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  • Former Mersey TV worker is jailed

    A MAN who formerly worked for Mersey Television has been jailed for three years for child abuse. A jury found Kenneth Charnley guilty to five offences involving sexually abusing two young girls. He was ordered to sign on the Sex Offenders Register for

  • Wirral woman denies murder

    A 19-YEAR-OLD Wirral woman accused of murder has denied the charge. Rebecca Welch is alleged to have attacked retired librarian George Hallaseter in Brighton Street, Seacombe on March 3. Mr Hallaseter, 60, never regained consciousness after the kicking

  • Police appeal for witnesses after Bromborough man found dead

    POLICE are appealing for information about the death of a 54-year-old man from Bromborough. Stanley Paul Gibbon was found unconscious on the pavement in Eastern Avenue on the evening of Thursday, October 12. He was taken to Arrowe Park Hospital where

  • Shock at cemetery vandalism

    THE destruction of gravestones at Wallasey cemetery has created a wave of shock and disgust across the town. Following the raids at Rake Lane Cemetery in Wallasey, Cllr Pat Hackett said: "What I saw shocked me to the core. Everything was smashed up

  • WARNING TO WIRRAL’S YOUNG BINGE-DRINKERS

    BINGE-drinking young people are risking future brain damage on an increasing scale in Wirral. Cases of alcohol-related dementia among young people have risen steeply with the number of referrals by local hospitals to the Alzheimer's Society increasing

  • Farewell to Brookside theme writer Dave...

    A FUNERAL service was held last week for the Wirral man who helped compose the Brookside theme tune and also wrote the famous "Shake and Vac" TV advert. Dave Roylance passed away three weeks ago after collapsing in the street in Hoylake. He had been

  • ‘We need extra spark’

    TRANMERE Rovers' boss Ronnie Moore admits he is looking for that extra spark to help bolster his team as their Coca Cola campaign continues. Unlike last season the Mighty Whites' ammunition is most definitely in place, but the squad lacks someone to

  • Chairman ‘stole from charity’

    A CHARITY chairman spent £72,000 intended for toys for special needs children to pay his debts, it has been alleged Peter Vogwell was a gambler and he took money from the registered charity, set up by his mother, and used it keep himself afloat financially