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Have you been to Ei8hty? Click on to read on...    Books wanted for new exchange scheme    APPEAL FOR INFORMATION FOLLOWING A ROAD TRAFFIC COLLISION ON LULWORTH ROAD, SOUTHPORT    Costa brings Christmas Cheer to Liverpool    We mean business – hoola fitness that’s streets ahead    £12.8 MILLION BONUS FOR NEW HOMES IN MERSEYSIDE    Early Christmas Present for Liverpool as new Royal gets final sign off    Don't miss the Epstein Theatre Panto - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs    High Sheriff of Merseyside visits local children’s charity    Helping young people into construction jobs in Liverpool    Karen Potter Craven Minor JFL    BURGLARY PREVENTION ADVICE IN AND AROUND SEFTON    Davies backs former Belgian PM for EU leadership    One Ark brings a world of opportunities to Knowsley    Council to set three year budget saving £156 million    Fall in unemployment but more needs to be done    Fresh CCTV image released after South Parkway staff assault    Liverpool smuggler caught in Manchester who absconded now jailed    Formby Village Nativity 2013 - Photo Report    Dame Judi Dench fronts local disability charity’s Christmas Appeal    Southport Community gets behind Christmas Gift-giving Scheme    ROB AND JO GET OFF TO A ROYALLY GOOD START AT THE CROWN    Hampers help vulnerable in Knowsley to keep warm    Albert Dock in Liverpool to host The Masquerade Ball    Singing and Shopping at Sainsburys    Havin for Christmas and New Year is offering Southport a night to remember!    The nation’s hearing – has it all gone a bit Pete Tong?    SEFTON POLICE TO HELP CYCLISTS PUT BIKE THIEVES IN A NEW YEAR SPIN    CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY!    ECO COMICS STRIKES GOLD AWARD WITH GREEN APPROACH    NORTHERN RAISES MORE THAN £10,000 FOR MOVEMBER    Aaron Grange Care Home Residents give care to the homeless this Christmas    SOUTHPORT’S VULNERABLE REMINDED HELP IS AVAILABLE AS BIG FREEZE HITS    Christmas cheer for homeless    Contract for St Hilda’s school set to be awarded    Thousands of passengers look to get away for Christmas and the New Year via LJLA    Find out when Sean Connolly will be signing and wrapping books at Formby Books    Firefighters to strike over pensions in England and Wales on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve    New figures show cash boost for free childcare and Free School Meals    MEPs win victory for e-cigs    A has been charged following serious assault in Southport    CLA calls for sky lantern ban through stricter entertainment licences    HOME BARGAINS SEARCHES FOR BUDDING CHRISTMAS CARD DESIGNERS     2013-12-12 19:00:00 Original Cruisers Christmas Toy Run 2013! JCI Liverpool Honours Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Gary Millar Click on to read on...    Ofcom said in 2015 "freephone will mean free!"    Social Media campaign launched to raise awareness of city budget challenge    Help Us Make This Christmas Special For 100 Lonely Pensioners    New Royal will be one of the ‘greenest’ hospitals, saving around £1m in energy bills    GOVERNMENT PRESSING FOR WATERING DOWN OF EU MEASURES TO PROTECT WORKERS AGAINST EXPLOITATION    UBS Awards    "Rural economy recovers as last year’s pessimism fades" says CLA/Smiths Gore survey    6 ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BURGLARY FOLLOWING ATTACKS ON ATMS    Festive Shop Window Photos Wanted    Europe decides not to meddle    MERSEYSIDE FIRMS BENEFIT AS GOVERNMENT SETS OUT NEW SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES    West Lancashire Light Railway - Santa Specials Christmas Time Table    Latest figures show that 820 children in the North West face Christmas homeless this year    The Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Christmas CD    LITTLE GEORGE IS SPECIAL GUEST AT SANTA’S GROTTO RAISING MONEY FOR CLAIRE HOUSE    MARTINI LOUNGE TO RETURN TO LIVERPOOL’S ICONIC ST GEORGE’S HALL FOR VALENTINES SPECTACULAR    Autumn Statement keeps North West business costs down and helps high street    BOYZONE SUPERSTAR SHANE LYNCH VISITS BIRKENHEAD    Farnborough road junior choir singing in Sainsbury's    S.Sgt. Brian C Ogden, SB St. John - 1936 to 2013    Karen Potter Craven Minor JFL    The Costa Christmas Singers are Coming to Town    Planning for growth    Appeal after quad bike left in path of oncoming train at Hough Green    Letters to Editor:- "Australian Elite Visits Merseyside School"    Windmill Animal Farm - Father Christmas Events    Merseyside business networking event hailed a success    Patient choir casts out pain with carols    Liverpool health professionals leading the way with patient safety initiative    Regeneration Liverpool gets the go ahead for further development at NGV Liverpool    Liverpool’s Wonderland Market    TRIPLE MURDER ANNOUNCED AT ST GEORGES HALL!    Network Rail delivers 1st Phase of North West electrification    POLICE CHRISTMAS RETAIL INITIATIVE TO FOCUS ON SHOPLIFTERS    Everton Launch Search for International Tennis Stars    Liverpool schools remain top of the Ofsted class    GET ON BOARD WITH ARRIVA THIS CHRISTMAS    LIVERPOOL’S GIT AWARD ANNOUNCES 2014 JUDGING PANEL    LOCAL GIRLS NEEDS YOUR VOTE TO HELP HER BECOME THE NEXT MISS ENGLAND    Original Cruisers Christmas Toy Run - Photographic Coverage    E-FIT APPEAL FOLLOWING ASSAULT- CONEY CRESCENT, THORNTON     2013-12-05 20:45:38 Historic silverware to return to RAF Woodvale! Nelson Mandela has died    Churchtown Jingle Lights Festival Click on to read on...    Dale Street Shops to shine again    "Y.E.S.S" event is a Success    UK Businesses should be aware of 'company hijacking'    UKIP parental leave views are 'simple sexism'    Liverpool City Council - Book of condolence for victims of Glasgow helicopter tragedy opens at Town Hall    Sainsbury's Southport are on the lookout for local carol singing groups this Christmas    Karen Potter Craven Minor JFL    TATE LIVERPOOL EXHIBITIONS and EVENT LISTINGS DECEMBER 2013 ONWARDS    Cambridge Ward Conservative Councillor Surgeries    Letters to Editor:- "Ask LOVEFiLM to put deaf movie lovers in the picture this Christmas"    1st Liverpool Fashion & Lifestyle Event is a huge success    Smiles All Around as Liverpool Student Wins Dental Skills Competition Heat    Early help for families in Liverpool    40% OF TENANTS HAVE TO BORROW TO PAY TENANCY DEPOSITS    OFT seeks views on scope of study into the residential leasehold property management market    New move for Stanley Street Quarter    Christmas Market in Birkdale Village    £15M START UP NOW FUND TO CREATE 5,000 JOBS    CHRISTMAS DRINK AND DRUG DRIVE CAMPAIGN - DECEMBER 2013    4 sentenced for money laundering    EEF North West comment on National Infrastructure Plan    Coalition's green levy 'roll back' threatens to worsen excess winter deaths problem    A Happy Handy Christmas!    Liverpool Santa Dash 2013    MERSEYSIDE POLICE RUNS TO REMEMBER    They came, they drummed and they conquered!    Make sure your disabled child doesn't miss out on festive fun    TRADING STANDARDS NORTH WEST HAILS USED CAR CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS!    ATG AND 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT IN NEW PANTOMIME SPONSORSHIP DEAL    Auditions for National Singing Competition TeenStar 2014    Fraudsters Threaten Air Ambulance Donations    EU demands more miles to the gallon