Death, promises and near misses - but still no plan to make level crossing safer

Plus: Changes promised after two-year-old's death and our campaign for fairer sick pay

Hello and welcome to the eighth edition of The Southport Lead.

Six years ago after the tragic death of a woman who stepped onto the railway lines, Network Rail said it was planning to install full barriers to replace the partial ones at the Crescent Road crossing in Birkdale.

Three years later, tragedy again struck again as another person chose to end the…