A 56-YEAR-old businessman and a gas company have been charged in connection with the explosion that devastated New Ferry last year. Homes and businesses were destroyed by the blast that ripped through the town just after 9pm on Saturday, March
A YOUNG people's mental health service been named 'Innovator of the Year' in recognition of its pioneering website. Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) received the accolade
BUSINESSES in Wallasey are being offered free training to gain a better understanding of customers with dementia. The new scheme by Wirral Council's Wallasey Constituency Team works in partnership with the Alzheimer's Society to provide free training
THE semi-final line up for the Chester & Wirral Football League's Doug Johnson Vets Trophy has been decided. Shotton Steel will be joined in the hat by Avenue Vets, Capenhurst Villa Vets and Neston Nomads Vets. Avenue were awarded their
JASGA PV progressed into the semi finals of the Wirral DFA Amateur cup with a convincing 3-1 victory over New Ferry Rangers and will play in a all Wallasey last four battle once other results are known. On the score sheet were Mike Scullion, Ben
Wirral 20 Lymm 14 HAVING lost at Lymm earlier in the season when suffering a number of injuries during the game, Wirral were keen to reverse the result when the two sides met at the Memorial Ground on Saturday. Lymm, for their part, are seeking
DIVISION Two leaders Hale remained firmly on course for promotion to the Carlsberg West Cheshire League's top flight next season, and maintained their six-point advantage at the top, following Saturday's hard-fought 2-1 success at Mossley Hill Athletic
Birkenhead Park 12, Preston Grasshoppers 32 UNBEATEN North Premier League leaders Preston Grasshoppers were given a stern test by a competitive Birkenhead Park side until the visitors took charge in the final quarter at the Upper Park on Saturday
ANOTHER cold morning in Birkenhead Park saw Tixall's Anthony O'Neill take his first win of this series of the Bowls Winter Flyers. In the final he just got the better off John Hignett Snr, who came so close to his first win in these tournaments
A WIRRAL hat maker has been invited to share some of her creations at London Hat Week 2018. Sue Wood from Irby owns ‘Sue Wood Millinery' and will join hundreds of talented hat makers from across the world at the event which showcases more than
WORKERS at shipbuilders Cammell Laird will walk-out for two 24-hour strikes in a dispute over pay and conditions. The GMB union said around 500 of its members at the Birkenhead shipyard will walk out on January 26 and 29, with further dates planned
A PET owner has praised the vet who saved her dog's life after it was discovered he had a rare tumour. Patch, a seven-year-old Shih Tzu was showing no signs of being unwell. But unbeknown to owner Cheryl Dolan, from Seacombe, he was a ticking
WELCOME to Haunted Wirral, a feature series written by world famous psychic researcher, Tom Slemen for the Globe. In this latest tale, Tom explores the time when Spring-Heeled Jack visited Birkenhead... One windy night about 10pm in the October
