A HOYLAKE community church will bring its 10th annual Christmas market to the town later this month. Christmas with the Artisans will return to Hope Church on Station Road from Friday, November 22 to Sunday, November 24. Visitors will be able
A group of students from Birkenhead School have been selected to compete at the UK finals of a science and engineering competition after their project caught the eye of judges. The team of Year 12 pupils will now take their place in this year's
For one part of Birkenhead, it is the day after the Bonfire Night before. The charred remains of a massive blaze on land in Ilchester Road remains scattered around the area today. New pictures show the rubble scattered around the park, right
WIRRAL based Argyle Satellite Taxis are offering free journeys to veterans this Remembrance Sunday. The taxi firm will offer free trips to veterans making their way to cenotaphs across Wirral, Ellesmere Port and Neston so that they can pay their
SERVICES of remembrance for those who have lost their lives in conflict take place in Wirral this Sunday. The Mayor of Wirral, Cllr Tony Smith, will join service men, women, their families and armed forces representatives at The Cenotaph in Hamilton
THE first ever awards ceremony celebrating Wirral taxi drivers will take place this week. Wirral's Licensing and Road Safety Teams will launch the first ever awards in the Liverpool City Region to recognise private hire and hackney cab drivers on
FORECASTERS have issued a severe warning for heavy rain across Wirral. The Met Office say that the yellow weather warning is in place on Thursday, November 7 from 9am until 12am. There is a small chance that homes and businesses could become
FIREFIGHTERS were called to extinguish a blaze at a derelict house in New Ferry on bonfire night. They were called to the building on Olinda Street at around 8.25pm, leaving the scene just after midnight. The ground floor and first floor were ablaze
The chief executive of Wirral Community NHS Foundation Trust writes for Globe. NEXT week millions of people around the world will be coming together to raise awareness of diabetes. Here at Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
MORE than £6,000 has been donated to a Wirral charity that helps people in need of support to secure accommodation. The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) has donated £6,250 to allow The Homesavers Charity to provide deposits for tenancies in
ANTI-BULLYING week - November 11 to November 17 - provides a timely reminder that bullying can happen anywhere, to anyone, and be about anything. If your child is being bullied they may feel like there is no escape, but it's important to talk with
THE decision to hold a pre-Christmas general election has so far prompted 54 MPs - a seventh of the total - to announce their retirement. Nineteen of these are Labour MPs and include failed leadership challenger Owen Smith, Liverpool Riverside
RECENTLY at the Victoria Central Health Centre - our small local hospital - my husband waited for over an hour for an X-ray. It used to take about 15 minutes. My husband and I are in our late 70s and retired, so waiting over an hour was okay
PRIMARY school children love getting creative – and they’re now being given the chance to win £5,000 of vouchers to be spent on providing a better breakfast for their fellow pupils. Lidl is running the competition with us here at NSPCC - their
HAVING read Cllr Liz Grey's excellent reply last week to the writer who is in favour of the spraying of the toxic herbicide glyphosates on Hoylake beach and dunes, I was interested to read the response from Cllr Andrew Gardner, who takes the opposite
THE brave men and women who contributed to the war effort have been commemorated by Stagecoach Merseyside poppy bus. Featuring two photographs of real war heroes who contributed to Britain's victory in World War II, the bus highlights the male and
THE Light Up A Life switch-on for Wirral Hospice St John takes place on Sunday, December 8. Ten thousand lights will be switched on during the emotional Globe-backed ceremony in the hospice gardens, which starts at 5.30pm. Pushing the button
PLANS for a renewable energy plant near Ellesmere Port that will create hundreds of jobs have been unanimously approved. The UK's first commercial scale Bio-Substitute Natural Gas (BioSNG) plant at Peel Environmental's – part of Peel L&P - Protos
HARK! We're not dreaming ... there's going to be a festive season general election - that really is as rare as a white Christmas. This first December poll since 1923 will dominate half of the windows on our Advent calendars. Alas, politics
