Police are appealing for witnesses following an RTC in Southport involving a bus and a pedestrian.
Officers were called shortly before 5pm yesterday afternoon (February 27) to reports that a collision had taken place involving a bus and a pedestrian.
The pedestrian, a woman in her 40s has been taken to hospital. The extent of her injuries are unknown at this time.
Anyone that witnessed the collision is asked to DM @MerPolCC quoting ref: 715 of 27/2/19.
Merseyside Police will be recruiting an additional 80 new police officers and 14 police staff and will be able to stem the loss of approximately 40 officer posts to invest in more police on the streets of Merseyside over the next year.
This means that the force will be able to invest in the creation of a new team to target wanted fugitives and the introduction of a new Cyber Investigations Unit.
The force budget was announced last week at a special public meeting held by Merseysideās Police Commissioner Jane Kennedy and Chief Constable Andy Cooke.
Funding for 40 of the new officer posts has been generated from the increase of the police precept on council tax, following a public consultation held by the Commissioner. Savings that the force has identified throughout the last year, have also generated funding for a further 40 officers and will save approximately 40 police officer posts that were due to be lost.
The force will also bring in an extra 14 police staff in 2019/20.
The new and saved posts will increase capacity on the front line and create dedicated teams of officers and staff to target those who cause the most harm to the communities of Merseyside.
In the last year Merseyside has seen an increase in knife crime, violence and robbery, and the force is still managing the threat that serious organised crime, which includes gun and drug related crime, brings to communities. We want to ensure that we have the capacity to respond to these incidents and put those involved in this type of criminality on the back foot.
To do that we are now in the position to create a Priority Crime Team within Matrix disruption. The sole aim of that team will be to transfer the fear of crime back on to the criminal through targeted, proactive policing.
A centralised Fugitive Team will also be set up to track and arrest wanted criminals and bring them to justice. The team will find those wanted on arrest warrants and who have breached licences and will support the forceās local policing and targeted teams to locate suspects who commit crime in our communities.
Friends Of groups have united in a shared love of making sure Sefton stays clean, green and beautiful.
Throughout the Year Of Friendship, Sefton Council and its partners are celebrating groups, individuals and organisations who make a difference and help foster friendship throughout the borough.
For February, Sefton Council has been celebrating the continued hard work of the many ‘Friends Of…’ groups who turn out week in, week out in parks, greenspaces and the 22 miles of Sefton’s coastline to remove litter and make the environment a better place.
The 22 miles spanning between Southport and Seaforth are some of the most iconic, idyllic and important stretches of greenspace and coastline in the UK and are home to a menagerie of fauna and flora.
But it takes a lot of work to make our coastline the sandy success that it is!
The Green Sefton coast and countryside division are supported by hundreds of volunteers, who come under the umbrella group, the ‘Friends of Sefton Coast.’
Between them they give up just a small portion of their time throughout the year to keep our coastline beautiful.
Last year alone an incredible 2,300 people volunteered 5,200 hours of their time over 76 clean-up events that saw thousands of bags of rubbish cleared from our coastline and this continues well into our Year Of Friendship campaign.
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ā Sefton Council (@seftoncouncil) 14 February 2019
Inland too volunteer groups remain hard at work helping perfect our parks and greenspaces such as the Friends of Derby Park, while volunteer gardeners like the Lord Street Volunteers give up their time to helpĀ make sure floral planters are constantly blooming.
There’s always plenty to get your teeth into on both our coastline and in our parks and greenspaces and Green Sefton are always looking for more people to get involved.
To register your interest in forming or joining a Sefton ‘Friends Of…’ group click here.
To find out more about the Year Of Friendship visit www.sefton.gov.uk/friendship.
Police are appealing for help in locating the next of kin of a 69 year-old man who died in Bootle.
David Moreland passed away at his home address on Fernhill Road in Bootle on Monday 25th February.
There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
It is believed Mr Moreland may have relatives living locally and also family in New Zealand.
Anyone with information is asked to email sefton.coroners.office@Merseyside.pnn.police.uk
Southport Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Centre will be holding its first āHealth and Wellbeing eventā of the year on Thursday 14th March at the Royal Clifton Hotel in Southport and anyone who has been affected by cancer, whether directly or through supporting someone is invited to come along.
The centre, a joint partnership set up by Macmillan and NHS Southport and Formby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), is holding the event in partnership with Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, at the Royal Clifton Hotel from 2pm ā 4.30pm.
On the day there will be lots of information stalls for people to visit and access support from cancer nurse specialists, support groups and other key organisations. There will be a talk at 3.15pm by Kate Wilson from Access Sefton about talking therapies and emotional wellbeing.
There will also be a mindful movement taster session at the event, Boots mini pamper sessions and hand massages by Sefton OPERA throughout the afternoon.
Dr Graeme Allan, Macmillan GP and NHS Southport and Formby CCG cancer clinical lead, said: āThese events are ideal for people to come along and meet others who have had a similar experience. It is always useful to share and the hope is that there may be an activity or group out there that suits an individualās needs, so you might go away with an idea of what we can help you with. Itās a friendly and informative event and everyone is very welcome.ā
Sonia Holdsworth, Macmillan Partnership Quality Lead for Cheshire and Merseyside, said: āWe saw over 150 people at the last event and we hope to see even more this time, they are always a great success and the more people we can support the better.
āThe feedback we get is that people enjoy meeting others they can chat to, whether that be other patients, clinical nurse specialists or someone from a support group. Many people who come to the centre or one of our events have joined one of the support groups such as the walking, cycling or craft group, which they feel is another good way to meet others and get out and about during or after treatment.ā
Elaine Deeming, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trustās lead cancer nurse, said: āWeāre delighted to continue to build on the success of previous health and well-being clinics. The events provide access to the wide range of services available locally in one venue, making it easier for our attendees.ā
The Health and Wellbeing events aim to support people in adjusting to life with and beyond cancer by providing information on the wide range of services which are available locally as well as healthy living activities.
Anyone affected by cancer, either recently or in the past, as well as family and friends supporting others are welcome to book onto this free event.
The events are friendly and educational with the opportunity for visitors to chat to cancer nurse specialists, key organisations and support groups. The Macmillan Singing Group will also be performing on arrival, to welcome people to the event.
You can watch a video from the last event here: https://youtu.be/jr4d9S3xRy4
The Health and Wellbeing events are free of charge and refreshments are provided, but booking is essential. To book onto the next event please call 01704 533024 or email: sfccg.macmillancic@nhs.net.
For more information about the work of the Macmillan Information and Support Centre on Stanley Street in Southport, please see the website: www.southportmacmillancentre.org.uk
