Crime 23 Nov 2023 Keep Your Homes Safe and Secure: Southport Police Issue Precautionary Advice Your Neighbourhood Policing Teams are working hard to reduce crime in your area, but we know that some of our residents are concer…
Crime 22 Nov 2023 Woman jailed for animal cruelty. Dogs cared for by Southport RSPCA after being rescued A woman from Lancashire has been given an 18-week prison sentence and banned from keeping animals for 10 years after causing unnec…
Crime 22 Nov 2023 Murder investigation after another stabbing on Merseyside Detectives have launched a murder investigation following a fatal stabbing in Bootle this morning, Wednesday 22 November.At around…
Crime 22 Nov 2023 Personal robbery reduced by 63% during week of action by Merseyside Police Earlier this month, officers from across the force took part in a week-long initiative targeting personal robbery, resulting in a …
Crime 22 Nov 2023 Four Men Sentenced to 173 Years Combined for Ashley Dale's Murder Four men sentenced to combined 173 years in prison for murder of Ashley Dale. Top row: Barry and Zeisz. Bottom Row: Witham and Pee…
Education 22 Nov 2023 Pupils' Art to Brighten Up Marine Lake Events Centre Site Southport school children have been drawing on their artistic talents to enhance the hoardings currently around the Marine Lake Ev…
Crime 22 Nov 2023 Southport Sees Surge in Overnight Car Thefts; Police Seek Public's Help Police are investigating thefts from cars that took place in the early hours of Tuesday the 21st November in the Part Street to Ha…
Sport 22 Nov 2023 Scunthorpe 1 Southport 0. Match report A first half of few chances with Southport frustrating the home side and creating a couple of chances of our own with Niall Watson…
Crime 21 Nov 2023 18-Year-Old Man From Kirkby Arrested For Multiple Bike Thefts in Southport An 18 year old man from Kirkby was arrested in Southport in Saturday, on suspicion of the thefts of four bikes in sperate incident…
Other 21 Nov 2023 Southport Pier Restoration Begins with Detailed Survey Contractors are now on site for approximately 12 weeks to conduct a more detailed survey of Southport Pier. The contract, believed…
Business 21 Nov 2023 Sainsbury's New Flagship Shop At Meols Cop Retail Park Set For 2024 Opening A job advertisement on their website said: "Our brand new 81,000 sq ft flagship store at Meols Cop retail park in Blowick, Southpo…
Crime 21 Nov 2023 Cannabis farm discovered on A570 Southport Road Successful warrant executed today on Southport Road One male arrested and in the cells awaiting interview by CID Large set up with…
Crime 21 Nov 2023 Merseyside Police Combat Rising Scooter Battery Thefts, Make Six Arrests Six people have been arrested after batteries from several Voi Scooters were stolen in Liverpool.The arrests are part of a police …
Environment 21 Nov 2023 Snow or no snow.. what do we know? There is a lot of media speculation in the air, but it almost certainly won’t be accompanied by disruptive snow. That is the view …
Crime 21 Nov 2023 Lancashire Police statement on publication of independent report into Nicola Bulley case Lancashire Constabulary has today welcomed the College of Policing review of the operational response to reported missing person N…
Emergency Services 21 Nov 2023 Emergency services dealing with serious incident on Portland Street The emergency services are dealing with a serious incident on Portland Street this morning. A delivery driver appears to have been…
Transport 20 Nov 2023 Firefighters shout "no need to speed" this Road Safety Week This week Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) are supporting the UK’s biggest road safety event, Road Safety Week (20-26 Nov…
Council 20 Nov 2023 Sefton's Funding Balance in Question: Southport Pier vs Strand Shopping Centre After £3 million is spent on largely exploratory work on the Pier, according to the latest published figures Sefton is planning to…
Sport 20 Nov 2023 Southport Drawn Away Against Chesterfield in FA Trophy Southport have been drawn against the highest-ranked team in the FA Trophy away from home at Chesterfield. They are top of the Nat…
Other 20 Nov 2023 Model Boat Club sail a boat along Rotten Row As the flood on Rotten Row in Southport gets ever deeper the Model Boat Club now has a new lake to sail their boats on. They have …
Business 20 Nov 2023 Southport Firm Inciner8 Lands £2M Order for War-Torn Sudan Southport-based incinerator maker, Inciner8, has won one of its largest orders with a deal to provide two of it flagship models fo…
Crime 20 Nov 2023 Man arrested after Lord Street assault this morning A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said: "At around 9.30am we received a report that a man had been assaulted in a flat on Lord …
Environment 20 Nov 2023 Rotten Row flood update The flood on Rotten Row close to the junction with Weld Road is getting worse. Sefton Council was contacted last week about the fl…
Community 20 Nov 2023 Sefton Mayor Launches Annual Christmas Toy Appeal The Mayor of Sefton, Cllr June Burns, has today launched the borough’s annual Christmas Toy Appeal. Each year, thousands of kind-h…
Sport 20 Nov 2023 Sandgrounders Set for Epic Clash with High Flying Scunthorpe United It’s a Tuesday night away for the Sandgrounders with a trip to high flying Scunthorpe United. The Kick Off is at 7.45pm. Both side…
Health 20 Nov 2023 Keep Warm Keep Well event returns to The Atkinson Today Sefton Council are hosting a Keep Warm, Keep Well event for those over 50 as part of its commitment to helping vulnerable people g…
Health 19 Nov 2023 Biggest prostate cancer screening trial in decades to start in UK On International Men’s Day, government joins Prostate Cancer UK to unveil £42 million screening trial to find ways of detecting co…
Sport 19 Nov 2023 Southport 4 South Shields 0. Match report and Video highlights Scintillating Southport put 4 past South Shields in a dominant display to progress into the 3rd round of the Isuzu FA Trophy. The …
Sport 18 Nov 2023 Southport's win today earned them £3750 from the FA prize fund Southport's emphatic 4-0 win over South Shields earned them £3750 pounds from the FA prize funds.This means the club are in line f…
Crime 18 Nov 2023 Over a Third of Women experience Harassment on Trains, BTP Survey shows New data reveals over a third of women have been victims of sexual harassment or sexual offences while commuting by train or tube,…
Sport 18 Nov 2023 Southport cruise into the third round of the FA Trophy with a 4-0 win over South Shields Southport beat South Shields for the second time in a week with a 4-0 victory to go through to the 3rd round of the FA Trophy. Goa…
Community 18 Nov 2023 Join the Festive Family Fun at Woodlands Animal Charity Event What are you doing Saturday 2nd December? It will be officially December so you can unleash the Christmas festivities if you haven…
Crime 18 Nov 2023 Police search students at KGV College for knives Southport Neighbourhood Policing Team officers concluded this week of knife crime awareness work with the knife arch utilised at K…
Crime 17 Nov 2023 Merseyside Police Launch Appeal For Information on Wanted Sefton Man Police are appealing for help in finding a man who is wanted on a recall to prison for breach of his licence conditions. Zak Shirr…
Health 17 Nov 2023 Pharmacies Across England to Offer Contraceptive Pill Without GP Contact Thousands of women across England will soon be able to get the contraceptive pill at their local pharmacy without needing to conta…
Crime 17 Nov 2023 West Lancashire shops praised during #OpSceptre test purchasing operation West Lancashire Police and Cadets from across the area have conducted an under-age sales operation as part of a number of activiti…
Sport 17 Nov 2023 Everton's 10-Point Deduction for Premier League Rules Violation Everton have been deducted 10 points with immediate effect for a breach of the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules. E…
Sport 17 Nov 2023 Southport FC Manager Bentley Extends Contract Until 2026 Southport FC can confirm that manager Jim Bentley has today signed an extension to his contract until June 2026. Peter Mitchell, s…
Crime 17 Nov 2023 £10,000 Drug Haul Unearthed In Southport: Dealer Now In Custody Following yesterday's post regarding a man arrested in Southport, we can now update you that Kenneth Gaynor (56) of Devonshire Roa…
Transport 17 Nov 2023 Government Allocates £8.3 Billion for Massive Road Resurfacing Program Millions of people will enjoy smoother, safer and faster road journeys thanks to the biggest-ever road resurfacing programme to im…
Transport 17 Nov 2023 Amendments to the Southport and Hunts Cross lines from Saturday 18 November Following the introduction of the new Class 777 trains onto the Merseyrail network, temporary timetable changes are being made to …
