A WIRRAL medical centre has been closed for a week due to a maggot infestation. Staff at Eastham Clinic on Mill Park Drive discovered the insects on the ground-floor and in the car park. The temporary closure has been in place since yesterday
A FORMER Wirral councillor appeared at Birkenhead magistrate's court today charged with sending a "grossly offensive or indecent message on a public communications network." Ex-Labour representative for Bidston and St James ward, Jim Crabtree,
CAMPERS young and old stepped in front of the cameras as stars of a Wirral outdoor activity centre's promotional video. They are members of North West Summer Camp, founded by religious organisation The Churches of God, which has stayed at Barnstondale
TRANMERE Rovers manager Gary Brabin says he is looking forward to a tough away game against Aldershot Town at the weekend. Rovers go into Saturday's game at The EBB Stadium with six wins under their belts from seven matches at the start of the
A WIRRAL woman is taking part in a 10k night time walk in the hope of raising money for a charity close to her heart. Sheilagh Kernaghan from Greasby is set to complete Maggie’s Culture Crawl in memory of her mum who passed away from terminal cancer
Merseyside and Manchester metro mayor candidates Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram have challenged the Prime Minister to hold true to her promise to close the North-South divide. The two MPS are demanding Theresa May "ends a summer of damaging speculation
THE family of a Wirral boat repairer whose workshop was destroyed in an arson attack have praised the community for their 'overwhelming support' following the fire.. Alan Tolley's 40-year-old business came to an end last Wednesday when his premises
Police are appealing for help in tracing a group of teenagers after an incident in Neston when a knife was brandished. On Friday, August 19, at around 3pm, one of the youths was seen waving the blade around in public on Brooke Street in the town
THERE is less than a month to go until the 23rd annual Hoylake 10k Coastal charity fun run. Taking place on Sunday, September 25, the Globe-backed event raises funds for a special needs club in the town. It starts outside Hoylake Community
THE council must think we're stupid. On the 'bins' issue – from what data did they get the 33 per cent figure of food waste in every bin. I challenge anyone to check my bins to prove it. Secondly, the 50 per cent target recycling figure is
IN the autumn of 2015 with the first heavy rains the area in Moreton at the end of Bermuda Road and Town Meadow Lane and Millhouse Lane was flooded. This was the first time in more than 50 years that this area was subjected to flooding since the
WHAT a great shame that this coming Friday Americano's café in the Lauries Centre will close its doors for the final time. Americano’s has proved the rule that reasonably priced, quality home-cooked food is a recipe for success – how strange then
MY friend and I love South Wirral and visit as often as we can. One favourite place of refuge over the years has been the West Kirby library. We've spent many a happy hour there. However after the recent refurbishments they have allowed
MY 11-year-old daughter attended the accident & emergency department at Arrowe Park Hospital on Sunday evening after burning herself with boiling water. All staff from the front door to the nursing and medical team were outstanding. They
I ADMIT my memory is a bit hazy, however I cannot recall a Labour government introducing zero-hour contracts as claimed by your correspondent Mike Holt. It is accepted that for some people zero-hour contracts are convenient. But too many employers
MR Carbine (letters, August 17) is wide off the mark taking a shot at bus company Stagecoach for routing the 38 bus through Port Sunlight Village. He is gutted by the petition in which hundreds of residents are in favour of the bus service, and
REGARDING last week's letter headlined Bus service is ruining village, what a selfish person your correspondent Dick Carbine must be. His letter on the effects of the 38 bus service passing his house are so exaggerated that they are frankly laughable
HOUSEHOLDERS living near a stretch of railway line in Bromborough have raised concerns over safety after a line of trees was replaced with 'inadequate' fencing around a 40ft drop. Saplings at the bottom of Bowfell Close were chopped down by engineers
A FORMER Wirral care manager plans is set to cycle 300 miles raising vital funds for his previous employer. Stuart Woods, 65 is planning to cycle from London to Paris to help raise money for the adult health and social care charity Making Space
Hospitals across the region are making contingency plans as junior doctors prepare to stage five days of strikes with "full withdrawal of labour" over the controversial new contract for training medics. The strikes will take place between the hours
LASER guns were stolen during a burglary at a Wirral tourist attraction. Raiders broke into the grounds of the Brimstage Maze in Brimstage Village in the early hours of last Friday, August 26, and forced entry to three buildings. They made
