A list of gifts and hospitality accepted – and declined – by officers managed by Wirral council has been released. The officers in question work on behalf of the Merseyside Pension Fund, and are required as part of their roles to attend business
NESTON Town Council have pledged their support to this year's Ladies Club Day events programme. At a full council meeting on March 20, councillors approved a grant application submitted by local organisation Hip and Harmony for entertainment during
MERSEYSIDE’S police commissioner has called for Government officials to change the law supporting the way vulnerable adults in custody are supported. Under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 codes of practice the police need to contact an
Leisure centres in Wirral are under-used and struggling to attract new customers, it’s been revealed. The news comes after the council said a £1m overspend by its environmental department was largely down to falling numbers of people attending
A POSTMAN from Birkenhead will walk around 271 miles from Prenton Park to Dover to raise cash for brave three-year-old Edie Molyneux. Tranmere Rovers season ticket holder Richie Hellon has been a postman for 21 years and enjoys nothing more than
CHILDREN planted hedgerows and trees outside their schools across Wirral as part of a major project aimed at tackling air pollution. They have been working with environment charity Mersey Forest and Wirral Council as part of the Trees For Learning
MORE than 20 Wirral residents were fined for dog fouling and illegal waste dumping as part of the council's 'zero tolerance' crackdown on environmental crime. In total, 19 people were prosecuted for illegal dumping of waste and a further eight
I JUST wanted to say I went to the Gladstone Theatre on Saturday, March 10 to watch the West Wirral gang show. They put on a brilliant show, it was two-and-a-half hours of pure joy. What made it all more great was that not one of the kids are
IN response to B Peerless' email in the Globe - I have watched Voices from the gas fields on Youtube as he/ she recommended and was amazed how these poor people in Australia are being let down by those in authority. Until we are all aware of the
HERE in Wirral, we have constituency committee meetings. These are meetings where all our local councillors and council, within a particular area can engage with their public. The four constituencies are: Birkenhead and Tranmere, Wirral South
I RECEIVED my annual Council Tax bill showing the six per cent increase. Included in the bill was a letter from council leader Phil Davies. He states that he will continue to 'protect the vulnerable, support local businesses, create new jobs
SO European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker says Britain will regret leaving the EU. Well, like everything else he says, I strongly disagree. It is the EU that will come to regret us leaving them. I suspect they still don’t understand
MR Peerless in the Globe accused me of 'avoiding' the F word in my recent letter. Not so. I say loudly: "FRACK NOW!" We can debate 'Green' anti-fracking propaganda and 'Big Energy' counter propaganda endlessly, but it comes down to this
I HAD an appointment in the cardiac day unit at Arrowe Park Hospital and what a great bunch of staff they were from the moment I walked in. I was treated with kindness, helpfulness and care but I would like to single out one member of staff, in
IT was alarming to read the amount of burglaries that have taken place over Wirral the past few weeks in the Globe. But I worry that the culprits of these crimes are being caught during 'Operation Castle'. Why, for so long, have residents been
HOW good it was to read about the memorial plaque honour for Mr Jack Potter, acknowledging the part played by him and others in the RAF in the Dunkirk evacuation. So many times when the story is told, even in films, the words 'where was the RAF
THE DESIGNER behind Birkenhead’s rare ‘Penfold’ post box has been recognised as one of the greatest surveyors in 150 years. The ‘Penfold’ box on Ashville Road was designed by John Wornham Penfold, a leading architect and founding member of the
CLAIRE House needs Globe readers' support for a virtual campaign so that the children it cares for can enjoy Easter, as many cannot eat chocolate. The charity has set up its own online Easter Garden where supporters can buy children a virtual egg.
AN 81-year-old man who repeatedly raped and sexually abused a vulnerable young girl has been jailed for 20 years. Liverpool Crown Court heard that, given his age and health, Robert Douglas was likely to die in jail. Douglas, from Eastham, denied
PUPILS at Pensby High School were named finalists at the BP Ultimate STEM Challenge at the Science Museum in London. The national competition launched by BP Educational Service in partnership with STEM Learning in June last year to challenge students
INFERNO the movie ... now there's a thought. Today, dear readers, it is the 200th Inferno – the icing on the four-year cake. So it's time to be self-indulgent. Liverpool has just launched a guided walking movie tour. I was inspired as I
