Lisa Rand
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Residents say they have resorted to payday loans. Photo via Adobe Stock for illustrative purposes only.

People ‘going to loan sharks’ as council pauses hardship scheme

Knowsley Safari Park. Photo: Knowsley Safari

Plans for new animal enclosure at Knowsley Safari Park

Southport ferris wheel. Photo by Andrew Hall via Unsplash

Southport’s Big Wheel could be moved to make way for new cafe

Black taxi cabs at a rank waiting for passengers.

Taxi fares set to rise in Merseyside - by up to 14% on some tariffs

The Old Roan closed in 2013 and has been empty and deteriorating ever since. Photo: Google Maps

Old Roan pub could finally be transformed - what it will look like

Many families living in food poverty need to use food banks. Picture: Getty Images.

Quarter of Sefton children living in poverty

Black taxi cabs at a rank waiting for passengers.

Taxi fares set to rise in Merseyside - by up to 18% on some tariffs

Photograph depicting the unusual garden structure. Image credit: Sefton Council.

Homeowner builds secret underground cavern in garden without permit

A busy high school corridor. Image: Jodie - stock.adobe.com

Council ordered to pay £3k compensation after failing autistic child

The sun sets over Southport pier. Photo by robin - stock.adobe.com

Southport Pier closure ‘devastating’ for local businesses

People having fun at a bar. Image: mariiaplo - stock.adobe.com

Bar could have licence revoked after sexual assault allegation

Plans for the Shorrocks Hill site include 23 bespoke or custom-built homes. Image: Ascot Group/ Sefotn Council

Fears over luxury housing estate on Formby beach side plot

What the Marine Lake Events Centre in Southport could look like. Image: Sefton Council

Work begins on ‘ambitious’ £73m Southport revamp

Orell Mount Park. Photo by user Rept0n1x via Wikimedia Commons CC by SA 2.0

Man takes maintenance of ‘neglected’ local park into ‘own hands’

The court case centred around who holds the contract for services with customers when taking out a taxi. Stock photo by MOZCO Mat Szymański - stock.adobe.com.

Taxi fares could increase by 20% after Uber wins case against council

CGI of the proposed development at Glanville Road in Birkdale. Photo by Argyle Developments Ltd/ Sefton Council

Decaying abandoned house to become mini estate after plans approved

How the new apartments could look. Photo: McCarthy & Stone.

Former Merseyside ambulance station to be transformed into flats

Teenage boys walk to a bus stop. Image: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images

Mum’s anger at autistic son being ‘excluded’ from school trip

Southport pier. Photo: AdobeStock

Council ‘committed’ on £13m Southport Pier fix but no date set

Patients in a GP waiting room.

GP services ‘in trouble’ as borough has lowest capacity on Merseyside

Switch Island Retail Park

New drive-thru restaurant could open in Merseyside

The drive-through

McDonald’s planning to open new 24hr drive-through

A dead seagull on a beach.

Warning issued after dead birds wash up on Merseyside coast

A.R.T.S.Education on Ormskirk Road in St Helens. Image: Google Street View

Merseyside private school hit with lowest possible Ofsted rating

Parliament Place on Upper Parliament Street, Toxteth. Image: Google Street View

Land worth £400k sold by Liverpool Council for £18k

Hesketh Park. Image: Norman Caesar

Historic park to be refurbished after family’s £850k donation

Prescot Picture Palace. Image: Knowsley Council

Crumbling Grade II listed former cinema to be restored

A pothole in the street. Image: Peter Atkins - stock.adobe.com

£30m funding to fix roads in one of England’s worst pothole locations

Sefton Council HQ at Bootle Town Hall

Could you do better job running Sefton Council? £170k job up for grabs

Ofsted visited the nursery in November last year. Image: Google

Nursery where children’s wellbeing ‘compromised’ hits back at Ofsted

Domvile, Whiston. Image: Google

Residents plagued by bubbling water that ‘smells of scrambled egg’

Marine Lake Events Centre, Southport. Image: Sefton Council

‘Ambitious’ £73m project that could revitalise town gets go ahead

Bootle Town Hall. Image: Google

Sefton councillor ‘snoozes’ as vote taken on removing affordable homes

5 Bury Road in Birkdale. Image: Google

Birkdale bedsit plans approved despite ‘friends with benefits’ fears

Southport Pier is closed to the public. Image: Getty

Southport Pier closed as cold weather has caused ‘significant damage’

A litter enforcement agent photographed outside a shop in Prescot. Image: Ste Kelly, permission for LDRS partners.

People divided over ‘creepy’ litter wardens following people

Image: Dominic Raynor

Sink hole causes month-long traffic issues with still no work on site

Sefton coast.

People told to avoid part of Sefton coast during December and January

Park House, on Haigh Road, was built in 1878. Image: Google street view

Plans to demolish 19th century villa and build 106 flats approved

Image: Dan Kitwood/Getty

Sefton Council lacks funds to tackle fly tipping problem

Southport plans. Image: Sefton Council

Plans to transform Southport into a ‘thriving visitor destination’

Ambulances outside the Royal. Image: Getty

Patients left waiting 17 hours for ambulances in parts of Sefton

NHS.

Cyber-attack leaves Southport out of hours services stretched

Neptune Brewery’s newest addition, Pactolus. Image: @neptunebrewery via Instagram

Award-winning brewery bids to turn old bookmakers into new taproom

Volunteers are seen packing food parcels at a food bank. Photo: Peter Summers/Getty Images

One in five children living in poverty in Merseyside borough

Coronavirus infections are rising across the UK, including across Merseyside.

Local health chief’s warning over COVID rise fears as free tests end