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Anger as TV chat show star leaves fans waiting

DISAPPOINTED: Jeanette Lane-Holmes

2:00pm Friday 10th October 2008

FANS of Birkenhead-born entertainer Paul O’Grady were left disappointed when the star returned to his home town for a booksigning.

Knife jacket taken off sale

1:40pm Friday 10th October 2008

A BRAND of jacket has been withdrawn from TK Maxx’s store in Birkenhead because it contains a pocket knife.

Musical fundraiser for lifeboat appeal

12:15pm Friday 10th October 2008

A FUNDRAISER in aid of Hoylake Lifeboat’s £2m appeal will be held on Friday, October 10.

New hospice unit nears completion

Building site manager Brian Johnson, St John’s fundraising manager Lesley Woodhead and Ben Chapman

10:03am Friday 10th October 2008

CONSTRUCTION of the new £1.2m out-patient services unit at St John’s Hospice is almost complete.

Jealous man attacked his ex-girlfriend

3:34pm Thursday 9th October 2008

A JEALOUS Wirral man attacked his former girlfriend while she was at his home and smashed her jaw, a court has heard.

Residents hit out at school run parking

UNHAPPY: Campaigner Melanie Watkin outside the Stanton Road primary school

12:05pm Thursday 9th October 2008

RESIDENTS living near to a Bebington primary school say “lazy parents” are making their lives a misery by creating parking problems outside their own homes.

Crackhouse closure in Tranmere

10:00am Thursday 9th October 2008

POLICE have secured a crackhouse closure order on a house in Southwick Road, Tranmere.

Plans for £30m Wirral Superschool revealed

11:41am Wednesday 8th October 2008

PLANS for a £30m Superschool will be discussed by Wirral's cabinet committee next month, following the recommendation of a Government report.

GOOD SAMARITAN'S CONCERN FOR OAP

The lady's kitchen

10:22am Wednesday 8th October 2008

AN ELDERLY woman living without working electricity for at least six weeks is now being helped by Wirral’s adult social services team after intervention by the Globe and a concerned reader.

Global warming may 'dry up the Mersey'

DRY ME A RIVER: How the “Mersey” might look if climate predictions are accurate

9:27am Wednesday 8th October 2008

THE RIVER Mersey could almost run dry in just 40 years as hot summers trigger climate change, says a new report.


National News

Northern Bank prosecution defended

Chris Ward has had the bank robbery charges against him dropped

Updated 9:45pm Friday 10th October 2008

The head of Northern Ireland's prosecution service has defended his decision to put Chris Ward in the dock over the £26.5 million Northern Bank robbery.


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