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Southport Market lost £127,546 in its fifth year, against a planned £102,000 profit, a council report says. Food sales fell 16% and drink sales 10%.
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Business
EFT Group's £9m Southport HQ Approved, £687k Grant Next
EFT Group can build its £9m headquarters on Wight Moss Way. On 5 November Cabinet weighs a grant from £686,850 Aldi paid, which must be spent by October 2028.
Ainsdale
Toad Hall Ainsdale Demolition Filed: Barn Owls Move First
Sefton Council has filed to demolish Toad Hall in Ainsdale for a car park. Barn owls nesting inside get a new tower first, and no work in the nesting season.
Southport
Southport MP's Culture Report: Back Towns, Not Only Cities
Patrick Hurley's Northern Culture Untapped report says culture money sits in London and asks Mayors to fund venues and heritage in towns like Southport.
Southport
Southport MP: Stop Counting Veterans' Compensation as Income
Patrick Hurley joins 100-plus MPs asking the Chancellor to stop means tests counting military compensation as income; 4,120 veterans could gain Pension Credit
Formby
Formby Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Formby weather today: overcast, 11°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 2% chance of rain and winds up to 11 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Data
Sefton Claimant Count September 2026: Up 130 to 6,430
Sefton's claimant count rose 130 in September to 6,430, the highest since April 2025. Most of the rise was in Bootle; Southport's seven wards added 20.
House prices
Sefton House Prices August 2026: Down 1.2% to £221,105
The average Sefton home cost £221,105 in August, down 1.2% on July and the second monthly fall. Annual growth has slowed to 2.0%, behind Wirral and Liverpool.
Local Info
Southport Petrol Prices: Cheapest Unleaded and Diesel Today
Cheapest petrol in Southport today: unleaded from 138.8p and diesel from 142.8p a litre, across 7 forecourts within 8 miles. Updated every morning from the...
Weather
Southport Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Southport weather today: overcast, 12°C by day and 9°C overnight, with a 0% chance of rain and winds up to 12 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Southport
Gilbert & George Southport: Free Atkinson Show From 7 Nov
Free Gilbert & George exhibition at The Atkinson, 7 November to 20 February, the first in the North West for 30 years. Open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm.
Formby
Formby St Jerome's Hall to Become Little Pegs Family Hub
Sefton approved Little Pegs' plan for the old St Jerome's church hall in Formby on 13 October: toddler play, a family café and parties, 17 families a session.
Formby
Formby Dunes Cattle: 18 Longhorns Back Until April 2027
18 longhorn steers return to Formby's Ravenmeols dunes from mid-October and graze until April 2027. What dog walkers should do if they meet them.
Sefton is a long thin borough down the Merseyside coast, and it was deliberately named after a small village so that neither Southport nor Bootle would get the credit. The council still runs offices at both ends. Southport is at the top, with Birkdale and Ainsdale below it, then Formby and Freshfield, then Blundellsands, Crosby, Waterloo, Litherland and Bootle facing Liverpool, with Maghull inland.
Southport Today reports what the record shows across that coast, with Southport and Formby at the centre of it. Planning decisions, licensing, council spending, crime figures, sold prices. Sefton Council publishes the evidence and we go through it, linking to the document each time.
Every fact carries a link to the source it came from.