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  • 35-year-old motorcyclist killed in Birkenhead collision

    A MOTORCYCLIST has died following a collision with a bus is Birkenhead earlier today. The 35-year-old man, from Birkenhead, had been riding his blue Yamaha motorbike when he was involved in a collision with a bus on Beaufort Road. Officers

  • Witness appeal following crash in Birkenhead

    POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a serious road traffic crash in Birkenhead this afternoon. Officers were called, just after 3pm, to a report that a motorbike and a bus had collided on Beaufort Road at the junction with Ilchester Road. Emergency

  • Wirral's Farm Feast an overwhelming success, say organisers

    THE organisers of Wirral's inaugural Farmfeast festival - which brought thousands of food and drink fans to the borough over the weekend - as an overwhelming success. Around 30,000 food and drink fans from across the northwest braved the rain for

  • Triple award joy for Wirral school

    A SPECIALIST Wirral secondary school has scooped three silver awards in recognition of exceptional teachers and teaching. Kilgarth School in Birkenhead, which teachers boys with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties, was considered alongside

  • Neston prepares for 200th anniversary of Ladies Day walk

    NESTON is counting down the days to its most historic event to date when it celebrates the 200th anniversary of the annual Ladies Day Walk. Dating from 1814, the Neston Female Society has organised the event on the first Thursday in June, apart

  • Weather is the winner

    IT was a Bank Holiday Saturday to forget for the local cricketers with rain the only winner. Many matches did not get under way and the few that did were soon halted as the elements took over. It meant that bragging rights were put on hold

  • Turner breaks visitor record at Lady Lever Gallery

    THE Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight has broken visitor records with an exhibition of work by 18th century landscape artist JMW Turner. Turner: travels, light and landscape, has broken its own visitor target, with almost 10,000 more visitors

  • Caldy rugby union recruit new coach to drive club forward

    CALDY have appointed Simon Verbickas as Head Coach on a two year contract. Simon brings with him to Paton Field a wealth of experience. The former Sale Sharks, Orrell and Manchester player has just completed four years in charge at Sandbach

  • Step into Granty's Inferno

    SHARK ATTACK WHAT a curtain-raiser last Thursday was for next year’s ballot box bonanza... So now be prepared over the next ten months to be confronted by Westminster going on a UK tour - with UKIP’s purple rosette being added to the carnival

  • Midsummer read for refurbished Birkenhead library

    A WIRRAL library will host an evening of literature in its newly refurbished surroundings. Birkenhead Central Library is currently undergoing re-organisation and refurbishment but will reopen in June in time for a Midsummer Readers Evening.

  • Jury in Jon Britton murder trial resumes this morning

    A jury trying a man accused of stabbing his estranged wife's boyfriend to death on the doorstep of his West Kirby will resume their deliberations this morning. The six men and six women jury at Liverpool Crown Court retired on Thursday after hearing

  • Wirral dominate Merseyside Merit Tournament

    WIRRAL bowlers dominated the later stages of the Merseyside Merit Tournament held at the Unison Club in St Helens on Saturday, and at the end of a great day's play it was Tixall's Nigel Hughes who beat the opposition and the terrible weather to take

  • Wirral applies for its share of £168m pothole fund

    WIRRAL’S roads could get a much-needed repair if a bid for money from a £168 million pothole funding is successful. The fund, announced in Chancellor George Osborne’s budget earlier this year, has attracted bids from local highway authorities across