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2 • Visit us @ www.ChampNews.com CMB The Champion • Wednesday 11 December 2013COMPLETE KITCHEN RESPRAYS...DON’T REPLACE, RESPRAY!Turn my old kitchen into newSave me thousands of poundsColour matching serviceNo obligation, Free quotationFast, friendly serviceKitchen BeforeKitchen AfterUnit 1, Phoenix Industrial Estate, Rossmore Road East, Ellesmere Port CH65 3BRTravel News UpdatePlanned changes between15 – 21 December 2013Our weekly Travel News Update helps keep you in touch with planned changesto Merseyside’s buses, trains, Mersey Ferries and Mersey Tunnels.Planned changes to bus servicesThe following services are changing this week:X5 Maghull – The Trafford Centre run by PeoplesbusThis service has now been withdrawn.If you’d like copies of any bus, train or Mersey Ferries timetables, please call our 24-hourrequest line on 0151 330 1066.Buses are sometimes diverted due to roadworks or events. Visit the Travel Updates sectionof our website for details.Christmas and New Year public transportVisit merseytravel.gov.uk to find out about buses, trains, ferries and tunnels during thefestive season. Once again, we’re providing free buses on Christmas Day and a special networkof services on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Services run to different timetables from23 December – 2 January, so please check your travel plans before the holiday.The Guide to Christmas Services booklet is now available to pick-up from our Travel Centres.If you’d like a copy sending to you in the post, please call 0151 330 1066.You can now receive our weekly update by email!Send an email with ‘signup’ in the subject header to travelupdates@merseytravel.gov.uk and we’llsend you the link to subscribe!Planned changes to rail servicesNorthern Line: no planned changes this week.CONSERVATORIESLean To ..............£3295Victorian .............£3999Edwardian ...........£4299Gable Ended .......£4999APPROVED COMPANY7 WINDOWS& 2 DOORS0151 531 0056£4 WINDOWS& 1 DOOR£ONLY1975ONLY119911251061124430‘Visit’ project for would–be volunteersRESIDENTS can find outmore about volunteeringwith a local project thatpromotes sustainabletransport at two events inSouthport town centre thismonth,Visit Sefton and WestLancashire is hosting thevolunteering events at theWayfarers ShoppingArcade on Lord Street from10pm on Friday December13 and Monday December16. ‘Visit’ encouragespeople to travel to localattractions by publictransport, and to walk andcycle more often.Volunteers can getinvolved with the project ina range of roles includingwalk leaders, cycle leaders,project ambassadors andevent supporters at leadingdates in the local tourismcalendar includingSouthport Flower Show,Riverside Steam Rally andBeacon Green Fayre.A NATIONAL report has shamed Sefton andclaimed that the borough has the most pathproblems per mile than anywhere else in thecountryThe Ramblers, a charity that aims to promotewalking, released their findings last week andrevealed there are more than 100,000problems with public footpaths acrossEngland.And it worked out that on average there are8.9 of these problems for every mile in theSefton borough.These problems may include potholes, grassovergrowth, dangerous barbed wire, floods ormissing signposts and bridges.But Sefton Council say that they have beenputting in measures to improve pathways andthey are working closely with the Ramblersgroup.The report, called “Paths in Crisis”, alsoinvestigated the scale of cuts to funding forEngland’s path network and the impact it ishaving on walkers.The Ramblers chief executive, BenedictSouthworth, said: “Keeping paths clear is asmall cost compared to the huge benefits theycan bring to tourism, the economy and theNew volunteers will besupported by the partnersin the ‘Visit’ Project –Sefton CVS, Sefton Council,West Lancashire CVS, WestLancashire BoroughCouncil and LancashireCounty Council.Vickie Yavuz, ‘Visit’Development Worker withSefton CVS, commented:“We’re hoping for a verygood turnout from peoplekeen to find out more aboutwhat we do.”OUR PATHSNOT FIT TOWALK ON,BLASTS REPORTBorough has most problems per mile thananywhere else in country, claim RamblersEXTRA10% OFFWINDOWS£199*PATIO£399DOORS*by Tom Martinnation’s health and happiness and it is vitalthat councils properly invest in them.”A spokesman for Sefton Council said: “It isfair to say that all parts of the council have beenaffected by Government funding cuts and ourrights of way budget has certainly not beenexempt from this.“However, the Sefton figures in one of thesecategories might seem extreme as we haverecently carried out a stringent conditionsurvey of the entire path network whichhighlighted every small pothole, even on ruralfootpaths. This is represented in the figureswe submitted to the Ramblers.“We still work very hard to preserve andpromote our public rights of way and arealways looking at innovative funding streamsto improve the network.“In just the last few months, we have fullyrefurbished the Formby to Hightown footpathand opened a fantastic new route across BootleGolf Course to help local residents andschoolchildren.”FOR CHRISTMAS FITTINGASK FOR DETAILSCOMPOSITEFRENCH£699* BI-FOLDING£749* £1799*SEFTON MEADOWS GARDEN CENTRESEFTON LANE, MAGHULL L31 8BT£599*1123974*SUBJECT TO SIZE, COLOUR & SURVEY. EXCLUDES ADVERTISED OFFERS. PICTURES FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES
The Champion • Wednesday 11 December 2013Mum wasdrunk in barwhile her totwas in pramReport by Court reporterA COURT has heard of how bar staff at Yates’sWine Lodge, Stanley Road, Bootle, alerted thepolice about their concerns over a woman whoappeared to be drunk and in charge of a youngchild.When police arrived at the bar on themid–November evening they found a man“clearly under the influence”, sitting next to apram which contained a sleeping14–month–old child.They were told by the staff the mother, a27–year–old Bootle woman, was in thebathroom and was being aggressive towardsother customers.Andrew Page, prosecuting at SeftonMagistrates Court on December 3, said thatwhen confronted by the police and told toleave, she became aggressive to them too andtold them to “f*** off”.Then after being handcuffed and arrested forbeing drunk in charge of a child, she attemptedto assault the officers, he said.James Hatton, her solicitor, told the court thathe was “struggling to recall a defendant whohad shown more contrition and remorse” andshe is “deeply ashamed and deeplyapologetic.”Saying that she is a single parent who doesn’tgo out and had suffered from post–nataldepression, he said she was invited on a lunchengagement and “didn’t intend to get drunk.”Her “son is her world,” he said, “and she feelslike she has let him down”, adding: “Theseparation from her child during the time ofher arrest has been a salutatory lesson.”Magistrates gave her a conditional dischargefor six months and – waiving costs – made herpay the victim surcharge of £15.Woman stole£500 of groceriesfrom Asda storeA WOMAN on a suspended prison sentencehas avoided jail despite being caught tryingto steal £542 worth of groceries and goodsfrom Bootle’s Asda store.Kerry McCluskie, 28, of Coleridge Street,appeared at Sefton Magistrates Court onDecember 5 following a probation servicereport.Angela Conlan, prosecuting, said that at4am on September 13 she had attempted toleave the store without paying for the itemswhen the security guard left his post, butwas stopped by him at the main door.She told the court she had been given aprison sentence suspended for two years inApril 2012 and tested positive for drugs.Mark Ellis, representing McCluskie, whohad just given birth six weeks before,referred to her doctor’s records and said:“It is clear that this lady, at the time theoffence was committed, was bearing underanxiety and depression and postnataldepression.”Saying that the child had been taken fromher by social services because of her druguse, he said: “She did not know what shewas doing at the time of the offence.She was suffering from the impact of losinga very young child close to her.”The magistrates said they weren’tactivating the sentence because of clearmedical issues and mental health problems,but would punish her by putting put her on a7pm to 7am curfew for 12 weeks.They also imposed a supervision order for12 months, with a drug rehabilitationrequirement of nine months, and made herpay costs of £90 and a victim surcharge of£60.AN aspiring design student from Bootle hasbeen congratulated by the Mayor of Seftonfor his artistic efforts as part ofRemembrance Day.Daniel David Murphy, aged 22, was askedto design a booklet that was then handedout at services across the borough.The Hugh Baird College pupil studiesinteractive media and the class were askedto submit their own personal vision of whatthe booklet should look like.And Daniel’s was the stand–out choice andhe was personally thanked by the Mayor ofSefton, Councillor Maureen Fearn.The gesture of gratitude was part of aspecial visit as the student was actuallyinvited to attend Bootle Town Hall, wherehe also received a small gift of vouchers.Daniel, who is in his second year of studies,hopes to study Film and TelevisionProduction at university in the future.Mayor of Sefton, Cllr Maureen Fearn, said:“Special thanks must go to all the studentsat Hugh Baird College who took the time todesign the new order of service booklets.“People who attended the manyservices were very complimentary of theorder of service booklets and I wish Danielall the best in his future career as he iscertainly very talented.”The booklet that was designed by Danielwas distributed to guests at services inBBootle, Crosby, Waterloo and Southport.Principal of Hugh Baird College, YanaWilliams, said: “I’m delighted that ourstudents were invited to contribute to theVisit us @ www.ChampNews.com • 3Student hailed for Remembrance Day bookletReport by Tom MartinDerek Acorah pictured moments after the smash. Picturesby Lindsey H.TELEVISION psychic DerekAcorah has been chargedwith careless driving andfailing to supply a specimenof breath for analysisfollowing a crash onScarisbrick New Road.The incident happened ataround 4:50pm last Saturday(December 7) when Acorah’sNissan GT collided with aFord Ka close to hisSouthport home.Acorah, whose real name isDerek Johnson, was not hurtin the crash although the52–year–old female driver ofthe Ka and her 21–year–oldDerek Acorahmale passenger were taken tohospital to be assessed forwhiplash–type injuries.Daniel David Murphy being congratulated by the Mayor of SeftonTV psychic Acorahcharged after crashAcorah, 63, found fame onTV show Most Hauntedwhere he claims that he cantalk to the spirits of the dead.Most famously he triedcontacting the spirit of deadpop star Michael Jackson andin one television appearanceclaimed to have beenpossessed by the spirit ofHenry VIII.Ironically, earlier on the daythe collision happened,Acorah had tweeted: “Busyday – interesting discussionsahead. Have a good weekendall, whatever you may bedoing.”Code NARemembrance Day services across theborough in this way. Their efforts reflect thecollege’s commitment to the widercommunity.”Man assaultedex–partnerFrom Page 1.probation report which said that Cornmell“represented an ongoing risk to Morris orfurther partners.”Rachel Barrow, representing Cornmell, saidthat Morris “stood by him during the trialagainst his ex–partner. He cannot believe thathe has repaid her like this.“He turned to drinking and using cocainemore regularly when the relationship brokedown,” she said.In sentencing Judge Abelson said Cornmellhad assaulted Morris “very violently.”Issuing a restraining order on Cornmell,preventing him from any contact with Morris,he jailed him for four months for each of theassault and threatening behaviour offences,two months for the criminal damage, and onemonth for each of the fraud and theft offences– all sentences to be served concurrently.AA A ASeasonal SaleAup to 50% OFFCHILDRENSSHOE & TRAINERSselected styles only…SAVE! SAVE ! SAVE! SAVE!A A A A A A A A A A A A A AMerseyside’s Leading independent Footwear RetailersEst. 1966clarks • cica • bootleg • lelli kelly1125167
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