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HM Revenue and Customs slash 90 Bootle jobs

UNION leaders warned taxpayers are heading for tax code chaos after 90 Revenue and Customs jobs were slashed in Bootle.Read

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Special conga in memory of Megan Watson

A GROUP of family and friends braved the elements and took part in a conga to mark what would have been the first birthday of a little girl.Read

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Alice in Wonderland to be shown at Plaza Cinema, Waterloo

CINEMAGOERS in South Sefton will be some of the lucky few who will be able to see upcoming fantasy movie Alice In Wonderland at a local movie theatre.Read

Sefton Council bosses are set to give Formby homeowners a third wheelie bin as it bids to improve recycling rates

SEFTON Council has unveiled plans to give the majority of Formby homes a THIRD wheelie bin.Read

Gee Walker’s peace message to Netherton school pupils

THE mother of murdered schoolboy Anthony Walker delivered a message of peace to children from Netherton primary schools on a visit to south Sefton.Read

559 allegations of abuse and neglect of Sefton’s vulnerable adults

HUNDREDS of vulnerable adults have suffered abuse or neglect in Sefton, it has been alleged.Read

Police want to speak to man in connection with indecent assault on train from Southport

BRITISH Transport Police officers in Merseyside are calling on local people to help locate a man wanted in connection with an indecent assault.Read

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Look Who's in Court in Bootle: February 18, 2010

A round-up of cases heard against Bootle people in Sefton's Magistrates Courts from February 10 to 11, 2010.Read

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100 Revenue and Customs jobs to go in Bootle

A HUNDRED customs workers in Merseyside will lose their jobs as part of a government clampdown on efficiency.Read

I'm banned from everywhere in Sefton!

A MERSEYSIDE man is taking his local council to court – after it banned him from every building it owns.Read

Stephen Lloyd

Bootle man arrested in Redfern Street murder probe

A SIXTEENTH arrest has been made in the hunt for the killers of a dad shot in Bootle.Read

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Parents turn to Facebook in bid to save Bootle’s St George of England high school

MORE than 1,000 people signed up to a Facebook campaign in a bid to stop the closure of a Merseyside school.Read

Martyn Barber

Controversial Bootle scrap metal plant plan approved by Sefton Council

A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to build a scrap metal recycling plant in Bootle was passed by Sefton Council – despite the opposition of scores of residents.Read

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Bootle man stole Guitar Hero games package to pay for electricity

A MAN stole a Guitar Hero games package to pay for his electricity, a court heard.Read

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Shopkeeper racially abused by robbers at his Bootle store

A SHOPKEEPER was racially abused by a gang of robbers who stole an air conditioning unit from his shop.Read

School will be in memory of James Bulger

POLICE officers have raised thousands of pounds to help fund a school that is being set up in memory of murdered toddler James Bulger.Read

Former gangster aims to deter Savio College pupils from making the same mistakes he did

HIS life might read like something from the latest Guy Ritchie film, but former East End gangster, John Pridmore is these days very much a changed man.Read

Woman who lost her baby to stillbirth to do Netherton conga to mark the anniversary

A WOMAN who set up a charity after losing her baby to stillbirth is busy preparing a huge conga in Netherton to mark what would have been her daughter’s first birthday.Read

Bootle man found with 19 wraps of cannabis is given a community discharge

A MAN who was found with 19 wraps of cannabis in his jacket has been given a conditional discharge.Read

Rebuild of Netherton Activity Centre given green light by Sefton councillors

PLANS to rebuild a popular Bootle leisure centre have been given the go ahead by coucil leaders.Read

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