Making County Road safer and reducing the injury toll requires red light enforcement cameras at the Fiveways and Green Lane/Hayfield Road traffic light junctions if the current plans to reduce speed limits on the thoroughfare are to prove successful. That’s the…

Local Labour responding to the Our West Lancashire motion to address surplus student houses have put forward a half-baked scheme that could see student landlords profit handsomely. Speaking after the council meeting, Our West Lancashire Finance Spokesman, Councillor Ian Davis said,…

A call will be made at Wednesday’s Borough Council meeting to convert surplus student houses into affordable family homes for rent from the council. Council Independents, Our West Lancashire have tabled a motion which notes that there are currently in Ormskirk…

Fed up of the same old “perfect on paper” council candidates? – Then please vote for me says enthusiastic local Independent campaigner and resident Kate Mitchell. Ormskirk resident Kate Mitchell has been selected by council Independents, ‘Our West Lancashire’ to stand…

“The council should be ashamed of the appearance of the roundabout by Ormskirk Fire Station” says local campaigner, Kate Mitchell, “because the residents certainly are.” She is now calling on the council to spend some of the money received from advertising…

Responding to news that Hesketh bank Councillor, Conservative Paul Moon has today resigned his seat on West Lancashire Borough Council., Council Independents, Our West Lancashire warmly welcomed the move. OWL councillor, Adrian Owens, said “Ever since it emerged that Paul Moon…

The Borough council must respond justly to residents who use the blue box to recycle plastics, glass and cans rather than charge them for a change of the council’s making, say council Independents, Our West Lancashire. OWL councillor, Adrian Owens, said…

West Lancashire voters are looking for an alternative to the stale, old Labour/ Conservative battles say Our West Lancashire after their candidates increased their vote in all three wards where they stood, including Ian Davis winning Derby ward with an increased…

Council Independents would create a £1 million fund to buy back student houses from struggling landlords in the town and convert them back to family council homes as part of what they call a “radically different approach” to student housing in…

If maximising the use of Ormskirk’s historic town centre is of interest to you, please read on. You may recall our semi-viral Facebook post in January asking about town centre events. We complained that our proposal for council funding for additional…

Proposals that will abolish free parking on council car parks and see sharp rises in the cost of short stay parking fail to recognise the changes in recent years says Our West Lancashire’s Finance Spokesman, Cllr Ian Davis. On Wednesday, the…

Our West Lancashire are calling on local people to join them in Ormskirk Town Centre on Saturday 3rd March as part of the ‘Great British Spring Clean’ organised by Keep Britain Tidy Cllr Ian Davis said, “Many of the alleyways in…

Ormskirk’s pedestrianised areas are ‘an obstacle course in places’ due to the backlog of repairs required to cobble sets and paving slabs in the main shopping streets say Our West Lancashire. Jane Thompson, the Group’s Scott Ward Spokesperson said they had…

The 3G football pitch next to the former Glenburn school should be handed over to a local community group to run in their present location says Our West Lancashire, the Borough Council’s Independents. The call comes after news last week that…

Hard-pressed retailers need to see an end to the five-month delay in bringing forward a more attractive car parking offer for Ormskirk says a long-serving councillor in the town. Cllr Adrian Owens said, “Labour made a promise at last July’s council…

Older and less mobile shoppers will benefit from the new seating installed at Wheatsheaf Walk in Ormskirk Town Centre after the council responded to a request on behalf of local residents from Our West Lancashire. Cllr Ian Davis said, “I’ve been…

Three-Quarters of Conservative County Councillors get additional ‘Special Responsibility Allowances’ Our West Lancashire have called on the county council to reduce drastically the number of councillors receiving special responsibility allowances after it was revealed that three-quarters of all Conservative county councillors…

Ormskirk Parish Church, 5.30pm, Friday 24th November 2017 The appeal to raise the funds to reinstate the Christmas Tree by the Parish Church in Ormskirk has been successful and the Community Christmas Tree and Nativity Scene light switch on arrangements have…

Our West Lancashire councillor Adrian Owens has branded the local Labour council group ‘out of touch’ after they failed to support a council motion to ask the Government to give councils the power to levy business rates on student landlords. Cllr…