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UK Hot Cars Warm Up Meet
ON 9 February 2020, the local car club UK Hot Cars
held the 1st of the 2020, Southport Marine Lake meetings on the side of the
Marine Lake. Despite the storm, which meant it was not quite the 'Warm Up
Meet' they had planned. However, despite the chill in the air, it was...
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Year of Reading speeds up
with Quick Reads
Liverpool'S Central Library will welcome 3
best selling Authors through its doors, later this month, to kick start a national
campaign. The Reading Agency launches its Quick Reads initiative in the City, on
Tuesday, 18 February 2020, and 3 of the featured Authors, Milly Johnson, A A Dhand and
Clare Mackintosh, will be taking part in a free public panel discussion.
Karen Napier, Chief Executive...
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New Brake competition
encourages North West young film makers to shout out for safer roads
BRAKE, the road safety charity, has launched an
exciting new competition to inspire young people in the North West to raise
awareness and campaign for safer roads. Brake's Project24 competition, in
partnership with Manchester based Coop Insurance, asks 11 to 18 year...
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Apprenticeship funding
applications open
EMPLOYERS are being invited to apply
for a slice of Liverpool City Council's apprenticeship funding. The Local
Authority is making available a proportion of its Apprenticeship Levy so local
firms can invest in high quality training to recruit new talent and develop
their existing employees. Cabinet Member for Education...
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Pancreatic cancer survival rate
increase to 7.9%, but still the lowest survival rate of all major cancers
THE UK lags far behind other
high-income countries (5-year survival in Australia is almost 15%). New
statistics published by the Lancet Oncology show the 5 year survival rate for
pancreatic cancer to have risen to a record high, 7.9%, in the UK. The new
survival rate was...
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The Entertainer Dedicates Saturdays To
Play In A Bid To Raise Funds For Young Minds and Awareness for Children's Mental
Health Week
THE Entertainer, the fastest growing, family owned
high street toy retailer in the UK, is partnering with Young Minds throughout
February in support of Children's...
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Merseyside's Police Commissioner has
revised the Community Remedy scheme
MERSEYSIDE'S Police Commissioner has revised the
Community Remedy scheme which sets out how perpetrators of anti social and
nuisance crimes should be dealt with outside of Court. Jane Kennedy has
published an updated Community Remedy document, which provides a list...
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Ambulance Service supports National Apprenticeship Week
HIGHLIGHTING the positive impact
apprentices have on its workforce, North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) has been
supporting National Apprenticeship Week and held a special event to celebrate
learners who have completed their apprenticeships. National Apprenticeship Week
is an annual wee long celebration ...
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West Lancashire Freemasons holiday
raises ₤7500 for Charity
FREEMASONS from the Wigan area were joined by
colleagues from:- Leigh, Warrington, Eccles, Trafford, Ormskirk and Liverpool
lodges on an organized fundraising holiday for 5 days in Scotland. Together with
their friends and partners they raised a total of ₤7500 by a series of raffles,
bingo and a sponsored walk around...
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Metal Detectors go a hunting...
THE
West Lancs Metal Detectors on Thursday, 6 February 2020 where
detecting on the boarder of Merseyside and West Lancs, on a field next to
the New Scarisbrick Arms, on Black A More Lane, and the Altcar Lane (B5195)
for a bit ...
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Council's private sector
housing enforcement team continues despite renewal application rejection
LIVERPOOL City Council's robust enforcement of
housing standards has continued despite the Government's rejection of an
application to renew the City wide Selective Licensing Scheme. Lee Cook, of 83 Reva Road, Broadgreen, today pleaded guilty...
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Motorists in Formby take
note
ROAD works are planned 10 February to 19 February
2020, to create an access off Liverpool Road, to new housing development:-
'Pinewood Park,' in Formby. Temporary traffic lights will be in place
from 9.30am to 3.30pm, on Liverpool Road, Formby, near the Formby Bypass
Roundabout, but will be removed and road fully open outside those times. Despite
local objects and concerns, Barratt Homes have been given planning permission...
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500 new Police Officers for the streets
of Merseyside
MERSEYSIDE Police is set to recruit 500 new Officers
over the next year, after the Police Commissioner's proposals to balance the
budget were endorsed by the body which scrutinises her work. The Police and
Crime Panel approved Jane Kennedy's plans to balance Merseyside Police's budget
and cover the inflationary pressures facing the Force. This approved Police
precept...
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North West Students Head to
National Championship After Winning Regional Tournament
THE competition run by FIRST®
Tech Challenge UK is geared to connect young people with STEM in thriving
science and innovation hotspot struggling with shortage in high skilled workers.
Robots built by students in the North West of England competed during the
weekend at FIRST® Tech Challenge UK's
Regional Tournament at the De La Salle
Academy in Liverpool. The winning teams will now progress to London's Copper Box
Arena, in March 2020, where they will compete to represent the UK in the world
championships in May, held in the USA, alongside 40,000 young people from 100
countries. FIRST UK is more than a tech education charity. While
the...
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Every child in England to be offered
cycle training
AN extra ₤22 million for the Access
Fund, Big Bike Revival and Walk to School Outreach will fund projects in 2021,
to kickstart behaviour change. The Government has announced all children in
England will be taught the skills for a lifetime of cycling, as its Bikeability
training programme is significantly expanded.
The Cycling Minister, Chris Heaton Harris, will join World and European Champion
track cyclist Andy Tennant in a Bikeability session at Newnham Primary School in
Daventry. The commitment will see an additional 400,000 training places offered
on the scheme each year, providing children with the core skills to cycle safely
and confidently on the road. More than 80% of children aged between 8 and 10
years...
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Late filing by Taxpayers gives Government a ₤95 million pound boost
HMRC'S official records indicate that 958,000 missed
the recent 31 January deadline for filing their Self Assessment Tax Returns say
leading accountancy and Tax advisory firm Blick Rothenberg. Robert Salter, at
Blick Rothenberg said:- "As these Taxpayers are automatically liable to a
₤100 late filing penalty (even if they haven't actually underpaid any Tax), this
failure provides HM's Government with another ₤25m in income compared to the
previous year. Salter points out that the number of un submitted Tax Returns has
risen by over 30% on a year by year basis from 2017/18 and 2018/19 and that this
is a problem that HMRC..."
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Historic budget brings chance for UK wide surge in
investment
THE start of 2020 has seen a welcome lift in business
confidence. This historic, 1st budget of a new decade offers the chance to turn
rising optimism into a surge in investment across the UK. It is private sector
investment that will lift productivity and enable all parts of the country to
share in economic growth. Investment is also the key to building the UK into a
global innovation leader. Business strongly welcomes the Chancellor's vision to
level up communities and lead the way in low carbon energy and is committed to
playing its full part. Private sector investment has fallen over the past couple
of years. This Budget offers the opportunity to reverse this decline through
pro-enterprise economic...
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Liverpool Wavertree MP Paula Barker to
introduce bill on National Minimum Wage
PAULA Barker MP has announced she will
be introducing a bill on National Minimum Wage after being successfully drawn in
the Private Member's Bill ballot. 20 lucky MPs were drawn in the ballot which
took place in January 2020, and these MPs have spent the past few weeks deciding on
which topic they wish to introduce legislation.
Paula Barker MP was drawn 6th in the ballot and the bill will be the National
Minimum Wage Bill.
The 1st opportunity for MPs to debate the bill; known as the 'Second Reading'
stage, will be on 26 June 2020. It is up to the Member to decide on the
Bill's topic, and Commons clerks may...
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Flooding again in Formby
STORM Ciara has resulted in flooding as large
parts of Britain took a battering, with gales and heavy rain. Yet again, Formby
had quite a bit of flooding, a problem that locals say is getting worse, as
housing developments keep being built on natural drainage areas and...
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Liverpool's Philharmonic Pub becomes
Grade I listed
THE Philharmonic Dining Rooms, Liverpool, has been upgraded to Grade I by the
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic
England, making it the 1st purpose built, Victorian Public House to receive a
Grade I listing. Regarded as a 'cathedral among pubs' for its opulence, the Philharmonic
was 1 of the most spectacular Pubs to be completed at the end of the 19th
Century, known as the 'golden age' of Pub building. It now joins
the top 2.5% of protected historic buildings in England such as:- Buckingham
Palace, Chatsworth House and Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral Church of Christ in
gaining the highest listed status. In addition, 2 Grade II and 8 Grade II listed...
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Advice for parents in
Lancashire to help them support their child's wellbeing in everyday family life
THERAPISTS from children's charity
Barnardo's have put together some advice for parents for Time to Talk Day and
Children's Mental Health Week, to show how they can support their child's
wellbeing in everyday family life. In society today, we are seeing a crisis in
children's mental health. It's estimated 1 in every 8 children has a diagnosable
mental health condition. Early intervention and support are vital to prevent
children reaching crisis point, but often it's unfortunately only when a child
reaches this point that they can get help. Many parents assume they can't help
their child if they start to show signs they are...
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