Len Ellison, chairman of Wirral History and Heritage Forum, Len Riedel, Blue and Gray Education Society, Jerry Williams, Wirral Heritage Champion.

Wirral could attract American Civil War tourists for 150th anniversary

WIRRAL is being urged to market itself a major destination for tourists marking the approaching 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.Read

Puppy killed after rottweiler dogs escape owner's garden

A PUPPY was killed and his owner cornered when two Rottweilers escaped from their Wirral garden.Read

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NWDA chairman praises Ellesmere Port’s Vauxhall unions

ONE of the region’s top business leaders has praised trade union negotiators for their role in securing thousands of jobs at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant.Read

Wirral Council boss accuses Tory councillors and cuts campaigners of conspiring for Moreton by-election

WIRRAL Council leader Cllr Steve Foulkes has waded into the row between Conservatives and cuts campaigners, accusing them of a “co-ordinated approach” to the Moreton by-election.Read

Port Sunlight Hillsborough Memorial Appeal raises £15,000 – and is on track to reach £26,000 target by Christmas

A CAMPAIGN to replace a memorial to Hillsborough victims in Port Sunlight has passed the halfway mark.Read

Actress Denise Welch visits the new Ronald McDonald House at Arrowe Park Hospital. Pictured with denise is her husband, actor Tim Healy and their son Louis aged 6.

Loose Woman star Denise Welch and husband Tim Healy opens new wing at Wirral hospital

LOOSE Women presenter Denise Welch and husband Tim Healy, of Auf Wiedersehen Pet fame visited the new Ronald McDonald House at Arrowe Park hospital – as the first families moved in.Read

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Wirral jackpot winner celebrates National Lottery’s 15th birthday

A WIRRAL man who scooped £2,485,736 on the National Lottery was among the jackpot winners celebrating its 15th anniversary.Read

Raby Mere residents launch campaign to stop bus service

RABY Mere residents have launched a campaign to STOP a bus service serving the small community.Read

Green light for Wirral indoor football academy

PLANS to build the largest indoor football academy in the country have been given the go-ahead by Government Office North West.Read

Two Merseyside paramedics praised after horror crash

TWO Merseyside paramedics have been awarded for their professionalism after a car crash in which five people died.Read

Bebington mum enlists TV psychic to solve mystery of son’s death in 2007

A MOTHER who believes her son was murdered has launched a campaign to have the investigation into his death re-opened by enlisting the help of a TV psychic.Read

Court staff ‘appalled’ by cost slashing proposals

MERSEYSIDE’S court staff are “appalled” after receiving a plea to offer themselves up in a job cull in the same week as discussing plans to slash severance pay.Read

Lees Lloyd Whitley partner faces bankruptcy over firm’s unpaid rent

LESS than 20 months ago, senior partners of law firm Lees Lloyd Whitley (LLW) invited Wirral civic leaders to help open its new offices at Riverside Park.Read

Council planners give unanimous backing for Wirral sports academy

AMBITIOUS plans to create the country’s biggest indoor football academy in Wirral have been given the unanimous backing of the borough’s planning committee.Read

10,000 more young women in Wirral are to be offered HPV vaccination to protect against cervical cancer

A FURTHER 10,000 girls and young women in Wirral are to be offered the HPV vaccine.Read

From Bootle to Bebington and back – woman walks to work for TravelWise Green Travel Week

SOME people need a coffee before they can even speak to their colleagues in the morning – but one woman completed a nine-mile walk before reaching her desk.Read

Wirral reveals plan to privatise parks

WIRRAL’S parks, countryside and open spaces could be turned over to a private company to manage, under cost-cutting plans being considered by the council.Read

Fire service searching for volunteers to take lifesaving dog Little Ern for a walk

LOVEABLE Little Ern needs your help to continue his lifesaving work.Read

Sentimental window ruined

A WIDOWER was left heartbroken after vandals smashed his late wife’s stained glass window.Read

Open day at Thornton Manor raises £6,500 for Age Concern Wirral

AN open day at Thornton Manor raised £6,500 for Age Concern Wirral.Read

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