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Lorna Hughes

Heswall sixthformer Kim Morgan crowned Wirral’s Young Poet Laureate

A HESWALL teenager has been named Wirral’s new Young Poet Laureate.Read

Wirral bikers gearing up for another egg-cellent Egg Run this Sunday

CHOCS away! Wirral is gearing up for another egg-cellent Egg Run on Sunday.Read

West Kirby Light Opera Society returning to Floral Pavilion Theatre for production of Guys and Dolls

WEST Kirby Light Opera Society is bringing the smash hit musical Guys and Dolls to the Floral Pavilion next month.Read

Wirral Coastal Walk: Caring council workers taking part to raise money for children’s charity in Uganda

and fit fire safety equipment.Read

Singer Kathryn Rudge on performing at Birkenhead School’s Perfect Pitch concert – and how Gary Barlow inspired her musical success

TAKE That’s Gary Barlow may seem an unlikely inspiration for one of the country’s rising opera stars, but mezzo soprano Kathryn Rudge has him to thank for making one little girl take her music seriously.Read

New Brighton Lifeboat launches £50,000 fundraising appeal for essential training and equipment

NEW Brighton Lifeboat has launched a campaign to raise £50,000 for essential training and equipment.Read

Win tickets to see Rob Fennah and Gary Murphy’s Music with Laughter variety show this weekend

TOP Wirral musicians and comedians will be showing Liverpool how it’s done this weekend – and you could be there.Read

Wirral’s political leaders meet with business minister as the fight to save Burton’s biscuit factory in Moreton continues

THE fight to save Moreton’s Burtons biscuit factory continued this week with unions putting forward a plan to save it.Read

Gardeners take the reins at Wirral’s newest allotments

GARDENERS have taken the reins at Wirral’s newest allotments.Read

Buddy actor Glen Joseph on his leading role in The Buddy Holly Story

ACTOR Glen Joseph was six years old when he met one of Buddy Holly’s legendary Crickets.Read

Oh boy! Buddy Holly musical coming to the Floral Pavilion Theatre, New Brighton next month

ROCK ‘n’ roll musical The Buddy Holly Story is coming to the Floral Pavilion Theatre next month.Read

West Kirby Lifeboat rescues stranded walkers near Hilbre Island

THREE people and a dog were rescued near Hilbre Island this morning by West Kirby Inshore Lifeboat.Read

Legal bid to stop closure of Wirral Council respite centres is defeated on "technical point"

A LEGAL bid to stop the closure of five council-run care and respite homes in Wirral was defeated today.Read

Merseyside Dance Initiative holding family dance event at the Floral Pavilion Theatre

MERSEYSIDE Dance Initiative is leaping into the Floral Pavilion Theatre in New Brighton this Saturday (March 19) for a family day of dance.Read

Disabled man saved from Wirral tide by lifeboat crews

A DISABLED man and his carer were rescued by lifeboat crews after their car became stuck on a beach in Wirral.Read

Ham it up at Pacific Road Arts Centre – blues-rock band The Hamsters performing next week

CULT blues-rock band The Hamsters are returning to Wirral next week.Read

Radio Clatterbridge appeals for help to find its lost archives

A WIRRAL hospital radio station is appealing for help to find its treasured lost archives.Read

WIRRAL COASTAL WALK: Bromborough family walking to raise awareness of rare condition which has left son in a wheelchair

“Paddy was born this way so he doesn’t know anything different and he copes with itRead

Wirral Coastal Walk 2011: Friends and family of Prenton soldier Steven Boote walking for Help for Heroes

THE family of a Prenton soldier killed in Afghanistan are taking part in the Wirral Coastal Walk for the charity closest to his heart.Read

Wallasey actor Louis Emerick reprising role in hard-hitting black comedy Liverbirds.com at the Floral Pavilion next week

FROM comedy copper to escort boss and newspaper editor – there’s never a dull moment in the career of Louis Emerick.Read

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Multimedia journalist covering Wirral for Wirral News and the Liverpool Daily Post & Echo. 0151 239 5907