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Vol 25 G Issue 23

0151 547 1831 OR 0151 546 5100 OPTION 2 MOUNT GARAGE Prescot Road, Melling L31 1AR

Work to take place Focus on Care at night to finish rail station project Pull out inside Playgroup launched at village centre A PLAYGROUP for toddlers, pre-schoolers and their carers, is being launched by the Lydiate Village Centre. It will take place every Friday from 9am to 10.30am, starting this week (June 8). Children will be given the opportunity to play with a large selection of toys, explore and have fun on the indoor play area while parents and carers can meet others and socialise over a cuppa. A small donation will give entry to the group and include a hot beverage for adults, a drink of squash for the children and some toast. There will also be alternative food and drinks for sale from the Community Café. Also, following the success of the Monday Community Café and Over 50s Club, the club has announced it will now open on Fridays as well as Mondays from June 29. The centre says it has been welcoming more than 35 people each week and all have provided fantastic feedback on their home cooked food and the range of activities on offer. Community worker Chrystelle Cockayne said: “We hope this additional day will give the opportunity to attend for those who were not able to be there Mondays. “We will be running the club from noon to 2pm, lunch being available from noon which will be followed by an activity. “We look forward to seeing you then!”

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PLAN FOR PERMANENT GYPSY CAMP SPARKS FURY FROM VILLAGERS Report by Kenny Parker RESIDENTS have reacted angrily to plans submitted to Sefton Council for a family of gypsies to be given a permanent site in Melling. The proposal is to use a former pony paddock site on Spurriers Lane, opposite the Carla Lane Animals in Need Sanctuary, to provide six gypsy/traveller pitches each to be made up of a static caravan, a touring caravan, and a bathroom block, with access driveway and a bio-disc sewage treatment system. A report to the council from the agent for the gypsy family said: “The family are currently living 'on the road' travelling for work and stopping at sites with friends and relatives. “Very often the family are split up. A number of the family are permanently living with ill health and there are a number of children who need regular schooling. “The family are all Romany Gypsy Travellers by birth, culture and decent, having been brought up in the traditional way of life and satisfy the definition of a Gypsy and Traveller for the purposes of Annex 1 Planning Policy for Traveller Site 2015.” News of the application has been met with opposi-

The site at Spurriers Lane for a permanent gypsy camp

tion by residents, with an online petition being launched against it. The proposal has shocked villagers, however, and hundreds of people have posted objections to the plan on a villlage social media site. A report to the planning committee by agent Tre-

vor Mennell Planning states that Sefton Council has not met its own criteria to provide enough pitches for travellers. While he accepts the siting of the camp could Continued on Page 3.

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