A photographer who took pictures of the fatal crush at Hillsborough repeatedly told a police superintendent to stop the game, a court has heard. David Cannon gave evidence at the trial of match commander David Duckenfield, who is charged with gross
CONCERN is growing for the welfare of two missing sisters from Lancashire who have links to Wirral. Lily and Tiagen Allinson were reported missing from their home in Lancashire on Monday, February 4, when they were last seen at around 4.30pm.
THE family of a Wirral man who passed away last month after an incident on the River Mersey have today paid tribute to him. Ian Webb was rescued from the river close to Tranmere Oil Terminal on the night of Sunday, January 27, but died in hospital
TRANMERE Rovers' away fixture at Port Vale - postponed because of a frozen pitch last weekend - has been rescheduled. The League Two match will now be played a week on Tuesday, February 19, with a 7.45pm kick off, the club confirmed on its website
A WOMAN who left her pet rabbit to starve to death and whose dog suffered with an untreated skin condition has been banned from keeping animals for life. Jodie Wardil, 27, from Wallasey, pleaded guilty to two counts of causing unnecessary suffering
CONSTRUCTION of a Wirral school's new 'sports barn' is due to start next week. The stand-alone development at New Brighton Primary will provide a vital new facility for pupils to play sports all year round. Outside school opening times it is
More than 10,000 people in Wirral needed hospital treatment for alcohol related problems last year. However figures released this week show the level of hospital admissions in the borough caused by booze has stabilised. Admission rates in England
A MAN is in hospital with non life-threatening injuries after what is believed to have been a 'targeted' shooting in Prenton last night. The 35-year-old victim was leaving an address in Edgemoor Close with his seven-year-old daughter at around
A MAN in his 80s has died after being hit by a car in Birkenhead. Emergency services were called at around 6.40am yesterday following reports a male pedestrian had been involved in a collision with a VW Polo nearby Birkenhead News and Off Licence
FLY-tippers have dumped builders' waste near the junction of a busy Wirral street. Bags of rubble, bricks and fences were among tonnes of rubbish discovered on Whetstone Lane at its junction with Borough Road this week. Pictures of the rubbish
WIRRAL Council is under fire once again over its controversial lack of a local plan which, if it requires Government intervention, runs the risk of homes being built on the borough's green belt. Wirral council has not had a local plan – a blueprint
WIRRAL Muay Thai boxer Joe Ryan has returned home victorious after winning the Baltic Open. A student at St Anselm's, Joe, from West Kirby, flew out to Lithuania with his dad Karl on Thursday, January 31 to join Team GB to take part in the Baltic
