Crime 15 Mar 2024 Weapons, Drugs and Cash Seized in South Lancashire County Lines Bust 20 people have been arrested across South Lancashire as part of a major national crackdown on County Lines offenders. Last week, a…
Crime 15 Mar 2024 Southport Local Policing Team Conduct Extensive Patrols in Rural Areas Southport Local Policing Team working with the Merseyside Rural, Wildlife and Heritage Crime Team have been out responding to inte…
Crime 15 Mar 2024 Crackdown on County Lines sees 237 arrests, 18kg of drugs seized and 8 drug lines closed in Merseyside Drug gangs in Merseyside were targeted as part of a national police operation last week, leading to hundreds of arrests and a sign…
Crime 14 Mar 2024 Liverpool City Centre Assault: Police Seeking Identity of Man in CCTV Footage Detectives have issued CCTV images of a man who could have information that may assist with their enquiries following a report of …
Education 14 Mar 2024 ‘High quality, nurturing care’ for children and young people at Springbrook Ofsted has published a detailed and positive assessment on the care at Springbrook Short Breaks Home for Disabled Children. The re…
Sport 14 Mar 2024 Can Southport FC Extend Winning Streak Against Blyth Spartans? After three productive games on the road which brought nine points and three clean sheets, we return to home action on Saturday wh…
Crime 13 Mar 2024 19 year old man from Scarisbrick found guilty of murder A man has today been found guilty of the murder of Matthew Daulby in Ormskirk.Our officers attended Railway Road at 12.05am on 29t…
Other 13 Mar 2024 Police called to Griffiths Drive as residents stop Openreach erecting telegraph poles Police have been called to Griffiths Drive in Southport this morning as residents stopped Openreach installing telegraph poles out…
Health 13 Mar 2024 Urgent call to smokers to make a quit attempt for No Smoking Day 5.3 million smokers in England urged to make a quit attempt this No Smoking Day, as one of the best things they can do for their h…
Sport 13 Mar 2024 Chester 0 Southport 1. Match Report Southport rounded off three away games in seven days with nine points, five goals and three clean sheets after a 1-0 victory sees …
Emergency Services 12 Mar 2024 Merseyside Police Get New Supercar to Promote Road Safety Senior officers from Merseyside Police’s Matrix, took delivery of a new supercar to help the roads policing team in their ongoing …
Crime 12 Mar 2024 Images released in search to identify man found dead in Rivington You may remember that late last year, we asked for your help identifying a man who had sadly been found dead in Rivington. We now …
Crime 12 Mar 2024 Man detained after stolen Scooter recovered in Burscough After helping our traffic colleagues in Preston, by identifying and seizing a stolen caravan, South RTF have detained a male in Bu…
Business 12 Mar 2024 Free Business Start-Up Events Hosted by InvestSefton this Month InvestSefton is launching a new business start-up support service with two free events later this month. Sefton residents interest…
Crime 11 Mar 2024 British Transport Police Unveils National Public Appeal to Identify Unknown Railway Deaths Help BTP identify the families and friends of those who have died on the railway. British Transport Police (BTP) has launched a na…
Sport 11 Mar 2024 Chester FC, the toughest opponent seen this year, hosts Southport this Tuesday Southport finish their run of three on the road with a trip to Chester on Tuesday. The Kick Off is at 7.45. We will have full matc…
Crime 11 Mar 2024 42-year-old Man Sentenced for Multiple Child Sex Offences Police have welcomed the sentencing of a 42-year-old man for sex offences involving children. Martin Price, of no fixed abode, was…
Crime 11 Mar 2024 Just 8 Arrests at Liverpool-Man City Match: Merseyside Police Merseyside Police would like to thank the Liverpool and Manchester City fans who attended yesterday afternoon’s game for their beh…
Council 11 Mar 2024 Council ask Openreach to pause on poles, saying it's good to talk - but will it listen? Openreach has been asked to suspend telegraph pole work scheduled for this week in Southport and hold a constructive dialogue with…
Community 10 Mar 2024 Missing man now found Missing 37-year-old Martin Mesa from Maghull has been found safe and well.Thank you as always for sharing.
Emergency Services 10 Mar 2024 Southport Lifeboat Quads Tasked in Extensive Missing Person Search Southport Lifeboat quads tasked by Holyhead Coastguard to assist in the search along the banks of the River Ribble for a missing p…
Community 10 Mar 2024 Missing man from Maghull could be in Southport Please share and help us find missing 37-year-old Martin Mesa from Maghull.Martin was last seen in the Albert Dock at around 12.30…
Sport 10 Mar 2024 Match report . Banbury 0 Southport 1 A massive three points at Banbury as Southport win 1-0 in a vital game at the wrong end of the table. The win pushes us up to 17th…
Sport 9 Mar 2024 Southport move closer to safety with 1-0 win at Banbury A Marcus Carver goal gives Southport all three points at Banbury. Report later
Business 9 Mar 2024 Sudden closure of popular Hightown Pub A message on the Pubs Facebook page said... It’s with a heavy heart we send this message today. With the current climate of the ho…
Transport 9 Mar 2024 No Merseyrail trains from Southport on Sunday Due to planned engineering work being undertaken by Network Rail, on Sunday 10 March, there will be a rail replacement bus service…
Crime 9 Mar 2024 Police issue advice ahead of Liverpool v Manchester City match Merseyside Police is working with Liverpool FC and Manchester City ahead of their Premier League match at Anfield this coming Sund…
Other 8 Mar 2024 The Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle Set for Spring Demolition The demolition of parts of a 1960s shopping centre will start later in the spring.Sections of The Strand in Bootle will be knocked…
Transport 8 Mar 2024 Liverpool Central station celebrates 150 years of public transport service Liverpool Central station, which serves both the Wirral and Northern lines on the Merseyrail network, is celebrating its 150th bir…
Crime 8 Mar 2024 Man given suspended sentence after drugs found in vehicle in Banks Whilst out on patrol in January 2022, officers from the South Rural Task Force have requested a Volkswagen Golf to stop on Southpo…
Crime 8 Mar 2024 Police incident Broome Close, Southport Officers from Merseyside police are searching a property in Broome Close, Southport today. The officers arrived this morning and h…
Health 8 Mar 2024 New Survey Highlights Sexual Harassment Faced by NHS Workers NHS staff report record levels of discrimination from the public. Frontline NHS staff are facing record levels of discrimination f…
Environment 8 Mar 2024 Three males arrested after being caught hare coursing South Rural Task Force, supported by our local farming community, have today detained three males believed to be hare coursing in …
Other 7 Mar 2024 A large piece of stone gutter falls from old BHS building into Corporation Street A large section of stone guttering has fallen from the old BHS building in Corporation Street at the rear of the Town Hall. Corpor…
Crime 7 Mar 2024 Images released of suspected stolen jewellery Detectives from our Operation Castle burglary team have issued photographs of suspected stolen jewellery in a bid to reunite it wi…
What's On 7 Mar 2024 WWT Martin Mere Unveils Exciting Spring Line-up Looking for something to do this Spring? WWT Martin Mere, Burscough, has a line-up of exciting events and activities so that you c…
Environment 7 Mar 2024 Update on ploughed fields in Lunt A spokesperson for Sefton Council said: “Earlier this year, it was announced that the Council has agreed to sell 78 hectares of di…
Crime 7 Mar 2024 New measures to tackle business crime roll out on Safer Business Action Day Today (Thursday 7 March), the region’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Emily Spurrell, officers from Merseyside Police and bu…
Business 7 Mar 2024 Southport Businesses Invited to Attend Free Cyber Security Workshop InvestSefton is inviting the Borough’s businesses to a Cyber Security Workshop at the Lake House Crosby, between 10 am and 2pm on …
Politics 6 Mar 2024 Southport MP comments on the latest budget Today, the Chancellor announced the latest ‘Budget for Growth.’It’s clear to see that our plan is working - with inflation falling…
Sport 6 Mar 2024 Banbury vs Southport: Can The Sandgrounders Continue Their Winning Streak? Southport take to the road again on Saturday with a trip down the M6/M40 to Banbury United. Kick Off is at 3pm It will be only our…
