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Bumper Birthday Edition The Champion Celebrates 24 Years of Serving the Local Community

Council tax set to rise by almost 6% COUNCIL tax bills are set to rise by almost 6% in Sefton, with local authority chiefs blaming cuts in funding from central government and demands on social care.

Councillors approved a budget on Thursday, March 1, which will mean an increase in Council Tax for 2018/19 of 2.99% along with a Social Care Council Tax Precept of 3% in 2018/19.

Due to cuts in central government funding, Sefton Council faced a funding shortfall of £169million to provide services from 2011-17, even after savings of £64m were made.

In total, the council will have lost 51% of central government funding between 2010 and 2020.

Council Tax for a Band C property (for Sefton Council services) will rise from £1,278.70 in 2017/18 to £1,355.30 for 2018/19.

With police and fire service precepts included, this means an overall rise from £1,492.31 to £1,581.55.

It does not include the amounts charged by parish councils in some areas.

Sefton Council leader Ian Maher, said: “The Government has been giving us less money to support the delivery of local public services every year.

“Last year we agreed a three year budget plan to save £64m

Jean Alexander’s nieces Sonia Hearld (left) and Valerie Thewlis unveil the plaque at Southport Library with the Mayor of Sefton, Councillor Dave Robinson. Inset: Champion director Phil Lilley at the unveiling ceremony.

Leader of Sefton Council Cllr Ian Maher

by 2020 and we are broadly on target to deliver this.

“To help us to deliver our partnership ambitions set out in the 2030 Vision, achieve the best possible outcomes for Sefton and ensure the financial sustainability of the Council, we have four priority areas of work.

“These are: creating more and better jobs for local people; working together to deliver affordable services which achieve the best possible outcomes for our communities; making every pound count in everything we do and investing wisely and creatively to make and save money, grow faster and enable our communities to thrive.

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HONOUR FOR OUR HILDA!

THE family of ‘Our Hilda’ Jean Alexander teamed up with the Mayor of Sefton this week to officially unveil a special plaque in her honour.

The Champion launched the ‘Honour our Hilda’ campaign on the first anniversary of Jean’s death last October.

We wanted a lasting memorial to her in Southport in recognition of her achievements both as an actress and her work here in Southport.

Our campaign received support from all quarters of the town from people eager to see Jean recognised in the town she called home.

And on Tuesday, those wishes came true when a specially commissioned plaque was unveiled

by Sefton Mayor, Councillor Dave Robinson and Jean’s nieces Sonia Hearld and Valerie Thewlis in front of her extended family, friends and members of the public.

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A DECISION to play Liverpool’s Premier League match at Anfield on the same afternoon as the Grand National at Aintree, has been criticised by city Mayor Joe Anderson.

It’s the first time in 24 years that the Reds have played a home fixture on the same day as the Aintree Racecourse event and there are concerns it will put a strain on police resources.

On Saturday, April 14, there will be around 70,000 people arriving in Aintree for the Grand National and up to 53,000 football fans travelling to Anfield to watch Liverpool host Bournemouth in the Premier League at 5.30pm.

Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson has hit out at the decision and has called for an “urgent meeting” with Merseyside Police after claiming “they will simply not cope”. However, the force has responded by saying they will be able to safely handle both sporting events.

The last time Liverpool played at home on the same day as the Grand National was in April 1994 when they played Ipswich at 11.30am in front of a crowd of just 30,485.

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The Premier League fixture was originally pencilled in for a 3pm kick off, but has been moved to be broadcast live on BT Sport.

An Aintree spokesperson said: “We’re working closely with the police and transport providers but we don’t anticipate it (the match) affecting racegoers travelling to Aintree for Grand National Day. “People will be heading to Aintree hours before the football crowd goes to Anfield and leaving Aintree well before the football finishes.

“Grand National Day is already close to sell-out but of course it's a shame for anyone who wanted to attend both events."

A Merseyside Police spokesperson said: “Merseyside Police is satisfied that the force has sufficient resources to provide a professional policing response to both the Grand National and the Liverpool v Bournemouth game.

“The staggered finish times of these events will assist with our policing operations, and will ensure that both race-goers and football fans can attend the respective events safely.”

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Woman’s body found at Birkdale pub A WOMAN’S body was found at a pub in Birkdale at the weekend.

Merseyside Police officers and North West Ambulance Service paramedics attended the ‘non-suspicious’ scene at The Park Hotel at around

11am on Sunday, March 4 after the body of a woman aged in her 70s was found at the premises, on Weld Road.

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Plaque is a fitting tribute From page 1 They all attended the unveiling ceremony at the town’s library where Jean would often visit - on Lord Street on Tuesday, March 6.

Cllr Robinson said: “It is a great pleasure to be here today to honour Jean Alexander - especially as I am a lifelong fan of Coronation Street!

“Jean Alexander was one of the best loved and well-known residents of Southport and I’d like to thank the Champion for first campaigning for recognition for her and then organising it all.”

Her niece Sonia Hearld added that Jean had always loved Southport, enjoying day trips to the town with her father as a child before moving with her parents to live on Sefton Street then Emmanuel Road. She loved gardening and books, she revealed, and although she ‘shied away from the limelight’, she would have been ‘delighted’ to have been honoured at the library.

Sonia also told a few funny anecdotes about the things Jean saw in her time as a librarian - including a book’s back ‘fixed’ with condensed milk and a smoked kipper used as a bookmark! Sonia said that she hoped staff at The Atkinson will never see anything similar!

She added: “I think that she would have been moved, touched, humbled and honoured. She was a very, very

private person and she avoided the showbiz limelight but she would have been amazed and honoured to have seen this wonderful tribute to her by the Champion.”

Phil Lilley, Champion director added: “I am delighted so many family and friends of Jean Alexander attended the plaque unveiling. We had Jean’s great niece and even Jean’s great, great nephew in attendance. It was a real family celebration with members of the public joining in.

“We are just pleased at the Champion to have played a part in establishing a permanent tribute to a wonderful lady who made Southport her home.

“A special thank you to The Atkinson for their support over the past six months throughout the Champion ‘Honour Our Hilda’ campaign.”

The 16 inch by 24 inch plaque reads: ‘In memory of Jean Alexander (1926 - 2016). Actress, Southport resident and good friend of The Atkinson Public Library. Presented by Champion Newspapers.’

Jean was an avid campaigner in her adopted home of Southport, where she lived for 60 years.

She worked tirelessly for good causes in the town and was a keen campaigner to save Southport’s library services when they were faced with closure.

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“We have been very clear that we must take control of our own destiny.

The more we can do for ourselves the more resilient we will be in the future.

“The Council has demonstrated these bold ambitions with the purchase of the Bootle New Strand Shopping Centre and in principle approval to the creation of a wholly owned Council Housing Development Company.

“The purchase of Bootle New Strand saw a much loved local asset bought back into the UK and local ownership. People often ask why the council has made this investment and my response is that this type of investment allows us to put money back into local public services for local people.

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FORMER prisoners and drug dealers are giving talks in Sefton schools as part of a unique project to steer youngsters away from a life of crime.

The campaign sees individuals who were once on the wrong side of the law go into classrooms to offer a word of warning to pupils and give advice based on their own experiences.

Last week, one such event was held in Savio Salesian College, in Bootle, with others organised in Crosby High School and Holy Family High School - now there are plans to expand the project to more schools in the borough due to popular demand.

Funding of £4,400 has come from the Orsted Burbo Bank Extension Community Fund. In December 2014 Orsted (formerly DONG Energy) decided to construct the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. The site is located west of the existing Burbo Bank operational wind farm in Liverpool Bay and was officially opened in May 2017. Orsted has

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committed to a Community Fund worth approximately £225,000 each year for the lifetime of the Project.

Project organiser Stephen Duffy, who used to be a prison officer, explains how the talks work: “We want to focus on criminal exploitation because a lot of young people are being used by these gangs to carry or transport drugs.

There are stories all the time about young children being used in this way.

“I talk about my time working in a prison and how it’s not big or hard men - but actually most of them have hit hard times and are

drug addicts.

“We do a bit of role playing and the volunteers tell stories. The most important part of the day is when they talk about their own life experiences and how drugs affected their lives.

“There is then a question and answer session with the children in groups of around 30.

“There is still some funding left over if any schools in Sefton want to get in touch with us and we'll visit on a first come, first serve basis.”

If any schools would like to get in touch with Stephen, call 07809 687 762.

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Fire destroys joinery BID bosses welcome U-turn workshop in Tarleton on parking fees A HUGE fire destroyed an outbuilding in Tarleton.

A total of 35 firefighters were called out to the blaze at a joiners workshop at Taylors Meanygate after a call from a worried member of the public just after noon on Sunday, March 4.

Teams with six fire engines from Tarleton, Leyland, Ormskirk, Preston and Fulwood along with the air support unit, equipped with breathing apparatus used two main jets to fight the fire, while nearby residents were advised to keep doors and windows closed until the smoke had cleared.

Report by Danielle Thompson BID bosses have welcomed Sefton council’s about-turn on town centre parking charges after the authority confirmed it will reintroduce lower short stay fees.

The organisation (Business Improvement District) has been calling for the return of cheaper town centre parking for some time and was delighted when council chiefs agreed to the move last week.

The 30-minute parking option was dropped by Sefton Council several years ago and Hugh Evans, chief executive of the Southport BID, claimed the impact has been felt by businesses throughout the town centre ever since.

The group has been campaigning on their levy payers’ behalf to encourage Sefton Council to reverse the decision and they got their wish granted during the budget setting process for 2018/19 thrashed out at Full Council on March 1.

Thirty minute parking for 80p will be reintroduced by June. The one-hour parking charge will remain at £1.50.

Mr Evans said the BID worked with the council to analyse and evidence the impact of the decision and produced detailed reports on the benefits of bringing it back.

He told the Champion: “Parking in Southport has been a contentious issue for some time, even more so when the 30 minute option was taken away.

“This has been one of the biggest issues that town centre businesses consistently raise with us and one that we were determined to see reversed.

“We have been lobbying the Council consistently

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Hugh Evans, chief executive of the Southport BID

on this issue and although it’s taken a while we’re delighted that our detailed recommendations were finally accepted.

“We’ve worked hard to make this happen. Reinstating it will help to encourage shoppers back into the town centre and by doing so, will provide much needed support for local small and independent retailers in particular.”

Councillor Paulette Lappin, Sefton Council’s cabinet member for regulation and compliance said: “We meet regularly with the Southport BID and discuss many aspects that could benefit the busy town centre.

“After being approached by the BID to reintroduce the 30 minutes of parking, following further discussions we are happy to assist in making this happen through the difficult budget setting process.

“As a Council we will always listen and hope this is well received in the town.”

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MERSEYRAIL has released a number videos on its new fleet of trains to provide customers with “facts and reassurance” about the introduction of them, and the future role of guards.

The company’s bosses say it is response to “extremely negative messages” from the RMT union which has called a series of strikes over the future of guards on trains which are designed to have driver operated doors.

Merseyrail managing director Andy Heath, said: “These videos are about Merseyrail managing director Andy provide people who Heath. travel on our net- A computerised image of what the The videos cover a number of themes work with factual new Merseyrail trains will look like. such as Andy Heath, the new maninformation on the aging director, talking about his sense current state of play of pride at being a born and bred Liverpudlian, a over these new trains.

“The RMT has been consistent in streaming an career railwayman, and leading what is a step extremely negative message about the future asso- change for his local rail network; a look ahead at the challenges facing the company; how Merseyrail ciated with our new trains.

“In these videos, I hope to provide everyone con- plans to look after its guards; resolving the current cerned with the facts and reassurance around our dispute with the RMT and what it takes.

Merseyrail has said ‘there is a need to modernise position in a number of key areas that cover all the not just the new fleet but how we deliver a better questions that people have been asking us.

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Bosses say they will “continue to ensure customer understand all of the issues and I have tried to lay these out openly in the videos as an appraisal of safety through the new trains.”

The RMT maintain that every effort they have where we are.

“I would also like to emphasise to our customers made to reach a negotiated settlement has been that we, unlike the RMT, fully support the Metro kicked back into their face.

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Youngsters from Tarleton Holy Trinity CE Primary School celebrate after being named in the top 1% across the country for reading

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Report by Danielle Thompson THE Royal British Legion in Southport is appealing for help to raise £1,000 to send two members to represent Southport on a 90th anniversary pilgrimage to World War One battlefields in France and Belgium this summer.

Members of the RBL want to send two members to carry the standard on the biggest membership event in the Legion’s history - the recreation of the 1928 Great Pilgrimage in Belgium which will take place from Sunday, August 5 to Thursday, August 9 and will include visits to battlefield memorial sites, trenches and cemeteries in France and Belgium such as Ypres, Mons and Loos.

However, the Southport RBL do not have the funds and are appealing for help to send members to represent the town on the visits. It will cost each branch £1,000 to cover transport, food, accommodation and travel insurance.

The pilgrimages began when, a decade after the end of the Great War, veterans and war widows visited the battlefields of the Somme and Ypres before marching to the Menin Gate in Ypres on 8 August 1928.

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At the Menin Gate, a wreath from each branch will be placed on the memorial. A march-past will then take place, observed by civic and military guests from the UK, Europe and Commonwealth countries.

Tim Petford, vice chairman of the Southport RBL branch said: “We want to send two members to remember those who never returned from the Great War. If you are able to assist us with any amount, it will be greatly appreciated.”

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trading uncertainty Ponden to shut, while Prezzo and New Look fight closure fears Report by Danielle Thompson THE future of several prominent town centre stores was under threat this week as more trading uncertainty hit the High Street.

Staff at Prezzo feared their jobs would be lost when the Italian restaurant chain announced it was to close a number of its outlets.

Employees at New Look on Chapel Street also face an uncertain future after the fashion giant announced it is looking to close around 60 of its 600 UK stores following tumbling sales figures.

The outlook was even gloomier for staff at Ponden Home Interiors on Lord Street where huge ‘closing down sales’ appeared on display windows.

At Prezzo, closure worries surfaced last week both at the company’s Lord Street restaurant and another of its outlets in Formby when owners, private equity firm TPG Capital, revealed 94 restaurants in its portfolio will cease to trade.

Thankfully, both stores were not included in a list released on Monday of the restaurants that will close.

Prezzo employs about 4,500 people. It aims to close all 33 outlets in its TexMex chain, Chimichanga, in a bid to improve its financial position and allow it to continue trading.

The chain, bought by TPG in 2014 for just over £300m, has entered into a restructuring arrangement know as a company voluntary arrangement, only a step away from going into administration.

At Ponden Home Interiors, the Champion was told that the firm’s Southport store will close but no definite date has been confirmed.

South African-owned fashion retailer New Look, is expected to make a decision on its future within the next few weeks, after it published a loss of

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£10.4 million in its financial report for the 26 weeks to September 23, 2017, in sharp contrast to the £59.3 million pound profit reported in the same period the year before.

A spokesperson for New Look, who declined to comment on the fate of the Southport store, said: “We continue to assess a range of options to improve the operational performance of our business including reviewing our store estate.”

The stores are the latest in a string of High Street firms to hit troubled waters. The British branch of toy retailer Toys R Us and electronics chain Maplin both went into administration this week.

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Big clean up at Marshside VOULUNTEERS are being urged to help out at a big clean-up event in Marshside this weekend.

Staff from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) are holding the Big Marshside Clean-up event from 10.30am-1pm at the RSPB car park on Marine Drive this Saturday (March 10).

Gareth Tate, warden with the RSPB said: “Following recent high tides, the nature reserve has seen a large amount of plastic and other debris deposited on the site, which poses a risk to wildlife and spoils the beauty of the area.

“Marshside is part of the Ribble Estuary National Nature Reserve, an internationally important site that is home to a variety of wonderful wildlife such as overwintering flocks of wigeon and wading birds as well as

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from the local community came along to help us clear around 95 bags of rubbish. We hope lots of people will come along to this event at Marshside to help clean up this beautiful spot.

It’s also an ideal opportunity to meet like-minded locals and get out in the fresh air.”

Appropriate waterproof, outdoor clothing and footwear should be worn along with work/garden gloves. Some litter pickers will be available, but people are encouraged to bring their own if they have them. For further details visit rspb.org.uk/marshside Meanwhile, Ainsdale Beach Clean sessions have been pencilled in for 1pm-3pm on March 16; and from 10.30am-1pm on April 27, May 25 and June 22 by the Friends of Sefton Coast. For more information, call Lindsay Flower on 07747038613.

the pink footed geese that the area is famous for.

“Whilst the recent high tides provided a fantastic spectacle for our visitors, bringing birds from the saltmarsh into close view, the downside is they also brought in lots of rubbish.

The popular BBC programme Blue Planet has highlighted the danger that plastic poses in our oceans, and the same applies to our estuaries like the Ribble.

“We recently held a similar event at our Hesketh Out Marsh reserve and were delighted that 35 volunteers

A MAGISTRATE told a man with 40 previous convictions, appearing in court again for theft, that he is not very good at shoplifting.

Daniel Wright, 30, of Leyland Road, pleaded guilty to stealing a gift set worth £46 from Chapel Street Boots when he appeared at Sefton Magistrates Court.

Prosecutor Lionel Cope said that Wright had been identified from CCTV at the store and that he told officers that he had sold the item on to buy drink.

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Chairman Frank Dainty told Wright: “This is a lamentable record.

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To which Wright replied, “I am hoping to never come back here again. That was a momentary relapse. I have started to get better.”

After fining him £40 and ordering that he pay £115 in costs and victim surcharge and £46 in compensation to Boots, Justice of the Peace Dainty added: “It’s up to you. We can continue locking you up, or continue fining you, or you can just stop being a thief.”

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Teenager given young sailor accolade for the second time A YOUNG sailor from Southport has won the title of Royal Yachting Association North West Youth Champion for the second year in a row.

Despite not having sailed his Topper for a few months, Sam Cooper, 16, from the West Lancashire Yacht Club went to Grafham Water and secured seven 1st places, becoming the Inlands Champion.

His mother, Catherine, said officials at the event were astounded by Sam's performance.

Sam had changed to the 29er skill class but that class do not schedule any events from Easter until the summer holidays because many young sailors are involved in GCSE's and A Levels.

At the age of 15 Sam did not have exams and the family were going to Topper events anyway because his sister Charlotte was competing, so mum suggested he sail his Topper in the meantime.

In early August 2017, Sam went to the Topper World Championships in Cercle Nautique de Loctudy, Brittany. He took second place in a field of 156, a one place improvement on his performance the previous year.

As soon as he came back, Sam went to Pwllheli for the National Championships that are always held on the sea. He won that, with three firsts and a second, to become the National Champion.

During his Topper career, Sam became a member of the RYA Zone Squad and also the RYA National Squad. Now he is working his way up the fleet rankings in the 29ers.

He said: “I am delighted to be RYA NW Youth Champion again because I appreciate how many other good young sailors there are in the North West.”

There will be no return to the Toppers this year because Sam has his GCSEs examinations at Birkdale High School.

As well as wanting to perform well academically, Sam has sporting ambitions. He added: “I would love to get on the RYA’s Olympic pathway, and possibly the Ben Ainslie Racing Academy.”

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Hundreds of worshippers bid farewell to Vicar after 20 years Report by Danielle Thompson

The congregation was filled to capacity for the leaving service of (inset) Canon Dr Rod Garne

HUNDREDS of worshippers turned out to bid farewell to their vicar, who is stepping down from his role after more than 20 years.

The congregation was filled to capacity at Holy Trinity Church, on Hoghton Street, in Southport, for the recent leaving service for Canon Dr Rod Garner.

Since coming to the church in 1995, he has played a significant role including the major £2million restoration of the building in partnership with English Heritage and the National Lottery.

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His work in the wider community included chairing committees and entering partnerships with local agencies. He was Chair of Governors of Holy Trinity Primary School, Governor and Chaplain of Southport College, and governor of Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust.

Along with his wife Christine, he now plans to spend more time with his family and grandchildren.

Canon Garner said: “Trinity is now in good order and restored to its original beauty. It is a splendid place in which to worship, to make friends, and help others and to celebrate the creative arts, especially music and singing.

“These have been demanding but fulfilling years and Trinity is now well placed to face the challenges of changing times. I will miss the place and its people enormously but deep friendships have been made that will not be forgotten.”

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The Open ‘putts’ £100,000 legacy fund into community Report by Danielle Thompson THREE community projects are set to benefit from £100,000 of legacy funding following the successful staging of The 146th Open at Royal Birkdale.

Record crowds flocked to the famous Southport links last year to watch the world’s greatest golfers and The R&A, the organisation which runs The Open and governs the sport of golf worldwide, has agreed to provide a six-figure sum from the proceeds of the Championship to Sefton Council in order to support three major projects.

The legacy projects include £40,000 towards improving 'green' tourism and connectivity on Southport Pier.

This will include new RSPB telescopes on the oldest cast iron constructed pier in the country to view wildlife and terrestrial and underwater webcams and television screens to view other marine life.

A new access point on the pier will also be constructed.

Another £40,000 will go to the Aspiring Instructors training pathway scheme, which provides customised training opportunities in the leisure and sports sector for residents not in work.

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The remaining £20,000 will go towards improvements on Birkdale Common which was integral to hosting The 146th Open.

Money will go towards a new noticeboard, an accessible boardwalk ramp, new signage and boundary improvements.

Councillor Marion Atkinson, Sefton Council's member for regeneration and skills, said: “While the superb Championship may seem like a distant memory, this money kindly donated by The R&A will go

a long way to preserving the legacy of one of the world’s greatest sporting events.

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LETTERS to the Editor

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Clare House, 166 Lord Street, Southport PR9 0QA tel 01704 392 400 email editor@champnews.com

Shocked at crime Kennedy’s police precept ‘unjustified’ commissioner ’s actions in asking for more funding from council tax Firstly the Police Commissioner and then who?

The Fire Service, the Street Cleansing Department, Parks and Gardens or perhaps Sefton Mountain Rescue!

Surely the whole point of having a budget at all is to work within it and the point of raising a council tax is to help fund essential local services.

If one essential service can step outside this funding process to ‘top up’ then it is only a matter of time before others do the same, I'm shocked that there is a mechanism by which such an attempt is possible.

Some weeks ago I was stopped in a Southport supermarket by one of a number of ‘Hi-Vis’ clad, clipboard wielding individuals asking me would I be willing to pay ‘extra’ to maintaining the Merseyside Police Service at current levels.

My answer to both was that I wasn't. My reasoning being that at local level, funding of services is scrutinised and monitored by democratically elected councillors.

Nationally, the same function is performed by a government made up of democratically elected Members of Parliament.

I'm confident that the makers of these decisions take everything into account including representations from the Police Commissioner. I pay what I am asked to pay by these bodies and where I have strong feelings about funding or a lack thereof I adjust my voting preference at each election locally or nationally.

It appears that this system of democracy isn't good enough for the current Commissioner.

I do wonder what independent oversight of the process in obtaining a 75% positive response was employed by the Commissioner, or perhaps that would be a little too democratic.

I fear that negative responses may have been ‘non-recordable’ or simply that the clipboards were yet another example of uncontrolled spending on equipment.

Southport Resident

Champion readers will be aware (Champion February 21) that Jane Kennedy, Merseyside’s Police & Crime Commissioner, is adding to council tax bills from April an extra £1 per month to pay for, as she claims, an underfunding by central government.

In support of this she cites a survey of local people showing that three quarters of the 2,217 respondents said they would pay the extra money she is calling for.

Firstly, this was a very small number of respondents and I would call into question the method used for the survey.

It wasn’t by any means a fair survey.

As far as I can remember people were invited to give an opinion and therefore the respondents were only those who were bothered/had the time to put forward their views.

Secondly, we are all having to live with austerity. It’s a question of living within our means.

If the government is not prepared to come forward with more money for the police, it strikes me as unjustified to transfer the burden to local authorities and thence council tax payers.

From my perspective Jane Kennedy’s pressure on local people to support her

Position should be redundant Regarding the council tax police precept.

There is talk of a big rise in the council tax for this coming year and now the police and crime commissioner, Jane Kennedy, wants tax payers to cough up a further £1 in addition to any percentage rise.

The position of police and crime commissioner is a political appointment and one

which should be redundant as the incumbent brings nothing to the police that the Chief Constable did not already do.

I would contend that the package for the crime commissioner is in excess of £150,000 per annum – which could better be used to fund at least three policemen.

John Jones, by email

case is an emotive one, largely based on stoking up fears in relation to crime.

Drawing an analogy, financial pressures on the NHS is an emotive issue.

Might we soon expect council tax payers to be asked to fork out more money to bridge that gap?

Jane Kennedy asserts that ‘in a climate where everyone’s budgets are tight, asking local people to pay more in their council tax for their police service is something I do reluctantly’.

We’ve heard all this before... cue for violins to strike up a sad refrain!

Gerry Barlow, Formby

Visit was not a pleasant one...

I have recently retired to the area and my brother and his wife came from Cheshire to visit me.

Having time to spare, they drove into Southport, parked their car and purchased a parking ticket (which apparently was opposite the parking warden’s offices).

Unknown to them, when they closed their car door on this very windy day, the valid ticket had blown over to a face down position and were subsequently issued with a parking fine. They put in an appeal with proof of their valid ticket for the short time they were in the area but, ala,s this was to no avail! park so I told them they should be Hence to say their first visit to Southvery proud of themselves. port for a long time was not pleasant for I can't wait for all the spring flowers them and the above experience has left a to bloom. A big thank you to everyone nasty taste in their mouth and as penwho has worked so hard to make it as sioners, has also left them out of pocket it is. to the tune of £50.

M.E Comstive ‘In agreement’ Southport Southport,

A pleasure to walk in Botanic Gardens From being a little girl I have walked and played in Botanic Gardens.

But in parts it started to look untidy that is until I walked the park very recently and what a difference. So very clean and tidy, it was a pleasure to be there.

I saw three workmen outside the

PICTURE of the week

Verandah is a monstrosity!

You reported Councillor David Barton as welcoming the new verandah outside Bistrot Pierre.

I imagine that the owners must have been given planning permission for this monstrosity and I feel really disappointed that Cllr Barton and the planners failed to ‘encourage’ the owners to install a shop front and a verandah at least a little in keeping with the other structures in Lord Street.

Whilst I greatly welcome the development of this empty unit, I see this as yet another example of Sefton planners destroying the character of our, once beautiful, town, this time with Cllr Barton's encouragement.

John F Hayward, (by email)

Bold Champ!

I would like to congratulate the Champion on its excellent and interesting letters page, also for being bold enough to publish letters on quite challenging subjects.

I am thinking in particular about two recent letters from a Brian Birch and John Lee, both of these letters point to the decline of Southport and the reasons why.

Of course we have witnessed a decline in many towns across the UK recently, however I do feel strongly that the decline of Southport came about in the 70s, soon after we became ‘Southport’ Merseyside.’

I too feel we would be much better off if we were in our ‘natural’ borough of Lancashire!

Denny Lloyd, (by email)

Sefton decision was voted for unanimously When I first developed an interest in local civic affairs at a very young age, a respected Alderman on the council told me that personal attacks on any individual was a substitute for a very weak argument.

This holds true today with the somewhat unpleasant letter from Mr Birch.

For what its worth the decision by the old Southport County Borough Council to become part of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton was voted for unanimously by every member of the council from all three parties and from every part of the town.

The position was best summed up by Lord Fearn who I think spoke for most members when in a speech giving his support he explained that this was not what anybody really wanted but was the best option then available.

There was never a proposal for Southport to become of West Lancashire but there were moves to strip the town of County Borough status and for it to become a Shire District Council under Lancashire County Council where Southport would have had six councillors out of 100.

To suggest that the issue was motivated by one party for its own purposes was not true then and it is not true now.

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Diabetes care rated one of best in region CARE for diabetes patients in Sefton has been rated among the best in the region, following a report by independent inspectors.

Care standards for patients with Type 2 of the condition by the NHS Southport and Formby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and South Sefton CCG were rated Good by the National Diabetes Audit (NDA), one of the largest annual clinical audits in the world.

This is the first year that the NDA has been com-

pulsory, requiring all GP practices to report on eight different measures of care quality.

The results represent further improvement for the two CCGs who signed a pledge to improve care for people with diabetes in February 2016.

The pledge, put forward by national charity Diabetes UK, included a commitment to help more people with diabetes to maintain healthy blood glucose levels, crucial in managing the condition and avoiding complications such as diabetes-related

amputations. The following year, the CCGs established a diabetes improvement group and also secured funding from NHS England for a pilot of the National Diabetes Prevention Programme (NDPP), the first nationwide initiative of its kind anywhere in the world.

The NDPP involves a structured education programme where people learn about how they can reduce the risk of contracting diabetes by changing their lifestyle. Since being launched in Sefton, 725

people have started on the programme with 65% losing an average of 3.2 kg and a reduction in waist circumference of 3.4cm. Diabetes accounts for around 10% of the annual NHS budget with spending currently at around £8 billion a year.

Yvonne Browne, Diabetes UK Influencing Manager for the North West, said: “We are pleased to see the Southport and Formby CCG and South Sefton CCG working to improve the quality of diabetes care. We look forward to seeing improvements continue.”

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POLICE are warning motorists not to leave their cars parked across pavements.

Officers in Merseyside are highlighting the issue as part of a new road safety campaign.

Paul Mountford from Merseyside Police (Roads Policing) said: “It is a common sight all over Merseyside to see a car parked on a pavement.

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Accolade for resort gardening group

Greenfingered Ian wants to grow charity’s funds A Greenfingered gardener will be taking part in a quirky 12hour fund-raising challenge with help from his colleagues at a garden centre in Ince Blundell.

Ian McCavish, regional manager at Lady Green Garden Centre, will hold the ‘Plant-athon’ from 7am on Friday, March 16 to raise money for the Greenfingers charity.

He will plant throughout the day, finishing at 7pm that evening. All of the containers that are planted will be sold at the garden centre, with all money going to the charity. His colleagues will also be raising money in the restaurant.

Greenfingers is a national charity dedicated to supporting the children who spend time in hospices around the UK. It creates well-designed outdoor spaces for children to enjoy with siblings, family, friends and carers, whether through play and fun, or therapeutic rest and relaxation.

To date, the charity has created 49 gardens and are in the process of building two more.

Volunteers from the Friends of King’s Gardens

THE Friends of King’s Gardens are celebrating after being awarded an ‘Outstanding’ accolade for their work.

The enthusiastic gardening group, who work on the 17-acre historic park on the Promenade, have been awarded the North West in Bloom Level 5 Outstanding award for their Community Garden.

Denise Roney from the group said: “It is a great privilege to receive this coveted award particularly for our treasured community garden which our gardening volunteers have put so much work into.

“It is a special area which holds the heart of many from our community, not least for the events that take place within this particular garden during the year.

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Lights... Camera…Cocktails!

THE OWNERS of a crazy golf course in Liverpool, one of whom is a Southport entrepreneur, have teamed with an award winning musician and music promoter to create a live music venue and cocktail bar themed on a TV and film studio!

On Air, opening soon at the former Cains brewery at Stanhope Street -now called Cains Brewery Village, will feature 60ft high film sets, a stage for live music, and a secret garden mezzanine bar area offering views over the action.

Danny Bolger, from Southport, and Kip Piper, from Ormskirk, who have already created Ghetto Golf, and who own Birdies Bar and BBQ, both at the same site, are now busy working with music promoter and agent Ethan Allen on the novel concept, which promises something completely new for the city, Ethan, from Aughton, is an international award winning musician with 25 years’ experience promoting live music in bars, clubs, concerts and festivals. After achieving three number one hits worldwide in country music charts in the mid 90s, Ethan then turned his talents to writing music for TV and film, running a successful record company and music publishing house.

Two years ago he unexpectedly received 7.9 million hits online with one of his songs, Something In The Water, after a line dancer choreographer used it to accompany a dance routine at the Crystal Boot Awards in Blackpool. The awards are run

by Linedancer, a sister organisation to the Champion.

Ethan says: “Cains brewery is exploding at the moment so we wanted to bring something unique to the city. Inside a huge warehouse we have built On Air, a full movie set, where you become part of the cast.

“Outside the front of the venue we have doubled the size of Birdies bar which is now a huge festival garden bar. Alongside that we now have our BBQ, where a selection of different food vendors line the entrance to Birdies bar serving awesome tastes all day all night..”

Spring clean on the buses!

ARRIVA has revealed the lengths they have to go to in order to clean their buses.

The company say that in 2017, they removed 530 tonnes of waste from their vehicles, including litter from passengers and gum left underneath seats.

Chocolate wrappers, bus tickets, drinks containers, and fast food wrappers are the top five most commonly littered items left behind on a daily basis, with 21 newspapers left on each vehicle each day.

Arriva say that every bus is cleaned for at least 20 minutes each day, which equates to around 774 hours to clean the 86 vehicles at their depot.

They also revealed how buses are re-painted by hand every five years, which takes seven days to complete.

The findings were revealed as part of the Great British Spring Clean, which took place between 2-4 March.

Lisa Pearson, head of marketing at Arriva said: “We take pride in ensuring that our buses look and feel clean for our passengers, as we know it’s a large part of what makes travelling by bus enjoyable.

“We hope that by showing them just how much TLC we put into caring for our buses, will encourage people to think before they litter this National Spring Cleaning Week. In addition to this, we hope that our fleet of green technology buses will help contribute to making Britain clean.”

Resort businessman set to open music venue themed on a TV and film studio

In 2010 Ethan re-opened the legendary Liverpool live music venue Eric’s after it had been left to ruin for nearly 30 years. He went on to provide live music for more than 30 venues throughout the North West, working with more than 60 full time musicians.

Acting as manager to the artists and agent to the venues Ethan filled the role as music director and for the last eight years supplied live music seven nights a week to venues on Mathew Street.

Danny with Kip Piper and Ethan Allen at the new music venue and bar.

Sets from the new On Air music venue and bar to open soon in Liverpool.

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From Little Acorns Your guide to selecting Early Education and Child Care providers

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Farnborough Road Infant School Nursery Farnborough Road, Birkdale, Southport PR8 3DF Ofsted May 2017 “The headteacher and her staff have created a caring learning environment where pupils feel safe. They successfully promote pupils outstanding personal development and welfare and ensure they make at least good progress from their starting points”.

We offer: For 2 year olds: 15 hours paid or funded places 8.50-11.50am OR 12.30-3.30pm Monday to Friday For 3 year olds: 30 hours free nursery education 9.00-3.00pm Monday to Friday 15 hours free nursery education 8.45am-3.00pm Mon & Tues & 8.45-11.15am Wed OR 12.30-3.00pm Wed & 8.45am-3.00pm Thurs & Fri

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At Little Squirrels Nursery, and continuing into Reception class, our teacher led, highly qualiďŹ ed team of early years professionals will deliver the Statutory Framework for Early Years. We will provide a caring and positive experience for your children, meeting each individual need accordingly.

Redgate Community Primary School provides wrap around care from 7:45 a.m. at breakfast club and from 3:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at our after school club.

Both are available to any of our families who need this facility.

Our head teacher Mrs Webb will be delighted to show you around the school and nursery - we are happy to make appointments at anytime during the school day

Contact the school ofďŹ ce on 01704 385960 Redgate, Formby, Merseyside, L37 4EW Email:admin.redgate@schools.sefton.gov.uk

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Clinic at Southport hospital to offer advice and guidance on the menopause

by Danielle Thompson WOMEN who are going through the menopause are now being offered advice and guidance at a new clinic which has been set up at Southport Hospital.

The clinic is run by Dr Paula Briggs, consultant in sexual and reproductive health with Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust as well as a published author on the subject.

Dr Briggs is also working on a patient handbook to improve understanding of the consequences of the menopause and potential treatment choices, which is due to be available this summer.

The menopause transition signals the end of women's reproductive lives and can take many years.

In some cases symptoms never resolve and many women suffer debilitating consequences from lack of oestrogen, suffering from complex hormone-related conditions - which can be in some circumstances helped with hormone replacement therapy.

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longer term consequences of oestrogen deficiency including a reduction in bone mineral density and an increase in the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

Patients must be referred by their GP to access the service.

Dr Briggs said: “There are estimated to be more than

15,000 women in our hospital’s catchment area who have the potential to benefit from Menopausal Hormone Therapy.

“They can now benefit from advice in a consultant-led specialist service which will provide them with the right information which will help women to make an informed decision regarding their care.

“The clinic will accept ‘out of the area’ referrals to the menopause service as there are limited training clinics in this specialist field.

“The sessions have been extremely popular with women attending from across the North West. The feedback has been described as providing an informative, sympathetic, helpful and knowledgeable source of information.”

Ladies Day at St Joseph’s St Joseph’s Hospice’s Spring Ladies Day will take place on Sunday, May 20 from 11.30am at Formby Hall.

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VOLUNTEER ADVOCATE FOR SEFTON ADVOCACY Do you have a few hours to spare to help make a difference to people across Sefton?

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Loneliness Sometimes, independence can seem a very loneliness pursuit. Whilst living alone, without a support network of friends and family living close by, the home can sometimes seem like a prison.

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Care Homes and Assisted Living When living at home is no longer possible, care homes offer the very best solution. Sometimes the decision about care is clear cut. When an elderly parent suffers a fall or illness, resulting in a period of time spent in hospital, where it then becomes apparent that returning to their own home is no longer an option. This however is not always the case and for those living independently in their own home, changes to their health and well-being can be much more gradual meaning it can be incredibly difficult and stressful deciding when to consider a move into a care home.

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Cedars Care Group Recognised With National Award For Two Of Their North West Care Homes Cedars Care Group is dedicated to providing the best standards possible for end of life care for their residents, to demonstrate this commitment & level of excellence, two of their homes in the North West have been recognised with a national award.

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Final Arrangements Making a Will Writing a will is one of the most important things you will ever do. After all, we spend the majority of our lives working to provide for ourselves and our loved ones. You may have property, shares, savings or investments as well as your personal possessions. All of these form your ‘estate’ and making a will ensures that when you die, this is shared according to your wishes.

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Short trip Dougie rocks the Elderberries! ended up in court for drink driver A LANDSCAPE architect kept members of the Elderberries Gardening Club intrigued when he gave a talk to them at their headquarters in Birkdale.

The Elderberries meet on the second Wednesday of the month from 10am12.15pm at St John’s Church. They were given the talk by rock garden specialist Dougie Knight at their February meeting.

A BIRKDALE man has lost his driving licence after being caught taking a short trip “around the corner” in his car after having had a drink.

Miles Pennington-Bell, 25, of Palatine Road, pleaded guilty to driving with 87 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath, when he appeared at Sefton Magistrates Court on February 28.

Prosecutor Lionel Cope said: “It was half past midnight on February 8 when police had cause to stop a black Audi due to it being driven erratically and driving at excess speed.

“When the defendant was spoken to there was the smell of intoxicants and his speech was slurred.”

Solicitor Natalie Byrne emphasised PenningtonBell’s full cooperation with police regarding the subsequent breath testing procedures. She said that he was driving near his home when seen by police.

“He was just driving around the corner,” she said, “It was a very, very short distance but unfortunately he made the misguided decision to drive whilst he was in drink.”

Miss Byrne said that Pennington-Bell travels throughout the North West as a ‘rope access worker ’ and that he has a number of staff that work for him. “Unfortunately he takes young gentlemen from site to site,” she said, “He is concerned about the impact of his behaviour and is remorseful for it.”

The magistrates fined him £320, ordered that he pay £117 in costs and victim surcharge, and disqualified him from driving for 20 months.

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Derek Lewis-Lavender, the club’s chairman said: “Dougie is a well respected rock garden and landscape architect in both Great Britain and overseas. Among the notable people he has worked for are Lord Sainsbury and the Prime Minister of Malaysia, whose garden incorporated a miniature railway and wild animals in their natural surroundings.

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Slimmers donate their unwanted goodies to Queenscourt Hospice GENEROUS members of Southport Slimming World groups have been donating unwanted goodies to help Queenscourt Hospice with their ongoing fundraising.

Sheila Bolton who runs the Slimming World groups at Victoria Methodist Church on Sussex Road in Southport said: “After the festive celebrations are over, there are still lots of goodies at

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The Lower Lane-based hospital scored top marks in the Feedback Report compiled by Healthwatch Sefton, the local independent health and social care champion, after engaging with patients, visitors and staff at the hospital over a two-month period last summer.

Positive comments were given when it came to the standard of treatment and care while staff attitudes also rated highly.

In an overall positive report, there was one recommendation and that was in connection to a lack of communication which the Trust has taken action to resolve.

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I ADMIT I was a bit stumped thinking of a subject for this week until a dog gave me an idea at least to give me a start.

Notice I said ‘a dog’ rather than ‘my dog’. And though in fact my dog Tina does come into this briefly - it was that bundle of misplaced energy, my late brother’s dog Cinders, that has got me all of a tither.

You may recall that Cinders is probably the greediest creature on this earth. Not good if you inadvertently leave anything remotely edible within her reach, but with the plus point that it is always easy to get her to come, simply by uttering the magic word ‘treats’! If she is out in the back garden playing with her stuffed lamb (don’t ask), ‘treats’ immediately results in abandoned lamb and her presence at my feet. Or it did until very recently.

I haven’t the foggiest idea what caused it, but obviously she has managed to give herself a scare in the kitchen and at present scurries through as quickly as possible going out of or into the house.

Lately this nonsense has got worse and Cinders has taken to ignoring the siren call of ‘treats’ and finding something of absorbing interest as far down the garden as possible.

This was a nuisance at first but I found that if I went out to her and assured her of treats if she came in, she would reluctantly trot to the door and scurry through the kitchen with all possible speed.

This still works, mornings and afternoons. But for reasons unknown except in that strange little doggy head, in the evenings and even after dark she now refuses stubbornly to come in.

Which is where Tina briefly enters the story. The plan was to get her to help by herding Cinders homewards and this evening she appeared to be doing so. She got the little miscreant following her as she trotted homewards, until about 10 or 15ft away she stopped. Cinders stopped too, only to turn back towards the garden again, while Tina proceeded demurely into the house.

And this culminated at about 5.30pm today with me chasing the little tyke round the garden until I finally managed to grab her by the scruff of her neck and forcibly march her back into the house.

I was literally freezing by the time Cinders was

recaptured, while she (and Tina also for that matter) seem quite happy no matter how cold or bitter the wind. Having a double hairy coat probably helps.

Talking of the weather, obviously I cannot speak for the whole of the Champion’s circulation area, but where I live, and certainly in Southport and Bootle too, there were few real accumulations of snow. We do seem regularly to escape the worst of whatever weather is going - doesn’t stop it from being bitterly cold though!

At this point I was about to put my foot in it by comparing the reaction to snow these days with many of the winters I remember from my youth.

Luckily I have just watched the late evening news on TV and witnessed the scenes of chaos in many parts of the North West. Though I reckon that in general these days everything from trains to schools to cars in a few inches of snow seem to come to a stop rather more easily than they ever used to.

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Young footballers score a £1,000 donation in memory of devoted fan Report by Danielle Thompson Imaginative pupils and staff mark World Book Day

YOUNG footballers will benefit from a £1,000 donation made in honour of a loyal Southport FC fan who passed away last year.

The club's youth teams were given the grant from a special fund set up as a tribute to the late Brian Mitter.

Brian, who had a great passion for the club, especially when his godson started playing for the Junior team, sadly passed away last year.

He was a long-term employee of Southport-based home insurance provider Paymentshield, which has set up the Mitter Award.

The award will see annual donations to different local causes made in Brian’s memory.

His parents, Brian and Ann Mitter said: “We were so touched to hear that an award has been set up in Brian’s name and it makes us very proud to know that the donation is going to a cause that he was very passionate about.

“We would like to thank Paymentshield for all its support and kindness through this difficult time and for remembering Brian in this special way.”

Paymentshield chief executive Rob Evans said: “The award very much reflected Brian’s personality – his colleagues describe him as ‘a very loyal friend who would go out of his way to help you and he’d put his heart and soul into what he cared about.’

“We felt it important to pay tribute to Brian and we’re therefore honoured to announce Southport FC – a club he was extremely passionate about – as the first recipient of the donation.

“Each year, a new recipient of the £1,000 fund will be voted for by Paymentshield’s employees, giving

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“The donation will be awarded with a cheque presentation.

“The new fund will enable Paymentshield to help a wide range of causes and, going forward, the decision will be put into the hands of its employees, allowing them to vote for a cause close to their hearts.”

Southport FC Youth aims to have a positive impact on young people and the community, whilst enabling children of all ages to develop and improve their football skills.

The club also takes pride in helping youths work towards self discipline, team work and good behaviour.

Steve Haw, general manager, at Southport FC, said: “We’re honoured and delighted to be the first recipients of this generous donation, and the money will make a big difference to the club, children and community.

“We were very sorry to hear about Brian. His positive and caring attitude was always felt strongly at the club and we’ll now make it our duty to make sure this lives on.”

IMAGINATIVE youngsters and staff dressed up as a wide range of characters as part of a week of fun activities to mark World Book Day. Pupils at Tarleton Holy Trinity CE Primary on Church Road in Tarleton enjoyed fun sessions including reading with family members and dressing up.

Headteacher Stephen Smith said: “On Monday, February 26, about 30 mums, dads and grandparents came into school, settled down and immersed themselves in a book with their children.

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AFTER failing to make it through storms and blizzards to Glasgow and York on the previous two nights, the joint efforts of Storm Emma and the Beast from the East were unable to prevent Ellen Kent’s touring company from bringing their splendid version of Rigoletto, to the Liverpool Empire last Friday to the delight of a packed audience.

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Alyona Kistenova excelled with her excellent vocal range as Rigoletto’s daughter, Gilda, a role she played on the 2014 tour. Vadym Chernihovskyi doubled as assassin Sparafucile and Count Monterone, who puts the curse on Rigoletto.

After the show, I had a drink with Ellen Kent who explained to me why she started featuring greyhounds instead of the Afghan Hounds she used to use in Rigoletto.

“So many greyhounds are abandoned at five when their racing days are over and they live until they are 12,” she said. “They are gentle dogs who need no more than two 15 minute walks a day. They are healthy, don’t shed much hair and are very affectionate. Ideal pets for older people.”

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Experience World’s Greatest Show Tunes with The Barricade Boys PERFORMERS from the musical Les Misèrables have come together to create a new show which is now on its first international tour and is coming to the Southport theatre on Sunday, March 18.

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SEFTON ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT, 1984, SECTION 14(1) AS AMENDED BY THE ROAD TRAFFIC (TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) ACT 1991 Temporary Closure of Russell Road, Southport Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, not less than seven days from the publication of this Notice, intend to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984, as amended by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991, to close Russell Road, Southport for the following reason: Carriageway resurfacing works.

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NOTICE OF PROPOSAL ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (MOSS HEY LANE, MERE BROW, WEST LANCASHIRE BOROUGH) (PROHIBITION OF DRIVING) ORDER 201* NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lancashire County Council propose to make the above Traffic Regulation Order under Sections 1, 2, 4 and 92 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, the effect of which will be to prohibit driving of motor vehicles on Moss Hey Lane, Mere Brow, from its junction with A565 Southport New Road for a length of 9 metres in a southerly direction.

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Licensing Act 2003 (Premises & Club Premises Certificates) Regulations 2003 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT OF A TIME LIMITED PREMISES LICENCE NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN that Ainsdale sports and social club of 772a Liverpool Road, Ainsdale, have applied to Sefton Council for the grant of a Time Limited Premises Licence in respect of the premises known as: The Field Ainsdale sports and social club 772a Liverpool Road, Ainsdale for the following Licensable Activities:- 15-17th June 2018

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SEFTON ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT, 1984, SECTION 14(1) AS AMENDED BY THE ROAD TRAFFIC (TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) ACT 1991 Temporary Closure of Canning Road, Southport On 7th March, 2018 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council made an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984, as amended by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991, to close Canning Road, Southport for the following reason: Carriageway resurfacing.

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SEFTON ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT, 1984, SECTION 14(1) AS AMENDED BY THE ROAD TRAFFIC (TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) ACT 1991 Temporary Closure of Marine Parade, Southport On 7th March, 2018 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council made an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984, as amended by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991, to close Marine Parade, Southport for the following reason: Inspect and undertake minor maintenance works.

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20% OFF UNTIL THE END OF MARCH For ideas and fixed cost Phone 01704 538178 or 07701 073 063

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OVER 300 BUILDINGS ON DISPLAY ACROSS OUR SHOW SITES 100% Pressure Treated, Delivered and Assembled In Store, Online and Mobile

Ask us WHY you should buy from Solid Sheds...

We will smash any like for like quote

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Defining Your Boundaries

Over 40 years experience in the Fencing Industry

Building Services

TRAFALGAR ALL TRADES LTD Commercial & Domestic Building and Maintenance • Extensions • Driveways • Kitchens • Roofing • Plastering • Joinery • Electrics • Windows, Soffits, Fascias & Guttering • Painting & Decorating

Supply and Fit / Supply Only Price Promise “We will beat any like for like quote” We only use Pressure Treated Timber to protect against Rot, and as we manufacture all of our own products we ensure the lowest prices for the customer whilst maintaining the highest quality.

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0151 207 7490 www.cityfencing.net

builder kitchens, bathrooms, upvc doors & windows.Joinery,roofs ,fascias,flagging,gutters & brickwork. Ring Martin on 07773 073715

Large selection of sheds, summerhouses & playhouses Bespoke service available at the most competitive prices

Advanced Ltd Building & Roofing Services 01695 728998

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For more information or a free brochure call

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email: easysheds@hotmail.com or visit www.eazysheds.com

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SHOWROOM 127 Eastbank Street, Southport, PR8 1DQ Contact: 01704 540 772 or 07818 653 704 See our website for examples www.mackaybrothers.com

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CLEARANCE

Mini Diggers / Excavators Fencing / Footings Soil, Brick / Rubble Removed Top Soil / Turf Laid EXPERIENCED OPERATORS FREE ESTIMATES CALL MARK STEPHENS GROUNDWORKS

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BUILDERS Est. 1961

uPVC Windows, doors, fascias Extensions & all aspects of building work.

Plans drawn if required 01704 896166 / 0151 5201734 07931 697537 / 07780 503600

We won’t be beaten on price like for like

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From £199

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Open Mon-Fri 8-5 • Sat 8-2

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TREE SERVICES

Plumbing, Bathrooms, Kitchens, Building & Renovation work

Southport, Formby & Ormskirk

Tel: 07836 389565

STUMP GRINDING / REMOVAL • CONSERVATION AREAS A SPECIALITY • TECHNICAL TREE REMOVALS AND PRUNING HEDGE TRIMMING • SITE CLEARANCE

Carl Armstrong & Co

Excellent customer service• 12 years experience • Fully insured

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JOINERY & BUILDING SERVICES • Time-served Tradesmen • Joinery Specialist • General Builders • Remedial Damp Proofing • Wall Ties • Plastering • Pointing • Property Maintenance

Experts Accountancy Anthony Mitchell Decorating Services Trustworthy ~ Reliable ~ Tidy • Interior Painting • Exterior Painting • Wallpaper Hanging Domestic & Commercial Work Fully Insured Mobile: 07500 168608 Home: 01704 398930 amds@decorservices.co.uk See our reviews on yell.com ADVERTISE YOUR SERVICE HERE! Call 01704 392392

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Bathrooms

Bathroom & Shower Installations

Quality bathroom design & renovation service, including plastering, plumbing tiling & lighting.

Call Kevin on

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Bedrooms

Carpets & Flooring EXPERIENCED Carpet Fitter. Reasonable rates.

Vinyls, refits. Telephone: 0151 531 8306. Mobile: 07946 572539

Carpet Cleaning

LANCASHIRE BEDROOMS Quality Fitted Bedrooms

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Domestic Repairs

THE BOSCH MAN REPAIRS TO ALL MAKES OF COOKERS, DISHWASHERS, DRYERS, WASHING MACHINES CALL FOR A FREE ESTIMATE BOSCH TRAINED ENGINEER CALL MR BRADBURN ANYTIME

07883 24 1234 01704 828 246 01772 397960 Drains Unblocked/ Repaired 1 hour response Local, CCTV, High Pressure Jet DLW Drainage 0151 923 7806 or 07791 679177

BLOCKED DRAIN JETTING TEL: 07790 783042 or 01704 822677 Trusted Local Tradesman

CHORES UK LTD For more information call

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No fix No fee.Call Dave 07746 109260.

Decorating DARREN’S DECORATORS Wallcovering specialist.

Interior / exterior painting & decorating. Established 18 years. Call Darren 01695 580960 or 07931 589443

BC DECORATORS High Class Painting & Paper Hanging Services Interior or Exterior 40 Years Experience “Quality is Assured”

Garage Doors

PAINTER & DECORATOR available. Competitive rates. 01704 808592 / 07500 907014

Drains

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Electrical JRT ELECTRICS FREE ESTS Great Rates and Reliable Service. Lighting, Sockets & Fuse Boxes.

Rewiring & Fault Finding Expert. Triton showers supply and fitted. All work guranteed fixed price.

01704 862019 or 07887 820533

Holland Electrical Services

DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL Re-wires & Installation Underfloor Heating Fault Finding & Testing Free Estimates Call Out Available No Job Too Big or Too Small Call Ray on

01704 562577 or 07838 255716 NICEIC Registered

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FREE ESTIMATES ALL WORK GUARANTEED & Gary Heaton

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SKILLED GENERAL HANDYMAN Can Cover Most Skilled jobs & Work to High Standard

Over 40 yrs Experience No Job too Big or Small all aspects of Electrical, work inc Alarms, CCTV & Rewires, Painting & Decorating, Joinery, Plumbing For free no obligation Quote Tel 01704 807928 or 07747 834216 or 07544 440 482

R&C Handyman Services All work considered.

No Job too small. Call Richard 07730 199891

LOOK ALL HANDYMAN SERVICES Roofing, building, decorating, joinery, electrics, plastering, extensions.

Cheapest around Tel 07840 061289

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Kitchens, Bathrooms, Joinery, Plumbing, Decorating, Laminates, Flat Packs, Plastering, Cleaning Services, Removals Flagging & Decking etc etc Professional Service No job too small Day, Half Day or Hourly rates

GAS CENTRAL HEATING FULL BATHROOM INSTALLATIONS FREE QUOTATIONS

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PAINTER & DECORATOR Interior and Exterior Free Estimates Reliable, quality, clean & friendly service Call Sean 01704 841479 Mob: 07866 767977

HOME ELECTRICALS Fault finding. Condition reports. Small works.

No job too small. Experienced test electrician.

Brian 07940 510906

Painting & Decorating

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• Central heating systems • Boilers • Bathroom Suites • Gas fires & surrounds • Servicing • Gas safety certs • Showers • Cookers

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Full central heating systems Boiler repairs & replacements Power Flushing Landlord Gas Certificates Bathroom & Kitchen Installations No job too small Call or

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HEATING & PLUMBING • Boiler & Central Heating Breakdown Experts • Boiler Installations • Power Flushing • Vaillant Approved Engineers (www.vaillant.co.uk) • Local Approved Tradesmen 301996 • Ex British Gas Engineers A Local Family Run Business...

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PLUMBING ~ SHOWERS COOKERS

07967 434 033

MARK VERNON Heating & Plumbing Engineer

30 years experience Approved Installer 10yrs guarantee available on all boilers

Powerflushing Boiler breakdowns & servicing APPROVED WORCESTER INSTALLER

01704 565649 / 07966 364 863 Joinery

NeilCoakley JOINER & BEDROOM FITTER • Door Hanging • Staircases • Fitted Kitchens etc • No Job Too Small • Fully Insured, Free Estimates

Tel: 0151 280 6825 Mobile: 07782 113 210

Email: coakleys@blueyonder.co.uk

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Kitchens

Plans Drawn PLANS2BUILD Plans drawn for LA approval.

0797 110 6464 or 01704 880415

AR C HITE C T U RA L PLANS and designs for extensions,alterations and conversions.Call David Haliwell on 01704 573998.

Plastering local plasterer available for the Southport area .17 years experience. Call Chris for a free quote. 07767 141980 J.ROSSITER PLASTERING/RENDER/ Tyrolean Est 1975 jrossiterplastering.co.uk Tel 0151 5211656 or 07747 771118

A.A. THOMPSON plastering & building services.Local reliable and fully insured.Call Anthony for a free quote.07923 545449 or 01704 553978.No job too small.

Callander Plastering

Artex, coving Established 1985 All areas covered Free Estimates Tel: 01704 460 470 01772 814 930 07831 302220

MP Plastering

• Full houses • Skim over artex • K-rend • No obligation quote Call Mick 07841 575230 Plasterer/Renderer clean & reliable,free quotes07850 391755

ALAN’S PLASTERING & Tiling, All work considered. Free estimate. Tel: 01704 538977 or Mob: 07962 244940 RON GREENWOOD ARTEXING AND COVING Skimming over artex ceilings. 01704 875209 or 07954 785273

Plumbing JRT PLUMBING FREE ESTS Great rates and Reliable service. Whole & Part Bathroom Refubs.

Trays-Enclosures-Baths.

Disabled Triton showers supply and fitted.

Toilets, Taps, Sinks and Radiators. All work guranteed fixed price.

01704 862019 or 07887 820533 plumbing & heating All plumbing jobs big or small welcome.New boiler installations and servicing. 07725 729480 DEANWOOD PLUMBING & Heating. Local & reliable. No Call-out charge 01695 624769 Mob. 07909 734978

PLUMBING / HEATING Repairs, replacements, installations, drainage & gutters. All aspects. local & reliable. 01704 808592 / 07500 907014

LADY QUALIFIED PLUMBER & Husband team. All plumbing work.

Taps, toilets. Friendly reliable service. No call out charge. 01704 330398 or 07789 541145

Property Maintenance HAPPY HOME Decorating, flooring, joinery, guttering, plumbing & heating, bathroom & kitchen installations.

01704 808592 or 07500 907014

Removal & Storage gentleman with van.

Birkdale.01704 201890

Van & Driver Cheap rates call Ian 07960 920477

MAN & Van Removals and deliveries. Cheapest Rates.07847 232426 or 01704 876235

MAN & VAN Small removals, big van. Lowest price guaranteed. Est 25 years. 07900 990750 / 0800 1799075

Roofing

Plumbing Replacement Tops, Doors and Plinths.

Full Kitchen and all main appliances Any size, any colour

07793 562419

KITCHEN INSTALLATION SERVICE KITCHENS/BEDROOMS BATHROOMS INSTALLED All Electrical, Plumbing & Tiling work undertaken Worktops Replaced CALL DEREK ON

07888 868685

K.WELSH

Plumbing, Heating & Gas 25 Hour call out

07851 841 446 01695 556 567 C.C. PLUMBING of Churchtown All aspects of plumbing and heating undertaken

FREE ESTIMATES No job too small 30 years experience Tel 01704 233 189 Mob 07979 502003

& PLASTICS LTD

Call the Classified Sales Team on 01704 392392 or check-out our website www.champnews.com Roofing ALL ROOFING WORK Gutters cleared. Pointing.

01695 322103 or 07515 362781 LOOK! Cheapest around.

Gutters & roofs cleaned.

All roofing & building work. 07840 061289

Rubbish Removal

Garages & Sheds Removed Fully licensed & insured Phone or email for a free quote

aarcltd.co.uk Tel 01695 728998

RUBBISH DAVE Rubbish away same day.

Call Dave.07546 181612

CASH PAID for your old furniture.All types bought, Antique to modern.

Charles 07543 278777.

RUBBISH REMOVED Licensed 7 days a week cheapest rates All areas OAP rates Tel Peter 07749 455097 or 07871 197020

Skip Hire Cheapest Local Skip Hire Ormskirk Skip Recycling Ltd. All size skips.

All areas covered.

Reliable Service Tel: 01704 892030

Telephone Services Professional Telephone Engineer

Windows & Glazing

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AERIAL SYSTEMS

WINDOW REPAIRS

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INSTALLATIONS

30 Years Experience All Work Guaranteed For FREE ADVICE ring Graham Waters on: 01704 513275 or mobile: 07831 441670

MISTED / BROKEN UNITS REPLACED HINGES / HANDLES / LETTER BOXES WINDOW LOCKS & DOOR LOCKS ALL GLAZING REPAIRS ALL LEAD WORK

UPVC Repairs

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Telephone:

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07849 365 195

Tel: 07763 111 901

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Full Roofs Flat Roofs Tiling/Slating Storm Damage & Repairs Gutters, Pipes & Fascias Chimney Stacks/Pointing Loft conversions

Digital aerials & Satellite specialists S.M.A.T. TV M.A.T.V. & I.R.S Systems Full Planning & design service Discounts for OAP’s

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Contact: 01695 575065 Mobile: 07753720325

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For all your Manufactured Joinery Requirements No obligation Quotations Windows, Doors (Composite Doors) Conservatories, Porches Roofline, Upvc Window & Door repairs including replacement double glazing units Plans Drawn and submitted for all your construction needs

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MOTORS

Brits really aren’t too hot at coping with extreme cold

More should be done to prepare motorists for coping with snowy conditions

THIS TIME last week there was a joke doing the rounds in the bars of Helsinki about our recent spate of bracing weather.

The English called the weather front, on account of it sweeping across the North Sea straight from the chillier bits of Russia, The Beast From The East. The Dutch dubbed it The Siberian Bear.

Even the Swedes got a bit over-excited and labelled it The Snow Cannon. But the Finns called it… Wednesday. It’s a bit of a harsh observation, but when it comes from a country that’s produced seven world rally champions there is an element of truth in it. We Brits just aren’t too hot at coping with extreme cold. I can understand the schools closing for the day and the train operators finding things a bit tricky – but all those warnings about not travelling unless it’s absolutely necessary rang hollow.

Okay, so horsepower hedonists like me who venture out simply because it’s fun had to hang fire on getting their MX-5s and M3s out for a few days, but everyone else who’s vaguely normal only ever travels because it’s necessary. You might be lucky enough to work from home or to have a boss nice enough to deem your

drive in non-essential, but for the rest of us we’re on the roads not to be annoying, but because we have to be.

Which is why there really ought to be more emphasis on learning what to do when you have to go out in the snow, so you don’t have to stay in and listen to people on the news telling you how treacherous it is out there. If you woke up to a genuine ten-foot high snowdrift than fair enough, but you’d be surprised at how far you can get on the white stuff in a car that isn’t a Land Rover Discovery if you drive sensibly.

Even on quiet roads that hadn’t been gritted my 20-year-old Toyota Avensis managed to cope admirably, and one pal of mine managed to overcome just about everything in a Fiat Cinquecento.

Neither had chunky winter tyres or fancy traction control systems – but they did have decent rubber, a lack of weight and some careful driving in their favour.

But far too few drivers I encountered during Snowmageddon seemed completely clueless about what to do when you get that horrible moment when the steering goes light on an icy patch or what to do when the back end snaps out of line on a slippery bit of snow. I’m not suggesting that we’re sent on weekend breaks to Finland to learn how to drive a Mitsubishi Evo VIII rally car on a frozen lake to sharpen up our skills (although I’d be more than happy to volunteer!), but I’m sure that equipped with some snowdriving knowledge the recent conditions wouldn’t have been as ominous.

Let’s stop panicking about the snow and learn to drive on it instead. Then the Finns might stop taking the mickey out of us…

BMW is blending coupe chic with four wheel drive prowess BMW is aiming to blend coupe chic with off-roader prowess with its new X2, which has just gone on sale across the North West. It’s sleeker, lower and shorter than the X1 on which it’s based, but beneath the skin it’s equipped with the same BMW intelligent four-wheeldrive system. It’s initially only available in 190bhp turbodiesel form, costing £33,980, but other versions of the X2 will be joining it in the showrooms later this year.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Sat Nav â&#x20AC;˘ Alloys â&#x20AC;˘ 38000 Miles

Was ÂŁ10,495

Was ÂŁ10,995

Was ÂŁ10,995

Was ÂŁ11,495

Was ÂŁ11,495

Now ÂŁ9,995

No Deposit

Now ÂŁ9,995

61 Mercedes C220 Cdi Sport Auto 4 Dr

Now ÂŁ10,495

No Deposit

63 Audi A3 Tdi Sport 5 Dr

No Deposit

Now ÂŁ10,995

No Deposit

65 Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 Cdti Tourer Sri

Now ÂŁ10,995 14 BMW 316 D 4 Dr

â&#x20AC;˘ 27000 Miles â&#x20AC;˘ FSH â&#x20AC;˘ 1/2 Leather

â&#x20AC;˘ FSH â&#x20AC;˘ Alloys â&#x20AC;˘ Leather

â&#x20AC;˘ 1 Owner â&#x20AC;˘ FSH â&#x20AC;˘ 56000 Miles

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â&#x20AC;˘ 56000 Miles â&#x20AC;˘ Priv Glass â&#x20AC;˘ Alloys

Was ÂŁ11,995

Was ÂŁ11,495

Was ÂŁ11,995

Was ÂŁ12,995

Was ÂŁ12,495

Now ÂŁ10,995

No Deposit

Now ÂŁ10,995

13 VW Passat CC 2.0 Tdi Auto

No Deposit

Now ÂŁ11,495

66 Ford Focus 1.0 T Zetec Nav 5 Dr

No Deposit

Now ÂŁ11,995

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â&#x20AC;˘ 1 Owner â&#x20AC;˘ FSH â&#x20AC;˘ 35000 Miles

â&#x20AC;˘ Leather â&#x20AC;˘ Sat Nav â&#x20AC;˘ Priv Glass

â&#x20AC;˘ Sat Nav â&#x20AC;˘ App Pack â&#x20AC;˘ 18000 Miles

â&#x20AC;˘ 1 Owner â&#x20AC;˘ Leather â&#x20AC;˘ FSH

â&#x20AC;˘ 48000 Miles â&#x20AC;˘ 1 Owner â&#x20AC;˘ Priv Glass

Was ÂŁ12,695

Was ÂŁ12,495

Was ÂŁ12,695

Was ÂŁ12,995

Was ÂŁ13,995

Now ÂŁ11,995

14 Jaguar Xf 2.2 D R Sport Auto

No Deposit

No Deposit

â&#x20AC;˘ Alloys â&#x20AC;˘ Air Con â&#x20AC;˘ CD Player

64 Ford Kuga 2.0 Tdci Zetec

No Deposit

63 Fiat Punto Evo 1.2 Gbt 3 Dr â&#x20AC;˘ 30000 Miles â&#x20AC;˘ Alloys â&#x20AC;˘ Real Sporty

64 Hyundai I35 1.7 Crdi Se 5 Dr

No Deposit

59 Citreon C3 Picasso Hdi Exclusive â&#x20AC;˘ Air Con â&#x20AC;˘ Alloys â&#x20AC;˘ CD Player

65 Vauxhall Moka 1.6 Exclusive

No Deposit

57 Audi A3 1.6 Special Edition 5 Dr â&#x20AC;˘ 57000 Miles â&#x20AC;˘ Alloys â&#x20AC;˘ Air Con

14 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Tdci Titanium X

Was ÂŁ8,995

57 Ford Fiesta 1.25 Style 3 Dr

Spec Includes â&#x20AC;˘ 12000 Miles â&#x20AC;˘ Sat Nav â&#x20AC;˘ Ivory Leather

Was ÂŁ31,995 SAVE ÂŁ500

â&#x20AC;˘ 24000 Miles â&#x20AC;˘ CD Player â&#x20AC;˘ Ideal 1st Car

06 Mercedes Slk Compressor

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11 Ford Fiesta 1.4 Zetec Auto 5 Dr

Was ÂŁ6,995

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No Deposit

APR

No Deposit

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64 Ford S Max 2.0 Tdci Titanium Auto

Now ÂŁ11,995 15 Honda CRV 1.6 CDTi SR

Save ÂŁ300

Now ÂŁ12,695

65 Mercedes A180 1.5 Cdi Se Auto

No Deposit

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14 Mercedes Cla Cdi Sport 4 Dr

â&#x20AC;˘ 1 Owner â&#x20AC;˘ FSH â&#x20AC;˘ Sat Nav

â&#x20AC;˘ 1 Owner â&#x20AC;˘ Priv Glass â&#x20AC;˘ 7 Seats

â&#x20AC;˘ 1 Owner â&#x20AC;˘ 43000 Miles â&#x20AC;˘ Sat Nav

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Was ÂŁ14,995

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Was ÂŁ17,995

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Now ÂŁ13,995

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Now ÂŁ14,995

No Deposit

Now ÂŁ15,495

No Deposit

Now ÂŁ16,995

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NO

08Reg Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 Life A/c 3dr • Silver • 51974 Miles

DEPOSIT

61 Reg Vauxhall Corsa 1.2i VVT Excite A/C 3dr

Cash Price £3,999

NO &

£69

£79

PER MONTH H 59 Reg Toyota Aygo • Blue • 51358 Mile Miles

NO

DEPOSIT

12 Reg Fiat Punto Easy Auto 5dr

NO

£79

Cash Price £4,499

NO

• Flame Red • 55572 Miles

DEPOSIT

NO

£89

NO

£129

66 Reg Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 90ps SRi Ecoflex 3dr • Re Red 13051 • 1305 Miles Mile

Cash Price £7,999

NO

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DEPOSIT &

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£159

PER MONTH

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• Carbon Flash • 27000 Miles

DEPOSIT

£139

&

PER MONTH

NO

Vauxhall Astra 1.4i Vvt 100ps Energy 5dr

PER MONTH

DEPOSIT

&

PER MONTH

• Red • 43886 4388 Miles Mile

Cash Price £6,999

&

Cash Price £7,399

• White 2657 • 26572 Mile Miles

DEPOSIT

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61 Reg Ford Fiesta Titanium TDCi 70

£119

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• Sovereign Silver • 18672 Miles

£109

PER MONTH

Cash Price £6,499

14 Reg Vauxhall Corsa 1.2i Vvt Excite A/c

PER MONTH H

&

PER MONTH 13 Reg Vauxhall Corsa 1.0 S Ecoflex 3dr

&

NO

£85

PER MONTH

&

DEPOSIT

&

NO

DEPOSIT T

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• Black • 24085 Miles

DEPOSIT

Cash Price £5,499

DEPOSIT T PER MONTH H

Cash Price £4,250

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• Brown • 61962 Miles

£99

PER MONTH

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61 Reg Vauxhall Meriva SE

NO

• Oriental Blue Blu • 49643 4964 Miles Mile

DEPOSIT

&

Cash Price £4,999 9

PER MONTH

Plus, a HUGE SEL ECTION of used cars from £69 per month

66 REG VAUXHALL CORSA 5DR 1.4 90PS ENERGY A/C, BLUE 7381 MILES ..................... £9699 16 REG FORD B-MAX TITANIUM TDCI, BLUE 25501 MILES ....................................................................... £9999 15 REG VAUXHALL MOKKA 5DR 1.4 140 TURBO TECH LINE S/S, CARBON FLASH 37347 MILES ...................................................................................................................................................... £9999 66 REG VAUXHALL CORSA 3DR 1.4 90PS LIMITED EDITION, WHITE 6872 MILES ... £9999 17 REG FORD B-MAX ZETEC TURBO, RED 13455 MILES .......................................................................... £10499 64 REG VAUXHALL MOKKA 5DR 1.4 140 TURBO EXCLUSIV S/S, BLUE 26917 MILES ...................................................................................................................................................................................... £10499 17 REG VAUXHALL ADAM 1.4 100PS SLAM TECH PACK, WHITE 12594 MILES ........... £10699 64 REG FORD KUGA TITANIUM 4X2 TURBO, GREEN 17272 MILES ............................................ £10990 65 REG FORD FOCUS TITANIUM, BLACK 26901 MILES ............................................................................. £10999 65 REG SKODA FABIA SE TSI, WHITE 7199 MILES ............................................................................................ £10999 66 REG VAUXHALL ASTRA 5DR 1.4T 125PS DESIGN, WHITE 10721 MILES ....................... £10999 17 REG VAUXHALL CORSA 5DR 1.4 90PS SRI VX-LINE EFX, GREY 6820 MILES ..... £10999 15 REG VAUXHALL MOKKA 5DR 1.4 140 TBO TECH LINE S/S, CARBON FLASH 31419 MILES ..................................................................................................................................................... £10999 66 REG VAUXHALL ASTRA 5DR 1.0T 105PS TECH LINE EFX S, RED 10458 MILES £10999 16 REG VAUXHALL MOKKA 5DR 1.6 115PS EXCLUSIV S/S, WHITE 13852 MILES ...... £10999 16 REG VAUXHALL MOKKA 5DR 1.6 115PS EXCLUSIV S/S, SILVER 9222 MILES ......... £11999 65 REG VAUXHALL ASTRA 5DR 1.4T 150PS ELITE NAV, WHITE 18958 MILES .............. £12499 17 REG NISSAN JUKE N-CONNECTA DIG-T, PEARL BLACK 9271 MILES .............................. £12499 66 REG VAUXHALL ASTRA 5DR 1.6CDTI 136PS SRI S/S, GREY 10276 MILES ................ £12499 16 REG VAUXHALL INSIGNIA SPORT TOURER 1.6CDTI 136 SRI NAV, GREY 7053 MILES ........................................................................................................................................................................................ £12999 64 REG AUDI A3 SPORT TFSI, RED 18129 MILES .................................................................................................. £12999 17 REG VAUXHALL ASTRA 5DR 1.0T 105PS SRI NAV EFX S/S, DEEP SKY BLUE 10009 MILES .................................................................................................................................................... £12999 15 REG VOLKSWAGEN GOLF MATCH BLUE TECH TDI, SILVER 11273 MILES .................. £12999 16 REG VAUXHALL MOVANO R3500 L4H2 CDTI DR, WHITE 24032 MILES ..................... £13499

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17 REG VAUXHALL ASTRA 5DR 1.0T 105PS SRI NAV EFX S/S, GREY 22195 MILES ........................................................................................................................................................................................ £9999 62 REG VAUXHALL ANTARA SE NAV CDTI 4X4 AUTO, GREY 21227 MILES ......................................................................................................................................................................................... £9999 64 REG VAUXHALL ZAFIRA TOURER 1.4I VVT 140 TURBO SRI, BLACK 29425 MILES ................................................................................................................................................................................. £10299 64 REG VAUXHALL MOKKA TECH LINE CDTI S/S, ORANGE 32523 MILES .................... £10399 16 REG VAUXHALL ASTRA GTC SRI CDTI S/S, WHITE 38812 MILES ......................................... £10799 17 REG VAUXHALL CORSA 5DR 1.4 90PS SRI VX-LINE EFX,GREY 10959 MILES ..... £10899 16 REG VAUXHALL INSIGNIA SRI NAV CDTI S/S, SILVER 34430 MILES ............................. £10899 66 REG VAUXHALL ASTRA 5DR 1.4T 125PS ENERGY, SKY BLUE 18743 MILES ........... £10899 67 REG VAUXHALL CORSA 3DR 1.4 75PS LIMITED EDITION EFX, PERSIAN BLUE 314 MILES ............................................................................................................................................................... £10999 66 REG VAUXHALL ASTRA 5DR 1.0T 105PS SRI NAV EFX S/S, WHITE 21232 MILES .................................................................................................................................................................................. £10999 15 REG VAUXHALL MOKKA 5DR 1.7 CDTI 130PS EXCLUSIV S/S, CARBON FLASH 10500 MILES .................................................................................................................................................. £10999 17 REG VAUXHALL ASTRA SRI NAV, GREY 10859 MILES ....................................................................... £12699 17 REG VAUXHALL INSIGNIA 1.6CDTI 136 LIMITED EDITION EFX, SUMMIT WHITE 12148 MILES ........................................................................................................................................................ £12999 16 REG VAUXHALL ZAFIRA TOURER SRI CDTI AUTO, GREY 36657 MILES ..................... £12999 17 REG VAUXHALL ASTRA ELITE NAV CDTI S/S, BLACK 14802 MILES ................................ £13899 17 REG VAUXHALL ASTRA GTC LIMITED EDITION TURBO, RED 8313 MILES ............... £13999 67 REG VAUXHALL INSIGNIA SPORT TOURER 2.0CDTI 170 ELITE NAV, DARK MOON BLUE 7340 MILES ............................................................................................................................................... £21999

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Jason Gilchrist in action against Leamington.

England C call-up for hot shot Gilchrist SOUTHPORT striker Jason Gilchrist has been called up to the England C squad to take on Wales C at Barry Town on Tuesday, March 20.

England C team represent the country at non-league level.

Gilchrist joined Port from FC United of Manchester as the club’s record signing late in 2017, and has made an good start to life at the Merseyrail Community Stadium with 12

goals in all competitions, including two hat-tricks.

He is one of five England C representatives from the National League North Division.

A club spokesperson said: “Jason’s England call up is a just reward for his efforts in a yellow shirt this season and everyone at the club would like to offer their warmest congratulations and best wishes.”

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Home comforts give Port chance to pick up points after big freeze SOUTHPORT missed out on the chance to build on their recent run of good form on Saturday when their scheduled match at Blyth Spartans became a victim of the freezing storm that swept the country.

The match at Blyth was postponed as early as noon last Thursday, as there was more than 12 inches of snow on some parts of the pitch.

Port didn’t lose any ground in the table, as every fixture in National League North was postponed.

No date has yet been confirmed for the rescheduled fixture but the Blyth Spartans’ pitch rest of March is set to be a was under 12 inches busy period for Port. of snow last week.

On Saturday they have a chance to pick up three points when they host Tamworth who currently sit just above the relegation zone.

The following Tuesday (March 13) they are at home again to Telford United who are third from bottom in the table.

The next game the following Saturday (March 17) will be a tougher challenge when they visit promotion chasing York City.

On Saturday, March 24 they host Alfreton Town and on the final weekend of the month (March 31) Port Jack Sampson receives Player of the Month award. travel to Darlington.

Ahead of Southport’s match against Curzon Ashton on Saturday, Jack He came out on top in the supporters’ poll and was presented with his Sampson was presented with the Trust in Yellow Player of the Month for award before kick-off by young fan Jack Pearce Supporters group Trust in Yellow will be running a coach to the match January.

Sampson scored four goals in five games during a month that saw the at York City on Saturday, March 17.

It leaves the Merseyrail Community Stadium at 10.45am with a fare of Sandgrounders turn their form around by registering three wins.

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As Tommy Fleetwood moves into the top ten world golf rankings, his first coach speaks of reasons behind his success SOUTHPORT golfer Tommy Fleetwood moved up to number 10 in the world rankings ahead of Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia, following his joint 14th finish at the World Golf Championship event in Mexico last week.

And with The Masters tournament coming up in (April 5-8), the Champion spoke to Fleetwood’s first ever golf coach, Norman Marshall, who he still stays in touch with.

I believe you met Tommy Fleetwood at the age of six. Was it always obvious from a young age that he would be a star?

WHEN I first saw Tommy’s game, he was the best junior golfer I’d ever seen. That said, I was quite a young golf coach back then. Looking back now, with the benefit of years of experience – it only becomes more apparent what a golfing genius he truly was! A truly world-class talent, even then.

What’s more, it’s not just talent at that age that makes a difference, it’s carrying it on. I’ve probably seen five or six equally talented golfers at that age since, but so far, none of them have persevered to the same level.

What was his biggest strength as a young player?

HIS power relative to his bodyweight was extraordinary, but the part of his game that impressed me most (and still does) is his desire to put the practice in when he got the chance. Hours upon hours out on the course, it’s the only way.

Norman Marshall with Tommy Fleetwood

He loved golf, but you really need is a supportive parent, someone to drive you around. With Tommy, it was the commitment of his dad that impressed me, his willingness to help and give his son every opportunity to follow his passion.

see him in Southport a lot. In fact, for a worldclass golfer, he probably plays more golf than anyone with everyday golfers – his dad and his mates. He’s got a Southport heart too.

In fact, back in December – we held a local junior golf tournament where unfortunately one of the boy’s parents, came from Southport, his dad had died suddenly of sepsis. The organiser wanted to put on a fundraiser at Formby Hall – where I’m the head golf pro, and asked me, “Is there any chance you can get Tommy involved?”

Now, bear in mind, when he asked me – Tommy was right in the middle of the Race to Dubai, trying to become the best golfer in Europe, so it wasn’t an ideal time. However, I managed to get a message through to Tommy’s dad asking him about the fundraiser. To my surprise, his immediate response was “yes, we’d love to come.”

He had to move a few things around last minute to make the time to come, which is practically unheard of. It was extremely touching.

December 27 dawned, and sure enough, Tommy turned up at Formby Hall and basically spent the whole day there, presented the trophies and signed autographs for all the junior players. He’s a kind, genuine man.

Is Tommy still a Southport boy at heart?

Even having finished last year as the European No.1 thanks to the Order of Merit, several bookmakers have his odds of winning the Masters as high as 80/1. Is that accurate?

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First, at Augusta, you need to be an extremely good, accurate driver of the ball. Tommy is one of the best in the world – setting him in very good stead.

Off the tee as well, you also need to be able to turn the ball from right to left, so it’s the shape of shot that’s crucial. Again, Tommy’s game suits that. He’s a long straight hitter, with a flight that does move right to left.

The real question is how quickly can Tommy adapt to the different grass and the green conditions. Every course is different, but the grass is particularly unique at Augustus. The pace of the greens and the quite incredible undulation is what really trips people up.

With the crazy pace and slope to the greens, it’s crucial to be able to control your iron shots. Year after year, it’s the second or third shot that separates the top golfers. You want to leave yourself a close-enough putt to sink, especially on these surfaces. If your irons aren’t good, you end up with a downhill putt for a birdie, with very little chance of making it. Thankfully, Tommy is again one of the best at hitting greens in regulation.

Finally, if you could give Tommy one piece of advice for next year, what would it be?

KEEP doing what you’re doing, be relaxed and your chance will come.

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