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Wirral News for 31 December 2008

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Union says council staff should be allowed to speak out over library and sports centre closures Dec 31 2008

A UNION has criticised Wirral Council for telling staff not to allow petitions in closure-threatened libraries and leisure centres.Read

£85,000 grant for Heswall Dales nature reserve Dec 31 2008

A CAMPAIGN to save the much-loved Heswall Dales nature reserve has been boosted with the announcement of an £85,000 grant.Read

Youth workers’ anger as Wirral Council plans shake-up in services Dec 31 2008

FURIOUS youth workers say their future is looking bleak as Wirral Council plans to reconfigure its youth service to save £150,000.Read

Woolworths Birkenhead

More than 100 Woolworths staff in Birkenhead, New Ferry, Liscard and Heswall lose their jobs Dec 31 2008

MORE than 100 Woolworths staff on Wirral will lose their jobs as the ailing firm closes branches across the UK.Read

Online poll shows voters are massively unhappy with Wirral Council’s cost-cutting plans Dec 31 2008

WIRRAL Council proposals to close libraries and leisure centres across the borough will have a huge influence at the next council elections, according to a Wirral News poll.Read

‘Offensive’ Birkenhead Jobcentre song sparks anger Dec 31 2008

BIRKENHEAD Job Centre is at the centre of a festive fallout after an insulting Christmas song about the jobless was discovered at the centre by an unemployed man.Read

east float dock

UPDATE: Woman rescued from Birkenhead dock Dec 31 2008

A PEDESTRIAN was pulled out of the East Float Dock on Monday at 8.43pm by Merseyside Fire Brigade.Read

School crossings in Wirral to be risk assessed Dec 31 2008

RISK assessments are to be carried out at school crossings threatened with closure as part of budget cuts in Wirral.Read

Oncology Centre appeals for volunteers for massage service Dec 31 2008

CLATTERBRIDGE Centre for Oncology is appealing for volunteers to help run its massage service.Read

Santa Baby

Isabella is crowned winner of our Santa Baby 2008 competition Dec 31 2008

IT’S THE moment everybody has been waiting for - Wirral News can reveal the winner of Santa Baby 2008!Read

Birkenhead youngsters come face to face with Shaolin monk Dec 31 2008

EAST met West in New Brighton last week as four-year-olds Emma Nicholson and Sean O'Hare from Birkenhead came face-to-face with Shaolin monk Xingbo Liu - one of the most highly-qualified Kung Fu warriors ever to visit the UK.Read

Wirral police crack down on pubs selling alcohol to youngsters Dec 31 2008

POLICE are cracking down on pubs that sell alcohol to young people this Christmas.Read

Mother and young son hit by car in Tranmere Dec 31 2008

A TWO-year-old boy and his mother were hit by a car on Derby Road, Tranmere, on December 19.Read

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