Environment 12 Apr 2024 £850,000 Bequest Fuels Hesketh Park Improvement Works Improvement works to Southport’s popular Hesketh Park, made possible by a generous bequest are underway. In 2023, Sefton Council w…
Emergency Services 12 Apr 2024 Missing girl last seen at Southport train station Please share and help us find missing 16-year-old Shannane Turner from Lydiate. Shannane has been missing from her home in Lydiate…
Health 12 Apr 2024 Sefton Pharmacies Offering Walk-in MMR Vaccinations for 5- to 11-Year-Olds Two Sefton pharmacies are among first in country offering walk-in appointments for 5- to 11-year-olds who are overdue one or both …
Transport 12 Apr 2024 Enhancements Rolled Out at Hillside Station Following Campaign by Lib Dems Local Lib Dems Erin Harvey (prospective parliamentary candidate) and Councillor Iain Brodie-Browne have been working closely with …
Crime 12 Apr 2024 Thousands of racegoers enjoy first day of Grand National Festival 2024 Police would like to thank the thousands of racegoers who attended the first day of this year’s Randox Grand National Festival 202…
Culture 11 Apr 2024 Jubilee Baker Jemma Melvin Creates Delicious Tribute to Southport Flower Show Platinum Pudding winner creates a special dessert to celebrate 100 years of Southport Flower Show To celebrate 100 years of Southp…
Health 11 Apr 2024 Coroner's Office Takes Over After Missing Man Found Dead in River Mersey Police can confirm that the body of a man found in the River Mersey is that of missing 48-year-old Carl Williams. Officers receive…
Community 10 Apr 2024 Appeal to Find Next-of-Kin of Southport Man Who Passed Away Sefton, Knowsley and St Helen's Coroner's Office is appealing to find the family of a man who has passed away. Stephen Kewn, 62 ye…
Crime 10 Apr 2024 Local Police Increase Foot Patrols in Southport Town Centre Neighbourhood Officers have regular contact with jewellers shops and other businesses in Southport town centre. Pictured is one of…
Other 10 Apr 2024 Sefton Council Officer Gillian Glover Marks 50 Years of Helping Children and Families A Sefton Council officer has been lauded for her caring and positive attitude to her job as she celebrates fifty years working for…
Crime 10 Apr 2024 Prime Minister launches retail crime crackdown To the shoplifters and those abusing shopworkers, enough is enough.Serial or abusive shoplifters will face tougher punishments as …
Environment 9 Apr 2024 Access to Formby Beach closed due to storm damage Access to the beach is closed due to storm damage Today's spring high tide and storm surge have damaged the boardwalk at Lifeboat …
Other 9 Apr 2024 Pension Rise Marks Largest Ever Cash Increase: an Extra £900 a Year for Full State Pensioners The State Pension is increasing by 8.5 percent today as part of the Government’s commitment to support pensioners in retirement. I…
Environment 9 Apr 2024 A howling gale and high tide batter Southport seafront -Video An exceptionally high tide backed by a howling gale battered Southport seafront today. Accompanied by lashing rain it was a specta…
Transport 9 Apr 2024 Merseyrail's Southport line reaches historic landmark for railway industry Merseyrail’s Southport line is celebrating 120 years of electric train services. The 18-mile route was the world’s first inter-urb…
Environment 9 Apr 2024 Weather warning from HM Coastguard The Met Office is forecasting extremely strong winds, and has issued a Yellow Warning currently valid from 0100-1500 BST, Tuesday …
Health 8 Apr 2024 Meet Like-Minded People at Birkdale's Unique Dementia Support Event Alzheimer’s Society Sefton is holding a pop-up memory café at the Station Master’s House, 2 Liverpool Road, Birkdale on Thursday 1…
Environment 8 Apr 2024 Further car park closures on Tuesday 9th April as high tide and large waves expected to hit Sefton coastline Tomorrow’s 10.2-m high tide combined with a forecast for strong winds gusting up to 54mph mean the beach car park in Hall Road, Cr…
Health 8 Apr 2024 Sefton Council bans junk food ads on its billboards Sefton Council has passed new legislation which means advertising can no longer be put on council-owned spaces such as billboards.…
Sport 8 Apr 2024 Premier League Sanctions Everton with Two-Point Deduction In January 2024, Everton were charged by the Premier League for breaching the permitted Profit and Sustainability thresholds for t…
Politics 8 Apr 2024 Respected Councillor Resigns, Garners Support from Opposition Leader Cllr. John Pugh, opposition leader on Sefton Council, on hearing of Cllr Sean Halsall’s decision to resign from Sefton’s ruling La…
Transport 8 Apr 2024 Preparations underway for this year’s Randox Grand National Festival Merseyside is preparing to welcome thousands of visitors to this year’s Randox Grand National Festival 2024. The three-day festiva…
Other 8 Apr 2024 Shocking eyesore this is Leo's Bar on Nevill Street in Southport Situated on the corner of Nevill Street and Bath Street Leo's Bar in Southport is a shocking eyesore. After closing a couple of ye…
Community 8 Apr 2024 Sefton's Household Support Fund Reopens for Low-Income Residents Sefton Council has re-opened the Household Support Fund today (Monday 8th April), after the Chancellor announced it would be exten…
Business 8 Apr 2024 Southport Season Tickets Go On Sale: Get Your Early Bird Pass Online From 9am Monday You can buy your “Early Bird” Season Tickets Online from 9am Monday. A link to the ticketing site will be available shortly after …
Sport 7 Apr 2024 Increasing Importance for Southport's Final Home Game after Loss to Darlington Two goals in the opening 9 minutes and it was all over as a contest as Darlington deservedly picked up the three points. Slack mar…
Sport 6 Apr 2024 Southport sink closer to relegation after defeat at Darlington Southport sit just 3 points above the relegation zone after 2 early goals gave Darlington victory.
Emergency Services 6 Apr 2024 Southport Lifeboat Joins Search for Missing Person at Hightown Shortly after our crew returned home from weekly training, the pagers sounded following a request from HM Coastguard to assist in …
Community 6 Apr 2024 Woodlands Animal Sanctuary Thrills With New Announcements Woodlands – Exciting announcements! If you weren’t at Woodlands Animal Sanctuary’s open day on Easter Saturday, you may have misse…
Health 5 Apr 2024 Worlds oldest man who is 111 lives in a care home in Southport A great-grandfather from Merseyside has become the world's oldest living man.John Tinniswood, who is 111 years and 223 days old, p…
Politics 5 Apr 2024 Government rewards workers with record tax cut for 29 million Government rewards hard work with record tax cut to National Insurance for 29 million workers 29 million workers receive largest e…
Crime 5 Apr 2024 Dispersal Order continues in Liverpool city centre this weekend A Dispersal Order continues in Liverpool city centre this weekend following recent incidents of antisocial behaviour in the area. …
Health 5 Apr 2024 NHS prescription charges to increase from 1 May 2024 The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 were laid before Parliament on 3 April…
Health 5 Apr 2024 Positive CQC ratings for Trust’s Maternity Units Following short-notice inspections of both Whiston and Ormskirk Maternity Units by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in December 2…
Politics 5 Apr 2024 New laws to clamp down on disruptive protesters come into force New public order powers to prevent individuals causing repeated serious disruption come into force today, as the government contin…
Emergency Services 4 Apr 2024 Storm Kathleen named and weather warnings issued The UK forecast up to and including the weekend presents a Smorgasbord of weather types with rain, transient snow, unseasonably st…
Crime 4 Apr 2024 Appeal for information following reported assault in Southport We are appealing for information following a serious assault in Southport on Monday, 1 April. At around 10.30am, a man aged in his…
Business 4 Apr 2024 InvestSefton Invites Local Companies for a Networking Event InvestSefton is inviting local companies in the Financial & Professional sector to its next networking group meeting at Southport …
Sport 4 Apr 2024 Southport On The Brink of Hitting 1 Million Fan Attendance Since 1978 Southport have a trip to Darlington on Saturday for what is a big game for both sides. The Kick Off is at 3pm. If the gate at Darl…
Transport 4 Apr 2024 New Security Scanners and Upgraded Liquids Limit at UK Airports Looms Closer Some UK airports are to be given more time to install security technology that could spell an end to tiny toiletries, with serious…
Other 3 Apr 2024 Cash boost for households as historic National Living Wage increase comes into effect Thousands of households across the UK are set to be around £3,850 better off as a raft of economic policies come into force. More …
