THE price of metal, a growth in online retail and the recession have been blamed for the demise of a Birkenhead-based jewellers, which has gone into administration after 138 years of trading. Family owned Pykes the Jewellers called in administrators
TRANMERE Rovers' midfielder Max Power will go without a haircut for the whole of 2014 in support of team mate Joe Thompson’s fight against cancer. Joe, 24, was diagnosed with Nodular Sclerosing Hodgkins Lymphoma in October and has had the first
TWO Wirral men accused of a violent attack on a builder have both been cleared after their trial collapsed. In a dramatic move on the second day of the hearing, and before any witnesses had been called to give evidence, the prosecution announced
The Open Golf Championship 2014 could boost our region's economy by £75m, according to a study by the sport's governing body. An independent study commissioned by The R&A predicts that The Open Championship, to be held at Royal Liverpool in
UPTON AA rang in the New Year on a positive note, after they pulled off a superb 3-2 victory at fourth placed Mossley Hill Athletic. The club currently occupying bottom spot in the Carlsberg West Cheshire League's Division One have struggled for
AS expected, the bad weather is now setting in and Wirral Council had to close all grounds due to waterlogged pitches, which of course will have a detrimental effect on scheduled fixtures and the cancelled domestic cup games will now take place in
A DOZEN crews took to the River Mersey at the weekend as Liverpool Yacht Club / Tranmere Sailing Club began their new series of winter races. Bada Bing owned by Andy Farrell and Andrew Napper headed IRC Class One from Adam Kyffin’s Eazi Tiger in
POLICE have released CCTV images of a woman they would like to speak to in connection with the assault of a 15-year-old boy in Birkenhead. The boy had boarded a bus on Cook Street, in Liverpool city centre at around 5.30pm on Thursday, December
CALDY kicked off their 2014 campaign with a five try bonus point earning show at Paton Field. It realised an eighth win of the season in National Two North League by a 31-18 margin over Leicester Lions. The visitors had their bright moments
THE giant street theatre spectacular Sea Odyssey returns to Liverpool later this year as part of the city's World War One commemorations. Memories of August 1914 will be created by street theatre tour de force Royal De Luxe, who captivated crowds
A builder who went to collect an outstanding debt from a customer in Caldy was allegedly attacked by a gang armed with a gun and a knife, a court has heard. Michael Wainwright went into the house at Croft Drive West while his brother and a work
POLICE are appealing for information following a burglary at a convenience store in Bebington. Patrols were called by a member of staff to the Co-operative store on Church Road just before 7am, on Saturday, January 4. A substantial quantity
