Wirral news, sport, local information from the Wirral Globe

Funding available for disabled Wirral children's activities

4:51pm Friday 12th March 2010

TWO streams of grant funding are available for voluntary or non-profit making organisations delivering either short breaks or family activities for disabled children in Wirral.

Tranmere Rovers ready for Bristol battle

2:46pm Friday 12th March 2010

TRANMERE Rovers will put memories of a midweek defeat behind them when they take on Bristol Rovers tomorrow.

• Wirral Globe's League One page
• Tranmere Rovers website
• Bristol Rovers website

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Search for Wirral's volunteer of the year continues

10:58am Friday 12th March 2010

A WOMAN who helps some of the borough's most vulnerable people develop computer skills is among the nominations for this year’s Wirral Volunteer of Year Award.

• Volunteer Of The Year website

Wallace and Gromit rocket in for Wirral exhibition

10:34am Friday 12th March 2010

Wallace & Gromit are coming to Wirral's Spaceport for a world premiere – an exclusive exhibition entitled “Wallace and Gromit in Space”.

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UPDATED: Top-secret Wirral Council letter to library inquiry chairman Sue Charteris

9:40am Friday 12th March 2010

Wirral Council had sought to keep their letter to local inquiry inspector Sue Charteris under wraps. But a Freedom of Information request to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has now brought the document into the public domain.

• Council letter
• Report must be published now

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Elderly Wirral man critically ill in hospital following collision

9:13am Friday 12th March 2010

AN elderly Wirral man is critically ill in hospital after the car he was driving collided with a wall.

Read the full letter to Wirral library inquiry inspector Sue Charteris here

10:15am Thursday 11th March 2010

The full version of Wirral Council's letter in response to inquiry report...

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More images of Wirral go online in updated version of Street View

3:38pm Thursday 11th March 2010

WIRRAL residents can see more photographs of the borough online from today because an updated version of Google's Street View has been launched.

• Street View

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Cash boost for Wirral charity

10:14am Thursday 11th March 2010

CROSSROADS Care Cheshire West & Wirral has received £9,942 from The Big Lottery Fund's Awards for All grants programme.

Wirral soldier stays focused as six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan nears its end

11:25am Thursday 11th March 2010

A SOLDIER from Birkenhead is nearing the end of a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan.

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