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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."
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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
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