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Southport Halloween Parties and Maze's
SOUTHPORT
has been taken over by Spooky Southport, a series of Southport BID events
that are Halloween related. We popped over to take a look at the Maze, on
Thursday, 25 October 2018. We also visited on Saturday, 27 October, 2 of
Southport's Bars, both Sacrebleu and the Bar Tiger, to...
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New Zonal Engagement and Observations
for Patients with Dementia
HEALTH professionals from Lancashire
Care NHS Foundation Trust have successfully implemented a new observation system
for patients with dementia in order to enhance patient experience. Dementia
patients at the Trust can now benefit from a new and improved observation system
which will reduce levels of challenging ...
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Landlords warned over changes to law
when seeking possession of property
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A legal expert is reminding landlords
that new rules are now in Force placing additional requirements on them when
serving an eviction notice to tenants. 'Section 21 Notices,' also known
as eviction notices, allow landlords to obtain vacant possession of their
property; bringing a tenancy...
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Domino's delivers slice of fresh pizza
to people of Southport
THE nation's favourite pizza, Domino's, has
just opened its doors to a new store on Cambridge Road, Southport, on Monday, 22
October 2018, delivering new employment opportunities to the local community. In
addition to delivering yummy pizza, Domino's will be serving up 25 local
positions including:- pizza makers, customer service colleagues and delivery
drivers, offering a...
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Southport Hesketh Round Table Charity Fireworks and Bonfire
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THE
Southport Hesketh Round Table Charity Fireworks and Bonfire
has been a well loved friendly event, held every year, in Southport, held on
Victoria Park, but sadly this year the event has been cancelled. Southport Hesketh Round Table 1199 (SHRT1199)
in a statement have said that:- "Unfortunately this year we have made the
very difficult decision not to go ahead with our Charity Fireworks and
Bonfire..."
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Lights, Entertainment, Choirs - And ONE
Impressive Festive Street Party
A giant light spectacular will take
over Chavasse Park at Liverpool ONE as the City officially marks the start of
Christmas. Polaris; Dare to Dream is launching on 16 November and has
been developed especially for the City's Christmas celebrations by artist, Mark
Robinson. Mark said:- "Every time people visit, whether it..."
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St Teresa's champions Mental Health and
Well being for Infants
BIRKDALE'S Teresa's School are
prioritising the mental health and wellbeing of their children with a series of
innovative and exciting new programmes, the majority of which are completely
free and available to all age groups.
This term teachers and children have been trained in the Massage in Schools
Programme, learning 3 new massage techniques...
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Business partnership awards
for 2 Liverpool Hospitals
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LIVERPOOL Women's Hospital and The
Walton Centre have been named as winners at this year's NHS in the North
Excellence in Supply Awards. The awards recognise the work of businesses, 3rd
sector bodies...
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Deputy Police Commissioner
supports call for stronger action to tackle domestic abuse
CALLS for the Government to strengthen
its forthcoming bill on domestic abuse, provide enhanced funding for refuges and
create a new stalkers register have been supported by Merseyside's Deputy Police
Commissioner.
Cllr Emily Spurrell has welcomed the release of a Home Affairs Committee...
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'Liverpool Dream' Part 5 -
Giant 360º Photos
THIS
is the final part of the event coverage, our 360' photos are now online.
We will add more videos to YouTube in the next few weeks, but please enjoy the
last of our photographic reports from this amazing event. Also if you
would like to see the other images, please use these links.
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Part 4. Please note that the link below
is to our 360º section and will open up within a new window. This is to allow the
app to work
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Merseyside Care Home Enjoys Success in
CQC Report
HC One's Dale Park Home in Southport,
Merseyside is celebrating having received a glowing report from the Care Quality
Commission (CQC.) The team at Dale Park were delighted to have received an
impressive CQC report that rated the home as 'Good' in all areas,
demonstrating that the home is providing high standards of care for Residents,
demonstrating that the...
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Last call to sock it to homelessness in
Southport
YORKSHIRE Building Society colleagues
are making a last call for generous soles in Southport to sock it to
homelessness. The Society is running its month long Socktober appeal, until
Wednesday, 31 October 2018, as part of the Society's charity partnership with End Youth
Homelessness (EYH.) Donations of new pairs of socks, toiletries and interview clothes plus other
items such as:- woolly...
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Merseyside Police could lose further
300 Officers if Government pension bill pushed through
MERSEYSIDE'S Police Commissioner has
warned that proposed pension changes will "swing a wrecking ball"
through the Police budget and lead to the loss of a further 300 Officers, if
pushed through by the UK Government.
Jane Kennedy spoke out as she released a briefing to all Merseyside MPs on the
bleak outlook for Merseyside Police if the Government goes ahead with the
imposition of a new unfunded pension liability. It follows...
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Drivers spooked when driving
as the clocks go back around Halloween approaches
NEARLY ⅔ of drivers (61%) say
they'd rather take another form of transport than drive in the dark and almost
½ (44%) of UK drivers avoid driving in the dark.
Almost 1 in 10 (9%, or 3.6 million) drivers have been involved in an accident
due to driving in the dark. A further 11%, or 4.9 million, drivers know someone
who's been in a car accident as a result,..
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Alleyway improvements begin
OVER the last 6 weeks, there have been
workers conducting alleyway surface surveys to understand the condition of the
alleyways in County, Anfield and Kensington wards. In addition to these surveys, drainage
condition works have also been undertaken in County ward. To date Liverpool City
Council has camera surveyed and cleaned out over 1.5 miles of sewers to record
their...
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Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority sets out plans to fight "savage"
Government cuts and improve Firefighters' pay
AT a recent meeting, Merseyside Fire
and Rescue Authority (MFRA) set out its strategy for lobbying the Government to
obtain a better funding settlement for 2019/20. It comes in the face of shocking
cuts in central Government funding since 2010, which has seen MFRA Forced to
significantly reduce both staff numbers and the number of Fire Engines.
This has...
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Film Review:- "Johnny
English Strikes Again"
IF you have not seen this very timely
film, get to the flicks and take a look at it. The quintessential English actor
and comedian, Rowan Atkinson CBE, might be 63, but his films get better all the
time. Now Johnny English, Britain's most confident, yet unintelligent spy ever,
returns for a 3rd time, in the sequel:- "Johnny English Strikes Again."
This time, the film's plot develops around a PM facing a:- "Broken
Britain" and hell bent on looking good to the World's leaders...
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Steve Rotheram Launches Big Bus Debate
STEVE Rotheram, Metro Mayor of the
Liverpool City Region, will launch a public debate to find out what people in
the City Region think about the bus system. The Government is in the process of
devolving new powers over how our buses operate.
This public conversation will help inform how those powers are used to drive
through major improvements to the network and give greater control back to the
public sector...
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Sail to the Isle of Man with
the Steam Packet Company
IF you are on the lookout for an
unforgettable 2019 getaway, the Isle of Man could be the perfect retreat for
you. Situated right in the heart of the Irish Sea, and just a short ferry
journey from England, the Isle of Man has something to offer for all ages,
interests and lifestyles. From short breaks and romantic getaways to action
packed adventures. Isle of Man Steam Packet Company...
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This Halloween at Liver-GHOUL ONE…
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THINGS are set to get scary at Liverpool
ONE this October with a whole 'GHOST' of free events
and activities 'WITCH' will leave visitors well and
truly in the Halloween spirit. So, dust the cobwebs off your costume
and don't miss the high spirits.
With spook tacular treats and even a terrifying giant spider roaming
the streets, there is something for all the family to see at the
retail and leisure destination. Here is a list of the...
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Manchester Concert goers
Warned Against Ticket Re-sale Sites
TICKET buyers for the 'RAF in
Concert Tour,' which comes to an end at:- 'The Bridgewater Hall,'
on Wednesday, 31 October 2018, are being warned against purchasing from
secondary ticket websites.
Event organiser, the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises (RAFCTE) is
telling people to check the concert venue's official box...
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MOGWAI are to play live in
Liverpool's Eventim Olympia!
THE Glaswegian band:- 'Mogwai'
formed in 1995 and have had their work used by Leonardo DiCaprio in:-
'Before The Flood' nor forgetting projects including French TV series
Les Revenants... Als they worked with Atomic, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
Plus releasing a string of albums and EPs. Now you
can see them live along with special guests:- 'The Twilight
Sad,'
at Liverpool's...
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Mayor of Liverpool calls for a Royal Commission ahead of UK
Budget
AHEAD of Monday's Budget, on 29 October
2018, Joe Anderson, the Mayor of Liverpool, has suggested a Royal Commission to
ensure a:- "fair funding formula for local Council Services."
Mayor Anderson said:- "Councils have borne the brunt of a decade
of austerity, with many losing ˝ their funding, crippling
their ability to perform their roles and deliver vital
services. We need to create a system that responds to local
need and properly..."
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Flying the
Purple Flag
in Liverpool
LIVERPOOL will be taking part in the
official annual celebration of the Purple Flag programme, which recognises
excellence in the management of the evening and night time economy (ENTE) during
the whole month of October 2018. The 'after dark' economy is
worth an estimated ₤72bn annually to the UK, supporting thousands of businesses,
employing 4.5% of the UK workforce, and significantly contributing to local...
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Voting Opens as Our Health Heroes
Shortlist is Announced
A record number of healthcare workers
and employers who are going the extra mile have been shortlisted at the 3rd
annual:- 'Our Health Heroes' awards. Organised by:- Skills for Health, National Skills
Academy for Health and headline sponsor:- Health Education England, the awards
celebrate the unsung healthcare heroes from across the UK, including those
working in...
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Charity brings free Information Day to
Liverpool to support tinnitus sufferers in the North West
THE British Tinnitus Association are coming
to the North West bringing the next in their series of free Tinnitus Information
Days to Liverpool. With an estimated 150,000 people with tinnitus in Liverpool
and Merseyside, and with 15,000 of them finding tinnitus severely affects their
quality of life, the event is set to attract...
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1 in 2 people in the
North West couldn't name a single symptom of heart disease
AN online poll, conducted by YouGov, asked
British people to select which of the 12 symptoms of heart disease they were
aware of. The survey also asked if people undertook measures specifically to
improve heart health. The survey was supported by HeartFlow; a medical
technology company working with more than 20 NHS Hospitals to help...
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Child Poverty and Life
Chances Commission reveals troubling impact of Universal Credit on tenants
THE Liverpool City Region
Child Poverty and Life Chances Commission published troubling findings from the
Region's Housing Associations on the impact of Universal Credit. The
shocking findings have revealed that Housing Association tenants, on Universal
Credit, make up 21% of all...
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Residents urged to take care with
wheelie bins over Bonfire period
MERSEYSIDE Fire and Rescue
Service is urging residents to help prevent their household wheelie bins
becoming targets for arsonists over the Bonfire period. Arson attacks on wheelie
bins and refuse containers in the Merseyside area have nearly doubled in the
last three years around Bonfire night, with 80 incidents taking place over the
bonfire period last year, almost double the number of...
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Liverpool Crowned UK's Most
Dog Friendly City
DOG owners in Liverpool are in luck, as
the City has been crowned the UK's most dog friendly City, beating off close
competition from neighbour Manchester and capital City London. The
research, carried out by House My Dog, the online service that matches dog
owners with suitable, hand picked sitters and walkers, looked into various
factors within each City...
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'Risky Brits' as survey shows over
½ of the nation
knowingly void insurance
MORE than ½ of Brits have committed
offences that void their car or home insurance, according to new data from
leading price comparison website MoneySuperMarket, despite knowing it could
leave them unprotected in the event of an incident or burglary.
From letting others drive your car to leaving windows open in the...
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Community groups
awarded ₤45k to keep 8,500 young people safe over Autumn ½ Term
MORE than 8,500 young people will be
able to enjoy safe activities this Halloween and Bonfire Night, thanks to
funding raised by the Police from the sale of stolen goods. Merseyside's Police
Commissioner Jane Kennedy have announced that the 24 community projects that
will receive a share of funding from the Police Property Act (PPA) Fund which...
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Needles 'scarier than
ghosts' as Halloween poll highlights fears of insulin injections
INJECTING yourself with a needle is 3
times scarier than ghosts and more frightening than watching a Halloween horror
movie; according to a survey highlighting people's biggest fears. With
ghoulish goings on planned for the annual witching hour on 31 October 2018, the
poll looked at what brings people out in a cold ...
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Number of People Working
Night Shifts is up by 18,000 in 5 years, within the North West
AS the clocks go back to mark the
beginning of British Winter time, the TUC is urging greater protection for the
millions of UK workers who regularly work through the night. New analysis
published by the TUC shows that the number of people who work night shifts has
increased by 151,000 (5%) since 2013 to reach more than...
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