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Take Note!     2012-12-20 18:48:57 The CTF Annual Village Nativity Play - 2012 SANTA CAM 2012    2012 Britons refuse to be Scrooges this Christmas    CTFAH Annual Village Nativity Play Photograpic Coverage    CCTV APPEAL AFTER SERIOUS ASSAULT IN KAHIKI BAR, WAVERLEY STREET, SOUTHPORT    CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR KIDS IN BOOTLE    LOCAL HEALTH SCHEME TURNS UP THE HEAT FOR CHARITY    Business lobby group urges local Councils to help small business by scrapping car parking charges    Work begins at Edge Lane Retail Park    Urgent Appeal To Find Missing Man From Stroud    New Year brings New airline and New route for JLA    Local family's 'Christmas Charity Shop' raises money for local cancer care facilities    Midwives add some Sparkle to the Christmas arrivals for children's charity    CRIME PREVENTION ADVICE FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON    Karen Potter Craven Minor JFL    ROK Books To Publish Angie McCartney's Memoir 'My Long And Winding Road'    Hillsborough developments - statement from Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson    TV SOCCER PUNDIT CALLS ON READERS TO SUPPORT HILLSBOROUGH FAMILIES    Maritime Volunteers rewarded    SAMARITANS SURVEY - NORTH WEST WORRIES ARE GROWING    Forum Economic Forecast - weak growth and fragile recovery to continue in 2013    EXAMINE your options before using Accident and Emergency    A statement from Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson on the 'Local government settlement'    Santa Takes A Break… By Playing 5 a side Football!    Child sexual abuse helpline at its busiest after 10 years    Machine Games Duty registration deadline looms    Flight stewardess fined for smuggling cigarettes    LITTLE ELLEN IS FIRST EVER MERSEYSIDE ELF CHAMPION    Steve Gribbin & Co wipe away those January blues with Laughterhouse Comedy    Ryanair give JLA an early Christmas present    Southport Weekender 49 sells out!    Psychic Parties hit the road and available in Merseyside    Triumph for Southport MEP    Liverpool Christmas Market 2012    Children's Christmas Party - Liverpool    Police GIVEN EXTRA POWERS TO CRACK DOWN ON YOUTH CRIME IN LITHERLAND    CHRISTMAS CHEER AT HAYDOCK PARK AHEAD OF THE LAST FLING OF 2012    CAST OF CINDERELLA FROM THE EMPIRE THEATRE VISIT KIDS AT ALDER HEY HOSPITAL    Win a pair of tickets for "The Classic Rock Show" - week 2.     2012-12-13 20:20:35 Dickensian Day Formby 2012 Win a pair of tickets for "The Classic Rock Show"    Carbon cuts pay off    Winter Arts Market - A Handmade Wonderland    The Royal is taking to Twitter to highlight the work of A&E staff    Last chance for Southport poem to represent Merseyside    City gears up for new cycle hire scheme    Christmas jobs bonanza at the Grange and Pyramids    Eurosceptics put North West's creativity and growth at risk    Southport Weekender has Barely 100 places left! Last chance to book...!!!    Census gives insights into characteristics of the North West's population    SUCCESS FOR 2 PUPILS IN NORTH WEST SCHOOLS SCIENCE 'X-FACTOR'    Mayor and Bishop to host cuts summit    To beard or not to beard?    MERRY CHRISTMAS AT ALBERT DOCK    'Footsteps of Giants' book 'running' off shelves    FREE FESTIVE SCREEN SAVERS    A&E care scores highly in national patient survey    Merseyside Santa Cam 2012    Twitter Trends Come To Liverpool    Boost for disabled sports    Christmas Costs the Average Student £161    EU boost for Southport businesses    Flight stewardess sentenced for smuggling cigarettes    Governments across the world must wake up to the cost of longevity argues UK think tank    NORTHWEST LINK TO SHROPSHIRE CASH POINT ROBBERY    NHS Diabetes responds to national report on mortality and complications of diabetes    Karen Potter Craven Minor JFL    'Father Christmas Needs a Wee' book signing!    Liverpool's great and good join the fundraising festivities at the Royal's Christmas Carol Concert    Women Want Car Accessories and Men Want Beauty Products    Free Christmas Day transport    Ferns, Fairies and Fairy Lights in the Fernery    LOST MEDICATION - MAGHULL    GIVE THE CHRISTMAS GIFT CHILDREN REALLY WANT MONEY    Local Labour Euro MP votes to increase animal welfare by limiting animal transport journeys    Rail Operator Celebrates Birthday with iPhone app launch    THE 10 BEST SELLING ROCK ALBUMS OF ALL TIME… LIVE!    Child Benefit change - one month to go    Train fares have risen nearly 3 times faster than wages since the recession    Light spectacular for L8    'Big 6 officials should taken out and shot over rising costs, missed efficiencies'    Dickensian Day Formby     Charity Cake & Book Sale in Lord Street Store!    Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell Moore has died     2012-12-06 16:46:41 Formby Lights Switch On - 2012 Ferns, Fairies and Fairylights "In the Fernery"    Council sets sights on empty homes hit-list    Formby's Rotary Club's Carol Wagon 2012!    CLA welcomes Chancellor's increase of Annual Investment Allowance for machinery    Roberta Lee Is Back    Centre for excluded pupils praised    World darts champion aims to take on shoppers in Birkenhead    'Break the Bag Habit' coalition say Prime Minister's 'softly softly' approach hasn't cut it; legislate now!    Physiotherapists urge caution to prevent Christmas being ruined    Microwave tobacco smuggling ring smashed    The business of survival    Karen Potter Craven Minor JFL    North West tax cheats must pay back over £1m    Registration call for Self Assessment newcomers    Woodland drop-in session for Sefton residents    A Southport Hotel gets all wrapped for Christmas!    Landlords invited to dip in the Pool    Rise in the number of young people contacting ChildLine about self harm and suicide    Formby Old Book - Moon Bear Night...    Young people in Liverpool prepared for a rewarding career in construction    HAVE YOURSELF A HOFFY LITTLE CHRISTMAS    Dickensian lecture at Formby Pool    Will You Send Christmas Texts Rather Than Cards This Year?    3rd phase of housing to commence at Norris Green    Thousands of Santa's Dashed to Liverpool for the UK's largest festive fun run    NWAS LAUNCH 'DECK THE WALL WITH STAFF FROM NWAS' ON FACEBOOK    48 YEAR OLD MURDERED IN AINTREE    MORE COMMENTS ON UK'S AUTUMN STATEMENT    CLA welcomes supermarket ombudsman with 'bite' but sounds note of caution    Have a Canine Partners Christmas    LIVERPOOL - CITY LIFE CAPTURED IN DIGITAL PORTRAIT    Formby Lights Switch On - Photos    Still time to give a child a magical Christmas with the NSPCC's Letter from Santa    A brand new musical for Liverpool - "Heart & Soul"    The Forum of Private Business reacts to the Autumn Statement    STAY AWAY FROM THE FESTIVE SPIRIT IF YOU ARE THINKING OF DRIVING THIS CHRISTMAS    MOVEMBER SUCCESS FOR SHOPPING CENTRE SECURITY TEAM    LIVERPOOL EMPIRE OFFERS SNEAK-PEEK PANTO TREAT AS PART OF FREE FAMILY FUN DAY    Funding brings a warm glow    SOUTHPORT WEEKENDER 49 LINE UP OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT UPDATE!    WRITE YOURSELF INTO THIS HEROIC NEW BOOK    Christmas Concert    Southport SJA Christmas Fair