A HUGE campaign to raise £300,000 to create a safe haven for all 'unwanted' animals has been launched by Wirral Animal Sanctuary. Inspired by Freshfields in Liverpool, it has been Wirral Animal Sanctuary founder Steph Oliver's dream to create a
THE eye-watering amount cash-strapped Wirral Council spent on a seven-screen Vue cinema has been revealed. Wirral council splashed out £7.1m on the 1,756-seater Vue Cinema in Birkenhead, in a move it's hoped will mean a "stream of income" for the
POLICE have released CCTV after a man suffered a fractured skull during an assault in Birkenhead. Emergency services were called at around 1.20am on Sunday, October 14 following a report that a man had been attacked near to Sherlocks on Conway
HOYLAKE Railway station has won the prestigious Wirral Award for a second year running. It received the accolade for best kept station during the 16th Cheshire Best Kept Stations Awards ceremony this week. Ellesmere Port also won the Roberts
HELSBY FC are the toast of Chester & Wirral Football League after booking a place in the final of the prestigious Cheshire FA Amateur Cup. The CWFL Premier Division side were drawn against Step 7 opposition in the form Ellesmere Port Town and
Blackburn 29, Birkenhead Park 12 BIRKENHEAD Park travelled to second place Blackburn on Saturday with high hopes of completing a double and moving over the Lancastrians into the play-off position. It was not to be, however, as the home side ran
HOPES of an all-Wallasey final in the Wirral DFA Junior Cup were dashed when Barnston PV lost 3-2 in a penalty shoot-out against Paolos FC after drawing the semi 1-1, as Ricardo Royes netted the only goal. Halfway House went all the way when beating
Caldy 15, Cambridge 13 CALDY beat Cambridge after a great second-half comeback against one of their relegation rivals and secured their first win in two months. It was the visitors who started the brighter, attacking the Caldy line in the opening
A DAVE Forbes hat-trick led the way for Dock AFC in The Cheshire County Football Association Sunday Cup semi-final with a resounding 6-1 win and great team performance over Cale Green. Also on the mark were Paul Byrne, Mark Jones (pen) and Joe Brandon
A MOTORCYCLIST has been taken to hospital after coming off his bike in Wallasey. Emergency services were called at around 10.30am today (Tuesday, February 12) to Poulton Road following reports a man had come off a motorbike. The man has been
Rossendale 8, Wirral 14 Wirral pack push for victory In extremely windy conditions at Rossendale, Wirral continued their unbeaten start to 2019 with their fifth consecutive victory and seven out of the last eight. Wirral lost the toss and
AFTER last Sunday's Flyers Tournament in Birkenhead Park had to be cancelled it was great to have much more pleasant conditions this week. Unusually the final this week this week was between two players who have not previously figured in a final
AN Alex McMillan double was supplemented by further efforts from Craig Jones, Luke Edwards and Stephen Melville, as Rainhill Town romped home 5-0 against basement outfit West Kirby and stayed three points in credit at the top of the West Cheshire League's
THE Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have arrived in Liverpool ahead of a busy day of engagements. For the first engagement Charles and Camilla will meet Ireland's President Michael D Higgins at the Victoria Gallery and Museum to formally
MORE than 300 people took part in a green-themed run in aid of Clatterbridge Cancer charity's latest campaign. The 3-2-1 Go Green event saw runners of all ability - and a few dogs - enjoy a 2km course with a difference in the grounds of Clatterbridge
A MAJOR revamp of the Oval leisure centre in Bebington is set to be approved by councillors later this month. The £775,,000 project to be considered by cabinet will see improvements to reception and upgrades to the sports hall and the pool changing
A CHARITY set up in memory of heart attack victim Tim Cogley has organised a series of heart health check sessions for young adults. The 34-year-old suffered a fatal heart attack while walking home after a night out with friends in Heswall on April
IT'S time to submit photographs of your Birkenhead memories to a community exhibition at the Pyramids Shopping Centre. 'Your Favourite Day' is inviting Birkenhead residents to be part of an exhibition to showcase their memories either of the town
LIBRARIES across Wirral are set to receive a £626,000 boost under plans expected to be approved by council. The cash is the first part of investment into the area's library network and will be used to upgrade and modernise facilities. Work will
Welcome to Haunted Wirral, a feature series written by world famous psychic researcher Tom Slemen, for the Globe. In this latest story, Tom tells the haunting tale of the thing in the clock... Some of the names have been changed in this strange
