Emergency Services 27 Jan 2025 Merseyside Police Alarmingly Concerned about Missing Boy with Links to the Area Can you help find missing boy from Stockport?Adam (15) was last seen on 13 January 2025 on Manchester Health Academy Moor Road, Wy…
Crime 26 Jan 2025 Southport Police Aid Drunken Lady and Search for Lost Phone While out on foot we assisted in searching for a lost mobile phone. We also assisted at the scene of a drunken female who had coll…
Crime 26 Jan 2025 Man Reported Carrying Crossbow in Ainsdale Prompts Police Search We received a call via 101 at 6:57pm last night regarding a sighting of a man carrying a crossbow on Sandbrook Road in Ainsdale. T…
Politics 26 Jan 2025 Sefton Council Accused of Deliberately Neglecting Pier Restoration KEEPING THE PIER CLOSED IS “A DELIBERATE CHOICE” Council Criticised for “Micawber” attitude. Call for funded plan.Sefton’s decisio…
Sport 26 Jan 2025 Southport 0 Chorley 0. 5th 0-0 of the season Another home clean sheet for The Sandgrounders but also another blank in the goals for column.Our 5th 0-0 draw of the season and a…
Health 25 Jan 2025 Sefton Council Revives 'We’re Here' Mental Wellbeing Campaign Sometimes we all need a little extra help for our mental wellbeing, or just someone to talk to. Sefton Council is reminding people…
Health 25 Jan 2025 Last Call for Winter COVID-19 Vaccinations in Southport Last chance to get winter COVID-19 vaccinationFriday 31st January is the last day for people to get their seasonal COVID-19 vaccin…
Transport 24 Jan 2025 Northern Reinforces Vaping Ban on their Trains Due to Soaring Complaints Northern is warning sly vapers they may be told to leave the train if they are caught.The train operator has received dozens of co…
Emergency Services 24 Jan 2025 Motorist has lucky escape after plastic pipes smash into his windscreen on Southport's Marine Drive The driver of this vehicle and his two passengers had a lucky escape at about 2.30 this afternoon on the Marine Drive in Southport…
Crime 24 Jan 2025 Merseyside Police video in memory of Elsie, Bebe ,and Alice Axel Rudakubana was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on 23 January 2025 to life imprisonment for:The murder of three childrenThe…
Transport 24 Jan 2025 New Average Speed Cameras Activated on A6 to Enhance Road Safety A new set of average speed cameras will go live from next week on the A6 as part of our continuing work to reduce casualties on ou…
Community 24 Jan 2025 Appeal for Help to Find Next-of-Kin of Deceased Southport Woman We are appealing for help in tracing the next-of-kin of a woman from Southport who has passed away.Zee Paris, 64 years, of Lord St…
Council 24 Jan 2025 Appeal for Next of Kin Made for Late Southport Resident, Michael Furnival Next of kin Appeal - Michael FurnivalSefton, St Helens & Knowsley Coroner's Office is appealing for help to find the family of Mic…
Community 24 Jan 2025 Tributes issued by schools of Elsie-Dot Stancombe, Bebe King and Alice da Silva Aguiar The Head Teachers of Elsie-Dot Stancombe, Bebe King and Alice da Silva Aguiar have each issued heartfelt tributes to their pupils.…
Emergency Services 24 Jan 2025 Police Close King and Portland Streets as Winds Threatens Scaffold Safety Police have closed the corner of King Street and Portland Street as the scaffolding at the rear of the Prince of Wales Hotel has b…
Community 24 Jan 2025 Families of Tragic Southport Incident Remain at Heart of Council Actions Councillor Marion Atkinson, Leader of Sefton Council, said: “Our thoughts are with the families of Alice, Bebe and Elsie who will …
Crime 24 Jan 2025 Missing boy known to frequent Southport Police are appealing for help in finding a 16 year-old boy who is missing from home in Bootle.Jake Ellison-McKenna, was last seen …
Transport 23 Jan 2025 Storm Éowyn: Commuters Warned as First Trains Cancelled and Amended Storm Éowyn Travel AdviceDue to Storm Éowyn there will be some changes to first services on Friday 24 January.The first trains of …
Crime 23 Jan 2025 Southport Liberal Democrats Grateful to Authorities Following Hart Street Attack Sentencing Following the sentencing of the perpetrator of the 29th July 2024 Hart Street attack, Southport Liberal Democrats would like to th…
Crime 23 Jan 2025 Police statement after sentencing Axel Rudakubana has been jailed for life, to serve a minimum of 52 years for the murder of three girls in Southport on 29 July 202…
Crime 23 Jan 2025 Prime Minister statement on the sentencing of Axel Rudakubana "The thoughts of the entire nation are with the families and everyone affected by the unimaginable horrors that unfolded in Southp…
Crime 23 Jan 2025 Merseyside Police Commissioner Comments on Southport Triple Murder Sentence Following the news that Axel Rudakubana has today (Thursday 23rd January) been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum fixed t…
Crime 23 Jan 2025 Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme request received for Axel Rudakubana Axel Rudakubana was sentenced today to custody for life with a minimum term of 52 years less time on remand after he was convicted…
Crime 23 Jan 2025 Merseyside police statement on todays events Today, Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 52-years for his cowardly and terrifying att…
Crime 23 Jan 2025 Rudakubana sentenced to 52 years by Justice Goose Axel Rudakubana, 18, will be jailed for a minimum of 52 years, the judge says.The judge says the sentences will run concurrently, …
Sport 23 Jan 2025 Southport FC Hosts Rival Chorley in Crucial Local Derby This Saturday, football fans in Merseyside are in for a treat as Southport FC welcomes close neighbors Chorley FC to The Big Help …
Community 23 Jan 2025 A message to all from Sefton Council To our communities. Our thoughts today, and always, are with the families of Bebe, Alice and Elsie Dot. They are also with those f…
Culture 23 Jan 2025 Professional Horticulturalist, David Domoney, to Return to Southport Flower Show We are delighted to announce that David Domoney will return to this year’s show on Thursday 14th and Friday 15th August. David has…
Crime 22 Jan 2025 Interactive Map Reveals Rioters Jailed for Southport Stabbings A new interactive map shows how many people were jailed for rioting-related offences sparked by the Southport stabbings last year.…
Crime 22 Jan 2025 BBC. How was the Southport killer allowed to fall through the cracks? The first serious signs Rudakubana was capable of inflicting harm date back to when he was in year nine at Range High School in Fo…
Environment 22 Jan 2025 Record Number of Marsh Harriers Roost at Martin Mere Reserve near Southport On Sunday 19th January as part of the national Harrier survey (monthly winter harrier roost survey). The reserve team counted a ne…
Sport 22 Jan 2025 Tickets Now Available for Southport's Upcoming Home Games Southport have two home games to look forward to this next week. On Saturday we face local rivals Chorley with a 3pm Kick Off then…
Transport 22 Jan 2025 New £1.5m jet fans are a breath of fresh air for the Kingsway Tunnel New £1.5m jet fans have been installed to improve ventilation and safety in the Kingsway Tunnel as part of a new approach to commi…
Crime 22 Jan 2025 100th Person Sentenced Over Summer Southport Violence The 100th person has been sentenced in court in connection with violent disorder in Merseyside last summer. Peter Fairhurst, 33, o…
Politics 22 Jan 2025 Benefit Cheats May Lose Driving Licences in Historic UK Fraud Crackdown Benefit cheats to be stripped of driving licences under new plans in government’s biggest fraud crackdown in a generation New Publ…
Crime 21 Jan 2025 Southport Killer Purchased Knife on Amazon Despite Numerous Prior Incidents Southport killer Axel Rudakubana admitted carrying a knife on 10 separate occasions but was still able to buy a blade on Amazon, t…
Other 21 Jan 2025 Massive crane on the Marine Drive in Southport A massive mobile crane was erected on the Marine Drive side of the Ocean Plaza this morning. The crane supplied by https://www.joh…
Council 21 Jan 2025 Sefton Stands United: Council Leader Assures Ongoing Support Amidst Tragedy Councillor Marion Atkinson, Leader of Sefton Council, said: “Our thoughts are with the families of Alice, Bebe and Elsie Dot who w…
Business 21 Jan 2025 Andy's snack bar to close its doors After 64 years of trading Andy's Snack Bar on Kingsway in Southport is to close its door soon.A post on Facebook says. Breaking ne…
Emergency Services 21 Jan 2025 Unprecedented Multi-Agency Search for Lost Teen Successfully Concludes Our crew was tasked to join a large-scale multi agency search for a missing teenager at Ainsdale.Initially, our quads were paged t…
Politics 21 Jan 2025 PM statement on the Southport public inquiry: 21 January 2025 The senseless, barbaric murder of three young girls in Southport is a devastating moment in our history. No words come anywhere cl…
