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Children treated after Leasowe fire

FIVE YOUNG children and their mother were treated by paramedics after fire ranged through their Leasowe home on Tuesday. Read

Housing association wants to use Leasowe recreation centre as part of retirement village plan

LEASOWE Recreation Centre could be taken over by a housing association and used as part of a retirement village, Wirral Council said this week. Read

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Council urged to reveal groups who want to run buildings

WIRRAL Council is facing demands to reveal the names of the organisations vying to take over buildings facing the axe as part of its strategic asset review. Read

Witness appeal after attempted robbery on West Kirby train

DETECTIVES from the British Transport Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery on board a train travelling between Moreton and Meols last month. Read

Holly is Wirral’s first 2009 baby

BABY Holly says hello to the New Year as the first Wirral baby born in 2009. Her proud parents Steve and Jill Jones, from Bebington, are pictured with their daughter, born at Arrowe Park Hospital, weighing 7lb 5oz. Photo by Paul Heaps Code ph010109d-1 Read

Youth workers’ anger as Wirral Council plans shake-up in services

FURIOUS youth workers say their future is looking bleak as Wirral Council plans to reconfigure its youth service to save £150,000. Read

Isabella wins the Wirral News Santa Baby 2008 title

MEET Wirral’s winning Santa Baby! 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

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

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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

Ken Dodd raises the roof as curtain goes up at new Floral Pavilion Theatre

THE Squire of Knotty Ash took to the stage of the new Floral Pavilion on Saturday night for a tattyfilarious show. Read

Calls for referendum on Wirral library closures are defeated at angry 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

Wallasey sergeant back home after MBE honour

SERGEANT Mick Riley, 33, of Wallasey, has arrived home from Iraq with the MBE he collected from Buckingham Palace before deployment. Read

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Ken Dodd tickled to open new Floral Pavilion

AROUND 400 invited guests gathered in New Brighton’s Floral Pavilion on Saturday to enjoy an opening night to be remembered. Read

Complaints hit Seabank Road lights display

ONLY half of Seabank Road’s seasonal lights have been switched on this Christmas after complaints caused many of them to be taken down. Read

Wallasey School pupils board the cooking bus for healthy eating

THE Food Standards Agency’s novel Cooking Bus rolled up at Wallasey School to give Year 7 pupils lessons in healthy eating and food safety. Read

Farewell to Seacombe Community Centre day centre

DAY care services for the elderly at Seacombe Community Centre have come to an end after 10 years. Read

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Hundreds sign petition to save Wallasey’s Guinea Gap Baths

A CAMPAIGN to save closure-threatened Guinea Gap Baths is gathering momentum this week. Read

Courier who transported £6,000 of cocaine to Seacombe is jailed

A COURIER caught transporting £6,000-worth of cocaine to Wirral has been jailed for two years. Read

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