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  • Why parking's going to stay free in Wirral for a little longer

    THE use of council-run carparks is to remain free for an extra month as part of moves to help support businesses re-open as lockdown eases. Parking charges in council car parks and on streets was temporarily suspended when the coronavirus pandemic

  • Air ambulance rushed to ill passenger on Wirral train

    A Wirral line service has been disrupted after a passenger took ill on the train, requiring immediate emergency treatment. The train was halted at Leasowe Station this afternoon with emergency services rushed to the scene. Two Police cars

  • Boots to cut more than 4,000 jobs

    BOOTS has announced plans to cut more than 4,000 jobs as part of action to mitigate the "significant impact" of Covid-19. The pharmacy chain has branches in Bebington, Birkenhead, Bromborough, Moreton and West Kirby. At this stage it is not yet

  • Chris crosses the line in Covid-19 challenge run

    A COUNCIL employee praised the community's phenomenal support after completing a 200km challenge that has raised more than £3,000 for Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust's Globe-backed COVID-19 appeal. Chris Ricks - a staff member for 17 years

  • Search for missing Leighton continues

    POLICE have launched a new appeal for help in the search for a teenager missing from home for almost two weeks. Leighton Candeland was last seen on Egremont Promenade on Saturday (June 27). The 17-year-old is around 5' 11" tall, of slim build

  • Casting vote blocks Hoylake apartment plans

    A ‘daunting’ plan which threatened to dominate some of the oldest buildings in a Wirral town was thrown out on Tuesday night. The plan to build three apartments on top of a two storey building at Grosvenor Court, on Grosvenor Road in Hoylake, was