A NEW visitor guide will showcase the best of Wirral in the hope of attracting new visitors. Wirral Council has unveiled an updated guide aimed at bringing more people to the borough and helping those who are already here to make the most of their
HOYLAKE Lifeboat station has received a £3,000 funding boost in recognition of its commitment to community safety. The donation, from Essar Oil UK’s Let's Give scheme, links safety milestones at the Stanlow Refinery with charitable giving.
WIRRAL Council is set to sign a binding declaration committing itself to resist “the vested interests of the tobacco industry” - while at the same time administering a pension fund investsing tens of millions in global tobacco giants. A meeting
BURTON’S Biscuits has unveiled plans to transform vacant areas of its Moreton plant into land for affordable housing. It has applied for outline planning permission for a scheme which would see up to 234 family homes built on the site in Pasture
RADIO City presenter Simon Ross will skate in front of audiences at the Floral Pavilion when Peter Pan On Ice is staged next month. The Russian Ice Stars' new adaptation of J.M. Barrie's famous fantasy adventure story of the boy who never grew
CONCERNS about the possibility of coal "gasification" taking place off the Wirral coast will be discussed at a community meeting this weekend. Margaret Greenwood, Labour's parliamentary candidate for Wirral West, met with residents in West Kirby
ELDERLY residents of a sheltered housing complex in Rock Ferry have been left without a entertainment after thieves made off with a large flat screen television in an overnight burglary. Merseyside Police were called out to Bedford Court, on Bedford
MORE than 100 women have so far signed up for this year's Wirral Race For Life in aid of Cancer Research UK. The Globe-backed event takes place in Birkenhead Park on Sunday, July 27. Last year, 3443 women took part in the Wirral event, raising
POLICE investigating the death of a woman whose body was found at a house in New Ferry say they are not treating it as suspicious. Officers were called to an address on Longfellow Drive by the ambulance service on Sunday night, following a report
TEENAGERS are being recruited to take part in test purchase operations as part of a campaign targeting Wirral traders suspected of illegally selling age-restricted products to young people. Volunteers aged 14 to 16 are needed to check whether licensed
THE death of a 44-year-old man whose body was discovered in Birkenhead last week is not being treated as suspicious by police. The body was found in Buccleuch Street on Friday evening after Merseyside Police patrols were called to an address by
A WIRRAL woman whose husband and daughter were killed by their out-of-control speedboat last year did not have a safety kill cord attached when steering the boat. Senior TV executive Nick Milligan, 51, and his eight-year-old daughter Emily were
WIRRAL Council is prosecuting a national newsagents chain over claims it failed to protect staff in connection with a series of armed robberies across the borough. The authority has brought six charges against Martin McColl Ltd, accusing it of
THE search has begun for hundreds of staff to help deliver the £600m Mersey Gateway Project. Merseylink – the consortium named as the preferred bidder by Halton Borough Council for the contract to build the new Mersey Gateway bridge, artist’s impression
