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Tory shadow minister backs campaign for a Formby community centre

A TORY shadow minister has backed a campaign to re-open a community centre.Read

Giant 2012 Olympics themed inflatable at Formby Pool this weekend

IT’S the only type of inflation the people of Formby really wants to hear about in the current climate.Read

Santander donate £30,000 to charity of the year Jospice

JOSPICE has been given a £30,000 boost.Read

Local election candidates invited to Southport Town Hall event

FORMBY people interested in standing in this year’s Sefton local elections are invited to an information event at Southport Town Hall.Read

Fury of widow after killer appeals against his sentence

A GRIEVING family have called for a change in the law as the man who murdered a devoted dad prepared to appeal his sentence.Read

Bob Wright, Little Crosby community hero, dies aged 71

TRIBUTES have been paid to South Sefton community hero Bob Wright, who has died aged 71.Read

Dialysis patients at Southport hospital have backed the Visiter’s Give and Let Live organ donor campaign

“IT IS a life – but it’s not much of one.”Read

Solar panels, Sefton star gazing and a plea for Fairtrade Fortnight

IT costs £12,500 to install solar cells on your roof, but new tariffs should give you a return of at least £25,000, according to the government figures released this week for the Feed-in Tariffs.Read

Formby beach at centre of new European research

FORMBY’S beach could benefit from better water quality forecasts as part of a new project with the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory.Read

Spot the snowdrops in Formby this Spring

FORMBY families are being encouraged to spot the first snowdrops of the spring.Read

Residents fear green belt land will be built on in Thornton to Switch Island link road scheme

AN APPLICATION for the long- awaited link road between Thornton and Switch Island will be made in April.Read

Range High School is holding a jazz evening in March to raise money to pay for a minibus

RANGE High School is holding a jazz evening in March to raise money to pay for a minibus.Read

Sefton council Surestep initiative is aiming to reduce the number of our school children being killed or injured on the roads

SEFTON Council’s Surestep initiative is aiming to prevent our school children being killed and injured on the roads.Read

THE 2young2die road safety campaign came to Formby High on Friday afternoon

THE 2young2die road safety campaign came to Formby High on Friday afternoon.Read

Busy Bees nursery has been in touch with a lovely gallery of photographs from their

BUSY Bees Nursery has been in touch with a lovely gallery of photographs from their Story Telling week.Read

Times Past has received a beautiful note from Formby resident Major Ellis Dean on the history of May Cooksey’s country cottage

TIMES Past has received a beautiful note from Formby resident Major Ellis Dean on the history of May Cooksey’s country cottage.Read

More than half Liverpool retailer Ethel Austin staff face redundancy in closure blow

MORE than 1,800 Ethel Austin jobs will disappear in the wave of shop closures announced by the Knowsley-based firm’s administrators.Read

Man who stole from Formby garage blames drugs gangsters

A MAN who said drugs gangsters forced him to fraudulently cash five cheques he stole from a garage has been sentenced.Read

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Merseyside’s fire service cut by almost a third in a decade

THE NUMBER of firefighters in Merseyside plummeted by almost a third in just a decade.Read

Stephen Gerrard releases debut album entitled Gypsy Wood

FORMBY’S Stephen Gerrard has had rave reviews following his latest achievement.Read

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