A Merseyside town is set to see the return of a 24-hour supermarket.
Southport was left without an all-night supermarket following the coronavirus pandemic which saw Tesco Extra in Kew reduce its opening hours as the town adapted to life with face masks and hand sanitiser. Now, Sefton Council has approved the construction of a brand new Asda store to be built near the town centre.
The new store will be built on the site of the current "underperforming" BP petrol station, with the convenience store being the first Asda convenience store in the town. The application is the second to be put forward for the site in recent years, with a drive-thru Starbucks initially approved in 2017 but work was never started.
