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New Brighton cinema seeks to expand choices with ambitious plans for education programme

WIRRAL schoolchildren will be the first in the UK to benefit from an unusual education package at the borough’s newest cinema.Read

Police continue to search for man following raid on empty house in Woodchurch after five-hour siege

POLICE are trying to track down a man who sparked a five-hour siege on the Woodchurch estate.Read

Viking expert and rowing club to reveal volunteer training plans for project to sail longship reconstruction to Wirral

AN update on a project to bring the largest ever reconstruction of a Viking longship to Wirral will be given at a lecture next week.Read

Wirral Council’s interim head of social services Howard Cooper retires

WIRRAL’S head of social services has stepped down.Read

Man in court charged with assaulting Wallasey pub landlord

A MAN appeared in court over an attack on a Merseyside pub landlord in the early hours of New Year’s Day.Read

Merseyside’s Olympic 2012 spiral artwork organisers deny planning problems

BOSSES behind the launch of a £500,000 artwork marking the countdown to the 2012 Olympics today insisted the project had not been delayed by planning problems.Read

Merseyside enjoys warmest Christmas for 18 years – but experts warn snow is on its way

MERSEYSIDE’S bright Christmas is set to make way for a wintry New Year.Read

Merseyside Police cordon off Clifton Road in Birkenhead

Fears man may lose sight after brutal Boxing Day attack in Birkenhead street

A MAN may be left blind after he was horrifically injured in a vicious street attack.Read

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Police call on Home Office to cover £2.7m costs of Merseyside riots

MERSEYSIDE police chiefs were today pushing the government to cover the costs of the summer street riots – amid fears they could leave the cash-strapped force in deeper trouble.Read

Man left with 'life changing' injuries after Birkenhead street attack

DOCTORS were today battling to save a man's sight after he was left horrifically injured in a vicious street attack.Read

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Birkenhead shops and offices development scheme could create 500 new jobs

MORE than 500 jobs could be created in a major new development planned for Birkenhead town centre.Read

New protest looms for Unilever staff

WORKERS at Unilever in Port Sunlight are heading towards another day of strike action as a bitter row over pensions rumbles on.Read

Man guilty of trying to sell memorial is jailed

A MAN who admitted trying to sell a stolen war memorial from a monument in Wirral has been jailed for nine weeks.Read

Byrne Avenue Baths set to re-open in 2012

A MUCH-LOVED Wirral swimming baths which shut down dramatically just over two years ago could be reopened by the end of 2012.Read

Campaigners speak of dismay after Bidston lighthouse is sold to private owners

CAMPAIGNERS have spoken of their dismay after a key part of a Wirral heritage site was sold.Read

New Brighton lifeboat training and fundraising appeal raises £55,000 in just eight months

LIFEBOAT volunteers are celebrating after smashing a £50,000 fundraising target in just eight months.Read

Merseytravel operating free Christmas Day bus services to help staff and visitors get to Wirral’s hospitals

FREE bus services will run on Christmas Day to help staff and visitors get to Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals.Read

Oxton man assaulted in his own home by two men who forced their way in

AN OXTON man was assaulted in his own home by two attackers who forced their way into the property.Read

Friends of Birkenhead Kennels appealing for more support as figures reveal 562 dogs were taken to council-run facility in just eight months

MORE than 560 lost and abandoned dogs were taken to Wirral’s council kennels in just seven months.Read

Wirral business, ReciproCity Wirral, set up to direct building waste to charities and communities groups

A UNIQUE idea has been launched by a Wirral company to direct any building waste to charities and communities groups.Read

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