LOVE it or hate it you can now buy a Marmite stuffed crust pizza from Papa John's. Available for a limited time only, the stuffed crust pizza recognises the great combination of cheese and Marmite. In a first for UK pizza restaurants, the mozzarella
FOOTBALL icon and TV personality Chris Kamara has teamed up with a Wirral pub to find and reward local 'good sports' - those unsung heroes who give up their weekends to watch their friends and family play sports whatever the weather. To help give
HILLSBOROUGH match commander David Duckenfield "tried to do the right thing" ahead of the disaster in which 96 Liverpool fans died, a court has been told. Benjamin Myers QC, defending the retired chief superintendent, told the jury at Preston Crown
NEW flights to Vienna from Liverpool John Lennon Aiport (LJLA) have been announced today. Austrian airline Laudamotion have revealed plans to begin a twice weekly service to Vienna from the airport starting on October 28. The flights will operate
THE latest addition at Chester Zoo has stepped outside for the very first time. Two-week-old giraffe calf Mburo held his head high as he made his first public appearance venturing out with the rest of the herd including parents Dagmar and Meru.
NHS staff are being laid off and blood services set to change for thousands of people – but no one knows how, or what will happen next. A total of 15 members of staff are currently in consultation with Wirral’s Community NHS Foundation Trust (CT
A WIRRAL firm has completed a series of upgrades on three ferries at a shipyard in France. Birkenhead-based SeaKing Electrical worked on the MS Dunkerque Seaways, MS Dover Seaways and MS Delft Seaways operated by Danish shipping company DFDS.
ACTING doesn't get much better than this in a marvellous two-hander. If you saw the TV series Extras by Ricky Gervais you will know how those people who appear as minor supporting roles in films while standing in the background all have minds, feelings
A DISASTER response exercise took place in the Birkenhead tunnel last weekend. Merseyside Fire and Rescue (MFRS) hosted the large-scale exercise, called 'EU MODEX' which saw urban search and rescue (USAR) colleagues from France, Belgium and Estonia
THE presenters of Channel 4's Location, Location, Location are heading to Wirral for the new series and need your help. Property experts Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer will be helping people find their dream home in the borough next month Urging
A BEER and cider festival is set to land at Liverpool's Bombed Out Church next month. Real Ale Events are hosting the festival, which will run from Thursday, April 11 to Sunday, April 14, and will offer up to 200 beers and ciders along with an ever-so
BIRKENHEAD MP Frank has led a review calling for the 'urgent' national roll-out of a Government scheme which aims to ensure young victims of modern slavery and human trafficking are properly cared for. Statutory provision for Independent Child
WIRRAL born musician Andy McCluskey has been announced as special guest for this year's Sound City+ conference. OMD frontman Andy, originally from Meols, has earned 60 gold and platinum album and single awards while selling more than 15 million
SIXTIES greats The Merseybeats return to the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton next week with a special charity show. The band - whose many hits included Mister Moonlight, Really mystified and Wishin' & hopin' - are at the venue in An Evening
POLICE are hunting a wanted man from Seacombe. Michael Medway, 20, of Priory Road, is wanted in connection with an allegation of robbery as well as a warrant for failing to appear in court in connection to aggravated burglary of a car. He is
CORONATION Street and Emmerdale have all recently tackled the difficult subject of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE). But it was no doubt the Rotherham scandal which really lifted the lid and got people talking about this form of abuse which sees
HAS anyone tried the "Clatterbridge car challenge"? Try and follow the lane markings on the roundabout and end up in the right place to exit, impossible! I suspect it was marked out by five different companies who didn't speak, over a period
THE French president has announced that he feels the EU needs to look at itself with a view to reforms which would see Britain "find its true place" therein. Are we to assume that Mr Macron credits 52% of the electorate with enough sense to not
WITHOUT commenting on the termination of the Kingdom contract but more concentrating on how we as a borough can move forward on keeping our peninsula litter-free, could Wirral Council more strongly promote the idea that we all have a responsibility
TO those Labour councillors who are against Hoylake golf / leisure resort but voted with the Labour group, you should be ashamed of yourselves. This showed the moral plight of this Labour cabinet in all its ill-thought through shoddy dealings.
IT was good to read about the award Hoylake Station has received for best kept station. We would also like to add our appreciation for the work Friends of Hoylake and Meols in Bloom is doing. We have also been active in growing plants to enhance
A SERVICE which helps Wirral residents quit smoking is set to exceed its target for another year running. The news comes as a national report, published on Friday by public health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and Cancer Research UK
STATUES are silent ... but sometimes they speak volumes in an unspoken, universal language. In Rotterdam there is one sculpture called Destroyed City that has left a life-long impression on me. It is a bronze figure with a hole in its torso
