CHRISTMAS and New Year will have SCR on the airwaves once again on 87.7fm.    The station did it's first test broadcast back in July 2006 and the next 4 week test broadcast will be held from the 18 December 2006.   “I am very pleased that we are building so positively upon the success of our first trial broadcasts and that our town’s supporters and new commercial sponsors are coming on board as we explain just what true community radio can achieve.” Jon Jessop, Managing Director SCR.

Again here at Southport & Mersey Reporter, we will be supplying all the local news and gossip, so we require your help to help SCR to be a huge success once again.   Please email us your news and information to news24@southportreporter.com you can also use our skype to contact us at liverpool-reporter.

Southport Community Radio (SCR) has launched a brand new website to celebrate this occasion. It is located at southportcommunityradio.co.uk.

AT about 2am on Wednesday 29 November 2006, 3 men drove a black 4x4 Cherokee Jeep into the front of a supermarket on The Crescent. The men tied a rope to the tow bar of the car and an ATM machine inside the shop. The men failed to move the ATM and they left the scene along Edge Lane, turning right into Thornfield Road where the car was abandoned. The offenders then made off from the scene in 2 vehicles, described as being a silver car and a dark car, driving at speed down Edge Lane.

The driver of the 4x4 is described as being white, aged between 16 and 20 years old, wearing a black hooded top with hood up and a dark coloured scarf covering the mouth. He was wearing gloves and spoke with a Liverpool accent. The 2 men who entered the shop are described as being white, aged between 14 and 17 years, of slim build and short in height.

The 4x4 had been stolen the previous night from Upton, Wirral.

Police in Merseyside are now appealing for information following a burglary in Thornton.

Anyone who witnessed the burglary is asked to contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.