With the darker nights drawing in and the colder weather looming, lots of people can start to pick up bugs, sniffles and coughs. But there’s lots we can do to ensure we feel ‘tip top’ and keep any illnesses at bay! For example, if you’re aged between 40-74 years, you’re…

Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service is urging families to think safe this halloween and be alert to the fire risks from wearing Halloween costumes. Wearing a halloween costume is great fun but remember the outfit you have on could easily catch fire from naked flames you may be near such…

Stockbridge Village Neighbourhood Centre, The Withens, Stockbridge Village, Merseyside, L28 1AB. Priced at £2.10 per child (discounts for families) and parents get in for FREE. Activities and fun for children up to 12yrs. Parents need to stay with children under 8. Giant Bouncy Castle, Multi Sports, Arts and Crafts, Community…

Schools from across the region have come together to sing and record a charity single in aid of Children in Need. The team behind the Educate Awards partnered with Formby High School’s senior assistant headteacher, Steve Cook and music technology teacher, Gary Heatherington, to write a song to help raise…

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and Macmillan Cancer Support is encouraging people to be aware of the signs and symptoms of the disease. Lung cancer is common in both men and women, with around 46,400 cases diagnosed every year. Smoking cigarettes is the main cause of lung cancer, but…

Prescot Parish Church Musicians will be in concert on Friday 21 September, 7.00pm-8.15pm at Prescot Parish Church, Church Street, Prescot L34 1LA Tickets cost £5 on the door and all monies are in aid of church funds. The evening includes music from Tim Hall (organ), plus instrumental and vocal items…

Local mental health service provider North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is calling on people to think about how their halloween fun could cause distress to others. In recent years, leading supermarkets have come under fire for selling halloween costumes which caused offence. As a result, such items as…

In November 1970, a 21-year-old Huyton man named Rob Oxley went to his local betting shop and put his birthday money on a horse. The horse won and netted the young man enough cash to buy a second-hand Hillman Hunter with £50 to spare, and he picked up the car…

Friday 9th November, 7.00pm-8.15pm Prescot Parish Church, Church Street, Prescot. L34 1LA Tickets £5 on the door (children under 16 free with an adult) – all proceeds to the Poppy Appeal.   Join in an evening of music and readings to commemorate 100 years since the end of World War I….

Plantation Primary School in Halewood has been awarded the British Council’s prestigious International School Award in recognition of its work to bring the world into the classroom. The International School Award celebrates the achievements of schools that do exceptional work in international education. Fostering an international dimension in the curriculum…

Merseyside Police are appealing for information following an act of criminal damage in Kirkby on the evening of Monday, 5 November. At around 7.10pm, officers patrolling the area saw a fire in Memorial Park. The fire caused damage to the play area where swings and a slide were destroyed.  Merseyside…

With the darker nights drawing in and the colder weather looming, lots of people can start to pick up bugs, sniffles and coughs. But there’s lots we can do to ensure we feel ‘tip top’ and keep any illnesses at bay! For example, if you’re aged between 40-74 years, you’re…

Knowsley Councillors approved the appointment of a Principal Contractor – Idverde UK Ltd – to deliver the Bowring Park Restoration Project following a recent procurement exercise. This is part of the successful application to the Heritage Lottery Fund’s Parks for People programme, which awarded Bowring Park £1.8m in July 2016….

Trust staff at Whiston Hospital took a stand against knife crime by joining the #NoMoreKnives campaign. Alongside the family of Adam Ellison, the 29-year-old fatally stabbed in Prescot town centre last November, staff from across the hospital stood outside the Emergency Department and sang the campaign's anthem ‘Stand by Me’….