Lisa Rand
Liverpool Echo
United Kingdom
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Nursery staff to walk out over 'insulting' pay offer
Staff to stage first of three days of planned actions after pay talks broke down → Read More
Bootle GP slams care watchdog after inadequate rating
A spokesperson for North Park Health Centre said a report detailing failings at the practice was "premature" → Read More
Knowsley grassland could become storage site for 400 vans
Grassland on the edge of an industrial estate in Knowsley could soon become home to nearly 400 vans after plans for a huge vehicle storage facility were submitted to Knowsley Council. The proposals involve transforming the land at the Britonwood Trading Estate in Kirkby, into an operation van storage facility, which would have access from Faraday Road. According to documents submitted to the… → Read More
Council fending off 30,000 cyber attacks a month as risk soars
Sefton Council has seen a 50% rise in attempted cyber attacks in recent months → Read More
Years of payments to be reviewed at council's security services after concerns raised
A council report said "culture change" was needed at SeftonArc → Read More
£128k children's services head sought as director makes early departure
Martin Birch announced his resignation last month and was expected to leave in April → Read More
Fly-tipping action 'disappointing' as plans revealed
Cllr Paulette Lappin said the borough's approach to fly-tipping "needs to improve" → Read More
Anger as school shut for a week after boiler breaks down
Some pupils have been told to learn online after "boiler failure" shuts school → Read More
Fears 'bumpy ride' ahead for residents after highways cuts approved
Sefton Council said cuts would not affect response times for "dangerous defects" → Read More
Retirement flats plans for former fire station site
A former Knowsley fire station could become retirement flats under new plans. A planning application was submitted to Knowsley Council by developer McCarthy Stone to convert the site on Huyton Lane, which used to be home to an ambulance and fire station, into 53 retirement flats. According to documents submitted as part of the application, the flats would be “low maintenance private apartments”… → Read More
Council to spend 40 years paying off Strand purchase
The leader of Sefton Council has revealed how much it will cost each year to pay off the debt → Read More
Council chief became director of company with £1m contract in 'error'
Knowsley Council director Andrew Donaldson was registered as a director of the company, which holds a lucrative contract with Knowsley Council → Read More
Areas 'like a war zone' as council issues just five fines for fly tipping
Green campaigner Neil Doolin said people feel "let down" by the lack of enforcement → Read More
Gym to become Greggs after plans approved
A Howdens and Screwfix could also soon be moving into the former gym → Read More
Woman died of 'catastrophic' injury after falling down stairs at care home
An inquest was held today into the death of Margaret Maureen Vey who died after the fall at Woolston Mead care home → Read More
Sharp rise in child deaths across Merseyside
The figures were revealed in a review into safeguarding in Sefton → Read More
Air quality declines as case builds for clean air zone in Sefton
Increasing traffic from the port is threatening the health of many in the borough, a report stated → Read More
Nurseries under 'threat' as funding slammed as 'accident waiting to happen'
One of the most deprived boroughs is receiving less than the UK's wealthiest areas → Read More
Council still unable to shed light on future of leisure services
The council's leisure company has been experiencing financial challenges → Read More
Frustration as leisure centre sports hall still closed after solar panels damaged roof
One regular user of the leisure centre said the people of Sefton "deserve better" → Read More