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Liam Murphy

Liam Murphy

REVEALED: Wirral Council owns more than 1,000 properties across the borough worth half a billion pounds

WIRRAL Council owns more than 1,000 properties across the borough valued at over half a billion pounds, according to details released by the authority.Read

Birkenhead YMCA “Beatles stage” to be auctioned to support Wirral Wilfred Owen museum

AN AUCTION of parts of a stage where the Beatles performed in Wirral will help support a new museum dedicated to one of the borough’s most famous residents.Read

Plans revealed to aid Wirral’s struggling town centres

PLANS approved by Wirral’s ruling cabinet aim to revive struggling shopping centres across the borough.Read

Wirral Council to test for toxic blue algae

TESTS are being carried out across Wirral after a deadly strain of algae was found in one of the borough’s fishing ponds.Read

Wirral Council Labour councillors defeated over £250 payment to lowest paid workers

WIRRAL'S full council meeting ended in chaotic scenes as the Tories and Lib Dems ganged up on the minority Labour administration to force through a £250 payment to the council’s lowest paid workers.Read

Major plans to regenerate Birkenhead being drawn up

MAJOR plans to regenerate one of Wirral’s main shopping areas are being developed.Read

Labour pledge Wirral’s libraries are “safe in our hands”

LIBRARIES are “safe in our hands” Wirral Council’s leader has pledged – and his party had learned its lesson after a failed attempt to modernise the service two years ago.Read

Wallasey guide dog makes blood donation to save other pet’s life

AN HEROIC guide dog has saved the life of another dog by donating blood for an emergency operation.Read

PICTURES: £60m Marine Point scheme in New Brighton nears completion

THE Wirral News has obtained an exclusive sneak preview inside the major £60m New Brighton regeneration scheme as it nears completion.Read

PICTURES: £60m Marine Point scheme in New Brighton nears completion

THE Wirral News has obtained an exclusive sneak preview inside the major £60m New Brighton regeneration scheme as it nears completion.Read

D-Day looms for parties to decide who will lead Wirral Council

NEXT Monday is “decision day” for the parties to decide who will lead Wirral council.Read

Wirral elections 2011 Birkenhead count

Wirral elections round-up: Lib-Dem leader loses seat

LIB DEMS’ defeated leader in Wirral said the party was set back 10 years last night as Labour claimed a "moral mandate" in the council elections.Read

Top job in Wirral gets many bidders

WIRRAL Council is preparing to shortlist candidates for the authority’s permanent chief executive.Read

Wirral Council faces opposition over budget plans and care cuts

A DEMONSTRATION was planned to take place outside Wallasey Town Hall last night, ahead of a meeting of Wirral’s full council to agree its budget.Read

Labour demands u-turn on Wirral care home closures

LABOUR was due to call for a U-turn by Wirral Council’s leading groups over their plans to shut care and respite homes when the authority met last night to finalise its budget.Read

Dance music festival planned for Wirral

MORE than 10,000 people could be visiting a dance music festival in Wirral later this year.Read

No council tax rise for Wirral

WIRRAL'S ruling Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition unveiled a zero increase in council tax for the coming year as details of its budget were revealed.Read

Protecting “vulnerable” key aim of budget insists Tory and Lib Dem coalition

PROTECTING the vulnerable was one of the key aims of the budget, the Tory and Lib Dem coalition insisted.Read

Burton’s biscuit ‘Battle Bus’ hits Wirral streets

WORKERS from a Wirral biscuit factory under threat of closure took to the streets in a “Battle Bus” in a bid to save hundreds of jobs.Read

End of an era for Wirral beauty spot

THE resident ranger at one of Wirral’s most significant areas of natural beauty is unlikely to be replaced.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