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  • Marathon man Matt takes on London for Cystic Fibrosis

    A Cystic Fibrosis sufferer is continuing to defy the odds, by competing in this year's London Marathon - and he needs your help. Four years ago Matt Strange, from Heswall, completed 10 events spread over the year to help raise as much awareness

  • Motormen pull off cup upset in Cheshire Senior Cup

    An almost perfect performance saw Mick McGraa’s Vauxhall Motors pull off the shock of the season at Bower Fold on Tuesday, the home of BetVictor NPL club Stalybridge Celtic, as the Motormen breezed into the last eight of the Cheshire Senior Cup with

  • 500 jobs to go at Jaguar Land Rover's Halewood plant

    Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed that it plans to cut 10% or about 500 jobs at its Halewood plant on Merseyside. The company aims to make the cuts by offering voluntary redundancy. The Unite union said it understands the redundancies are a result

  • Haunted Wirral: Birkenhead's haunted nightclubs

    Over the years I have amassed quite a collection of files containing reports of strange goings-on in nightclubs. A case in point is the eerie doppelganger of a man named André who embarked on a hyperactive career as a serial womaniser at the California

  • Climate Emergency: Wirral set to double its tree count by 2030

    Wirral is set to double its tree count by 2030 as part of the borough’s plans to combat the climate emergency. That is according to Cllr Liz Grey, Wirral Council’s cabinet member for the environment, who says she wants as much ‘breathing space’

  • Wirral care home receives lowest possible rating

    Residents of a Merseyside care home “missed” their medicine and staff were at risk of blood borne viruses, due to unsafe practices. This was what a CQC (Care Quality Commission) report into Evergreen Lodge, in Birkenhead, Wirral, found. The findings

  • Free first time central heating for Wirral residents

    Wirral Council are working with local charity, Energy Projects Plus, AgilityEco and Affordable Warmth Solutions, to offer fully funded central heating to residents who don’t currently have gas central heating. Connected for Warmth is a new service