Aeronautical engineer scoops Miss Wirral title

AERONAUTICAL engineer, Louise Huntington was named Miss Wirral 2011 at Port Sunlight’s Gladstone Theatre last Wednesday.Read

Wirral Unilever staff stage pension protest

WIRRAL Unilever workers protested against the company’s plans to end its final salary pension scheme during the Wirral Coastal Walk.Read

Bank Holiday bonanza at Caldy Rugby Club

CALDY Rugby Club is hosting a bank holiday bonanza this weekend featuring a two-day beer festival and the return of the Caldy Sevens.Read

Radical makeover planned for Bromborough’s “old and tired” cinema

BROMBOROUGH’S “old and tired” cinema is in line for a radical makeover.Read

Work to resurface some of Eastham’s worst road surfaces starts after three-year wait

WORK to resurface some of Eastham’s worst roads finally started last week after three years of delays.Read

Mersey police officer believe cuts will result in more crime

POLICE officers in Merseyside believe government cuts will lead to increased crime levels and changes to pay could force some to quit.Read

Famous store is subject of talk

THE history of Liverpool and Birkenhead department store TJ Hughes will be the subject of the next meeting of the Bebington Group of the Family History Society of Cheshire.Read

Wirral News in Local Newspaper Week

This week is Local Newspaper Week.Read

Bebington student becomes one of the UK's youngest councillors

A WIRRAL teenager became one of the youngest local councillors in the country at last week's local elections.Read

Wirral News meets the man behind Birkenhead School’s Perfect Pitch firework finale

“BEFORE I can even remember – my mum will tell you – I was turning her hair grey with my fascination with fire and fireworks,” asserts Richard Babington, the pyrotechnician behind the firework finale for Birkenhead School’s June Perfect Pitch concert.Read

Green light for Bromborough martial arts centre

A MARTIAL arts centre has been given approval by Wirral planners to set up in a former industrial unit.Read

Wirral industrial site plan for martial art centre

WIRRAL’S planners are being asked to allow one of the council’s industrial estates to become home to another sports centre.Read

Bromborough storyteller joins national board

A professional storyteller from Bromborough has been appointed to the board of directors of the Society for Storytelling.Read

Super-fast broadband to be rolled out to Bromborough and Eastham

A FURTHER 71,000 homes and businesses in Merseyside – including Bromborough and Eastham – will have access to super-fast broadband by the end of next year.Read

Bromborough play area given new name after childrens’ competition

A PLAY area in Bromborough has finally been given a name, a year after opening.Read

Bromborough teen classical singer sails through national talent auditions

A YOUNG classical singer from Merseyside could perform at London’s IndigO2 if she wins a national talent search.Read

Young Wirral crimewriters shortlisted for awards

TWO young writers from Wirral have been shortlisted in the National Young Crime Writers’ Competition.Read

Wirral Waters could deliver a thousand jobs from May 2012

WIRRAL Waters could deliver a thousand new jobs - outside construction - from next May, according to Peel Holdings’ development manager.Read

Elliot Wild

Cancer charity Antony Nolan pays tribute to Bebington nine-year-old Elliot Wild for his organ donor work

AN HEROIC schoolboy who lost his fight leukaemia could now save other children’s lives.Read

Elliot Wild

Liverpool FC fan Elliot Wild loses his battle with leukaemia aged just nine

A YOUNG Liverpool fan aged nine lost his battle with leukaemia after a desperate search for a bone marrow donor.Read

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