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  • Here's how you can become a better writer in Wirral for free

    A Wirral based literary Arts organisation has been awarded funding from Arts Council England to run FREE online creative writing workshops for adults living in the borough and is looking for people to take part. Starting in October 2020, author

  • Haunted Wirral: The shapeshifting hitch-hiker

    WELCOME to Haunted Wirral, a feature series written by world famous psychic researcher, Tom Slemen for the Globe. In this latest tale, Tom tells the tale of a shapeshifting hitch-hiker. ONE warm June night in the late 1970s, well-known television

  • "Time to scrap TV licence fees"

    I FIND it shameful once again to read the stories regarding the over 75s and the BBC’s ridiculous TV licence fees, match them against their pay packets and the staffs pay packets and they appear as burglars. They are a total disgrace, the programmes

  • "Roll on Coronavirus - the floor is yours"

    ON Tuesday, August 25, I boarded a bus at Bromborough Cross. A young woman, complete with child in pushchair, also boarded. She was not wearing a face mask and also ignored instructions on how to place the pushchair. An elderly lady with

  • WATCH: Life-changing win for Wirral bus driver

    A WIRRAL bus driver says his life has changed forever after winning a brand-new custom van and briefcase stuffed with £10,000 in an online competition. David Rhoden, from Prenton, had the choice to play for all sorts of cars in BOTB's midweek car

  • "No deterrent for mini Wirral crimewave"

    IN the last month there has been a number of burglaries, theft from cars and from gardens. The thief seems to prowl the streets looking for targets, often blatantly going down peoples driveways, and returning later armed with a house brick to smash

  • Weight loss club can continue despite new 'rule of six'

    A weight has been lifted for Wirral slimmers following the news that Slimming World groups can stay open, despite new Coronavirus restrictions. A tightening of lockdown laws announced by Boris Johnson now makes it illegal for more than six people