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Issue:- 20 December  2012

Midwives add some Sparkle to the Christmas arrivals for children's charity!

MIDWIVES and staff at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital will be getting into the Christmas spirit and bringing some festive cheer to the maternity wards on 23 December and Christmas Eve when they will all dress up in something Sparkly in order to raise money for Sparks, the leading children's medical research charity.

Local mother Heidi Ribchester, who is a midwife at the hospital has organised the special Sparkle for Sparks Christmas fundraising activities as her daughter Chloe was born prematurely weighing just 1lb 8.5oz after Heidi was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia.

Currently, the tests used to predict pre-eclampsia are not very accurate and Sparks is funding a project at St Mary's Hospital and The Hope Hospital Manchester that aims to develop a single, more accurate test to diagnose the condition. The earlier the condition is detected, the better the outlook for both mother and baby.

Heidi commented that:- "Seeing both sides of pre-eclampsia, as a mother and a midwife, makes me want to help raise awareness and help fundraise for this condition as well as others that affect women, babies and children. We are very luck to have Chloe with us and we know it is down to the research that is being undertaken into pregnancy and childhood conditions. Chloe is our miracle, and we are grateful everyday for research that was done in the past that helped us with our future."

Sparks funds life saving medical research into a range of conditions affecting the health of babies, children and mums-to-be and aims improve the quality of life for children and their families today, whilst finding better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent these conditions in the future. The charity's work has led to treatment breakthroughs being used by doctors all across the UK and the world.

Sparks local Regional Fundraiser Nia Williams comments:- "We are thrilled to have the staff on the maternity wards at Ormskirk Hospital supporting Sparkle for Sparks. Every parent wants their baby to arrive in the world healthy, yet sadly it doesn't always happen that way. The money raised will mean we can fund more life-saving research to help more babies be born healthy and stay healthy and help prevent the illness no parent expects."

For more information on Sparkle for Sparks, or Sparks charity, visit:- sparks.org.uk.

Ryanair give JLA an early Christmas present

RYANAIR has given Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) an early Christmas present by announcing a further commitment to their Liverpool operations with news that they are to add a new route to the Mediterranean island of Malta for Summer 2013. Flights will commence on 31 March 2013 at the beginning of the airline's Summer season, operating three times weekly on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Seats on Ryanair's new route from Liverpool to Malta will start from £37 and are on sale now at:- ryanair.com  Passengers in the North West now have even more choice with 40 destinations on sale from Liverpool with Ryanair. Today's news follows the ultra-low cost airline's announcement in the Autumn that they would be committing to more flights to their Liverpool network, adding services to Zadar (Croatia) and Lublin (Poland) for next Summer and increasing frequencies on a number of popular existing services. Malta is a popular holiday destination with sunny weather, attractive beaches, a thriving nightlife and 7,000 years of intriguing history and a route that the Airport expects will be popular with passengers across the region. Robin Tudor, Head of PR for Peel Airports added:- "It's great to see flights to Malta available once again from Liverpool. It's an island with tremendous history and culture and Ryanair's latest addition to their services from here will give the region's passengers more destinations to choose from at JLA with some great low fares to this Mediterranean destination."

Police GIVEN EXTRA POWERS TO CRACK DOWN ON YOUTH CRIME IN LITHERLAND

MERSEYSIDE Police in Litherland are cracking down on anti-social behaviour in the area by introducing a Section 30 'designated area' dispersal order where youths are not allowed to congregate.

The designated area covers Linacre Road from the disused railway line in the north (just beyond Lily Road) to the junction with Towcester Street in the south. Also included are the streets west of this part of Linacre Road, which are: Lily Road, Violet Road, Bryant Road, part of Akenside Street, part of Hornby Boulevard, and the whole of Longfield Road.

The designated area will run for 6 months; from 12 noon on Saturday, 21 December 2012 to 12 noon on 20 June 2013.

Police have taken these steps to help them combat anti social behavior, crime and disorder in the local area around Hornby Flats, which the Police and Sefton Council anti-social behavior team have been working together to tackle.

A 'designated area' is a specific area where Police officers and Police community support officers have extra powers to:-

Break up groups of 2 or more people not living in the designated area who are likely to cause or result in the public being intimidated, harassed, alarmed or distressed.

Take anyone under the age of 16 home if they are found unsupervised by an adult after 9pm.

Direct youths verbally not to return to the designated area within a 24 hour period.

Arrest anyone who ignores their instructions or who returns to the area within 24 hours having been ordered to leave.

Merseyside Police and Sefton Council are determined that this kind of anti-social behaviour will be reduced in a bid to protect and reassure residents who live locally. The order sends out a clear message that anti-social behaviour is not acceptable.

Superintendent Kevin Johnson from Sefton command team, said:- "The Police and the Sefton Council believe that this dispersal order is necessary and a reasonable and proportionate step in order to reduce levels of anti-social behavior in the area. It will give officers on the ground the powers they need to disperse trouble-makers and make the area a safer place for everyone"

New Year brings New airline and New route for JLA

SOCCER pundit Alan Hansen has called on football fans to support the Hillsborough families by buying a fundraising novel. The former Scotland and Liverpool player turned BBC commentator has also said he wants to see Dangerous Score; a football thriller written by Mike Bearcroft to benefit the Hillsborough Family Support Group; top the Sunday Times Bestseller List in 2013. Alan previously added his voice to the Justice Collective's recording of He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother; which is in the race for UK Christmas No. 1 and has been a strong supporter of the Group's fight for justice having attended funerals of victims of the 1989 disaster and visited the injured in hospital. Dangerous Score, which went on sale tin December 2012, has a footballer hero who is seeking justice for himself in the face of false accusations and the author, himself a former player, is contributing to the support group from his royalties. It tells the story of a rising young footballer whose life and career are threatened when he is linked with the mystery disappearance of a young woman and has to fight to clear his name when he is pilloried by media and fans alike.  "For me Christmas this year is all about a new beginning for the families of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster," families who have suffered such appalling injustice for so long and for whom a new ray of light is now at long last starting to shine. Recording the CD of He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother with a host of stars is one way in which I have been able to continue to support the Hillsborough Family Support Group; and giving Mike Bearcroft's thrilling book, Dangerous Score, as a Christmas present to my friends and relatives, is another." said Alan. Dangerous Score, published by Dynasty Press, is available via the Hillsborough Group's website  priced at £8.99. It is also available through the WHSmith, Amazon and Tesco websites and on Kindle.

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