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Isabella is crowned winner of our Santa Baby 2008 competition

IT’S THE moment everybody has been waiting for - Wirral News can reveal the winner of Santa Baby 2008! Read

Mother and young son hit by car in Tranmere

A TWO-year-old boy and his mother were hit by a car on Derby Road, Tranmere, on December 19. Read

Oncology Centre appeals for volunteers for massage service

CLATTERBRIDGE Centre for Oncology is appealing for volunteers to help run its massage service. Read

Ambulance service reveals "unprecendented" level of festive 999 calls

THE NORTH West Ambulance Service is experiencing unprecedented levels of 999 activity this December. Read

Mersey Tunnels

Tunnel toll discount plan shelved

A PROPOSAL to discount Mersey Tunnel tolls for Wirral residents was quietly shelved. Read

Wirral Museum

Campaigners want to turn Birkenhead Town Hall into John Peel Memorial Centre

CAMPAIGNERS want to create a new centre for the creative arts in the name of legendary DJ John Peel. Read

Birkenhead Tunnel

Christmas travel information - Birkenhead Tunnel closed on Christmas Day

THE Birkenhead (Queensway) Tunnel will close at 10pm on Christmas Eve and re-open at 6.30am on Boxing Day. Read

Eastham biodiesel plant proposals on hold

THE company behind controversial proposals for a biodiesel plant in Eastham has announced it is delaying the submission of a planning application for the facility until at least the second half of 2009. Read

Speeding convictions quashed after police blunder on A5117 in Cheshire

THOUSANDS of drivers are having speeding convictions quashed and fines refunded following a blunder by officials. Read

Witness appeal after robbery at Moreton card shop

MERSEYSIDE Police is appealing for witnesses to an armed robbery at the Card Warehouse on Hoylake Road in Moreton. Read

One fifth of Wirral’s social workers face pay cuts and job downgrade in New Year shake-up

A FIFTH of Wirral social workers will face having their roles downgraded and pay reduced as part of a restructuring process due to be initiated next year. Read

Birkenhead Jobcentre in festive fallout

BIRKENHEAD Job Centre is at the centre of a festive fallout after an insulting Christmas song about the jobless was discovered being distributed by staff. Read

Woolworths

UPDATE: Over 100 Wirral Woolworths workers to lose their jobs as stores close

WOOLWORTHS stores in Birkenhead, New Ferry and Liscard will close on December 27, administrators for the ailing firm have announced. Read

Moreton man pleads guilty to robbing couple at gunpoint

A MORETON man is facing a lengthy jail sentence after admitting robbing a couple at gunpoint. Read

SS Peter and Paul

Council report backs attempt to save New Brighton's SS Peter and Paul Church

CHURCH authorities have come under fire from Wirral Council over plans to “abandon” a landmark building and sell an Anglican church to the Catholic diocese. Read

Pensioner critically ill after assault in Parkgate

A PENSIONER is critically-ill in hospital after being punched in the face in Parkgate. Read

steve foulkes

Culture referendum demand is defeated at stormy meeting

DEMANDS for a referendum on plans to close libraries and leisure centres were defeated at a meeting of all 66 Wirral councillors on Monday. Read

birkenhead library

Public would pay more to keep leisure centres and libraries open, says Wirral News poll

WIRRAL residents would be prepared to pay more to keep the leisure centres and libraries currently in operation, according to a Wirral News poll. Read

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Donations flood in for Wirral News Christmas appeal

OUR Christmas campaign is snowballing as we continue to receive boxes of groceries, clothes and gifts for the homeless. Read

We’re being silenced by council, claim workers

LIBRARY and sports centre staff who could lose their jobs in the council’s cultural services shake-up say they are being denied their right to speak out on the controversial proposals. Read

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