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Car parking charges could be brought in at Formby station

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT

RAIL passengers using Formby’s park and ride facilities could be charged to use its car parks.

Formby Hall Golf Resort and Spa are big winners at Southport Ambassador Awards

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:50:00 GMT

STAFF at a top Formby hotel swept the board at an industry ceremony this week – going home with four gongs.

Driver admits part in Formby crash which killed electrician

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:30:00 GMT

THE family of Formby man killed in a road accident say they “don’t bare any grudges” against the man convicted of his death.

Mersey women to be hardest hit by public sector cuts

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

WORKING women on Merseyside will be hit hardest by possible cuts in public services, the TUC has warned.

Formby Brownies help raise money for St Peter’s Church bells appeal

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE 1st FORMBY Brownies have been helping St Peter’s Church raise the money it desperately needs to refurbish its bells.

Parking charges may be scrapped at Southport hospital

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

TRANSPORT bosses are against plans to abolish “resented” car parking charges at Southport Hospital.

Formby photographer Chris Winstanley to have images on display at Houses of Parliament

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A PHOTOGRAPHER who suffers a debilitating muscle condition will have his work displayed in Westminster.

Sefton Council to raise fees for Sefton local footballers by 10%

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

FOOTBALL bosses have slammed plans for a cost hike in Sefton pitch hire – the second rise in less than 18 months.

Formby Choral Society to perform Verdi’s Requiem at the Liverpool Philharmonic

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

FORMBY Choral Society are performing at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall later this month.

Striking images on display at Southport Photographic Society’s 63rd Open Exhibition

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

IMAGES by some of Sefton’s very best amateur photgraphers are now on display at Southport Photographic Society’s 63rd Open Exhibition.

Formby family raise money for Mozambique

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A FORMBY family are raising money for Mozambique – 20 years after mum and dad first visited the country.

A Southport charity has launched a £30,000 fundraising campaign

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A SEFTON-based spinal injury charity has launched a vital £30,000 fundraising campaign – and is appealing for local business and well-wishers to sign up.

Formby High students appeal for cash to finance a humanitarian trip to Tanzania

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

FORMBY High is appealing for donations to send a group of students to Tanzania later this year.

Cutting business waste, enjoying Spring and your stories wanted

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

l THE construction industry throws away £1.5 billion of new, unused material each year, creating extra landfill and wasting valuable raw materials.Now Merseyside builders’ merchant Huws Gray and environmental website BuilderScrap have collaborated to bring a Reuse Road Show to the area, in the hope of cutting down on waste.BuilderScrap is a free to use website which allows builders to pass this surplus on to other builders, community groups and charities, and people with self build or maintenance projects. Find out more at the events, which take place at Huws Graybranches throughout the month.On Friday they’ll be in Moreton, next Monday in Wallasey, on Wednesday March 17 in Heswall, Friday March 19 in Ellesmere Port and Monday March 29 in Aintree. For details see http://builderscrap.com.

How gardeners can help cut Formby’s carbon footprint

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

FORMBY’S green-fingered environmentalists are being urged to switch to peat-free compost as part of efforts to cut our carbon footprint.

Formby High’s Meghan Neil raised over £300 for Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancer Research UK with a cake sale

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

FORMBY High’s Meghan Neil raised over £300 for Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancer Research UK with a cake sale at her school.

Chidren's author Lizzie Finlay met pupils from St Oswald's school last week for World Book Day.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

CHILDREN'S author Lizzie Finlay met pupils from St Oswald's school last week for World Book Day.

Dropping everything to search for water voles

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

HOW do you fancy going on the smelly search at the RSPB Marshside nature reserve?

Redgate Robins’ reading week

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE pupils at Redgate Robins pre-school celebrated World Book Day with a week of creative activities.

Sefton patrol officers issued with stun guns

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

SEFTON patrol officers are now carrying Taser guns and could use them in Formby.