Wirral, England News

The event - designed to help raise money for St John's Hospice - comes midway through the peninsula's first Walking Festival, which is proving to be popular despite the unpredictable weather.

Families were told how Moreton Day Centre was earmarked for closure in March as part of Wirral Council's bid to save A 109m over the next three years.

A WIRRAL sandwich shop boss has put the perfect topping on her successful business by carrying off a coveted national title.

But instead of having to pay a fine, the tickets handed out by pupils from Black Horse Hill Infants in West Kirby simply asked drivers to park more thoughtfully in future and, in doing so, reduce the chances of collisions outside the school.

The 2013 Liverpool Art Prize 'People's Choice Award' will be presented in tribute to Joe, who was tragically killed in February of this year in a hot air balloon disaster at Luxor, Egypt.

Office For National Statistics data out today shows that 8,099 people claimed the allowance compared with 8,285 in March, a fall of 186.

JAIL sentences totalling almost 120 years were handed out today to nine "key players" in a A 200 million plot to smuggle heroin and cocaine from Merseyside into Scotland.

Tickets for the Ninth Annual Prescot Festival of Music and the Arts went on sale on 1 May, and range from no cost at all to just 8 per event.

IT'S the news that sends shivers down every parent's spine and the words that crush families' worlds in one fell swoop - that their child is facing a cruel battle against cancer.

WIRRAL scouts were chosen to greet the adventurer Bear Grylls during the Merseyside leg of his tour to inspire more adult volunteers to join the movement.

STARS from BBC'S Antiques Road Trip ended a busy week of buying by putting their treasures under the hammer at a Wirral auctioneers.

STARS from BBC'S Antiques Road Trip ended a busy week of buying by putting their treasures under the hammer at a Wirral auctioneers.

FORMER Wirral Council leader Steve Foulkes has taken a swipe at Tory political rival Chris Blakeley in a clash that threatens the political harmony usually associated with the district's mayor-making ceremony.

Statistics put together by NHS England show thousands of patients waited more than four hours to be seen in the region's emergency departments in the past six months.

In January Fordhill correct View in Moreton was removed from official lists - meaning those who lived there were unable to buy insurance or use home delivery services.

EFFORTS to crackdown on hate crime in Wirral have been stepped up with the launch of a new information-sharing scheme.

THE drafting in of external consultants to review Wirral Council's leisure services in an attempt to cut costs has sparked a war of words between politicians.

They are part of a series of events staged by firefighters across Merseyside as part of the Chief Fire Officers Association National Road Safety Week, which ends on Sunday.

Written by Wallasey playwright and actress Paula Rowlands it will be staged at the seaside venue on Thursday and Friday, May 23-24. The show started out as a creative hobby for Paula, founder of theatre company Out the Bag Productions, and has enjoyed sell out performances at The Floral, seen by more than 6,000 people.

A WIRRAL war veteran in action during the Battle Of The Atlantic has recalled his experiences ahead of the conflict's 70th anniversary commemoration.