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Sefton CEO Margaret Carney backs campaign to Keep Trade Local

SEFTON Council chief executive Margaret Carney is supporting the Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB’s) “Keep Trade Local” campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the issues facing small, independent traders and to encourage consumers to use their local shops.Read

Bill Esterson’s Westminster Diary: 22/04/13

THE UK has been stripped of its coveted AAA credit by a second agency.Read

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Family’s moving tribute to Hillsborough campaign mum Anne Williams

THE family of campaigning Hillsborough mum Anne Williams today paid tribute to her “courage and tenacity”.Read

Brian Reade on Hillsborough campaigner Anne Williams: “She was an incredible advert for the power of a mother’s love”

Daily Mirror and former ECHO journalist BRIAN READE, below, a Hillsborough campaigner for 24 years, pays his own respects to a remarkable human beingRead

Formby FC bosses to fight league’s decision to relegate club with appeal to FA

A TABLE-topping amateur football club which faces relegation because its ground is not up to scratch is set to fight the move.Read

Ainsdale’s Tree Tops hotel set for major development this summer

A LANDMARK hotel and restaurant is set to be transformed into a gastro pub.Read

90 years of Inner Wheel

FORMBY members of the Inner Wheel Club of Liverpool have been celebrating the club’s 90th anniversary.Read

Masterchef star Jay Tinker will open a new restaurant at Shorrocks Hill in Formby

MASTERCHEF star Jay Tinker is looking forward to opening a new restaurant in Formby next month.Read

Beach party teens embark on rampage through estate

A GANG of around 50 teenagers went on the rampage in Formby, damaging cars and a garden fence.Read

65 fires in 12 days spark concern in Sefton

FIRE chiefs are cracking down on arsonists after crews tackled more than 65 blazes across Sefton in just 12 days.Read

People can get their blood pressure checked courtesy of The Rotary Club of Formby this weekend

THE Rotary Club of Formby will host its annual Blood Pressure Checking Session at the Chapel Lane surgery in Formby Village this Saturday (April 20).Read

Chamber of Commerce date for cinema chief Janet

SEFTON Chamber of Commerce and Industry have announced the guest speaker at their latest Women in Business event.Read

Sons of Pitches take on the Big Apple

AN EX-MERCHANT Taylor’s pupil has sung his way to the Big Apple with his acapella group Sons of Pitches.Read

Bill Esterson’s Westminster Diary: 16/04/13

THIS month has seen big changes in the benefits system.Read

Formby Pinewoods Probus Club Celebrates

FORMBY Pinewoods Probus Club is celebrating its 10th year at their annual dinner, being held at Formby Hall Gold Club on Thursday, April 18. Read

Formby diamond couple mark 60 years married

A MARRIED couple from Formby have spoken of their delight after celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. Diamond couple Dorothy Hughes, 82, and James Hughes, 84, wed in 1953 and have now recieved a letter of congratulations from the Queen. Read

After 46 years of service Bill hands over the wheel

HE might be the longest serving valet in the history of the car sales business, but now Bill Hall is finally calling it a day, aged 70.Read

Wildlife project gets Easter boost as dozens of trees planted by volunteers in the Woodvale Wildlife Project

VOLUNTEERS took to the woodland behind Sandbrook Road over the Easter weekend as efforts continued to enhance a community nature reserve.Read

Former Formby woman stops off in Ainsdale on Land’s End to John O’Groats cycle

A WOMAN who is cycling more than 1,000 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats has made a special stop in Ainsdale.Read

Bill Esterson’s Westminster Diary: 09/04/13

THE government says that we all gain from a higher personal tax allowance of nearly £10,000.Read

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