Val McGee, chief operating officer, Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust writes for the Globe ... I FEEL so fortunate doing my job because I get to meet so many different people, many of whom have amazing stories to tell. As
The local authority has provided an update on proposals for controversial dog control measures, months after the original plans were scrapped. Councillors voted against measures to ban dogs from 100 parks and green spaces earlier this year, at
TRANMERE Rovers have signed centre back Sid Nelson on a two-year contract following a successful loan period at Prenton Park. Nelson, who helped the club gain promotion to Sky Bet League One in May, signed the deal this afternoon. The 23-year-old
KIERON Morris has signed a two-year contract with Tranmere Rovers. The 25-year-old winger joins on a permanent basis following a successful loan spell at Prenton Park last season, which ended in promotion at Wembley to Sky Bet League One. Morris
A VIP launch night at one of Merseyside's latest food and drink market was held last week. The £1m development, Duke Street Food & Drink Market opened its doors to press, influencers and VIPs on Thursday, June 20. Home to six independent food
BIRKENHEAD MP Frank Field is calling for renewed effort from the Government to eliminate 'pensioner poverty' in Wirral. His aim is for ministers to ensure eligible households are receiving their full pension credit entitlement of between £50 and
POLICE are appealing for help to identify a "Good Samaritan" who came to the aid of man who had been stabbed and beaten at a Wirral playing field. Officers were called to Plymyard Fields, Eastham, at around 9.20pm, on Monday, after a gang jumped
CAN anyone tell me when the council will begin cutting the grass verges and treating the weeds across Wirral? They have been left to grow for weeks, it is a real mess. In Irby, some of the grass is up to calf level and you can forget about walking
AMONG the news of yet more cuts to bus services on the front of last week’s Globe, I was disappointed (but by no means surprised) that Stagecoach’s consultation for the plans will last for just two weeks. This is a ridiculously short amount of time
WHEN oh when is someone from Wirral Council going to attend to changing the face hands on the monumental clock at the roundabout at Argyle Steet / Borough Road opposite Birkenhead Central Station? All clocks changed from GMT to BST on March 31.
RECENTLY in one of the Sunday papers that noise abatement machines are to be introduced to combat traffic and particularly motor bike noise levels, with fines implemented for guilty miscreants. This measure has been long overdue. Every summer
I WOULD like to say a huge thanks to the rapid response team at St Catherine's Hospital, Birkenhead. My husband is blind, bedridden and has dementia. I tried to do it all myself, but had to give in and have help. We had the NHS rapid response
REGARDING the letter about the cycle lane limit. As a regular rider along this bike lane last year, I caught a child when I was riding along this bike lane, not going very fast. Luckily, I braked quickly as the child ran across me in the bike
HOW sad to see the old Savoy - ABC Cinema in Argyle Street under the final days of demolition. It opened in October, 1938, so was just 80 years old last year. Who can forget the great days of the Saturday morning pictures with the ABC Minors
THE foremost remain TV company, the BBC, has exacted revenge on the age group it blames for voting for Brexit by taking away the free TV licence the week after D Day commemorations which some of the over-75s took part in. Charter notwithstanding
ROCK band Full House take to the stage at West Kirby Arts Centre a week on Saturday (July 6). The group - Rob Rundle (singer and rhythm guitarist), Andrea Chiardi (lead guitarist), Graham Gait (bass guitarist) and Ben Kir - shen (drums) - plays
MICKY Mellon has added to his Tranmere Rovers squad by signing defender Calum Woods on a one-year-contract, subject to a medical. Woods is the club's second new signing of the summer preparation for the League One campaign. The 32-year-old brings
A TEAM of 16 cyclists took on a gruelling 130-mile challenge in aid of a Wirral charity supporting children with cerebral palsy. The group raised £7,000 for Stick'n'Step, by completed the 'WtoW' challenge along the North West coast with a group
WHEN did Deal or No Deal return to our screens? The game show involving the opening and closing of what looked like red despatch boxes and a mysterious unseen, string-pulling broker seems to have made a sneak telly comeback. There's now only
