A planning framework designed to drive regeneration and attract investment in the Sefton town has been signed off by the council’s cabinet.

“It was like living in Beirut!” says Linda Crilly, 70, as she tries to describe the aftermath of the Bulwer Street flood last year. Like so many other residents, Linda’s home was flooded with dirty ...

“We got progressively busier, and as we got busier other shopkeepers then moved next door because they realised how busy the ...