Politics 29 Mar 2024 Lost Your Favourite Spot? Sign the Petition and Bring Back the Southport Pier 'Here for the pier' petitioners in action this Saturday This Saturday campaigners will be out in Birkdale Village (near Costa) 10.…
Council 29 Mar 2024 Southport Pier: High Price of Penny Pinching Exposed The current Pier problems could have been avoided according to opposition leader on Sefton, Cllr John Pugh, had Sefton followed pr…
Health 28 Mar 2024 Five million more GP appointments delivered in February than before pandemic GP teams delivered over 30 million appointments for patients last month (February 2024), up almost a quarter on the same period pr…
Transport 28 Mar 2024 Urgent Southport Line Engineering Work Set to Commence April 2nd Southport Line Engineering Work - Tuesday 2 April to Friday 5 AprilRail replacement buses will run between Hillside and Southport.…
Property 28 Mar 2024 Decorative seating damaged in Chapel Street Another of the decorative seats has been damaged on Chapel Street. A witness said the seat was hit by a vehicle recently. Several …
Sport 28 Mar 2024 Southport's Trip Over Pennines to Challenge Farsley Celtic Southport have a trip over The Pennines to Farsley Celtic on Friday with a 3pm Kick Off. Marcus Carver and Luke Burgess will be av…
Education 27 Mar 2024 Sefton Superstar Awards Celebrate Inspirational Young Achievers Bootle Town Hall rolled out the red carpet last Friday for the inaugural Sefton Superstar Awards for cared for children to celebra…
Education 27 Mar 2024 Our Future World Competition Sees Pupils' Art Displayed Across Recycling Centres Our Future World competition got children to imagine what they want their future world to look like. Veolia and Merseyside Recycli…
Other 27 Mar 2024 Southport Pleasureland Gears Up for Spectacular Season With New Steampunk Bay Attraction ‘SOUTHPORT PLEASURELAND ARE FULL OF ‘STEAM’ AHEAD OF EASTER WEEKEND OPENING AFTER £5M IS SPENT ON NEW ATTRACTIONS’ Southport Pleas…
Politics 27 Mar 2024 Southport Friends of Palestine Holds Fourth Rally at The Atkinson On Saturday March 23rd Southport Friends of Palestine held its fourth rally outside the Atkinson on Lord Street. Gathered were abo…
Community 27 Mar 2024 Everyone Has a Story: Sefton Calls for Contributions towards Time Capsules for Its 50th Anniversary As, over the coming months, the borough of Sefton marks the 50th anniversary of its creation, those people and places that make it…
Environment 27 Mar 2024 Southport Refuse Collection to Continue as Planned over Easter Weekend Each year, our refuse and recycling crews work on Good Friday and Easter Monday. Residents are asked to present their bins as usua…
Culture 28 Mar 2024 Southport Flower Show Welcomes Back Justin Fletcher for Centenary Celebrations Southport Flower Show, sponsored by the Seventy Ninth Group, are pleased to announce that Justin Fletcher will be returning this y…
Community 27 Mar 2024 Secrets of Southport's Heroes Revealed: Lifeboat Station Open Day! The latest Southport Lifeboat Station open day is on Good Friday (29/03/24). The station will be open between 10am and 4pm, and vi…
Crime 27 Mar 2024 Image released after woman bitten by a dog at Merseyside Station British Transport Police is today issuing an image after a woman was bitten by a dog at Liverpool Central. Just after 9pm on Wedne…
Sport 27 Mar 2024 Southport 4 Bishop's Stortford 1 Just the sixth home league win comes at a crucial time as Port move up to 15th with just 5 games left. The windy conditions played…
Community 26 Mar 2024 Sefton partners ensure Southport families have an egg-cellent easter! Three hundred families across Southport will be able to enjoy a sweet treat thanks to kind hearted easter egg donations by Sefton …
Environment 26 Mar 2024 Shocking State of Southport's Beach Might Ruin Your Easter Plans! The beach at Southport is in a shocking condition and has been for a while.Last year the Council blamed high tides and this year a…
Business 26 Mar 2024 Papa Johns to close 43 stores including Southport Papa Johns is to close 43 stores including the Southport branch on Garrick Parade. Papa Johns UK managing director Chris Phylactou…
Politics 26 Mar 2024 Southport women impacted by pension age increase need fair payouts quickly - Erin Harvey, Southport Lib Dems Southport women impacted by pension age increase need fair payouts quickly - Erin Harvey, Southport Lib Dems Southport Lib Dem par…
Transport 26 Mar 2024 Government sets out next steps on Northern Powerhouse Rail between Liverpool and Manchester The next steps of development for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) between Manchester and Liverpool have been announced today (25 Ma…
Environment 25 Mar 2024 More unsettled weather forecast by the Met Office The UK will see a typical mix of spring weather in the run-up to Easter, with periods of showers, rain and winds, as well as some …
Environment 25 Mar 2024 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council awarded £2,644,182 for food waste collections Councils in England will be supported with up to £295 million in funding to introduce weekly food waste collections by 31 March 20…
Sport 25 Mar 2024 Close Contest: Southport Walking Footballers Fall to Neston Nomads 5-3 A squad of seven of our Walking Footballers took part in a 6 a side friendly against a strong Neston Nomads side and put in a grea…
Business 25 Mar 2024 New mobile roaming alerts for UK holidaymakers UK mobile customers will be better protected against unexpected roaming charges while using their phone abroad and at home, under …
Sport 25 Mar 2024 Bishop’s Stortford Come to Southport Struggling with 16 Consecutive Defeats Southport complete the run of three home league games in a row on Tuesday night when they welcome Bishop’s Stortford to The Big He…
Environment 24 Mar 2024 £7 Million Funding to Transform Green Spaces across Rural UK Community orchards, kitchen gardens, and natural play areas are set to spring up across rural England thanks to a new government f…
What's On 24 Mar 2024 Experience Jurassic Joy: Over 550,000 Toy Bricks Bring Dinosaurs To Life In Southport Get ready for some prehistoric fun when Southport becomes 'DinoTown' in Spring 2024! Visitors will get the chance to come face-to-…
Transport 24 Mar 2024 ‘Travel either side’ advice this Easter with Euston station closed Passengers planning on using the West Coast main line this Easter are being advised to travel either side of the bank holiday with…
Sport 24 Mar 2024 Southport have two players sent off in 2-2 draw with Buxton The points were shared after a lively encounter at The Big Help Stadium. It was a strange game, as a spectacle it wasn’t the best …
Sport 23 Mar 2024 Southport score late equaliser to draw 2-2 with Buxton. Southport scored late goal to draw 2-2 with Buxton with Lloyd and Burgess the scorers. Southport are now 18th 5 points above the r…
Culture 23 Mar 2024 You can now visit the free Sefton Open 2024 art exhibition at The Atkinson in Southport Sefton Open, the annual art exhibition that celebrates creativity and artistic talent across the Borough at The Atkinson in Southp…
Transport 23 Mar 2024 Drivers to save £50 this year as fuel duty cut extended Millions of drivers across the UK will continue to be supported at the pumps from today (Saturday 23 March) as the extension to th…
Health 22 Mar 2024 Thousands more lung cancer patients to get innovative blood test as part of NHS pilot A blood test which could help thousands of people receive earlier, more targeted, lung cancer treatments is being trialled by the …
Business 22 Mar 2024 Vodafone / Three deal could leave consumers and businesses worse off The deal, which seeks to combine 2 of the 4 UK mobile network operators, could lead to higher prices for customers and affect inve…
Community 22 Mar 2024 Clean-up scheme expanded nationwide to tackle anti-social behaviour Rapid Deployment teams - made up of offenders serving Community Payback sentences – will be on call to swiftly deal with notorious…
Community 22 Mar 2024 Easter Open Day at Woodlands Animal Sanctuary: Fun for Whole Family School holidays are fast approaching, we’re starting to spot blossom around, and everyone has chocolate on the brain...Easter is o…
Business 22 Mar 2024 InvestSefton Kickstarts Innovative Support Program for Aspiring Business Owners Over 25 budding entrepreneurs attended an event aimed at helping Sefton residents explore the possibility of starting their own bu…
Environment 21 Mar 2024 Southport MP Welcomes Dedicated Fund for Expanded EV Charging Points Damien Moore MP welcomes the Department for Transport’s £381 million Local Electric Fund to increase EV changepoints across the UK…
Crime 21 Mar 2024 Southport Residents Encouraged to Secure Cars Amid Theft Reports Police are investigating a theft from a car in the Forest Road/Lansdown Road area of Southport which took place overnight, between…
Sport 21 Mar 2024 Bamber Bridge 3 Southport 1 Southport’s stranglehold on the Lancashire Challenge Trophy ended with a 3-1 defeat to Bamber Bridge at Darwen tonight. We can hav…
