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Spookport Film Festival
helps launch Southport's new Cinema
HEADS up, Southport has a new Cinema
opening on Saturday, 19 October 2019. Sadly tickets are sold out for the opening
night, but we can announce that we they are holding a series of events for
Spookport this year. The Spookport Film Festival at...
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Ask the Local Expert - Southport's Felicity Hat Hire Owner
Helen Takes The Hot Seat!
...Please note that this
is a sponsored feature....
WE have had a fantastic response to our new "Ask
the Local Expert" section and can reveal that Megafauna, on Wesley
Street, will be the next to be...
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St. Joseph's Hospice shows just what it
takes to provide end of life care as Hospice Care Week gets underway
44 Nurses and healthcare assistants, 13
Cleaners, laundry and kitchen staff, 2 Doctors, one pharmacy technician, a
5 strong fundraising team, 200 volunteers...
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Openreach chooses Lancashire
villages for new rural broadband trial
SOME of the fastest and most reliable
broadband in the UK is heading to the villages of Hesketh Bank and Parbold,
after they were named as 2 of 13 rural communities to benefit from a new
broadband trial. Openreac...
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Award winning mental health
website gets modern makeover
A nationally recognised Child and
Adolescent Mental Health website; that
was created for young people by young people;
has been refreshed and re-launched in time for this year's...
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Local MP honours local stars of the NHS
THE MP for Birkenhead has visited a
local NHS Trust to pay tribute to some of the stars of our National Health
Service. A special presentation at the Birch Centre, in Birkenhead, has recently saw
the Rt Hon Frank Field MP present NHS Parliamentary Awards...
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PCC to harness power of sport to help
tackle serious violence
MERSEYSIDE'S Police Commissioner is
uniting with sporting organisations and football legends to host a major
conference examining how the sports sector can help to prevent violent crime.
Jane Kennedy is working...
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Co-Op serves up new look Ainsdale store
following ₤1M investment
THE Co-op on Thursday, 10 October 2019 has served up a
new look food store in Ainsdale following a ₤1.2 Million, 8 week, programme of
works. Located in Station Road, the store; which has now been re-launched runs...
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Hugh Baird College apprentice
shortlisted for a national healthcare award
A Hugh Baird College and Aintree
University Hospital apprentice has been shortlisted for the national:- '2019 Our
Health Heroes Clinical Support Worker of the Year Award.' Olivia Gillon,
18, is...
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Letters to the Editor:-
"Flooding due to
blocked road drains"
"HOW many people have seen Sefton Council out cleaning
drains? When I was a kid, we could see them doing drain cleaning throughout
the year. Pumping each small grate drain covered, at the edge of our local
roads, opening them up and removing letter and leaves, but now this is a
very seldom sight. Sadly this now rarely seen activity is leading to growing
problems..."
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Edge Hill academics support men's
mental health programme
EDGE Hill University academics have
helped a sporting charity secure funding to extend a successful mental health
programme for men. The University's sport and mental Health Research Team were...
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Work to start on Mandela memorial by
the end of the year
WORK is to start by the end of the year
installing a memorial and bridge in a Liverpool park, dedicated to the memory of
Nelson Mandela. The Princes Park scheme includes a new:- 'Freedom Bridge,'
pavilion and 32 cylindrical stoneworks inscribed...
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Proceeds of crime set to keep 11,000 young people safe this Halloween
MORE than 11,000 young people will
enjoy safe, organised activities this Halloween and Bonfire Night, thanks to
funding raised by...
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Biology students get chance to take learning to new heights
2ND year biology students at Edge
Hill University will have the chance to discover new species of plants in a
revolutionary new tree climbing module that will enable them to shape the future
of science...
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Biology students get chance to take learning to new heights
2ND year biology students at Edge
Hill University will have the chance to discover new species of plants in a
revolutionary new tree climbing module that will enable them to shape the future
of science...
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Merseyside Police set up a Dispersal Zone in Formby
MERSEYSIDE Police Officers have been setting up a Dispersal Zone within
Formby following reports of anti social behaviour associated with the use of
fireworks and making fires in the area. The Dispersal Zone has been authorised
until 1am, on Monday...
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Police Commissioner unites with Region's football clubs to spread anti hate
message
MERSEYSIDE Police Commissioner has
united with the Region's football clubs to promote:- 'National Hate Crime
Awareness Week' and encourage victims... .
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Everton Football Club back NSPCC campaign
THE charity is encouraging parents to become more informed about their
children's sports during Parents in Sport Week 2019; an event which celebrates
positive parental involvement in youth sport.
Julie Lloyd, Head of Safeguarding at Everton Football Club...
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Dozens of children in Merseyside need loving homes
THE regional adoption agency for Merseyside has revealed it needs to find
parents for 50 children. The figures from AiM (Adoption in Merseyside) which
recruits for Local Authorities in Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton and Wirral....
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National award winning nursing graduates presented with Edge Hill trophy
3 recently qualified Edge Hill University Learning Disability Nurses were presented with trophies to recognise their innovative
contribution...
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MIND THE GAP!
THE dramatic removal of Liverpool's Churchill Way
flyovers enters a new phase with the removal of a key central section. The
mammoth 70 foot long concrete span, weighing close to 600 tonnes, sits 50 feet
above Byrom Street and the traffic using the nearby Birkenhead (Queensway)
Tunnel. Before...
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Christmas chaos set to hit as a new wave of industrial
action set to hit festive shoppers
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IT was hoped that the Rail and Maritime
Transport workers union (RMT) row that is focused on the role of Merseyrail
Guards on the new trains was over and the strike action had ended. Sadly, on...
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The Great Dane entertained guests with stories from his
football career
LFC legend Jan Molby was the guest speaker at a
charity fund raising event held by Chester businessman Rob Lloyd, within the
Village Hotel Chester. The 150 guests had been raising funds...
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Surveys start for controversial
Merseyside bypass in Sefton
THE Port of Liverpool is already the
busiest port in the North West and the amount of freight travelling through it
is expected to grow significantly over the next few years. The proposed bypass
through a section of Rimrose Valley park would connect Princess Way, at the Port
of Liverpool to the motorway network, at Switch Island. On paper, this all
sounds good, but in reality, this very controversial road scheme to serve the
Port of Liverpool has entered a new phase. Highways England has told the media
that they are now conducting a...
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Would turbo charging Devolution will ignite North West's economy?
DEVOLUTION across England has stalled over recent years. Building upon
recent momentum including speeches by the Prime Minister concerning the need
to:- 'level up' places across the UK, the Confederation of British
Industry (CBI) have outlined 3 steps needed to kick start Devolution and
maximise the potential of all English Regions. Despite some attempts, the UK's
productivity puzzle remains and tackling it requires bold and sustained action.
The UK lags international...
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Parents in the are failing
to face their worst fears
PARENTS in the North West are being urged to:-
"face their worst fears to help protect their children" after a survey
revealed 65% of them have not written a will. A poll by Will Aid, a national
will writing campaign, found that nationally 52% of mums and dads with children
under 18 had not assigned legal guardians for them by preparing this vital piece
of paperwork; while Regionally the picture looked even bleaker.
Claire Jackson from Butcher & Barlow in Leigh said:- "It's very easy to
bury your head in the sand to..."
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1st new train for the Merseyrail
network heads for test track testing
ANOTHER key manufacturing milestone has
been met in the build of the new trains for the Merseyrail network. The 1st
new train has been making its way to a test track in Germany for dynamic
testing, following successful static testing and 'sign off' at Stadler's factory
on 2 October 2019. This will see the train travel up to speeds of 75 mph,
with all dynamic aspects such as braking point and electromagnetic radiation
thoroughly tested. Most of the testing is being undertaken at an established
railway testing...
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Liverpool City Centre support project is helping people off the streets
A pioneering project that is helping to
reduce the number of rough sleepers, street drinkers and people begging in
Liverpool City Centre has been given the green light for another year. In its
1st year of operation, the Liverpool Street Lifestyles Pilot (SLP) has supported
almost 40 people to achieve some very positive outcomes; reducing their rough
sleeping by 80%, cut begging by 60 % and street drinking by 79%.
In 12 months the SLP has worked with 39 people who were rough sleeping, drinking
and...
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