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Community station reaches milestone

ON THE AIR: 7Waves show presenters

2:29pm Monday 6th October 2008

A COMMUNITY radio station in Leasowe will open the doors of its new multi-million pound state-of-the-art studios later this month.

Man ‘reacted’ and lashed out at police

12:06pm Monday 6th October 2008

A YOUNG man questioned in the early hours when he and a woman companion were seen carrying road signs lashed out and struck a police officer several times, Wirral Magistrates heard.

Back to work project’s 1,000th success story

9:27am Monday 6th October 2008

A PROJECT to encourage Wirral’s jobless back into work has just clocked up its 1,000th success story.

Successful breeding at the zoo

Chester Zoo’s Hyacinth Macaw chick

9:50am Saturday 4th October 2008

JAMES Bond and Miss Moneypenny may have an enduring onscreen partnership but at Chester Zoo their companionship is helping to conserve a species.

New Brighton man given 'last chance'

4:43pm Friday 3rd October 2008

Judge Nick Sanders at Wirral Magistrates Court gave a last chance to a 45-year-old man despite his complete non-compliance with a community order.

Cyclist in hospital following collision

Cyclist in hospital following collision

3:38pm Friday 3rd October 2008

A CYCLIST is in hospital following a collision between his pushbike and a car in Tranmere this morning (Friday).

River scheme gives youths new direction

Wirral lads Michael Gifford, aged 14, Lewis Gardner, who is 15, and Nathan James, also 14, learning the ropes onboard the Glaciere

11:39am Friday 3rd October 2008

YOUNGSTERS from Wirral gained their sea legs as well as a host of nautical skills when they joined a summer school with a difference.

Oscar-winner Glenda opens college

CEREMONY: Glenda Jackson with head boy Michael Williams and head girl Lauren Waltho, who are both year 11 pupils at Rock Ferry High

10:05am Friday 3rd October 2008

ROCK Ferry High School welcomed Oscar-winning actress and MP Glenda Jackson to officially open its Specialist Performing Arts College.

Film-makers movie into West Kirby

Film-makers movie into West Kirby

4:15pm Thursday 2nd October 2008

A FILM written and directed by two Wirral BAFTA winners is being shot this week in New Brighton and West Kirby.

Elderly asked for views on care plans

DISCUSSION: Cllr Foulkes hearing the views of residents at a Wirral residential home

3:28pm Thursday 2nd October 2008

COUNCIL leader Steve Foulkes toured local adult social services facilities to listen to residents’ views and discuss plans for the future.


National News

Fire boys 'trapped by slammed door'

Taylor Jenkins, five, and his brother, seven-year-old Lewis, who died in a house fire

Updated 1:55pm Monday 6th October 2008

Two young brothers killed in a house fire were left trapped when their mother ran for help and the front door slammed behind her, a witness said.


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