Other 19 Sep 2025 Positivity in Bootle as Strand Project Receives NPEA Social Value Excellence Award Sefton Council is proud to announce that its construction partner for delivery of the Strand project, VINCI Building, has been awa…
Other 19 Sep 2025 King Street Opens to One-Way Traffic Amid Town Centre Renovations King Street opens to one way traffic as works on Les Transformations de Southport phase 1 enter the last few months. This is to al…
Health 19 Sep 2025 Sefton's Groundbreaking Cancer and Dementia Information Event Sefton’s very first cancer with dementia information event! Alzheimer’s Society Sefton have teamed up with Southport Macmillan Cen…
Community 18 Sep 2025 Urgent Appeal for Information on Missing Essex Children Last Seen in Southport. Now found The family have now been found.Police are appealing for help in finding a missing seven-year-old boy and a nine-year-old girl who …
Sport 19 Sep 2025 Southport Buoyed by FA Cup Win Ahead of Peterborough Showdown Southport are at home again on Saturday when Peterborough Sports are our visitors, the kick off is at 3pm.Tickets are on sale onli…
Crime 18 Sep 2025 Liverpool Man Charged with Multiple Crimes in Southport, Merseyside and Cheshire Detectives have charged a Liverpool man with multiple crimes against businesses in Merseyside and Cheshire.As part of an ongoing i…
Crime 18 Sep 2025 Police officers arrest man in bus shelter on Lord Street in Southport Officers from Merseyside Police arrested a man who was in a bus shelter on Lord Street this afternoon. The man was being questione…
Crime 18 Sep 2025 Foot Patrol Across Southport Town Centre Secures Public Engagement Yesterday (Wednesday 17th), Constable Paul and PCSO Michelle were out on foot patrol as part of the Safer Streets Summer operation…
Environment 17 Sep 2025 Hillside Golf Club Begins Birkdale Common Reconstruction Amid Local Opposition Work has begun to convert part of Birkdale Common into a new practice area for Hillside Golf Club, as part of a Royal Ancient (R&A…
Transport 17 Sep 2025 Road Improvement Schemes on A59 Nearing Completion As sections of work on the A59 approach completion, overnight road closures are needed to complete road resurfacing for two weeks …
Politics 17 Sep 2025 Southport Conservatives Slam Labour's Jobs Tax as Unemployment Soars Mike Prendergast - “Labour are Bad for Business”Across the country, unemployment is at a four-year high, while the number of payro…
Sport 17 Sep 2025 Touray, Gnahoua, and Burgess Clinch Victory for Southport Southport progress into the third qualifying round after an excellent performance sees us win 3-2 against Radcliffe.The home side …
Transport 16 Sep 2025 £2 Bus Fare Cap in Liverpool City Region Extended Until End of 2025 Mayor Steve Rotheram announced the £2 bus fare cap will remain in place until the end of 2025 – despite the national fare cap risi…
Emergency Services 16 Sep 2025 'See it. Say it. Sorted.' - New Look for Rail Security Campaign ‘See it. Say it. Sorted’ rail security campaign given its first major refresh since it was launched almost a decade agobold new de…
Emergency Services 15 Sep 2025 Body Found on Southport Beach Identified as Missing TJay Waters Police can confirm that the body of a man was sadly found on Southport beach on Sunday, 13 July.Forensic tests have now confirmed …
Politics 15 Sep 2025 Elon Musk’s Remarks Condemned by Sefton Liberal Democrat Leader Lib Dem Sefton leader, Cllr. John Pugh, has followed his party leader, Ed Davey MP, in condemning the remarks made by Elon Musk at…
Crime 15 Sep 2025 Continued Appeal for Witnesses Following Serious Collision in Birkdale We are continuing to appeal for witnesses to come forward following a serious collision in Birkdale on Thursday 11 September.At ar…
Environment 15 Sep 2025 Prolonged Drought Threatens England's Waterways, Wildlife, and Agriculture The National Drought Group has warned today (Monday 15 September) that the current drought is far from over despite the recent rai…
Sport 15 Sep 2025 FA Cup draw made Southport away again if they overcome Radcliffe in replay FA Cup draw made Southport away again at Morpeth Town if they overcome Radcliffe in replayThe Emirates FA Cup third round qualifyi…
Crime 15 Sep 2025 Ormskirk Hare Coursing Offender’s Vehicle Seized and Crushed, Court Orders A vehicle used during hare coursing in Ormskirk has been seized and crushed following a court order.Back in July, James Kent was i…
Crime 15 Sep 2025 Police Arrest Speeding Minibus Driver in Southport for Drug Driving Police arrested a man after a minibus was seen being driven at speed in Southport on Monday (8 September).The vehicle was stopped …
Other 13 Sep 2025 A few pictures from the Southport Sprint and the 24hr yacht race A few pictures from the Southport Sprint Revival and the 24hr yacht race taking place in the town today. The traffic on the Ocean …
Council 13 Sep 2025 Sefton Council Meeting Met with Controversy Over 'Self-congratulatory' Motion Despite a passionate plea by Norwood Councillor, Dave Neary, in his maiden speech for a culture of kindness and mutual understandi…
Emergency Services 13 Sep 2025 Large Scale Fire at Former School Site Extinguished in Formby Fire crews were called to a former school site in West Lane, St. Anne's Road, Formby on 11th September. Crews were alerted at 7.47…
Crime 12 Sep 2025 Ainsdale Woman Arrested Following Serious Birkdale Accident Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a serious collision in Birkdale last night (Thursday 11 September).At…
Health 12 Sep 2025 Unanimous Vote at Sefton Council In Support of Restoring Southport Hospital's Children’s A&E Cross Party Support for Return of Children’s A&E to Southport Hospital - Cllr Mike PrendergastSefton Council has once again spoke …
Transport 12 Sep 2025 Merseyrail's Matchday Service Changes for Everton’s Clash against Aston Villa Everton FC will face Aston Villa at the new Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday 13 September..Getting There by TrainSandhills is th…
Environment 12 Sep 2025 Sefton Council Reveals Vision for Nature-Led Regeneration of Ainsdale Sefton Council has unveiled a new exciting vision for the future of the gateway to the coast at Ainsdale, following previous consu…
Crime 11 Sep 2025 CCTV image released following upskirting – Liverpool Lime Street Do you recognise this man?Officers investigating an incident of upskirting at Liverpool Lime Street railway station have today rel…
Transport 11 Sep 2025 Government Proposals to Boost Road Safety in Lancashire and Merseyside Welcomed Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has welcomed new Government proposals aimed at improving road safety, including reforms…
Politics 11 Sep 2025 Are Sefton Council Leaders living in a Parallel Universe? Lib Dem Leader Questions Not content with putting down a motion to this week’s Sefton Council meeting congratulating their government, Sefton’s 9 strong ru…
Crime 11 Sep 2025 Appeal for Witnesses Following Deadly M57 Crash The police are appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision on M57 motorway in Knowsley, Wednesday 10 Septem…
Business 10 Sep 2025 Market Street Southport this afternoon...not a person in sight This is Market Street in Southport this afternoon. Not a single person in sight. All car parking spaces removed. So, there's no ch…
Health 10 Sep 2025 Preventing Railway Suicides: Network Rail Highlights 20% Rise in Life-Saving Interventions Latest figures show nearly a 20% rise in the number of life-saving interventions to prevent people from coming to harm on the rail…
Health 10 Sep 2025 Neighbourhood Health Programme Rolls Out in Sefton: A Revolutionary Approach to Community-Based Care Sefton has been officially named as one of the first areas in England to lead the rollout of the NHS’s new Neighbourhood Health Pr…
Other 10 Sep 2025 Southport Air Show Soars High Despite Weekend Weather Sefton Council is celebrating another successful year for Southport Air Show, which once again proved to be a highlight of the sum…
Council 10 Sep 2025 Sefton Council Considers Legal Order to Regulate HMOs Sefton Council is proposing to implement a legal order to give local people more influence over properties being used for Houses i…
Community 10 Sep 2025 Join Woodlands Animal Sanctuary for Their Biggest Family Fun Day of the Year Woodlands – Family Fun Day 2025If you don’t have plans for this Saturday 13th September, then why not? You should have your ticket…
Sport 10 Sep 2025 2025-26 FA Cup Journey Begins for Southport Southport make the short trip over to Radcliffe on Saturday as they enter the FA Cup at the Second Qualifying Round stage. The Kic…
Crime 9 Sep 2025 Robbers target Sainsbury's cash machine in Kew ,Southport Robbers have targeted the cash machine at Sainsbury's Kew store in Southport. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday m…
Health 9 Sep 2025 Hospital Ratings across Merseyside a 'Mixed Bag' Says Cllr Pugh Merseyside hospital ratings are 'a mixed bag ‘ according to Lib Dem Sefton Leader, Cllr John Pugh who serves on Sefton’s Health Sc…
