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  • Have we forgotten September 11?

    HAS Mr Knight (Mailbox, December 11) forgotten the great firefighters who gave their lives to save others when terrorists struck the twin towers in New York? Or all the other fire fighters in countries throughout the world who work in extreme conditions

  • Missing cat appeal

    DESPITE an appeal in the Globe, last year, my missing, very long-bodied Tomcat has not shown up. Can I ask if anyone has been taking care of him? If you can help, please telephone 677-9046. D. Reid, Hoylake Road, Moreton.

  • Don't criticise us!

    READER L. Taylor of Wallasey (Mail Box, December 25) and others are too young to appreciate what us older pensioners endured in the 1939-45 War. Yes, we were the lucky ones. We returned, while many did not, to enjoy and appreciate these concessions in

  • Have pity on us, please

    HAS anyone noticed the pavement in Rowson Street, Wallasey, opposite the Town Hall? What dog owners would leave our streets in this state? Also, the entrance to Kwik Save in New Brighton. Being a trolley pusher, please have a bit of pity on us. B. Carr

  • Here's an idea to chew on!

    I THINK I have had a rather good idea. How would the people of Merseyside like to join together and create a lasting artistic monument that could grace the docks or the city centre? "Made with what?" I hear you ask. Worry not, I have thought of the perfect

  • Family tree tracker

    I AM looking for living descendants of my great great grandfather, Edward Moorhouse Nicholson, who ran a sunblind business in Wallasey in the 1920s. Can any reader help? Claire Franklin, 106 Bent Lanes, Urmston, Manchester M41 8NY.

  • Heartfelt thanks

    I OFFER my heartfelt thanks to the person who handed my bag in, after I left it outside Asda in Arrowe Park. It was much appreciated. 'Grateful' (name and address supplied)

  • Just what are people to do?

    CAN Wirral Council tell the general public, and me, what we are expected to do when 'nature calls'? Wanting to 'spend a penny' is a natural function that is not controlled by time. What are visitors to do, having come to spend the day here on the beach

  • 'Disgusting' proposal

    WHEN Peter Mandelson told New Labour that "We're all Thatcherites now", he wasn't joking. First, our Council forced through taxi de-regulation, now its cuts in jobs and services with their disgusting proposal to close all public toilets in the borough

  • Privatise the loos

    NO need to close down toilets. Privatise them by accepting tenders for one or two years' control. Jim Ebling (address supplied)

  • Council living 'in cloud cukoo land'

    WIRRAL Council is living in Cloud Cuckoo land! Close all public toilets and give local firms £15 per year to allow the public to use their toilets - this would not even cover the cost of the toilet paper. Instead, I would suggest that when the Town Hall

  • Keep loos open!

    WHAT an amazing statement by Wirral Council Labour leader Stephen Foulkes concerning public toilets. "I've looked at some of them and, quite frankly, you would not even let your dog use them," he is quoted as saying. Whose fault is that, Cllr Foulkes?

  • TAKING A GAMBLE ON THE RIVER DEE.

    by Eric Munn CONTROVERSIAL plans to cont-inuously dredge the River Dee have been given the go-ahead - and it's been claimed the proposals are gambling with the environment. North Wales-based Port of Mostyn's redevelopment - aimed at making itself an important

  • DRUGS CASH BOOST FOR WIRRAL

    WIRRAL is to receive just under £million of Government funding to help in the fight against drug crime. The borough is one of 30 areas in the North West to share in a £94 million package announced by the Home Secretary, David Blunkett. Mr Blunkett said

  • SCHOOLS UNITE FOR HEAD START

    By Eric Munn TWO Wirral schools have teamed up to help kids get a better start. Cole Street Primary School and Cathcart Street Primary School in Birkenhead have employed new staff and bought new equipment with the help of money from the Neighbourhood

  • BUS STATION COMPLAINTS

    By Eric Munn RESIDENTS of Heswall have been complaining about the refurbishment of the town's bus station. Merseytravel closed the station in December so that 'much needed' refurbishment could take place. However, some residents say that the station was

  • MP URGED TO BACK MERCY KILL CAMPAIGN

    By Stuart Hughes MORE than 100 Wirral people campaigning to give terminally ill adults the right to end their lives have petitioned their MP for support. Wallasey residents sent postcards to Angela Eagle, pictured above right, in support of the ukActNow

  • JUDGE DECLARES WAR ON STREET CRIME

    By Globe Correspondent JUDGE has declared war on thugs who attack people in the street. Sentencing 18-year-old Michael Kelly, who already has convictions for violence, Judge Denis Clark told him: "We are not prepared to surrender our roads to thugs like

  • WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE BURGLED

    Feature by Michelle Corbett I STILL remember the phone call. It's the kind you hope you'll never get. "Somebody's been in the house Michelle. We're not really sure what's been taken, but it's all in a bit of a mess," my landlady told me gently. What could

  • FURY AT CUTBACKS

    By Eric Munn A WAVE of fury has hit Wirral Council as it plans to shut all the borough's public toilets. The controversial moves are all to reduce council tax bills later this year. A petition of more than 8,000 names objecting to the closure was presented

  • Paul grabs hat-trick

    TRICORN increased their advantage to 10 points at the top of the South Wirral Football League's Robin Hodgson Premier Division, on Saturday. Three-goal star Paul Dwyer showed the way in a clinical 3-0 defeat of Widnes visitors Avon Athletic (writes Vernon

  • Fight night treat for boxing fans

    WALLASEY ABC present their first boxing show of the season next month. Featuring some 13 bouts, the show is being staged at the Pacific Road Theatre complex, near Woodside, Birkenhead, and will be the Wallasey club's second fight night at that venue.

  • Bebington & District Darts League

    RESULTS - Tuesday, January 14: Division One: Eastham Home Guard 5, Merseybus (RNA) 4; Great Eastern 8, Railway Tavern 1; New Southend SC 4, Shillings Caf Bar 5; Port Sunlight RBL 7, Rose & Crown 2. Division Two: Bebington Liberal Club 'B' 5, Crooked

  • Wirral Table Tennis League

    RESULTS - Saturday, January 18th: Division One: Caldy 3, Gautby Rd 7; NBCC III 6, Gautby Rd III 4. Division Two: Upton CC 7, Pinewood 3; Pinewood II 1, Caldy III 9; Wallasey Manor II 8, Spinners II 2. Division Three: Caldy IV 0, Spinners IV 10; Wallasey

  • Park blow away cobwebs in 'friendly'

    Waterloo 2nd XV . . . . . . . 8 pts Birkenhead Park . . . . . . 38 pts AFTER a month of enforced inactivity, Birkenhead Park eventually returned to action on Saturday against Waterloo's 2nd XV at Blundellsands. Park were grateful for the chance of some

  • Wirral have an off day, but Oldershaw are in trouble

    WIRRAL were out of sorts at Widnes, on Saturday, as they crashed to an 8-49 reverse in South Lancashire/Cheshire One League. Colin Davies scored a try and Ian White a penalty, but the Wirral defence was breached on eight occasions. Oldershaw are in trouble

  • Make or break day for New Brighton

    by David Wilcox PROMOTION-chasing BBH-New Brighton are calling on Wirral rugby fans to turn out in force, on Saturday, to support the peninsular's premier rugby team in what it regards as the most important match of the season. New Brighton, pushing for

  • Son seeks father

    CAN you please help me find my son's family? I have lived in Southampton for 10 years and have lost touch with my son's father. My son would like to know his birth relatives. His father's name is Darren Cartwright, whose last known address was 6 Orchard

  • 'Disgraceful' state

    I MUST agree with Graham Mitchell, of Higher Bebington (Letter of the Week, Mail Box, December 4). As an ex-nurse who trained and worked at Clatterbridge for a number of years, the hospital's main gate and drive area is a disgrace. In my day, the flower

  • Give Moreton dog bins

    IN reply to the letter headlined 'Shore is so filthy' (Mailbox, January 8) about Moreton Shore, I would like to know where these bins are, that the Council has supplied for this filth. I, myself, have not got a dog and like to go along the coastline on

  • Soldier: I'd swap jobs with fireman

    CONCERNING the letter headlined 'My husband risks his life for you' (Mailbox, December 11), I have been a serving soldier for more than 14 years and I do not have the right to strike, unlike this lady's husband. So far, I have not really seen the need

  • Toilets are a 'vital' public service

    I WAS appalled to read the article (Globe, December 30) that a proposal is to be put before the Environmental Committee to close down public toilets in Wirral. As Cllr Dennis Knowles remarked: "I was reluctant, at first, to see any toilets closed as they

  • Seaside resort with no toilet!

    WELCOME to New Brighton - the only seaside resort in Britain without a public convenience. What a welcome! Have Wirral Council seriously considered the impact that removing the public conveniences will have on the tourist trade in New Brighton? This time

  • CALL UP PAPERS FOR DAD OF TWO

    by Eric Munn ROYAL Navy reservist Philip Russ has received the call up telling him to report to base in Portsmouth next Friday. The father-of-two admits he's apprehensive, but he is well-prepared after two decades in the reservist force. Philip is director

  • FIREFIGHTERS STRIKE AGAIN

    by Craig Manning FIREFIGHTERS returned to work this morning (Wednesday), following the latest 24-hour walkout in a row over pay and fears over possible job cuts. Staff at fire stations across Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire left their posts at 9am

  • STARS OF YESTERYEAR LINE UP FOR GOLF FESTIVAL

    by Eric Munn A MAJOR festival of golf is coming to the borough and it's expected to generate more than £3m for the local economy. The festival has been organised via a unique partnership between Wirral and Sefton councils. International golfing superstars

  • WORRY FOR CHILDREN AS PETS ARE STOLEN

    By Craig Manning TWO Wirral children have been left devastated by the theft of a family of five white rabbits, taken from a hutch in their back garden. Twelve-year-old Sam and ten-year-old Anna Harding-Jones, discovered that Buck, Snowy and their children

  • REGENERATION PLANS FOR FORMER ORDNANCE FACTORY

    By Stuart Hughes MORE than 1,500 jobs could be created by new plans to regenerate a derelict site in south Wirral. The development will see high-quality light industry and office accommodation move into the 30-acre site of the former Royal Ordnance Factory

  • PRAISE FOR GLOBE IN VIOLENCE CRACKDOWN

    By Craig Manning THE GLOBE has been praised by Wirral's top police officer for our part in a crackdown on domestic violence. Chief Superintendent Val Barker said it is important that coverage given in our pages to the "zero tolerance" campaign continues

  • BOY GRANTED LAST CHANCE FOLLOWING REIGN OF TERROR

    By Justin Dunn A BOY of 12 has been issued with an "acceptable behaviour contract" after conducting a reign of terror in his neighbourhood. The youngster was one of three youths who caused havoc in Brombrough by throwing missiles, damaging property, engaging

  • UNION CALLS OFF STRIKE TO CONSIDER NEW OFFER

    By Craig Manning STRIKE action planned for Wirral hospitals has been cancelled while unions consider a new offer. More than 1,500 Health Care Assistants from Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge Hospitals were balloted over the weekend, with 79 per cent voting

  • LEVER'S IN £1 MILLION PLAN

    By Eric Munn AROUND 20 jobs could be created when homecare manufacturers Lever Faberge build a £1million extension next to their factory in Port Sunlight. The single-storey extension will accommodate an enlarged, improved and innovative bottle-blowing

  • TREASURER IS GIVEN 6 MONTHS

    CHURCH treasurer, praised for his diligent fundraising, was also secretly stealing thousands of pounds from the same church. Ian Roberts pocketed more than £6,700 in just over a year, including stealing wedding fees, church roof appeal money, s and even

  • Calday in regional hockey final

    CALDAY Grange Under-18s have won the Wirral County Final of the Royal Air Force Careers Youth Hockey Cup. Calday Grange had a convincing 4-1 win over Wirral Grammar School in the final at Oxton Hockey Club, on Sunday. They now go through to the North

  • Two goals put Kevin in the pink!

    KEVIN Pink bagged a brace of goals for Great Float Social as they earned a valuable point in a 2-2 draw with Wallasey & District Sunday Football League Premier Division leaders The Plough. Matty Houghton and Peter Cloy replied for the champions-elect

  • Laird left with egg on their faces

    Carlsberg West Cheshire League round-up with Ernie McDonald CAMMELL Laird, Carlsberg West Cheshire League Division One leaders, relinquished their grip on the Wirral FA Senior Cup, on Saturday, and were left with egg on their faces after losing 1-0 at

  • Mick back in the winning groove

    MICK Andrews opened his 2003 account in the Sunday Morning Flyers by defeating Jamie Fitzpatrick 21-6 in last weekend's final. Fitzpatrick had been in good form up to this point and started the day by beating the previous week's winner, Tom Walker. However

  • Lone finisher

    DEE Sailing Club continued their Winter Series on the Dee Estuary at the weekend, but the very light wind conditions meant progress was slow. Will Thompson, in a Dart 18, was the only finisher in the first race. The second race went to Simon Moruzi in

  • Play American Football

    MERSEYSIDE Nighthawks senior squad is now in full training for the 2003 British Senior League American Football season. With the move to Old Parkonians Rugby Club now complete, and a new coaching team in place, Nighthawks want to hear from youngsters

  • Goal hero Graham inspires cup revival

    THREE goals by Graham Ellison helped Houlihan's Birkenhead Sunday Football League club Kel FC to complete a remarkable come-back at FC Grosvenor in a Cheshire FA Sunday Challenge Cup fourth round tie. Kel, who fought back from being 3-0 down, triumphed

  • Caldy rifle in 99 points!

    HAVING been unable to take part in any South Lancs & Cheshire League Division One games in almost a month, Caldy 1st XV were keen to get back on the horse on Saturday. They rifled in 99 points to visitors Ormskirk's three. Hat-tricks of tries for

  • Rovers deserved share of spoils

    Tranmere Rovers . . . . 1 Bristol City . . . . 1 Attendance: 7,459 BRISTOL City had lost their three games prior to Saturday's Nationwide League Division Two match against Tranmere - but on the day the dip in form didn't show. The Robins netted after

  • Rovers plot course to grab promotion play-off spot

    by Eric Munn WHILE Lorraine Rogers hits the headlines as she searches for an investor wanting to take over the club (full story, see Page 8), the Tranmere team will be focusing on Saturday's crucial Nationwide League Division Two visit to Prenton Park