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  • Resistance clear against plans for West Kirby development

    THE proposed development of a conservation area in West Kirby has provoked determined resistance from the local community. At a public meeting held at St Bridget's Church the strength of feeling was evident from the size of the gathering. More

  • Halloween party for Bloodwise

    I AM the community lead for Bloodwise for Wirral/ Liverpool area and holding a Halloween party to raise funds for the blood research cancer charity, on Friday, November 1, at the Regency Suite, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey. The cost is £3 per ticket

  • Concerned by dog attacks

    I READ with interest the report in this week's Globe that a local primary school has appointed a "four-legged member of staff" – a cockapoo called Mabel. My four-year-old daughter was attacked and bitten by a cockapoo while walking in a park.

  • Get Wirral streetlights fixed 

    I READ with interest the article headlined Let there be light as council replaces 9,000 streetlamps. For the past 18 months, street lights have not been on in Ford Road, Upton, between house numbers 45 and 49. This has been reported to the

  • Wirral primary school closed after norovirus outbreak

    Rock Ferry Primary School has been forced to close this morning due to a sickness outbreak. The decision was taken after a number of staff and children fell ill with what is understood to be the norovirus, often dubbed the ‘winter vomiting bug’

  • Rovers return defeated from Stadium of Light

    TRANMERE Rovers suffered a 5-0 defeat to Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday night. Three years after beating Solihull Moors 3-0 away in the Vanarama National League, Rovers went head-to-head against a club who were playing Premier League

  • GRANTY'S INFERNO: 'World-weary electorate has had enough'

    EIGHT days to go and make no bones about Halloween it's going to get a lot scarier as ghouls rush in ... and the ghost of Guy Fawkes is spotted hiding in the House of Commons. A lot of spooky things can happen between now and October 31 as the