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A MAJOR report on flood risks in Wirral calls for extra investigations to be carried out before the proposed 4.5bn Wirral Waters scheme goes ahead.

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A four-year-old boy who died after being attacked by a dog was a "lovely little lad", neighbours have said.

A complaints probe has been launched after a woman accused police of assaulting her moments before she died.

THE Conservatives have retained their hold in Moreton West & Saughall Massie following yesterday's by-election. Tory candidate Steve Williams, a former policeman, took 2255 of the votes in the by-election, which followed the sudden death of ward councillor Suzanne Moseley in September.

The public are being given the chance to vote on community service schemes for young offenders.

FA Cup. Click here to bet. West Ham will host London rivals Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup in one of three all Premier League fixtures.

A 45-year-old man has been charged with murder following an incident on Birkenhead Road, Seacombe, on Friday.

Twelve NHS hospital trusts in England are "significantly underperforming", according to a report, despite nine recently having been rated as good or excellent by regulators.

DAVID MOYES believes the collapse of Everton's Kirkby project could flush out prospective investors as he challenged Liverpool City Council to help find an alternative site for a new ground.

A MAN was stabbed to death following a street fight in Birkenhead. Merseyside Police have launched a murder investigation after the 38-year-old was killed on Birkenhead Road at 5pm yesterday.

No mention of the incident was made by the judges, but they did give him a tongue-lashing for his rock and roll performance.

POLICE are investigating a shoot-out at one of Liverpool's busiest junctions. Dozens of officers converged on the Rocket junction of Queens Drive and Edge Lane Drive on Friday after shots were fired at a car at about 8.30pm. The victim was driving his black Ford Focus towards the M62 when the occupants of another car fired at his vehicle.

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WIRRAL Council last night abandoned its unpopular plan to shut a Birkenhead school as part of proposals to create two new academies in the town.

Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of a Territorial Army soldier in Wirral who was killed when a rogue Afghan policeman opened fire.

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ricky Whittle has been arrested on suspicion of assault after a row outside a city centre nightclub.

ARMED raiders smashed their way into a jewellers store in Heswall just before closing time last night.

RESIDENTS of a small rural village in the region are celebrating after they were named best village in the country in a national competition.

WIRRAL Council's ruling cabinet will tonight decide how to push ahead with its proposals for two new academies in Birkenhead.

The family of a schoolboy stabbed to death over the weekend have made an emotional tribute to the teenager.

A GROUP of men accused of a drive-by shooting held a secret meeting to cook up their alibis, jurors have heard.

Everton Football Club's plan to relocate from Liverpool to a new 400 million stadium and shopping centre have been rejected, sources have said.

STRUGGLING 17m apartment block, which was on the cusp of being "credit crunched" has been officially opened.

A COMMUNITY has been saddened by the tragic death of 15 year-old John Michael Marsh John, a pupil at Golborne High School, who until recently lived in Lowton, was a former NW Counties player who had played with Leigh Miners Rangers.

Andy Burnham M.P. Secretary of State for Health speaks to the staff at the newly opened Victoria Central Health centre, Mill Lane, Wallasey HEALTH Secretary Andy Burnham visited Merseyside yesterday to open a 14m health centre.

A WOMAN accused of child sex offences following the police investigation which netted nursery worker Vanessa George appeared at court via video link yesterday.

A LEADING Liverpool businessman last night accused Wirral Council of scuppering plans to build a top hotel and world-class restaurant in the borough.

TRAIN services in Wirral were disrupted this morning after a man was hit by a train at a level crossing.

A MUM and her teenage son were targeted by three weapon-wielding car jackers. Angela Clarke and her 16-year-old son Michael were waiting at traffic lights in their Ford Ka when they were pounced upon by the three-strong gang.

What: The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer will hold an expert roundtable and Web cast announcing the recent publication and impact of the IASLC's Staging Manual in Thoracic Oncology containing the recently released 7th Edition of TNM in Lung and Pleural Tumours.

A LANDMARK legal battle means a Wirral family can claim compensation after their three year old son was attacked by another toddler with a car jack.

LABOUR has branded the Conservatives "out of order" after Moreton Tory councillor Chris Blakeley said he was "sickened" by a leaflet attacking his party's record in the ward.

A CHURCH warden admitted sexually assaulting three young girls over nearly 25 years.

A HOSPITAL matron has urged people eligible for swine flu jabs to get themselves vaccinated - after she was struck down by the virus for a week.

A drunken woman driver collided with a tractor and plough, but refused to stop until she was tackled by passers-by and her car keys seized.

DETECTIVES are hunting the murder weapon used to stab St Helens man Graham Wootton to death.

The wealthy and the almost-wealthy of the late Victorian era chose to take the "Grand Tour" of Europe to show off their sophistication, education and good taste.

AN arson investigation is underway after a Wirral paint shop burst into flames when a car was rammed into its front shutters and set alight.

Birkenhead-born TV host Paul O'Grady is mourning the death of his faithful sidekick, Buster.

A SOCIAL worker has appeared in court in connection with the investigation into Liverpool paedophile Colin Blanchard.

MURDER police believe a set of Anthony Worrall-Thompson kitchen knives could have been involved in the slaying of a Merseyside man.

HUNDREDS of rail commuters were left stranded yesterday morning after rats chewed through power cables.

POLICE have named a man found murdered in the early hours of Saturday morning. Graham Wootton, 31, from Haydock, died from a single stab wound at a house on St Augustine Way, Netherton.

Three men have been arrested in connection with the dumping of dangerous chemicals and medicines in Yorkshire.

A schoolgirl was raped and sexually molested by a 23-year-old Wigan man, a court heard.

The woman from Bootle in Merseyside was last night charged with sexual offences involving a child and is due to appear in court tomorrow.

A FIERCE blaze ripped through an industrial plant in Widnes this morning. Ten fire engines were called to tackle the fire as thick black smoke billowed from the recycling plant.

FOUR people arrested on suspicion of murdering a 31-year-old St Helens man in Liverpool at the weekend have been released on police bail.

Work on the second phase of the major redevelopment of New Brighton will begin before Christmas.

PHARMACEUTICAL giant Bristol-Myers Squibb is investing 3.5million in its Moreton base.

A MASSIVE undercover drugs investigation in Chester has resulted in a number of people pleading guilty to supplying Class 'A' drugs.

POLICE have named a Merseyside man killed in a three-vehicle crash outside Chester.

STOCKPORT train station has been named among the worst in the country. A report released on Tuesday by Lord Adonis, the Secretary of State for Transport, named the 10 stations in England that had been a left behinda .

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A CONTROVERSIAL statue designed in memory of Hillsborough victims was strongly criticised by families and friends of Liverpool football fans killed in the tragedy.

DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a man killed at a Merseyside home on Saturday arrested a fourth person.

A teenager has confessed to two sex assaults after he was filmed on Wigan town centre CCTV attacking women in the street.

The leader of the British National Party, has confirmed he will stand in Barking at the next General Election.

The leader of a Merseyside gang which ran a multi-million pound drugs racket has been jailed for 14 years, at Liverpool Crown Court.

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found dead at a house on Merseyside.

A MAN who took a stolen bus on a 30-mile rampage is facing jail. Shane Andrew Oldroyd, 27, admitted aggravated vehicle taking of a single-decker Arriva Bus and damaging a Mercedes being reckless as to whether the life of Nicholas Hardy was endangered.

The British National Party is set to discuss changing its constitution so its membership rules do not discriminate on the grounds of race or religion.

On Easter Sunday in 1964, Tom Lodge and his friends found themselves aboard an old ferry ship anchored a bit more than three miles off the southeastern coast of Great Britain.

A Chorley lorry driver who tied himself up to fake a A 1m heist has been jailed for five-and-a-half years.

A kung fu teacher has been convicted of sexually assaulting two young girls in anti-rape classes in Merseyside.

Detectives have dismissed claims that a Wigan pensioner a ' named as the killer of a Liverpool call girl almost 40 years ago a ' may also have been responsible for two other unsolved murders.

A mother has won the right to compensation for her son, two years after he was hit 11 times by another three-year-old boy with a car jack.

A former crown court judge who was stopped on the M6 while nearly three times over the legal alcohol limit has been fined 1,200. Officers pulled over Bruce Macmillan, 63, near Chorley when they spotted him driving erratically on 27 August.

A man found guilty of murdering a woman during a bungled burglary in Merseyside has been jailed for life.

A group of IT workers and a couple from South Wales become the UK's biggest ever Lottery winners, after scooping A 91m between them.

THE Wirral Campaign Against the Cuts' candidate in the upcoming Moreton by-election is calling on all standing to attend a public debate.

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HUNDREDS of gas-firing flare guns were illegally imported from Germany to the UK and converted into lethal weapons to be sold in Newcastle, a court heard today.

The Globe can reveal that one of the winners of Britain's biggest lottery jackpot is 19-year-old Alex Parry from Wallasey.

Tributes have been paid to a Wigan pensioner who died after his mobility scooter was in collision with a car.

A Wigan man who was found to have a sawn-off double barrel shotgun hidden in his wardrobe has been jailed for two years.

A VEHICLE taken during a terrifying carjacking was found following an appeal for information by the St Helens Star.

A CORONER has recorded a verdict of accidental death in the case of a teenage joyrider who crashed a stolen car in a field.

MERSEYSIDE united to pay respects to our fallen war dead today. Moving services were held across the region to mark Remembrance Sunday, 70 years on from the start of World War Two.

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A brave shop boss has told how he feared for his and his fellow victims' lives after they were terrorised by hatchet-wielding robbers in fright masks.

HE was beaten within inches of his life in one of the most savage and shocking crimes St Helens has witnessed in recent years.

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A CONTROVERSIAL vote over plans for two new academies in Wirral will not be re-run, it appeared last night.

A POLICE community support officer who groomed a 15-year-old girl hoping to get her into bed has been jailed for 15 months.

LAKE COUNTY The holiday season is upon us and The Salvation Army is seeking volunteers for its Red Kettle Program.

THE girlfriend of a soldier killed in an ambush by an Afghan policeman has described the loss of her "rock". Corporal Steven Boote, 22, of the Royal Military Police, was a Territorial Army volunteer who put himself forward for duty in Helmand Province.

A St Helens man who was arrested for an armed raid after a tip-off from his girlfriend has been jailed for attacking her with a hammer.

Born in Chennai in 1941, Pete Best, the original drummer of The Beatles, has been living in Liverpool from 1945, but the musician still has an Indian connect and loves to gorge on biryani.

Dramatic new evidence could free the businessman convicted of the 'beauty in the bath' murder, it was claimed last night.

Relatives of a Territorial Army soldier from Merseyside who was killed in an attack by an Afghan police officer have said he will "always be our hero". Cpl Steven Boote, 22, of Birkenhead, is understood to have only been two weeks into a tour of Afghanistan when he was shot dead with four others on Tuesday.

November 04, 2009 CORONATION Street star Kym Marsh hasa been named Celebrity Mum of the Year.

AN ELDERLY woman had to be cut free from her car after it was involved in a two-vehicle collision in Meols this afternoon.

A DRAMATIC new twist in the notorious a oeBeauty in the Batha killing will see a fresh attempt made to overturn the conviction of the man found guilty of murder.

A fugitive drug dealer is being hunted in Wigan. Peter Prendergast is known to have links with Orrell and officers from the neighbouring Lancashire force today appealed for locals to be vigilant.

"He will be greatly missed by all his family and many friends. We cannot believe he has gone in these tragic circumstances." Sharon Ashbrook A young Wigan motorist has admitted causing a grandfather's death while under the influence of drugs or drink.

ASSAULTED NURSE: Drugs and alcohol played a part in an assault on a staff nurse at Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral Magistrates were told.

Two men who murdered their friend and dumped his battered body in Cheshire woodland have been jailed for life.

A businessman from Merseyside has been killed in a crash in Florida. Malcolm Allanson, 59, from Wirral, suffered fatal injuries when his mini-van was in a collision with a car near Daytona beach on Monday night.

A woman who contracted swine flu died just weeks after giving birth to her first child, a health authority has confirmed.

PEEL Holdings is on the verge of submitting the largest planning application in the country as the next phase of the 4.5bn Wirral Waters project.

MERSEYSIDE Police saw a dramatic fall in the number of reported incidents over the Halloween weekend, despite it traditionally being one of the busiest times of the year for the Force.

A MAN is recovering after being attacked by knife-wielding hoodies on Spike Island in Widnes.

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FRIENDS of a teenager who died after the car he was driving in Burtonwood crashed have been condemned by a judge for being more concerned for themselves.

The British citizen killed in a traffic crash this week was hosting his friends from Wallasey, England, on a golf vacation in Daytona Beach, his sister said.