Coast On Line Southport

31/01/2025

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One of you is his long-lost Other David. Let’s find him and reunite the Davids. 

31/01/2025

Southport Pier in 2025:

A well supported ‘Open Meeting’ this morning with good media attendance, called to hear the options for the re-opening of the town’s heritage icon.

A British first, ‘The Grandaddy of Piers’ has not lost its ability to stimulate a passionate audience, clearly in favour of an updated restoration.

Key to securing a future is the ability to charge for walking the structure and for those funds to be invested in the ongoing maintenance.

Sefton MBC will also have to re-look at its current budgets, both capital and maintenance. Good to hear confirmation the £3million is in place locally.

Elected representatives of Sefton’s major political parties were present alongside Patrick Hurley MP for Southport

The audience also heard by video link from a top academic with analysis of the 63 UK Piers and their various ownership/management arrangements.

Southport Pier Trust directors re-affirmed support to the meeting’s positive objectives.

Southport 🇬🇧 is going forward, is open for business and leisure whilst the Pier’s contemporary funding package is assembled.

Thanks to Silcock's Funland for hosting.

Image Credit: Steve Ashcroft, Southport News

31/01/2025

Do you know the difference between Sales and Marketing ?

Then there is PR !

31/01/2025

CHARGE | A man has been charged after a bike was found to be stolen from a shop in Southport.

It was reported that in the early hours of Wednesday 29 January, seven bikes were stolen from Southport Cycles on Shakespeare Street after it was broken into.

Five of the stolen bikes were found later that day on Portland Street.

The next day, Thursday, it was reported that a man had brought a bike into Cash Converters to sell.

Gary Brewer, 49 years, of Bath Street in Southport has been charged with handling stolen goods.

Brewer will appear at Liverpool Magistrates Court today, Friday 31 January.

If you have information into the burglary or know where the outstanding stolen bike is please contact us via Merseyside Police Contact Centre on X, 'Merseyside Police Contact Centre' on Facebook, 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 with reference 25000080594.

31/01/2025

Temporary lights will be in place on Edge Lane, Thornton, from 10th February – 8th April due to Cadent Gas Mains Replacement works, please factor delays in to your journey time🚦📍🚗⚠️

Digital signs will also be around the area to inform residents of the dates of the work.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

30/01/2025

29/01/2025

27/01/2025

We have been made aware of fake QR codes on Pay & Display machines across the borough⚠️

Our Highways Team have been around the borough removing the fake QR codes, so far they have been removed from 20 machines in Southport and 2 machines in Crosby.

Please be cautious when paying for your parking and do not scan any QR codes on the machines. We do NOT use QR codes for payments.

27/01/2025

We need everyone to be on their guard against a type of fraud where criminals are claiming to be us in order to con people out of their money.

In the past week, fraudsters have called residents claiming to be a police officer and giving a police rank then fake name. Three incidents have happened in the town in the last week and more have happened in neighbouring police force areas.

The callers have lied to the person they’ve called by saying they’re investigating a banking fraud against them and need them to withdraw cash from the bank.

They have stayed on the phone to their victims and spun a complex web of other lies designed to trick them into withdrawing more cash from places like travel agents, the Bank and the Post Office.

All the while under the pretence that they’re the Police and that the victim is helping them investigate… a fraud!

These criminals are staying on the line and instructing their victims to hand over cash to their accomplices in person, who also pretend to be the Police, but could even be a person claiming to be acting on their behalf.

This is 'courier fraud' and a complete scam that we need everyone reading this to be aware of and help spread the word amongst your friends, families and neighbours.

Last week, two local Southport residents lost seven thousand pounds to ‘courier fraud’.

Please remember, police will never tell you to withdraw money from your account. If it sounds suspicious, it probably is.

Here’s how you can help:

• Be suspicious/vigilant if you get a call from anyone saying your bank card has been cloned or money stolen from your account
• Always ask who the caller is, get full name, rank, collar number (this is unique to every real police officer), their police station and a crime reference or incident log number
• Then, end the call by hanging up and from a different phone, call 101, ask for the police and tell our call handler what has happened and ask them to verify what you’ve been told
If the information doesn’t check out our control room will advise you what to do next, which will include:
• Alerting a trusted relative, neighbour or friend to what has happened
• Not giving out any personal or banking details to anyone who calls you back (including our control room)
• Not doing anything like withdrawing large amounts of money to give to anyone claiming to be from the police, or letting anyone like this into your home
•Local Policing Officers are working with Banks and building societies to help raise awareness to customers. They are also conducting Fraud awareness sessions in the area.

Please share and get anyone who might be vulnerable to this scam to read the info on the Crimestoppers and Action Fraud website.

27/01/2025

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest N**i concentration camp.

The King will attend commemorative events in Poland to mark the anniversary later today.

26/01/2025

26/01/2025

2026………⛳️

26/01/2025

A lot older than his 🎶 this early 625 line CRT Goggle Box, Channel Change……Get Up !

For the eclectic 🎶 via 🛜 technology 👂via Radioline

There’s nowt on the telly! So why not get online to Coast 1079 6-9pm TODAY! I’ll be playing some cool tunes and starting our A-Z of Elton John songs. Listen via Alexa, the Radioline app or just click here https://stream.aiir.com/k7pv6edms72tv

26/01/2025

⚠️ A yellow weather warning for wind is in place for Lancashire and the North West on Sunday from 8am to 5pm.

⚠️Get the latest info from the Met Office at: bit.ly/WxWarning

25/01/2025

👂In for a 🛜 musical treat with the ever eclectic DJ Dave ‘Live’ via Radioline

I’ll be featuring the McFly boy’s 2nd album ‘Wonderland’ tmw online at Coast 1079. It’s not all about me 😜