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Liam Murphy

Liam Murphy

Bridge repairs cost almost double original estimate

FURTHER repairs to bridges linking Wallasey and Birkenhead are set to go ahead – but at almost double the price originally expected.Read

Wirral Council faces budget cuts of £77m

WIRRAL council faces an unprecedented need to save £77m this coming year – twice the figure which had previously been thought.Read

Wirral council ‘hit hardest’ by Government cuts

WIRRAL council has been hit harder than anywhere else in the country by cuts to local government spending.Read

Troubleshooter council chief Graham Burgess is made permanent

WIRRAL council has given its temporary chief executive a permanent contract – despite objections from opposition parties.Read

All change amid controversy at NHS practice

A WIRRAL GP surgery faces major upheaval after NHS bosses said they would be seeking new people to run it.Read

Food festival off

THE Wirral Food and Drink Festival will not take place this year, its organisers have confirmed.Read

Cockleshell Heroes memorial is unveiled in Wirral

A MEMORIAL to a war hero from Wirral whose exploits helped shorten the Second World War was unveiled by Lord Ashdown.Read

Wirral Council chief executive under fire for ordering £25,000 office refurbishment

WIRRAL Council’s chief executive has come under fire for ordering a £25,000 upgrade for town hall bosses’ offices as the authority prepares for massive budget cuts and jobs losses.Read

Serious Case Review launched into Hannah Windsor’s death in Wirral

A SERIOUS Case Review has been launched into the death of teenager Hannah Windsor.Read

Wirral Council staff may be sacked and offered new contract in budget cut plans

EVERY council employee in Wirral faces being sacked and offered a new contract with new conditions if they do not accept changes to their employment.Read

Wirral Council timeline for changing staff contracts

THE council timeline contains 77 action points on two pages of A3 paper.Read

Wirral Council unveils £49million cuts options

FRONTLINE services “will be annihilated” unions said as Wirral Council outlined sweeping cuts proposals.Read

Tranmere Rovers’ plan for memorial field in ‘called in’ by Whitehall

A CONTROVERSIAL decision by Wirral council to allow houses to be built on a World War I memorial field was halted by the Government.Read

Graham Burgess

Wirral Council to tackle budget deficit with £49m cuts options

WIRRAL Council has unveiled sweeping cuts totalling £49m – hitting every aspect of its services.Read

Liscard Hall to be replaced by garden and sculpture

A GARDEN and sculpture designed by an international artist will take the place of an historic Wirral building destroyed following a blaze.Read

Verdict on Tranmere Rovers FC’s housing plans is imminent

TRANMERE Rovers FC’s controversial plans to build 90 homes on a memorial playing field are set to be approved this week.Read

Tranmere Rovers fans urge councillors to back housing plans

SUPPORTERS of Tranmere Rovers FC say the bid to build 90 houses at Ingleborough Road will create a “lasting legacy”.Read

Bill Norman

Wirral Council £150,000 pay off for director of law Bill Norman

WIRRAL Council’s suspended director of law Bill Norman is to leave the authority with a pay off totalling £150,000.Read

Parents’ campaign to have popular Ridgeway High School headteacher Pauline Roberts reinstated

HUNDREDS of parents in Wirral have joined an online campaign to have the headteacher who “turned the school around” reinstated.Read

Wirral Council gives go ahead for demolition of “historic” building

THE demolition of a historic building in one of Wirral’s beauty spots has moved a step closer after being approved by the local authority.Read

Author Profile

Liam Murphy is the specialist Wirral and Cheshire reporter, a patch he has covered for many years, and a trained video journalist. A resident of Wirral, Liam he is also based there. Tel: 07795 266978