 2015) Southport remembered victims of the Holocaust today during a public memorial ceremony held at Christ church on

Photo credit: (The times) By Tom Duffy Is Southport’s future increasingly bound up in the Liverpool City Region? That is what the Sefton Local Plan, passed this week by the Council, says.