Missing pensioner found dead on Southport beach

Plus: Garrick Theatre renovation next step and community cohesion calls

Hello and welcome to the midweek edition of The Southport Lead. Due to various factors, this issue comes a day later than usual and normal service will be resumed on Sunday.

The rush of emergency services to the beach on Monday suggested something serious occurred and that sadly proved to be the tragic death of a missing pensioner.

He is the focus of our…