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  • Queensway Birkenhead Tunnel closed due to police incident

    THE Birkenhead Tunnel has been closed by police following an incident involving a large vehicle. Officers were called to the Queensway Birkenhead Tunnel at about 8pm tonight. Merseyrail tweeted: "The Queensway #Birkenhead Tunnel is closed due

  • Historic Wirral building to be restored

    A Wirral building which dates back to the fourteenth century is being rebuilt using many of the same techniques as the original craftsmen. Storeton Hall, in the village of Storeton, near Higher Bebington in Wirral, is listed as a scheduled ancient

  • The race is on to secure Leasowe and Moreton seat

    Labour is battling to take back control of Wirral Council, but one seat could stop the party in its tracks. In 2019, Labour lost seats to the Conservatives and the Green Party and saw its majority on Wirral Council disappear. The Labour Party

  • Meols home completes auction sale in record seven days

    A late entry into a Wirral property auction has realised a sale within a record seven days. The three-bed property on Leighton Road in Meols was put up for a guide price at £250,000. Having carried out an initial inspection on Thursday, April

  • New album a tribute to Merseybeat icon Gerry Marsden

    GLOBE writer Peter Grant reports on a new tribute album celebrating one of Merseyside's favourite sons - Gerry Marsden GERRY Marsden will never be forgotten, says singer-songwriter David Martin. David and fellow writers Geoff Morrow and Chris

  • Wirral MP renews call for Government to ban 'fire and rehire'

    A WIRRAL MP has renewed calls for the government to ban 'fire and rehire' - a practice whereby employers dismiss workers in order to re-employ them on worse terms and conditions. Margaret Greenwood was speaking during a debate in Parliament in which

  • Pupils raise awareness around wastewater in community campaign

    A campaign to reduce sewer blockages across Wirral has been launched to encourage residents in Moreton and Greasby to think twice about what they're flushing down their toilets and pouring down their sinks. United Utilities and Wirral Working Together