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Wirral Council sets up helpline after Wirral News reveals four week delays in social care

A HELPLINE for people affected by delays in social care was launched by Wirral Council today - two weeks after a confidential document obtained by the News forced the authority to re-opn its investigation.Read

West Kirby teenager named UK Young Scientist of the Year

A WIRRAL teenager has been named UK Young Scientist of the Year.Read

Hoylake Lifeboat Museum volunteers claim former lifeboat station base is "under threat"

HOYLAKE Lifeboat museum volunteers sent out an urgent appeal for support tonight (Friday) – saying they had been given six weeks to leave Hoylake's former RNLI station.Read

SPECIAL REPORT: Remploy workers fear for future after Birkenhead factory is earmarked for closure

Wirral job losses Business leaders call for support as workers are axed at textiles plant set up for disabled staffRead

Tranfoods workers stage protest calling for answers from bosses who locked them out of Birkenhead factory

TRANFOODS workers staged a peaceful protest calling for answers from the bosses who locked them out of their factory.Read

Stunned shop owners given two weeks to move their businesses out of Wirral garden centre

STUNNED traders were given just two weeks to move their businesses out of a Wirral garden centre.Read

Parkgate Parade re-opens to traffic after three week closure over Mostyn House safety fears

THE Parade in Parkgate has re-opened after a three week closure sparked by safety fears over the former Mostyn House school.Read

Jobs shock for Tranfoods factory staff in Birkenhead

WORKERS at a closure-threatened cooked meats factory in Birkenhead arrived at work to be told they were no longer needed.Read

Proud send-off for HMS Liverpool built in Birkenhead

A BIRKENHEAD-built warship sailed into the history books with a five-cannon salute from Fort Perch Rock.Read

UPDATED: Birkenhead Tranfoods staff turned away from work after production is suspended

STAFF at a Birkenhead cooked meats factory under threat of closure were turned away from work this morning after production was suspended.Read

What's on in Wirral - from Wednesday, February 15

Music, theatre and arts events in Wirral this weekRead

Family of young Wirral woman who died from rare autoimmune disorder set up charity in her memory

THE FAMILY of a young woman who died from a rare illness six weeks before her wedding are launching a charity to raise awareness of the condition.Read

Wirral Scouts reach £500,000 milestone after 2011 Christmas Post raises £22,500

WIRRAL Scouts raised £22,500 for charity through their latest Christmas Post – taking the money raised over the years to half a million pounds.Read

Classic movie On the Waterfront is screened in Hoylake

CINEMA classic On the Waterfront will be screened at Hoylake’s next community film night.Read

Wirral commuters stranded in cold weather chaos

WIRRAL commuters were left stranded in freezing fog after rail services were left crippled by flooding.Read

Birkenhead-born Keeping Up Appearances actress Patricia Routledge returning to Wirral for Two Rivers Festival

BIRKENHEAD–born actress Patricia Routledge is returning to the borough for this year’s Two Rivers Festival.Read

Thirteen people arrested in police blitz on drug dealing, burglary and money laundering in Wirral

THIRTEEN people were arrested in a blitz on drug dealers, burglars and money laundering in Wirral.Read

Mercury frontman Joseph Lee Jackson on becoming Freddie Mercury and the band’s return to Wirral

IT STARTED with an advert looking for a singer to step into the shoes of Queen's flamboyant frontman Freddie Mercury.Read

COMPETITION: Win tickets to Pauline Daniels’ Late Christmas Comedy Show at the Gladstone Theatre

WIRRAL’S leading lady of mirth Pauline Daniels is returning to the Gladstone Theatre later this month – and you could be there too.Read

Campaigners and Tranmere Rovers supporters group to meet in bid to find “common ground” over Ingleborough Road field dispute

CAMPAIGNERS and a leading Tranmere Rovers supporters group will meet this week in a bid to resolve a dispute over the club’s plans to build on a World War I memorial field.Read

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