All posts tagged "Knowsley"

  • Police Appeal for Info after Station Road Prescot Shooting

    [Update 22/01/2020: The 17-year-old victim received injuries to his abdomen and remains in hospital in a stable condition. Police would like to hear from anyone who was in the vicinity of Station Road or the Cables Retail...

    • Posted January 20, 2020
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  • Knowsley Remains Red amid Nationwide Tory Victory

    As Boris Johnson’s Conservatives claimed a massive victory in the 2019 General Election, Knowsley remained loyal to Labour, re-electing Sir George Howarth as MP. His share of the vote was down 4.6 percent, which still kept it...

    • Posted December 13, 2019
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  • 2019 General Election: Who’s Standing in Knowsley?

    Election fever has gripped the nation, and as usual, Prescot has two seats being contested. Part of the town falls in the Knowsley parliamentary constituency, whose MP in the last parliament was George Howarth  (Labour). Part of...

    • Posted November 20, 2019
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  • FOUND: Missing from Prescot: Matthew Harrison, 26

    Via Merseyside Police: We are urgently appealing for information to find a missing man from Prescot who was last seen at the weekend. 26-year-old Matthew Harrison was...

    • Posted November 19, 2019
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  • Prescot & Whiston Town Councils Turn Green as Labour Lose All Seats

    Whiston Town Council is now 100% Green, and Prescot Town Council is Green-controlled, with 7 Green councillors to 5 Lib Dem. No Labour members remain on either town council after last Thursday’s local elections. All seats were...

    • Posted May 8, 2019
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  • Prescot Theatre Company Resurrects Ancient Ghost for New Fairy Tale Production

    Prescot-based MATE Productions will invoke the ancient woodland spirit Will-o’-the-Wisp for its next show. An enchanting walkabout fairy tale, Willo the Wisp & the Fire Sprite invites audiences to navigate magical forests full of elves, witches and trolls in...

    • Posted September 17, 2018
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  • Reprieve for 139 Bus Users in Prescot & Whiston

    The 139 bus service has become the 239 and will continue along a modified route between Broadgreen Hospital and Prescot, via Huyton. Cumfybus stopped the service in August, but regular passengers across Liverpool and Knowsley complained that...

    • Posted September 11, 2018
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  • 2018 Prescot Festival Short Story Competition Now Open

    (Press release) Are you imaginative? Do you love to tell a good story? Do you have the urge to put pen to paper? Entry to the 2018 Prescot Festival Short Story Competition is FREE and open to...

    • Posted February 23, 2018
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  • Remembrance Day in Prescot, 2017

    Remembrance commemorations take place on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 November in Prescot this year. On Armistice Day itself, Saturday 11 November, a Civic Act of Remembrance by Prescot Town Council takes place by the BI Memorial...

    • Posted November 7, 2017
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  • Halsnead ‘Garden Village’ in Pipeline for Whiston

    Residents are invited to have their say on a housing development in store for the Halsnead Park area of Whiston. The Halsnead development is one of 14 ‘garden villages’ proposed across the country, and the only one...

    • Posted January 30, 2017
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