THESE six facts have revealed some concerning truths about obesity among Wirral’s children. They have been uncovered as the council looks to take a system-wide approach to tackling the problem by incorporating different departments such as planning
DUE to a power outage, a major incident has been declared at St Catherine's Health Centre in Birkenhead. Wirral Community NHS Foundation Trust had asked that anyone with an appointment at the Health Centre not to attend. Power has now been
BLACON Youth Reserves finally recorded their first points of the Chester & Wirral Football League's Queensferry Sports Premier Division with a fine 2-1 away win to Higher Bebington Kelma, thanks to a brace from Liam Simon. They will now be hoping
Wirral 3, Harrogate 0 AS the scoreline suggests defences were on top in a game which was played with a strong wind present, but both sides did not take advantage when the opportunity arose. Playing against the wind in the first-half, Wirral
NESTON Nomads secured their place in the third round of the David Keith Tacy Cup after a fine 5-0 rout at the expense of AFC Shaftes. Finding the net for Neston were Jack Lloyd, Rob Marrs, Alex Fewtrell, Lewis Clarke and Jamie Gardiner. A solitary
UPTON Youth had to rely on a late goal from Joe Corcoran to seal the points against AC Hoylake as they won their Groves Youth division fixture 2-1 to extend their lead at the top and also had Brendan Doherty on target for this hard-fought win. Young
TRANMERE Rovers striker Franklyn Akammadu has been recalled by parent club US Alessandria. The Serie C side has decided to cut short 20-year-old's season long loan spell at Prenton Park, meaning he will now return to Italy. In a brief statement
THE safety certificate for the Hillsborough stadium was "very out of date" at the time of the 1989 disaster, the jury in the trial of match commander David Duckenfield has been told. On Wednesday, the prosecution continued opening the trial of Duckenfield
A BUSINESSWOMAN has been selected as Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Wirral West. Laura Evans, who lives in West Kirby, has been a councillor in Trafford for eight years and will be standing down from the role in May. The 52-year-old
TWO men have been arrested after a man suffered a serious head injury during an 'altercation' in Ellesmere Port. Emergency services were called just before 1am on Wednesday, January 16 to the junction of Whitby Road and Cromwell Road following
POLICE are hunting a man wanted in connection with drugs offences in Carlisle. Cumbria Police want to trace Louis Simpson, 25, from Liverpool, who may be in the Merseyside area in connection with drug-related offences. Anyone with information
EVERY January I wonder if the Chrysanth's panto is the last of the year or the first of the next? One thing is always certain the company - formed in 1918 - really are a credit to Wirral. This year Dick Whittington and his cat entertained sell-out
The Cat in the Hat comes to Liverpool Playhouse for five nights of fur-flying frivolity ... meet a very acro-CAT-ic character. THE cat is out of the bag ... One of the all-time great children's classics is heading to the Liverpool Playhouse next
A WIRRAL MP has spoken out against proposals to end free TV licences for the over 75s. Margaret Greenwood, Labour MP for Wirral West, believes that free TV licences are 'really important' for older people as it helps tackle isolation and loneliness
THE frontline of shale gas extraction in England moved to Cheshire on Tuesday, January 15, with the beginning of a public inquiry into shale gas flow testing in Ellesmere Port at Chester Town Hall. Local residents, supported by frack-free groups
I WOULD like to respond to the recent letter from Barnado's regarding bullying. The only way to end the notion of "bullying" for individual young people is to help them develop effective self-esteem and self-confidence. In any interaction termed
IT is extremely pleasing to read of the rapid four-hour removal of litter from the streets of Heswall (Wirral Globe, January 9). Congratulations to the council street cleaner concerned and the good citizens of Heswall who benefit from his great
IT'S not fair on the people who meet at the Saughall Massie tennis courts and bowling green as we have been going there for years, as it's us that pick up all the beer cans and cigarette stumps left littering the bowling green. Our small dogs do
MAY I make it known that we have a serious garden thief on our area. Over the last few months, I have had more than £2,000 worth of shrubs and plants stolen from my garden. Large bushes have proved no problem to the thieves nor have some trees
FORECASTERS have issued a weather warning for ice to sweep across Wirral. Between 10pm today (Wednesday) and 11am on Thursday, January 17, a cold snap is set to spread across the North West with icy patches with wintry showers also affecting some
A THIRD man has been arrested after a driver suffered serious head injuries after an attack in Birkenhead. Emergency services were called at around 2.55pm on Monday, January 14 to the junction of Exmouth Street and Claughton Road following reports
PLEASE may I say a big thank you to all the staff at St Mary's College in Wallasey. They have the pensioners of St Alban’s Monday club, a very lovely Christmas lunch, served to us by the students who were very attentive towards us and nothing was
REGARDING the recent letter about the selfish way vehicles are parked, this can also apply to a number of other issues that are dealt with in The Highway Code. While great importance is given to the code before and during the driving test there
GLOBE readers are being urged to show their support on World Cancer Day for everyone affected by the disease. Cancer Research UK is calling on men, women and children across the borough to wear one of the charity's brightly coloured unity bands
THE distress signal from a scrapped personal locator beacon on the River Dee prompted a search by Hoylake Lifeboat. The signal, transmitted from the Bagillt Bank area on the west side of the River Dee, was detected by the UK Coastguard, who informed
HUNDREDS of people lined the streets of Birkenhead for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex first engagement of 2019. Many Globe readers have been sending in their pictures of the royal couple during their whistle-stop tour of the town on Monday.
THERE was queuing traffic at the Birkenhead and Wallasey tunnels following a collision in Liverpool earlier this morning. The incident had closed one of the city's main roads New Islington this morning, but led to a backlog of vehicles in the tunnels
IT was a testy start for the public inquiry into ‘fracking’ plans for Ellesmere Port with the planning inspector in charge accused of “prejudging” the outcome. Roger Griffiths, the barrister representing Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWaC),
A COUNCIL committee voted to SCRAP controversial plans to ban dogs from more than 100 locations across Wirral. The controversial proposals, which would govern where people can walk their pets in the borough, were rejected by the council’s environment
THE Inferno hereby calls for 2019 to be the Year of Transparency. According to the eggheads at Cambridge, 'transparency' means: "A situation in which business and financial activities are done in an open way without secrets so that people can trust
