Sport 3 Mar 2024 Southport 0 Peterborough Sports 0.Match report A game that won’t live long in the memory ended in a 0-0 stalemate with neither side managing to break each others solid defence d…
Sport 2 Mar 2024 Southport fail to beat 10 man Peterborough Sports Southport play out a 0-0 draw with Peterborough Sports who had a man sent off. The Port are 2 points above the relegation zone in …
Politics 2 Mar 2024 Peaceful protest for Palestine in Southport Town Centre There was a peaceful protest in Southport from people wanting to free Palestine. It was part of the "Run The Wall" event taking pl…
Property 2 Mar 2024 Council Tax Premiums to Address Sefton's Long-Term Empty Homes This year, National Empty Homes Week is highlighting local initiatives to make sure more empty homes are brought back into use mor…
Culture 1 Mar 2024 Book Launch: Italy Unpacked & Wrapped with Author Graham Hofmann Wednesday 13 March Italy Unpacked & Unwrapped Book Launch with readings by author Graham Hofmann at The Attic (above Woodwards) on Wednesday 13 March…
Culture 1 Mar 2024 Southport Little Theatre Features Play 'Pressure' on WWII Decision In this 80th anniversary year of D-Day you’d think the story of D-Day would be well known, especially if you were a D-Day veteran.…
Council 1 Mar 2024 Council Tax Increase Set to Support Essential Services in Sefton Leaders at Sefton Council set the authority’s budget for the coming year promising to continue to protect vital frontline services…
Council 1 Mar 2024 Sefton Council Rejects Southport Pier Refurbishment Proposal A move at Sefton Council to find the money to make a serious start on the refurbishment of Southport Pier was defeated last night …
Council 1 Mar 2024 Council Tax Up 43% Under Labour in Sefton At last night’s Sefton Council meeting, Conservatives voted against Labour’s 4.99% increase in Council Tax. Commenting, Conservati…
Politics 29 Feb 2024 Openreach 'sidestepped' rules on installing new cables - Southport MP An MP has accused communications giant Openreach of "sidestepping" its own rules on overhead cables to install controversial teleg…
Education 29 Feb 2024 Merchant Taylors school in Crosby girls and boys to merge in 2025 The Board of Governors is excited to inform you that from September 2025 Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ will join Merchant Taylors’ Boys…
Health 29 Feb 2024 Marketing campaign launches to drive up childhood vaccinations UKHSA Chief Executive Professor Dame Jenny Harries visits Manchester and Liverpool to launch campaign as measles cases continue to…
Environment 29 Feb 2024 Local Lib Dems to hand out free whips this weekend Your local Lib Dem team are pleased to announce they will be continuing the annual trend of handing out free young trees, also kno…
Environment 29 Feb 2024 Southport Pier Radar Many people will have seen the radarspining around on the closed Southport Pier. Here is the scientific explanation. The radar is …
Crime 29 Feb 2024 Motorcycle stolen from the Saracens Head pub recovered This motorcycle was stolen from the Saracens Head in Halsall last year (2023). The motorcycle was found today abandoned on High La…
Business 29 Feb 2024 Where did the jobs go? The new Sainsburys at Meols Cop has been officially opened by the town’s MP, but his predecessor John Pugh, now a Sefton councillo…
Council 28 Feb 2024 Sefton Council to Cut Last Park and Ride Scheme in Southport Sefton’s budget for next year, due to be agreed this Thursday will kill off Southport’s last remaining Park and Ride scheme. Accor…
Business 28 Feb 2024 Southport MP Opens New Sainsbury's Store, Bringing 150 Jobs to the Town Southport MP Damien Moore said at the opening of the new Sainsbury's store in Meols Cop... I was delighted to open the new Sainsbu…
Health 28 Feb 2024 Hospital Trust are seeking your views We are seeking your views on the quality objectives the Trust will be prioritising for 2024-25, in order to improve the services w…
Health 28 Feb 2024 Homes and beds to help hundreds of rough sleepers off the streets Hundreds of families will be prevented from becoming homeless and rough sleepers will be helped off the streets thanks to over £22…
Sport 28 Feb 2024 Southport 4 Bacup Borough 0. Match report Southport progressed to the semi-final of the Lancashire Challenge Trophy with a 4-0 win over Bacup Borough. It was far from plain…
Community 28 Feb 2024 Early Arrival of Kittens at Woodlands Animal Sanctuary Woodlands – Pre-Season kitten fun & games! If you would have asked Woodlands Animal Sanctuary a couple of years ago, when they wou…
Crime 27 Feb 2024 Taxi Driver allegedly asks woman to show part of her body to avoid paying the fare In an anonymous post on Facebook the woman said... Warning to all females getting a taxi from All white taxis I have just ordered …
Transport 27 Feb 2024 Major Woodside Ferry Terminal upgrade to start as part of £23m plan to create ‘unique waterfront destination’. An £8.6m Woodside Ferry Terminal upgrade is set to start as part of a major project between the Liverpool City Region Combined Aut…
Health 27 Feb 2024 Public Urged to Use NHS Services Wisely Amid Staff Strike Statement on industrial action from NHS England Statement given yesterday on industrial action from NHS England. NHS National Medi…
Community 27 Feb 2024 Southport FC Auction Raises £795 for Hannah GoFundMe Account The auction is now closed with a staggering £795 raised. Thank you to everyone who has taken part, your support is very much appre…
Business 27 Feb 2024 Sefton Council Launches Tender for Coastal Food and Drink Concessions Sefton Council has launched a tender process to continue its offering of food and drink across coastal locations in the Borough. I…
Health 27 Feb 2024 United Utilities raise more than £28,000 for Macmillan in 2023 United Utilities raised more than £28,000 for Macmillan in 2023. Staff from the North West’s water company raised the money throug…
Sport 26 Feb 2024 Everton's 10-Point Deduction Downgraded to 6 by Appeal Board Everton can confirm an Appeal Board has concluded that the points deduction imposed by an independent Premier League Commission in…
Business 26 Feb 2024 Take a Front Seat at Southport Pleasureland: Theme Park's Job Shop Opens Doors on 2nd March Southport Pleasureland is getting ready to burst back into life when it reopens in March 2024 with an extensive recruitment drive …
Environment 26 Feb 2024 Local Lib Dems Call for More Protection of Southport Waterways Amid Water Boss Bonus Curb Water boss bonus curb good news but just ‘window dressing’ as more needed to protect Southport waterways say local Lib Dems 26th F…
Environment 26 Feb 2024 Sefton's Coasts for Kids Bags Top Spot in Climate Creatives Challenge Coasts for Kids, a project involving young people from Sefton, has won the prestigious Climate Creatives Challenge, securing the t…
Emergency Services 26 Feb 2024 Vesper's Life-saving International Rescue Missions Underpin Kennel Club Nomination Merseyside Fire and Rescue very own search and rescue dog has been announced as a finalist in The Kennel Club Hero Dog Award for h…
Community 26 Feb 2024 Meet Rita Newby, craft room volunteer at Martin Mere Rita, a huge sci-fi fan who enjoys being creative, has volunteered at Martin Mere for nearly two years. She started looking for vo…
Sport 26 Feb 2024 Southport Gears Up for Lancashire Challenge Trophy Quarter Final Southport are back in action with Bacup our visitors in the Lancashire Challenge Trophy Quarter Final on Tuesday, this game kicks …
Emergency Services 26 Feb 2024 HM Coastguard Southport called to assist Air Ambulance Requested to assist North West Air Ambulance and North West Ambulance Service with a casualty extraction from the dunes at Ainsdal…
Crime 25 Feb 2024 Urgent Appeal: Police Seek Help to Find Missing Marie Griffiths Police are appealing for the public’s help to find 49-year-old Marie Griffiths who is missing from her home in Dovecot. Marie was …
Sport 24 Feb 2024 Southport 1 Hereford 2 . Match report Southport went down to a home defeat this afternoon losing 2-1 to Hereford. An even first half with Southport creating a number of…
Community 24 Feb 2024 Dedicated Woodlands Supporter Donates Luxurious Weekend Away for Auction Woodlands Animal Sanctuary have a couple of exciting opportunities for you. One of their dedicated supporters, has donated a weeke…
Other 24 Feb 2024 Police called to Telegraph Pole protest in Wennington Road Southport Police have been called to keep the peace this morning on Wennington Road in Southport. Locals are unhappy about Openreach install…
Politics 23 Feb 2024 New law to stop thousands of offenders from changing their name in secret Offenders on community-based sentences required to report name changesChanges will stop criminals from trying to evade supervision…
