http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=97Sefton NewsWildlife in a south Sefton gardens is set to flourish following a community pond clearance.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12538Householders from across Sefton are invited to join the 2,000 people who have already signed up to the Liverpool City Region (LCR) Collective Switch to save on their energy bills.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12536Seftons Public Health is raising awareness of health and wellbeing during Mental Health Awareness Week, May 13-19.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12534A free event will help businesses of all sizes find out about potential grant funding and support. InvestSefton, Sefton Council's business and regeneration team, has teamed up with Santander for the workshop at Bootle Cricket Club on Thursday, May 23 (8.30am-noon.)http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12533Cllr Maureen Fearn was officially installed as the new Mayor of Sefton last night (Thursday, May 9).http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12531The message is: 'we care -so can you,' as Sefton Council steps up its recruitment campaign during Foster Care Fortnight. Run by national charity The Fostering Network, Foster Care Fortnight is the UKs biggest recruitment campaign of foster carers, running from May 13-26.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12528A new short-stay parking bay is designed to encourage turnover of trade at the recently re-opened Satterthwaites in Crosby.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12527Southport Library was under siege with pirates as a swashbuckling day of fun was held at the new facility.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12526The Atkinson are offering a special discount on all Southport Jazz Festival tickets. Get yours before they sell out!http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12525The world famous Red Arrows have been confirmed to appear at this year's Southport Air Show.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12521Healthy Sefton has received more than 300 calls as local residents responded positively to an open letter from Sefton GPs.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12520Sefton Council is striving to make its street lighting more energy efficient and cost effective following a review and public consultation.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12518There are more historic walks and talks along the Sefton Coast during the weeks ahead.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12517Sefton Council wants to hear any views on its revised Licensing Policy which will take effect later this year.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12516The Thornton to Switch Island Link road has cleared another major hurdle after the required legal orders were confirmed for the £19m bypass.It follows a two-day Public Inquiry before a Government Inspector in February which was prompted by a non-statutory objection by a local resident.The Department for Transport (DfT) has now approved Sefton Council's Side Roads Order without modification and Compulsory Purchase Order with only minor modifications that do not affect delivery of the scheme.This gives Sefton Council the necessary legal powers to acquire the land and any associated legal rights needed for the much-anticipated road.No homes need to be demolished to build the bypass and the council already owns much of the land along the proposed route.Notice of this keylegal decision will be published in local papers in the next two weeks.There is then a formal six-week period where the decision could be challenged in the High Court.If no challenge is made, the council can proceed with acquiring the land and rights it needs to build the road.This will take several months, but it is hoped thatconstruction may be able to start before the end of the year.Once underway, the building project is expected to last around 12 months.The new link road will relieve congestion and reduce traffic through the communities of Netherton and Thornton.It will also benefit the wider Sefton economy by improving access to the motorway network - particularly from Crosby, Formby and Southport.Public consultations in recent years have revealed overwhelming support for the new route.Civil engineering contractors Balfour Beatty and their designers Jacobs have completed the detailed design of the road which will be funded by theDfTandSefton Council.Cllr Peter Dowd, Leader of Sefton Council, said: "Seftons residents have been waiting for this new road for a long time and we are now closer than ever to making it happenhttp://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12478Seftons Public Health, in partnership with other Sefton Council departments and One Vision Housing, are offering families, with a child under five years old, a free anti-scald valve fitted, to the bath tap.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12467Information surrounding both Waterloo and Bootle Schools of Music will be the topic of the latest monthly talk being held at Formby library.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12466Bats, birds and brews will all be seen in parks in south Sefton during May in a number of events organised by Sefton Council's Community Parks Officers.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12463The next Central Sefton Area Committee meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, May 22, at 6.30pm, has been cancelled and will now be held on Thursday, June 6, at 6.30 pm at Maghull Town Hall.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12462Antony Gormley's Sefton artwork was chosen by executives at Channel 4 for their stylish new programme Ben Earl: Trick Artist.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12461Sefton Director of Public Health, Dr Janet Atherton, welcomed the announcement of a national programme to increase MMR vaccination uptake in children and teenagers as a boost to the recently launched Sefton MMR campaign.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12460Aintree Davenhill Primary School's multi-million pound revamp was officially opened by HRH The Countess of Wessex.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12459Reminders are being sent out to residents who have yet to start paying their Council Tax bill for 201314.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12456Community Parks Officers have been busy sprucing up a number of parks in south Sefton with the help of the local community.http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=12445