news 24 Nov 2021 Victoria Park Southport Winter Light Trail A spectacular, illuminated trail, full of wonder and intrigue, to delight and enthral your senses. As darkness descends, join us o…
news 24 Nov 2021 Southport Liveable Neighbourhoods video. Council encouraging people to sign up A consultation on the Southport Liveable Neighbourhood scheme is being extended until mid December in order to continue ongoing en…
news 24 Nov 2021 Derisory pay offer for Chep workers set to create Southport and the North West pallet famine The North West is facing severe pallet shortages in the crucial pre-Christmas period, as workers at Chep UK Limited have announced…
news 24 Nov 2021 Police appeal after HGV driver is struck by his own vehicle on M62 We are appealing for witnesses following an incident on the M62 in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday 24th November. Offic…
news 24 Nov 2021 £2.3m funding to bring forward proposed Marine Lake Events Centre in Southport announced Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, has announced a potential £2.3 million to enable Sefton Council to carry out t…
news 24 Nov 2021 No trains between Southport and Formby on Sunday due to engineering works To keep the network running reliably engineering work sometimes take place at various locations across the network resulting in ra…
news 24 Nov 2021 Businesses pledge to reduce their carbon footprint net zero event held at Formby Hall near Southport Thirty Sefton businesses have pledged to reduce their carbon outputs following their attendance at InvestSefton’s net zero worksho…
news 24 Nov 2021 Southport 2 Alfreton 0. Connor Woods double gives the Port all three points Southport’s impressive home form continues with a comfortable 2-0 win against Alfreton at Haig Avenue. A brace of goals from Conno…
news 24 Nov 2021 Southport journalist Martin Hovden writes: Do you spend £4,000 a month on your child? Southport journalist Martin Hovden writes: Local authorities including Sefton Council have been ordered by the government to care …
news 23 Nov 2021 Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust which runs Martin Mere Wetland Centre near Southport celebrates 75 years From pulling birds back from extinction to creating wonderful new nature friendly habitats - the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT)…
news 23 Nov 2021 Council send out gritters to Southport and Sefton as temperatures plunged to -1 Sefton Council’s gritting teams have already rolled into action as the 2021/22 gritting and road treatment programme gets underway…
news 23 Nov 2021 Free admission to festive films at Southport Market this Christmas Festive Films showed in the Extravaganza space throughout December in partnership with Bijou Cinema! All of your Christmas favouri…
news 23 Nov 2021 Wanted: Rory McCormick aka Rorion Tootle who has links to Formby near Southport Know this man? Rory McCormick, also known as Rorion Tootle, is wanted on a warrant. He failed to attend Liverpool Crown Court in A…
news 23 Nov 2021 Police very concerned about missing 96 year old lady Please share and help find missing Bootle lady Betty Spencer. 96-year-old Betty was last seen at her home on Roxburgh Street at ar…
news 23 Nov 2021 Southport Hospital could lose hyper-acute stroke services after NHS consultation takes place The NHS in Sefton, West Lancashire, Knowsley and Liverpool has launched a 12-week public consultation about the creation of a new …
news 23 Nov 2021 Huge Black Friday Event at The Atkinson in Southport Win a £200 Gift Card! It's not your average Black Friday sale at The Atkinson! Forget the usual discounts and find something truly…
news 23 Nov 2021 Southport facing double rail blow according to Liverpool Business News Months after it was revealed Southport would see a vital rail link to Manchester cut, a bid to restore the Burscough Curves has be…
news 23 Nov 2021 Merseyside Police pledges support for #ShopKind campaign in Southport and the rest of the region Officers in Merseyside have pledged to support shop workers across the region on the run up to Christmas. The force has pledged to…
news 23 Nov 2021 DID YOU KNOW? Gun laws have changed! Today marks the start of a TWO WEEK gun surrender here in Merseyside! The surrender follows a change in the law which has now made…
news 22 Nov 2021 Avondale Road incident appears to be police over reaction At around 11.30am today, Monday 22 November, we received a report of suspicious circumstances in Southport. It was reported that b…
news 22 Nov 2021 Another Lord Street bank in Southport to close its doors to customers The Royal Bank Of Scotland branch on Lord Street in Southport is closing. The bank will shut on the 22rd of March 2022, leaving So…
news 22 Nov 2021 Serious incident as Police cordon off Avondale Road in Southport Merseyside Police have cordoned off a section of Avondale Road in Southport this afternoon. A property is also cordoned off with s…
news 22 Nov 2021 Police incident Lord Street Southport.Area cordoned off Officers from Merseyside Police have cordoned off a section of Lord Street this morning following an incident during the early hou…
news 22 Nov 2021 Southport residents can drop off toys for the Mayors Christmas appeal The Mayor of Sefton, Cllr Clare Louise Carragher, has today (Monday 22 November) launched the borough’s annual Christmas Toy Appea…
news 22 Nov 2021 Birkdale Man arrested after sexual assault on Lord Street in Southport A man has been arrested following reports of a sexual assault in Southport on Sunday 21st November. At around 11.10pm officers wer…
news 22 Nov 2021 Council backs Flood Action Week 2021 in Southport and Sefton Sefton Council is backing this year’s Flood Action Week, taking place from Monday 22nd November to Sunday 28th November, to ensure…
news 22 Nov 2021 Southport v Alfreton Preview Southport return to Haig Avenue on Tuesday when Alfreton Town are our visitors. In an amazing run of home fixtures only the game a…
news 21 Nov 2021 Leamington 1 Southport 1 Southport manager Liam Watson was satisfied with a point in the “hardest away game of the season.” A draw was fair and a good resu…
news 21 Nov 2021 Open letter to the people of Southport and Merseyside after the Liverpool bomb blast Chief Constable Serena Kennedy, Mayor Joanne Anderson, Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner Emily Spurrell and Combined Author…
news 20 Nov 2021 Sefton spreads Christmas cheer across Southport and the region with communitrees Sefton Council is once again helping to spread Christmas cheer across the Borough with a series of new living and cut Christmas tr…
news 20 Nov 2021 Lord Street in Southport crossing out of action after vehicle smashes into traffic light The pedestrian crossing in between The Monument and Eastbank Street is out of action. Overnight a vehicle has smashed into one of …
news 20 Nov 2021 Temporary lights on Southport Promenade after large sink hole appeared yesterday Sefton Council have installed a temporary two way set of traffic lights on the Promenade after a large sink hole appeared yesterda…
news 20 Nov 2021 200 Herdwick sheep arrive at Ainsdale sand dunes in Southport Natural England commenting on the arrival of the sheep... Who doesn't love a herdie?! After a couple of delays the sheep have fina…
news 20 Nov 2021 Appeal to find next of kin of man who died in a Southport nursing home Police are appealing on behalf of Sefton Council for help in tracing the next of kin of a 81 year-old man who has passed away in S…
news 20 Nov 2021 Damien Moore MP. Thank you to all our shopworkers for keeping Southport going! Respect for our shopworkers is so important. Throughout Covid, they continued to go into work and ensure that the rest of us had t…
news 19 Nov 2021 Council refuse approval for the installation of 15m mobile phone mast on Lulworth Road in Southport Dukes Ward Councillors and Sir Ron Watson and Mike Prendergast are pleased with the recent decision by Sefton Council to refuse ap…
news 19 Nov 2021 Councillors from Southport's Norwood Ward fund Christmas Tree in Bispham Road Cllr Greg Myers commented... Fantastic to see our Christmas Tree going up on Bispham Road in preparation for our lights switch on …
news 19 Nov 2021 Fire Service block off part of Southport Promenade after sink hole appears Merseyside Fire And Rescue Service have blocked off part of Southport Promenade this afternoon after a deep sink hole appeared. Th…
news 19 Nov 2021 Waterloo Road in Southport to be closed for three weekends Please be aware that Waterloo Road, Birkdale will be temporarily closed for contractors to undertake works on behalf of Mersey Rai…
news 19 Nov 2021 Southport have been drawn away to Charnock Richard Or Kendal Town in the Lancashire Challenge Trophy Southport have been drawn away to play either Charnock Richard or Kendal Town in the Quarter Final of the Lancashire Challenge Tro…
news 19 Nov 2021 Marine Drive in Southport to be closed for three months from January next year A spokesperson for the Council said... “Over time, the condition of the road surface has deteriorated, which has affected its ride…
