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Wirral News for 4 March 2009

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Wirral Council approves 4.4% increase in council tax Mar 04 2009

WIRRAL council has approved a 4.4% increase in council tax despite another bid by opposition Conservatives and rebel Liberal Democrats to overturn controversial library closures.Read

Daywalker make the finals Mar 04 2009

WIRRAL band Daywalker are back on the scene and edging closer to a record deal through national music competition Live and Unsigned.Read

Mike Mccartney

Mike McCartney opens art exhibition by the late Simon Sherry Mar 04 2009

THE EYE FUND is holding a major Art exhibition to celebrate the work of a blind graphic designer.Read

Carole Evans, Birkenhead High School for Girls

Birkenhead High School for Girls to become flagship academy Mar 04 2009

WIRRAL’S last independent all-girls’ school will become one of the Government’s flagship academies.Read

Michael Machell

Neighbours anger at Britain's Got Talent organ man Mar 04 2009

WALLASEY’S Britain’s Got Talent loser Michael Machell is a noisy nuisance who won’t stop playing his organ, neighbours claim.Read

Charles Barnes, former BBC gardener who is waiting for an allotment

Five-year wait for Wirral allotments Mar 04 2009

GREEN fingered Wirralians are facing a five-year wait for an allotment plot.Read

Austin Healey

Rugby star Austin Healey returns to Park High School Mar 04 2009

WIRRAL’S own rugby hero Austin Healey was at Park High School in Birkenhead last week to give pupils some expert coaching.Read

Wirral Egg Run

Wirral Egg Run funding aims to spread further Mar 04 2009

ALL THE money raised in this year’s Wirral Egg Run could go to any child in need and not just the Jellybean Kids Appeal.Read

Wallasey disabled man is target of break-in Mar 04 2009

A HOUSE-BOUND man was left “very shaken” after thieves smashed their way into his Wallasey home.Read

Jellybean and Jonathon Brown of Halliwells LLP

Jellybean Kid’s Appeal needs your help to raise £80,000 for a children’s cardiac scanner Mar 04 2009

A MAJOR appeal was launched on Monday to raise money for a vital children’s cardiac scanner.Read

Byrne Avenue swimming pool

Parents must pay twice for swim lessons after Byrne Avenue baths shutdown Mar 04 2009

SWIMMERS left out of pocket by the sudden closure of Byrne Avenue baths have been told they will have to pay again to take their lessons at council leisure centres.Read

Shoe clue to tracing 2006 sex attacker Mar 04 2009

A TEENAGER’S slip-on shoe could still be stored by a double rapist years after she fled from his car after a terrifying late-night sex attack.Read

Burglary victims can reclaim gems Mar 04 2009

POLICE are looking for the owners of a haul of jewellery stolen in a series of burglaries at homes across Wirral.Read

Volunteering Wirral awarded £500,000 in three-year lottery funding Mar 04 2009

A WIRRAL volunteering charity has been awarded £500,000 in lottery funding.Read

Michelin chef Marc Wilkinsonback to roots Mar 04 2009

WIRRAL’S only Michelin- starred chef has turned his talents to promoting the fruit of Anglesey’s rich food heritage.Read

Birkenhead men jailed for trying to smuggle drugs Mar 04 2009

TWO Birkenhead men were each jailed for five years for trying to smuggle Class A drugs into Jersey in separate incidents.Read

Wirral-based painting contractor helping to save the environment by recycling plastic paint pots into garden furniture Mar 04 2009

A WIRRAL-based painting contractor is helping to save the environment by recycling plastic paint pots into garden furniture.Read

Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology pledges to continue Wirral radiotherapy services after announcing plans to build treatment centre in Liverpool Mar 04 2009

CLATTERBRIDGE Centre for Oncology says services in Wirral will not be affected by plans to build a £17m radiotherapy centre in Liverpool.Read

Top marks for maths challenge whizz kids Mar 04 2009

PUPILS from Prenton High School won the Birkenhead Sixth Form Maths Challenge last week.Read

TV science lesson at Woodchurch High School Mar 04 2009

PUPILS at a Wirral school reached for the stars to end Liverpool’s Capital of Culture year in an explosion of fireworks.Read

Bollywood dance classes are all the rage in Wirral Mar 04 2009

BOLLYWOOD fitness fever is sweeping through Wirral thanks to Oscar-winning film, Slumdog Millionaire.Read

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