Weekly News Edition
Publication Date:- 2018-31-03

Formby's Walk of Witness and Passion Play  2018 THE Churches Together in Formby, Altcar and Hightown have again delivered a very interesting Passion Play that followed on from an extremely well attended Walk of Witness. The Good Friday Walk of Witness has been held since the... Click on to read this report.... Please select more news reports below... Some selected pages might contain multiple reports on them... LJLA forecasting 10% increase in Easter passenger numbers as Summer season gets under way LIVERPOOL John Lennon Airport (LJLA) is expecting the 1st Bank Holiday weekend of 2018 to be particularly busy with passenger numbers set to be around 10% higher than in 2017, as... Click on to read ... MARSM and Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) present boundary breaking Lekhfa at the Invisible Wind Factory LIVERPOOL Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) has partnered with events company MARSM to bring a boundary breaking concert by Lekhfa to the Invisible Wind Factory Substation, on Tuesday, 24 April 2018... Click on to read ... Win tickets to the Liverpool Spring Festival 2018 FANCY a fun filled family day out? We have 5 family passes for Liverpool Spring Festival to give away. The family friendly festival, which features a whole raft of exciting activities, is set to take place in the City's leafy Sefton Park, from 28 April to 29 April 2018...   Click on to read ... Milestone reached in CLA campaign for universal broadband A watershed moment in the CLA's long running campaign to end the digital discrimination against rural homes and businesses has been reached after a law enacting a legal obligation to deliver universal broadband of at least 10 megabits per second (Mbps) by the end of 2020, was laid in Parliament, on 28 March 2018... Click on to read ... The Mersey Beatles Announce Lytham Festival 2018 ON Monday, 16 July 2018, the world's most successful musical theatre group Collabro will perform on the Pavilion Stage at Lowther Pavilion. Their last Lytham Festival performance saw them close last year's event with the hugely successful West End Proms show.  On Tuesday, 17 July 2018, The Mersey Beatles... Click on to read ... Danish students visit National Grid Gasholder sites in Liverpool 3 Danish urban design students have discovered the nation's industrial heritage during a visit to Liverpool to see some of National Grid's Gasholders. National Grid is undertaking a nationwide programme to dismantle Gasholders, as they... Click on to read ... HGV cab's final patrol after catching over 5,000 careless drivers AN unmarked HGV cab is taking to the road for the final time after catching over 5,000 careless drivers in the past 3 years. The cab has travelled 99,000 miles on Motorways and Major A-Roads since the safety initiative began, spotting an average of 1 driving offence every 16 miles... Click on to read ... The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre celebrates its 60th Birthday THE Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, on 28 March 2018, have celebrated 60 years of caring for people with cancer. Staff at the Hospital, on the Wirral, as well as at Trust Centres in Aintree, Liverpool and Chemotherapy Clinics in the Region, celebrated... Click on to read ... North West Business Owners Fear the Rise In Minimum Wage and Present State Of British Economy NORTH West business owners started preparing to take another hit to their profits, as the UK national minimum wage, on 1 April 2018, a study revealed a worrying outlook for our economy... Click on to read this report.... Lost Photos help Clatterbridge Cancer Centre to celebrate its achievements A doctor has told how he uncovered a treasure trove of photographs of The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, by chance while bidding in an online auction for travel pictures. Chris Studds, a GP in Cheshire, discovered... Click on to read ... Flytipper punished for dumping rubbish 34 year old, Bed Dwyer, from the Liverpool, pleaded guilty, at Liverpool Magistrates Court, to 6 counts of flytipping. He was found to have repeatedly dumped household and business waste, in Liverpool, has been given a 4 month suspended jail sentence and ordered to carry out... Click on to read ... Stonewater completes major homes transfer in Southport AN official handover has marked the transfer of 147 social rented homes in Southport by social housing provider Stonewater to Places for People Homes, the property and neighbourhood management arm of place making group Places for People... Click on to read ... Gary Delaney returns to the road with another onslaught THE 1 and only Gary Delaney returns to the road with another onslaught of lean, expertly crafted gaggery in new tour called:- 'Gagster's Paradise.' Wisecracking Gary and his infectious charm are renowned in the business for... Click on to read ... Eggs for the CHICS BIG hearted Liverpool City Council workers will make Easter 'eggstra' special for children across the City thanks to a cracking charity campaign. Over the past few weeks hundreds of staff members have been laying eggs in special collection areas across a number of Council buildings in readiness for the Easter celebrations. City Council Charity Champion... Click on to read ... Southport golf club's hole in 1 for cancer research fundraising drive GOLFERS from Southport's Hillside Golf Club have raised ₤11,000 to support life saving cancer research after a year long fundraising drive. The club selected North West Cancer Research, as its charity of the year and has spent the last 12 months organising a calendar... Click on to read ... Spring clean for area's Motorways THE Highways England joined forces with Keep Britain Tidy and have been taking part in its 'Great British Spring Clean' with the M61 and M602 in Greater Manchester and M6 in Lancashire being targeted as part of the campaign. Around 200,000 bags of litter are collected every... Click on to read ... Edge Hill University and Tate Liverpool explore new education and community engagement approaches EDGE Hill University is collaborating with Tate Liverpool on an innovative education and community research project... Click on to read ... Liverpool Pride Festival returns for its 9th consecutive and will still be free THE region's established annual celebration of all things LGBTQ+ will again take place across 2 days, Saturday, 28 July 2018 and Sunday, 29 July 2018. The location will be revealed soon. Liverpool Pride has grown to... Click on to read ... Liverpool ½ Marathon YOU can hear the faint sounds envelop the runners and their last minute conversations, 15 minutes until the horn sounds and the runners start the 25th Vitality ½ marathon. The atmosphere is electric. The inaugural vitality BTR Liverpool ½ and... Click on to read ... Young people's performance supports rough sleepers STUDENTS have taken over the City Centre in a dramatic show of support for Liverpool's 'forgotten people.'  Young dancers and actors from The City of Liverpool College converged, on... Click on to read ... Black Men Walking tour culminates in Liverpool after selling out venues nationwide ECLIPSE Theatre ends its UK tour of 'Black Men Walking' at Unity Theatre in Liverpool, from Thursday, 26 April to Saturday, 28 April 2018, having sold out many venues across the UK. It is the 1st work to be staged as part of the company's... Click on to read ... Heatons Bridge Inn, Burscough, to host annual military vehicles and equipment display HEATONS Bridge Inn, at Burscough, has become established, (courtesy of proprietors Steve and Jacqui Winrow), as the host to ½ yearly events at which a range of military vehicles and equipment are gathered together and displayed by the enthusiasts who restore and maintain them.... Click on to read this report.... Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein live in Stafford THE Redrum Bar, Stafford, is a relatively new live music venue in the Town Centre. Since opening they've played host to a number of bigger rock and metal bands that would usually... Click on to read ... Southport Bikers carry out annual 'Easter Egg Run' THE Original Cruisers held the club's annual Charity Easter Egg Run to Springbrook Children's, on Palm Sunday, 25 March 2018. Despite the very sunny and surprisingly warm... Click on to read ... Croxteth Hall to host  1st ever CBBC Summer Social LIVERPOOL City Council are collaborating with the BBC to put on a brand new, large scale children’s and family festival which will be the 1st of its kind in the UK.  The event... Click on to read ... Supercars of the Northwest, Southport Event ON Sunday, 25 March 2018, Victoria Park, in Southport, played host to a Supercars of the Northwest event. Despite the weather forecasters saying it would be wet or even... Click on to read ... RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch results reveal a golden year for the goldfinch in Merseyside THE latest results from the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch have revealed a golden year for the goldfinch along with a number of other small birds after a surge in sightings in gardens... Click on to read ... Knowsley Community College Highlighted as the Best in Liverpool for Pass Rates THE newly published National Achievement Rate Tables has reveal that for the 2nd year running, Knowsley Community College is the 'Best Further Education College' in Liverpool, for best overall vocational pass rates... Click on to read ... Letter to the Editor:- "The Garfield Weston Foundation" "DEAR Editor, as 1 of the UK's largest charitable funders we want to highlight the amazing work that is being carried out by many small community organisations and charities in the Southport area. However many of the vital..." Click on to read ... Are community co-operative pubs the answer to widespread closures? IS your local pub calling last orders? Does your Village no longer have a central place to meet now that the only watering hole has shut up shop; unable to make ends meet? Setting up your own community co-operative pub... Click on to read ... Tesco offers more surplus food to community groups in Southport CHARITIES and community groups in Southport are being invited to sign up to receive surplus food from their local Tesco store. Across the UK the supermarket distributes hundreds of thousands of meals to good... Click on to read ... More Hope for Rough Sleepers LIVERPOOL City Council has unveiled plans to help rough sleepers all year round by transforming its temporary night shelter into a full time facility. Last November, the City Council and its partners opened Labre House, on Camden Street, as a temporary winter... Click on to read ... 2nd Public Speaking Club Meeting to be held in Liverpool THE SA Speakers, who are a new local public speaking club, will be hosting a meeting, on 16 April 2018, at the Racquet Club, located within the Hargreaves Buildings, on Chapel Street, Liverpool (L3 9AG.) The meeting will beginning at:- 7:15pm, the meeting will give those attending a... Click on to read ... Get your Army Cadet Youth Band Concert tickets THE National Army Cadet Youth Band will be holding a 'Band Concert' at Ince Blundell Village Hall (L38 6JQ) on Wednesday, 4 April 2018. The event will start at 7:30pm and tickets can be obtained via Formby Home or the Hightown Village Store... Click on to read ...   Leo's Bar, Southport are looking for Pool Team Members, so if interested. pop over and apply within. ...ADVERT...   Happy Easter to all our readers! Let us know what you got up to over Easter via emailing us at:- News24@SouthportReporter.Com. 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