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  • Late Blackett-Taylor goal earns Tranmere vital win

    A dramatic injury time goal from Corey Blackett-Taylor clinched Tranmere a first league win in over two months as the Birkenhead club battles to avoid relegation. Without a victory since December 21, Rovers romped into an early 2-0 lead courtesy

  • REVIEW: 'Band of Gold' at Floral Pavilion, New Brighton

    ONE of this touring play's strengths (and there are many) is a strong cast of established stars of stage and small screen. Add that to the legacy of a TV hit that had achieved more than 15 million viewers each week. Kay Mellor wrote this look

  • HAUNTED WIRRAL: The Ghost Girl's Strange Friend

    WELCOME to Haunted Wirral, a feature series written by world famous psychic researcher, Tom Slemen for the Globe. In this latest tale, Tom explores the spooky story of the Ghost Girl's Strange Friend. I HAVE changed a few names in this weird

  • OMD return to Wirral to play Food, Drink and Music Festival

    Wirral music stars OMD and the Coral - along with fellow Merseyside legends, Echo and the Bunnymen - will headline an even bigger weekend of food, drink and music in Birkenhead Park later this year. The biggest food and music event in Wirral will

  • HSBC to close two Wirral branches

    HSBC has announced plans to close 27 branches - including two in Wirral - this year following a review. The branch in Wallasey will close on July 10, with its Heswall store shutting later in the year. A spokesperson for the company told the

  • New Ferry community clubhouse dream moves closer

    A project to turn an under-used and run-down youth club into a state-of-the-art community clubhouse is close to coming to fruition, after Wirral Council’s Cabinet agreed to capital funding of £650,000 for the development. The idea of redeveloping

  • Hollyoaks stars set to play in charity football match

    Local soap actors will take to the pitch to compete in a charity football match - the final to be held in memory of a Wirral man. Stars of popular television programme Hollyoaks will face a Paul Woods XI at Ashville Football Club in Wallasey on

  • Plans to regenerate Birkenhead town centre move step closer

    PLANS to regenerate Birkenhead town centre have moved a step closer. A "rejuvenated" market, good quality homes and leisure services were contained within the plans approved by Wirral Council's cabinet. Key developments in Moreton and Bromborough

  • Police appeal after suspected arson attack in Wallasey

    Detectives are appealing for witnesses to a suspected arson in Wallasey in the early hours of Monday Morning. Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service were called to Demesne Road at around 12.50am on Feburary 24, to reports of a Toyota being burnt out