Around £800m wiped off the value of Merseyside pension fund

AROUND £800m has been wiped off the value of the pension fund for hundreds of Wirral employees. Read

Wirral care home manager wins tribunal case

A FORMER Wirral care home manager who claimed her employers had forged inspection documents has won her case for constructive dismissal. Read

Tributes paid as popular former Wirral headteacher dies aged 80

TRIBUTES have been paid to a much-loved headteacher who has died of cardiac disease Read

Flower festival takes place at West Kirby church

A RIOT of colour lit up a West Kirby church as a flower festival got under way. Read

Wirral Council facing £20,000 bill for barrister hired for two-day libraries inquiry

WIRRAL council is facing a £20,000 bill for hiring a barrister to represent it at the two-day public inquiry into its decision to close 11 libraries. Read

Wallasey's Brian Macintosh back from ‘amazing’ trek

CHARITY walker Brian Macintosh says his 150 mile trek from Wallasey to Oxford is “the best thing he’s ever done”. Read

Library inquiry comes to an end

THE public inquiry into council attempts to close 11 libraries concluded on Wednesday, with a verdict expected by the end of July. Read

Lib-Dem councillors face further disciplinary action in Wirral

A LIBERAL Democrat purge of “dissidents” within its ranks appeared to be threatening the stability of the party in Wirral. Read

Heswall’s longest-established business moves into former Woolworths store

HESWALL’S former Woolworths store has a distinguished new tenant. Read

New Primark store for Birkenhead?

PRIMARK is rumoured to be moving into Birkenhead’s former Woolworths store on Grange Road. Read

Poundland moves in to Liscard

POUNDLAND is moving in to the former Woolworths shop in Liscard. Read

Family’s joy as kidnapped Birkenhead oil worker comes home

THE family of a Merseyside dad kidnapped by pirates were celebrating his homecoming. Read

Arrowe Park hospital worker has swine flu

A WIRRAL hospital worker has been diagnosed with swine flu – after being previously told in error that he had tested negative. Read

Frozen food retailer moves into New Ferry

HERON Frozen Foods is moving in to the shop vacated by Woolworths in New Ferry. Read

Wirral chess fanatic to be ‘work of art’ in Trafalgar Square

A CHESS fanatic from Wirral who aims to bring the game to a wider audience will be among those taking part in Antony Gormley’s latest work of art. Read

Wirral beaches go alcohol free

WEST Kirby and Hoylake’s beaches will be alcohol-free this summer in a bid to keep them family friendly. Read

Verdict of public inquiry into Wirral library provision should be available by the end of July

THE public inquiry into council attempts to close eleven libraries concluded today, with a verdict expected by the end of July. Read

Ladies step out for annual Neston Ladies Day

THE sun shone on the ladies of Neston last week as they took their annual parade through the town for Neston Ladies Day. Read

PARENTS of children at a Wirral nursery are being urged not to panic after one of its two-year-olds died from meningitis.

The toddler, who has not been named but attended the Pitter Patter Nursery in Wallasey, died on Saturday after contracting meningococcal infection. Read

Cockayne Syndrome sufferer Amy Garton Hughes, from Wallasey, gets engaged to Texan sweetheart

BATTLING Wallasey teenager Amy Garton Hughes has become engaged to her Texan sweetheart. Read

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