Morley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8pts, New Brighton . . . . . . . . . 16pts NEW Brighton made it three victories on the trot with victory at Morley in Jewsons National League Two, on Saturday, but were disappointed with the modest scoreline. "The
CELEBRATING his birthday on Friday is Steven Hughes, a member of the Prenton Pups, Tranmere Rovers' official youngsters' club which is sponsored by the Wirral Globe. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have been
Steve Hunter reports from Prenton Park GOAL shy Tranmere Rovers aim to strike fear into Alan Ball's Portsmouth when they visit Prenton Park on Saturday (kick-off 3pm) to bounce back to winning ways after a fourth straight defeat at Blackburn last weekend
ORGANISERS of West Kirby Football Club car boot sale are warning that parking will be a problem at this Sunday's sale. Parking will be extremely limited in the ground so buyers are being asked to park elsewhere. Converted for the new archive on 13 March
WIRRAL West MP Stephen Hesford, whose constituency covers part of Birkenhead, has welcomed the recently published school admission apppeals code of practice. The code allows for admission appeals committees to be replaced by appeal panels entirely independent
STAFF and pupils at Bedford Drive Primary School, Rock Ferry, have been praised for raising standards in their school over the last three years. Ofsted inspectors commented on improved results in English, maths and science, as well as improved behaviour
WITH 100 per cent GCSE pass rates in most subjects, the number of Bebington High students with 5 or more top grade passes (A-C) has increased by 50 per cent, and overall 86 per cent of students in the entire year achieved 5 or more GCSE passes. Special
LIVERPOOL Women's Hospital NHS Trust is now on-line on the World Wide Web. The new site, which gives easy access to extensive information about the hospital, its services and activities, can be accessed on: www.lwh.org.uk/ Converted for the new archive
AT West Kirby Grammar School 145 A level candidates achieved a pass rate of 95 per cent (excluding General Studies) with top grades accounting for 49 per cent. Heather Barber was awarded five subjects at grade A, and S grades for outstanding performance
AMONG high-achieving girls at Wirral Grammar School are eight whose GCSE grades include eight or more at the top A* grade. They are Claire McCann, Christine Campbell, Christina Eddowes, Charlotte Bailey, Maxine Emmett, Dianne Faragher, Alicia Huntriss
WEST Cheshire College has achieved the best A level passes for five years. GCSE results have exceeded all hopes, improving pass rates in English Language by 16 per cent and Maths by 7 per cent. The English Language pass rate is 69 per cent, 11 per cent
THE new 'road-hog' road safety campaign had its Merseyside launch at Woodchurch Road School, Birkenhead. Wirral Council Road Safety Officer Stephen Whitehouse showed pupils a video of the new TV commercial with cartoon hedgehogs showing children how to
WIRRAL Council is launching after-school sports clubs to encourage kids to get some exercise. Launched by the Sports Development Team to coincide with the start of the new term, clubs will be held at Guinea Gap Baths, Wallasey, Wirral Tennis & Sports
OVAL Ski Club, based at the Oval Sports Centre, Bebington, is back after the Summer with more instructors than ever before. The seniors meet every Sunday from 7pm to 9pm with lessons for all levels of skier, while the juniors get together on Saturday
FRIGATE 'HMS COVENTRY' made a return to the Merseyside at the weekend - not the Birkenhead-built destroyer of the same name, but a frigate. It now bears the name 'Coventry' and is among ten warships of the Standing Naval Force Atlantic Group on a goodwill
DUE to overwhelming demand, Claire House Children's Hospice is to hold another open day on Monday, September 20. Both local companies and members of the public have expressed interest in seeing behind the scenes at the hospice as it nears its one-year
A WIRRAL man who assaulted a pub landlord was jailed for nine months. Karl McHugh was told by the judge, Recorder Stephen Riordan QC, that he had launched "a cowardly and vicious unprovoked attack" on his victim. "You head-butted and punched him in the
THE cupboard is bare at Charing Cross Methodist Church, Birkenhead, says Rev Pat Billsborough. The church holds a pantry for those less fortunate but has run out of food to distribute. "Our congregation do a great job in donating food to help those who
WIRRAL'S benefit claimants are going to come under investigation from the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate (BFI) for a year from this November. The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked that the Inspectorate target the councils that pay out the most
CAMPAIGNERS against the demolition of historic Hooton Hangars are asking pilots of light aircraft to fly down the old runway at Hooton Park on Saturday and Sunday. The WWI hangars are set to be demolished by Vauxhall and campaigners are desperately trying
A ROW between unions and Wirral Council may lead to a strike of home-helps, the council has been told. Wirral Council is changing its shift patterns for home helps and will impose compulsory redundancies on those who will not sign the new contracts. According
AN exhibition of the history of Liscard Hall will be held on September 15 and 16 at the hall in Central Park. The exhibition will cover eras and events since 1782, with the stories of all the families which have lived there, including slave traders and
A WOMAN died after the garage courtesy car she was driving crashed because it had four faulty tyres, Wirral Coroner's Court heard. Ian and Maxine Kendrick, from Greasby, had a Volvo 760 car which they put in for repair at Central Engine and Turbo Services
MP voices encouragement for scientists of future WIRRAL West MP Stephen Hesford was among the welcoming party when HRH Princess Anne visited Upton Hall Convent School to celebrate its 150th anniversary and open the £2.24m Lingdale science and technology
IT'S OFFICIAL! You can not sell a baby by Internet auction! You can't sell your kidney, either, though someone tried. Troubled executives at eBay, the American auction house, have been working overtime to investigate the listing of a baby boy due to be
RESULTS: Sunday, September 12:- Under-11 A Division - Greenleas 6, Glenavon Clts 0; Hearts 0, Wallasey Wndrs 7; Olympic 1, Wirral Panthers 5; N/Brighton Saints 3, Greenleas Celtic 2. Under-11 B Division - N/Brighton Saints 2, Pensby Falcons 1; Greenleas
RESULTS: Sunday, September 12:- Division One - ADS Graphics 7, Greave Dunning 0; Lancelyn 1, Old House 0; Pollards Inn 3, Nova 0; Prenton Dell 4, Stirrup 1. Division Three - Fairfield 7, Riverside Twn 2; Punch Bowl 0, Halfway House 0; Victoria Lodge 5
POULTON Royal still lead the Wallasey & District Sunday League despite dropping a point in a heated 1-1 draw with Old Bank. Veteran Gary Evason equalised an own goal to maintain the unbeaten run. On level points at the top are St Joseph's (Tommy Quirk
THE WIRRAL District FA Amateur Cup first round brought a mixed bag of results for the Houlihan's Birkenhead Sunday League. On the winning trail, Kevin Rhone fired four goals in Heygarth's 5-1 win over DW Fencing, while Bowies enjoyed an emphatic 6-0 win
RESULTS: Saturday, September 11:- Regent Cup (1st Round) - F2 2, The Grange 4; Old R'ckferrians 1, Kelma 0; Overchurch Htl 3, Royal Liver 0; FC Pensby 9, FC Pensby Res 0. Division One - Abbotsford 9, Parkfield BA 0; Beehive 2, The Avenue 7; 7 Stiles Yth
SEVENTEEN-year-old Hoylake golfer Jason Dransfield shot a 69 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club to win his qualifying round of the 1999 Daily Telegraph/Center Parcs Junior Golf Championship. Twenty one players will contest the final this month at Ocean Forest
WIRRAL angler John Waugh leads the North West Association of Sea Angling Clubs' Personal Members' Championship after six rounds. In the latest match, in the low water Rock Channel, fourth place was enough to keep John, of Wallasey, ahead overall. The
TALENTED Wirral cyclist Julie Forrester broke the British 500 metres record at the World Cup meeting in Columbia, recording a time of 36.2 seconds. Julie, of Prenton, is the fastest 500 metre female cyclist in Britain. In October, she represents Great
BIRKENHEAD Park powered to victory over Kirby Lonsdale 35-19 after a stuttering first-half in which the visitors looked a very dangerous outfit. It was just the start new-look Park wanted in North West One. Greg Cann and Steve O'Keefe gained two tries
FOOTBALL chiefs have admitted there is nothing they can do to force Wirral multi-millionaire Peter Johnson to sell his majority controlling interest in Premiership club Everton - for fear of Tranmere Rovers closing down. Johnson, who made his fortune
CHARLTON Athletic, relegated from the Premier League last season and looking to bounce straight back, visit Prenton Park on Saturday, September 25 in a Nationwide League Division One match - and TWO lucky readers and their guests will see the match free
The new bike is a distinctive red and silver aluminium Royce Union Polt, belonging to 14-year-old Anthony Smith. "I'm absolutely disgusted that a thing like this could happen," said mother Tracey. "We have had trouble with vandals in this area recently
GCSE results at Birkenhead School were significantly up on 1998, with overall percentage passes at each grade close to the average over the previous five years. A notable first this year was the 20 per cent figure for A*, meaning that one out of five
WIRRAL Council has completed a £50,000 scheme to revamp a children's play area in Prenton Dell, Prenton. The park now boasts modern play equipment and has been resurfaced and fenced off to create a dog-free zone. Prenton Residents' Association officially
BOYS at Wirral Grammar School have an excellent set of results at GCSE level with 98 per cent of pupils gaining at least 5 A*-C grades. The average points per candidates was 6.2 (equivalent to a grade B); 15 per cent of all subject entries were awarded
AT Birkenhead High School 100% of the pupils achieved 5 or more GCSE passes at A*-C grade - 62.3 per cent of all the results were A or A*. Five girls - Alice Fordham, Emily Coates, Naomi Bulteel, Rosie Edwards and Alexandra Paskell - achieved all A* Grades
AT BIRKENHEAD Sixth Form College over 300 candidates achieved a 91 per cent pass rate in their A level results. There were 851 A-E grades and 462 A-C grades. Steven Downey and Gareth Smith will be going to Oxford to study History and Computer Studies
NESTON County High School has GCSE results well above the national average, with 64 per cent of students achieving grades A*-C. The overall pass rate was 99 per cent. Outstanding results were achieved by Fiona McAllister, Anna Boulton, Philippa Baxendale
WALLASEY-BASED Daryl Industries presented two local charities with cheques of £2,500 each following 12 months' fund raising. In 1998 the company's charity committee raised cash exclusively for Wirral Children's Cancer Research Group and Wallasey Age Concern
CALDAY Grange Grammar School has achieved one of the highest GCSE pass rates in its history. Out of 190 candidates, 184 A* to C passes with the average number of points being 64. Some 15 boys achieved 11 A grades and 30 achieved nine or more As. Headmaster
WALLASEY Manor Club has a jumble sale at Manor Road, Wallasey, on Saturday afternoon, September 18. ATTIC Sale in Westbourne Hall, West Kirby, on Saturday morning, September 18. HOYLAKE Cottage Hospital's 150 Club winning ticket is 136. DID you go to
MOSTYN HOUSE School has been celebrating its best ever haul of A*-C grades - 81 per cent. Even more pleasing for the school was the success of the Year 10 students who sat GCSE Maths a year early, achieving 100 per cent A*-C grades. Of the 257 subjects
A WALLASEY man whose past finally caught up with him appeared in the dock at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday. John Hibbert was just 18 years old when he tried to burgle a Wallasey shop with two friends in a drunken prank. Now 29 and known as John Foulds
CELEBRATIONS will be in the air at the NCH Action For Children shop in Grange Road, Birkenhead, next Wednesday (September 22), when it marks its first year of trading. There will be special events throughout the week, with a tombola stall on the Wednesday
EURO Wirral Parkgate Horse Trials and Country Fair take place in the grounds of Backwood Hall, off Boathouse Lane, over this weekend, September 18 and 19. Up to 400 riders are expected to compete in this top annual show in the equestrian calendar. There
PENSIONER John Griffiths certainly struck a right chord while performing in a concert with the Lever Singers - he returned home to receive news that he had become the latest jackpot winner in the St John's Hospice in Wirral Weekly Lottery! "I thought
A MERSEYSIDE police officer appeared before Wirral magistrates on a rape charge. PC Roy Fraiser McGregor, aged 29, from Wallasey, was remanded on conditional bail for four weeks for committal proceedings. It is alleged he raped a 27-year-old woman at
WIRRAL'S first environmental charity shop has been such a success that a second premises is needed to cope with demand. Wirral Green Alliance, a registered charity which educates about environmental issues and helps people to set up their own projects
A YOUNG single mum who cheated the DSS out of more than £25,000 was jailed for six months. Liverpool Crown Court heard that Beverley Hughes had begun claiming benefit legitimately but then got a job as a care assistant. She was warned by DSS officers
Plan ahead to beat traffic chaos TALKS are underway between Merseyrail and railway unions to try to avert a strike planned for this Friday. A ballot of drivers backed strike action and the first is due to take place for 24 hours on Friday. Drivers are
A SUB Post Office assistant faced Wirral magistrates charged with theft amounting to £135,887. Summary trial was declined for 49-year-old Angela Edwards, of Netherton Road, Moreton, and she was bailed for eight weeks for committal proceedings. She is
PEOPLE power paid off in Birkenhead when residents in the North End blocked off their street to convince the council to help solve their traffic problems. Residents of Buccleuch Street had made barricades of wheelie bins to protest against the excess
A BLOOD donor session is being held next Wednesday (September 22) at Price's Sports and Social Club, Bromborough Pool (10am-12noon and 2pm-4.15pm). Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion
Going over the top for charity FORMER Miss Wirral Globe Donna Hurren, of Heswall, is preparing to abseil down Wallasey Town Hall for the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust. Supporting her is another brave young woman, teenage transplant patient Hayley Price
MAY MUMS, DADS & CHILDREN REST in PEACE Exclusive by Robin Bird LEST we forget civilians killed in Wirral during the Blitz of Merseyside in World War II, old soldier Tommy Birkett is putting in place plans to site a memorial next to Birkenhead Cenotaph
WALLASEY Sunday Junior Football League club Poulton Athletic, of the under-12 division, urgently require sponsors for a new kit. Those who can help, or who need further information, should contact Tony on 691-1924 or Ernie on 638-1174. Wallasey Wanderers
OLYMPIC junior football club, who play in the Wallasey Sunday Junior League require players for their Under-9s team (school Year 4). Contact Brian on 630-1407. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost
RESULTS: Wednesday, September 8:- Under-14 Division - Fender Yth 3, Irby Club 0; W/Kirby Wasps 7, Heswall 0; Stork Yth 8, Neston Nomads 1; Ashville 1, Young Lions 4; Eastham Villa 5, Willaston Wndrs 2; Shore Villa 4, Shaftes YC 0; Eastham Blades 1, Vauxhall
RESULTS: Saturday, September 11:- Robin Hodgson Division - Avon Ath 4, Ashville 2; Grange Ath 4, Manor Ath 2; Pavilions 4, Bronze Soc 0; Rangers Breaks 1, Charing Cross 6; Vancer 0, Tricorn 1; Willaston 3, Mersey Ferries 3. Concorde Trophies Division
CARLSBERG West Cheshire League side Poulton Victoria suffered extra time heartbreak as they let slip a 1-0 lead to bow out of the FA Carlsberg Vase at the first hurdle, losing 2-1 to Northern League club Evenswood Town. In the first round of the Centenary
WEST Kirby finished sixth overall in the West Lancashire Yacht Club 24 hour Dinghy Race at Southport. Hoylake were 60th, Wallasey 67th and West Cheshire, 72nd. The closing races at Royal Mersey were taken by Phil Bastow in the Mylnes and Jeremy Tetley
CALDAY Grange Grammar School 'A' team won the Harley Trophy in the Hoylake school's organised golf competition, at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. The team, consisting of Jason Dransfield, Marcus Stam, Adam Chesters, Mark Broadhurst and Stephen Chatterley,
THIRD Dan Richard Saunders, Wirral TAGB Taekwondo instructor, is celebrating after winning the Scottish Championship in Cumbernauld, Glasgow. The two times English Champion and European silver medallist said: "This was my hardest competition as it consisted
LOCAL CRICKET ROUND-UP with Andrew Stratton CALDY need to beat bottom club St Mary's College Old Boys, on Saturday, to lift the Bromborough Paints Merseyside Competition title. Parkfield will finish top of Division Two if they succeed at home to Birkenhead
