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Your Champions: Tranmere trampolining teen, Luke Strong

A TRAMPOLINING teenager from Tranmere with one eye on the 2016 Olympics has been nominated for a Your Champions award.Read

Wirral’s Arrowe Park Hospital remains closed to visitors following norovirus outbreak

ARROWE PARK Hospital remained out of bounds for visitors this week after an outbreak of the highly- contagious vomiting bug norovirus.Read

Fruit and veg for free at Manor Road station

FOOD lovers across Wirral will soon be able to pick vegetables growing at Manor Road station.Read

Wirral Arts : Art lovers spoilt for choice in August

WIRRAL art lovers are spoilt for choice throughout August, as diverse exhibitions open in Heswall, Bebington and West Kirby.Read

The sun shines on Port Sunlight Summer Festival

THE sun shone on the Port Sunlight Summer Festival as more than 18,000 visitors flocked to the historic village.Read

Bromborough based Fleming Technical welcomes South Koreans on verge of “substantial” order

A BROMBOROUGH manufacturing firm could double the number of staff it employs after welcoming a South Korean company on the verge of placing a “substantial” order.Read

Birkenhead scrapyard closed down during crackdown on metal theft

POLICE launched a clampdown on metal thieves and those that pay for stolen property.Read

Wirral raids see customs officers seize 45kgs of tobacco and 185,000 cigarettes in

FIVE people were arrested after 45 kilograms of illegal tobacco and 185,000 cigarettes were seized during raids by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).Read

New Brighton’s first sand castle competition sees enthusiastic entries

BUCKETS and spades were at the ready on Sunday, for New Brighton’s first sand castle building competition.Read

Wirral’s first Festival of Firsts is ready to go

WIRRAL’S inaugural Festival of Firsts is gearing up as 70 poets and more than 100 artists line up to inspire and entertain over the weekend of July 9.Read

Get inspired at the Lady Lever and see your work at World Museum

WIRRAL artists should head down to the Lady Lever and search for the inspiration that could see their work feature on the walls of Liverpool’s World Museum.Read

Haul of stolen power tools discovered in Birkenhead

POLICE uncovered a stolen haul of power tools when they searched a house in Birkenhead last week.Read

No Mersey ferries for a day to make way for cruise liner

MERSEY Ferries will not operate next Wednesday (June 30) to make way for the berthing of visiting cruise liner, Astor.Read

Birkenhead Sea Cadets return to Park Road East base eight months after devastating fire

BIRKENHEAD Sea Cadets are going back home, eight months after arsonists destroyed their Park Road East base.Read

Moreton residents join to pay tribute to Len Foxall and celebrate opening of his communal garden

MORETON residents came together on Saturday to celebrate the creation of a communal garden by a man who died shortly before its completion.Read

Wirral Arts: Gallery transforms into coastal playground

STAACKS gallery transforms into a coastal themed art lovers’ playground this summer.Read

Peel unveil 20-year vision for our industrial waterways, and want input from Wirral

WIRRAL residents will have the opportunity to make known their views on Peel Ports’ 20-year Mersey Ports Master Plan.Read

First step in Wirral Waters’ development should take place next year

THE FIRST concrete step in the development of Wirral Waters should be taken next year, after a planning application for Peels’ International Trade Centre was lodged.Read

A Wirral penthouse resident with cancer is trapped by faulty lifts

A 70-YEAR-OLD cancer sufferer feels trapped in his top-floor apartment because the building’s maintenancecompany has failed to fix the lifts.Read

Wirral soldier Corporal Steven Boote was unlawfully killed, rules coroner

A WIRRAL soldier shot dead by a rogue Afghan policeman was unlawfully killed, a coroner ruled.Read

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Wirral News and Liverpool Echo journalist