Sefton Coroner’s Office is appealing for the family of a man who recently died in Crosby.
Stuart Greene was 62 years of age and lived in Newborough Avenue.
He died at home on Friday, 24 November.
There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding Mr Greene’s death.
Anyone who can help the coroner identify and trace any potential next of kin should call 0151 777 3422 or email Sefton.Coroners.Office@merseyside.pnn.police.uk.
Sefton residents are being invited to share their thoughts and ideas on how health commissioners in the borough could better involve them in their local NHS.
There are a number of ways that people can currently find out more about the work of NHS Southport and Formby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and NHS South Sefton CCG or get involved in what they do. This includes taking part in surveys, coming along to their governing body meetings, or directly contacting the CCGs with their queries and questions via email, website, phone or post.
Gill Brown, lay representative for patient and public engagement of NHS Southport and Formby CCG, said:
“We greatly value the views of our residents and their feedback helps to shape our work. So it’s important that as many people as possible have the opportunity to give their views when we are asking about health issues that matter to them most.”
Both CCGs hold regular public events, called ‘Big Chats’, where residents are asked for their views and experiences to help shape the health commissioners’ latest work. However, the CCGs understand that different people will prefer different ways to feedback their experiences of local health services, or to get involved in what they do.
Graham Bayliss, lay representative for patient and public engagement of NHS South Sefton CCG, said:
“There is always more we can do to get people involved in our work and new and different ways like social media that we can use to do this. We want to hear from residents about how they would like us to involve them and we’re inviting people to tell us how we can best do this by taking part in our survey.”
Sefton residents are asked to complete a short online survey about the ways they would like the CCGs to update them or involve them in their work. Feedback will help the CCGs to look at new and different ways to involve and inform their residents in the future.
Anyone with an interest in local health is invited to take part in the questionnaire, which can be found on each CCG website, along with short films highlighting the views of Big Chat attendees and how they think the CCGs could improve how the involve people in the work of the local NHS.
Examples of how the CCGs have used people’s feedback to shape health services and strategies can also be found on their websites.
Refuse and recycling collections in Sefton will continue over Christmas and the New Year for residents across the borough.
Collection crews will be observing the usual Boxing Day bank holiday on Tuesday, December 26 meaning all scheduled collections from December 26-29 will take place a day later. This includes the ‘normal’ Friday collection on December 29 moving to Saturday, December 30.
Residents are asked to put their refuse and recycling out a day later than normal for this week only meaning collections will now take place between December 27-30. Normal service will resume from Tuesday, January 2, 2018.
Separate arrangements for trade waste collections over Christmas and the New Year will be made and businesses affected will be contacted directly by Sefton Council.
Similar to other years, the green wheelie bin collection for garden waste will be suspended from the end of November 2017 until March 2018 and to check any of your collection dates please visit the Sefton Council website – sefton.gov.uk/bins.
Cllr John Fairclough, Sefton Council’s Cabinet Member Locality Services, said:
“Please take note of the minor change to refuse and recycling collections over Christmas and the New Year.
“The only difference this year is that household collections will be a day later during the week in between Christmas and New Year. Residents can also download calendars of their updated collections into 2018 by simply logging on to sefton.gov.uk/bins.
“Please remember that during and after the Christmas period we all tend to generate extra waste yet so much of this can be recycled. As ever please think about recycling more rather than just putting it in the grey bin and make your Christmas an even greener one.”
To check collection arrangements or for further information on all waste and recycling services, visit www.sefton.gov.uk/bins or follow us on Twitter @seftoncouncil.
As work to build the new Maghull North station heads into its next phase, key Liverpool City Region partners visited site last week to see the progress being made on site.
Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram, Sefton Central MP Bill Esterson and other representatives from the key delivery partners involved in developing the scheme joined Merseytravel and Network Rail at the station compound just off School Lane in Maghull.
Since work began in September this year, engineers have been hard at work preparing the site for the construction phase of the works, while enabling services to operate on the Ormskirk line as normal.
Extensive excavation and grading works have already been completed on the embankments to accommodate the new station platforms and significant progress has been made installing the platform foundations. Groundworks have also been completed in preparation for the new 156-space car park alongside the new station.
Forthcoming works planned to take place overnight on Saturdays will involve realigning both tracks to ensure the lines are level and spaced correctly in line with the new platforms.
After the festive period, from 27th December to 8th January, the line will be closed to enable engineers to install the new platforms, the new footbridge to the platforms and associated staircases, lift shafts, and new track drainage. During this time, there will be a rail replacement bus service in operation between Maghull and Ormskirk.
The new Maghull North station will be located just off School Lane next to the former Ashworth Hospital site, between the existing Maghull and Town Green stations on the Ormskirk branch of Merseyrail’s Northern Line.
The station forms a key piece of infrastructure in the Sefton Local Plan, supporting local public transport demand from a nearby new housing development that will include 370 homes, with more homes planned for the area in the near future. It will also offer relief for the existing station in the town.
Facilities at the new station will include:-
The new station, which will be operated by Merseyrail, is expected to be open to the public in May 2018.
The £13m scheme is being funded through the Government’s Local Growth Fund (LGF), Merseytravel and the Homes and Communities Association, which previously owned the land on which the station will be built. While Network Rail is building the station, it forms part of the wider £340m investment of rail improvements across the Liverpool City Region over the next three years.
Cllr John Fairclough, Sefton Council’s Cabinet Member Locality Services, said:
“This project is a very important piece of infrastructure promoting public transport in Maghull and the wider Liverpool City Region.
“It’s fantastic to see progress being made and moving on to the next stage with completion planned for 2018.
“Once finished, the new station will provide some of the key infrastructure needed to support our Local Plan and will also complement other transport schemes like the improvements to junction 1 on the M58 and the A59 making Sefton even more accessible to everyone.”
Steve Rotheram, Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor said:
“It was great to visit the Maghull North development today and see the fantastic progress that has been made in such a short period of time.
“This much-needed new station will greatly benefit the people of Maghull, as the town continues to grow in the years ahead. I am really looking forward to visiting the site again when the station opens next year.”
Bill Esterson, MP for Sefton Central added:
“The new station will make a big difference to people in North Maghull and Lydiate, with the extra parking also a help to the rest of Maghull as well. This investment in Maghull is also important because of the new homes which are being built and will help commuters, students and shoppers alike.
“I am pleased that Merseytravel and Network Rail are talking to nearby residents about the building works as it is important to keep them notified of upcoming works. Once the station is open, I hope that the benefits will outweigh the inconvenience during construction.
“This station has been talked about for over 30 years and I am pleased that Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram, the Combined Liverpool City Region Authority, Sefton Council, Merseytravel and Network Rail have worked together to make sure it is finally being built for the many in Maghull and Lydiate.”
Cllr Liam Robinson, Chair of Merseytravel said:
“The Maghull North station scheme is a prime example of our Long Term Rail Strategy being put into practice area and it’s great to see how much has been achieved on the site in such a short space of time.
“The new station will be of huge benefit to local residents, giving more travel options while playing a big part in helping the on-going development of Maghull in the coming years.”
More details on the scheme can be found on the Merseytravel website at www.merseytravel.gov.uk/MaghullNorth. You can find out more about the wider investment across the Liverpool city region at www.keepliverpoolmoving.com.
A rogue businessman has been fined nearly £2,600 after Sefton Council discovered he had dumped piles of household waste in the borough.
Julian Royd Furley of Riddock Road, Litherland, was found guilty of flytipping at South Sefton Magistrates on Tuesday, November 21 where he was ordered to pay £2,593.
The fine was issued after household waste including patio doors, old rugs, pieces of shed and even Christmas tinsel was found dumped outside the former Muncaster Pub on Irlam Road, Bootle in August.
Sefton’s Environmental Enforcement Health officers had managed to trace the rubbish back to a number of residents from Kirkby and, subsequently, discovered that the rubbish had been handed over to the defendant on the condition that it would be responsibly disposed of.
Had they not managed to trace Furley, officers warned that because of a household duty of care, the prosecution would have been taken against the residents whose waste had been flytipped.
Cllr Paulette Lappin, Sefton Council’s Cabinet Member for Regulation and Compliance, said: “This case once again highlights the importance of making sure you know who is disposing of your waste and that you have the evidence to prove it.
“If flytipped waste is traced back to a particular property, the householder could be hit with a huge fine if they cannot properly identify who they used to get rid of their waste.
“The responsibility is with the household to check the firm or person they employ are legitimate and registered with the Environment Agency.
“Too many residents are employing people to take waste away which is then being flytipped in the borough.
“Luckily in this case we were given firm evidence of who disposed of the waste which led to a successful conviction.”
For more information about waste disposal visit www.sefton.gov.uk/bins-recycling.
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