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  • Wirral's first 'pet food bank' opens

    SELFLESS volunteers have launched a scheme delivering free pet food to those who cannot afford to feed their cats and dogs. Pawz in Need is Merseyside's first pet food bank, helping animal owners in Wirral who have run into financial difficulty

  • Specialist maritime training facility to open at Wirral Waters

    A WORLD-renowned maritime and sea survival training company has chosen the Wirral Waters development as the base for its first state-of-the-art training facility in England. Stream Marine Training's facility will be located at Tower Quays in Birkenhead

  • GALLERY: Floral tributes to 'beautiful angel' Charlotte

    FLORAL tributes have been paid to a ‘beautiful angel’ who died after being struck by a car in Birkenhead. Charlotte Carroll, 19, from West Kirby, was involved in a collision with a black Honda Civic car on Conway Street just before 12am on Saturday

  • Call for action to tackle dementia care

    I WANT to encourage your readers to unite against dementia and take action to fix dementia care in Merseyside. An Alzheimer's Society investigation has discovered that 50,000 people with dementia were admitted to A&E across the country in the

  • Cats Protection need you

    IN the run up to National Volunteering Week (June 1 to June 7), Cats Protection would like to extend our thanks to the many thousands of volunteers throughout the country who offer their time and expertise to help cats and kittens across the UK.

  • 'You have no idea how lucky you are'

    SIMILAR to other Globe readers I was recently shocked to see on the pages of Wirral Globe a piece of blatant communist propaganda including glorification of mass murderers like Lenin and Trotsky. Having spent half of my life in the communist "paradise

  • Anti-Marx correspondent lacks courage

    STRANGELY, if not sinisterly, your anti-Marxist correspondent prefers to remain anonymous (Propaganda, Wirral Globe, May 16). Obviously, he or she lacks the courage of his or her alleged convictions. I, on the other hand, am very happy to identify

  • Thanks for raising awareness of dementia

    I WOULD like to say a big thank you to everyone who has helped (or is helping) raise the profile of dementia during Dementia Action Week beginning May 21. Anything which raises awareness of dementia must be applauded. It's one of the biggest

  • We're so proud of Tranmere Rovers

    AS front-of-shirt sponsors for Tranmere Rovers Football Club, we couldn't be more proud to celebrate the huge success they enjoyed this weekend. The Wirral-based team returned to the Football League in the most dramatic and nail-biting fashion

  • Scrap the Mersey Tunnel tolls

    I REFER to your article headlined Reflections by Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram. His first reflection is on working to ensure a 21st Century transport system. Unfortunately, he remains entrenched in the 18th Century, relying on methods of extracting

  • Granty's Inferno: 'It’s time to recognise excellence'

    "BRICKS and mortar do not a great school make." That wise old adage surfaced when I passed the 11-plus and went to Cardinal Godfrey High School in Liverpool, which would not have won any prizes for architectural grandeur. I learned my first