Wirral, England News Archives

OLD girl died after being hit by a car in a low-speed collision, an inquest heard.

KNOWN Wirral businessman died in Florida after a suspected drink-driver smashed into a mini-van carrying a group of friends.

A SEX offender was cleared of ignoring an order banning him from contact with young people.

WIRRAL hosts its 21st International Guitar Festival of Great Britain next month, with concerts by some of the world's top classical, jazz, blues, folk and rock players.

THE Mayor of Wirral held a special reception to celebrate the achievements of Wallasey pupils who became stars on the West End stage.

THE major parties have revealed their chosen candidates for the Moreton by-election - and Merseyside TUC president Alec McFadden will join them on the ballot.

A WIRRAL company has become the first on the peninsula to adopt Liverpool Unites as its official charity.

From Gershwin to Grease and Lloyd-Webber to Wicked, a cast of top West End performers take you on an exhilarating ride through the world of musical theatre.

Multimedia Background image for 'Spital Road fatal car crash' A RETIRED minister reached motorway speeds on a 30mph road in Wirral before crashing and killing himself, three women and a six-year-old girl.

FORMER Tranmere Rovers boss and Liverpool legend John Barnes has been declared bankrupt.

BIRKENHEAD MP Frank Field last night appealed to parents of pupils at Ridgeway High School not to block plans to replace it with an academy school.

A DRUGS depot acting as an alleged "wholesalers" for supplying heroin and cannabis across the UK has been busted on Merseyside.

PEOPLE living in parts of Sefton are five times more likely to lack a single qualification than those residing in some areas of Wirral, a new report reveals.

A WIRRAL mother has united parents of Asperger's Syndrome sufferers by setting up a special support group.

A MAN has denied trying to attack a police constable with an axe. Arthur Starns is alleged to have produced the weapon and swung it at the constable, who was trying to arrest him for breaching an anti-social behaviour order.

A DATE has been set for a by-election following the tragic death of a Wirral councillor.

WIRRAL artists are working together on a new project to raise awareness and understanding about climate change.

A MAN died hours after being rescued by fire crews from a blaze in his Merseyside flat.

A LEADING Wirral grammar school has suspended its head teacher. Stunned pupils and parents were told Andrew Hall, head teacher at top-performing Calday Grange grammar school, in West Kirby, was suspended by governors.

A 36-YEAR-OLD man has died after a fatal flat fire in Wallasey. The blaze happened just after midnight today at flats above the Londis store on Brighton Street, One person was rescued by firefighters, but later in Arrowe Park Hospital.

AN INQUIRY into possible failings by authorities, following the death of a four-year-old girl, will publish its findings next month.

WIRRAL Council launched its new apprentice scheme with dozens of young people thronging the steps of Wallasey town hall.

A senior Wirral councillor is to be called before a scrutiny committee to "give evidence" over the borough's plans to introduce two academy schools.

WIRRAL is the only area in the north of England to move through to the next stage of developing a new university.

He was once the most wanted man in Europe, and is the only drug baron ever to appear in the Sunday Times Rich List.

MERSEYSIDE postal workers have joined with their colleagues across the country in voting for a national strike in a bitter row over jobs, pay and services.

AN INTERPRETER from Wirral has won 30,000 in damages from one of the country's biggest unions, after being wrongly accused of selling data.

A REPORT into the closure programme which is thought to be highly critical of the ruling Lib-Lab administration may never now be published, fear Tory councillors.

THREE man armed with crow bars stole cash from a bank in Wirral. The men entered the branch of Lloyds TSB branch in Hoylake Road, Moreton, just before 11.30am this morning.

TWO landlords who failed to maintain their property have been hit with a fine. Colin Ian Pennington and Catherine Jane Pennington, of Farr Hall Drive, Heswall, pleaded guilty at Wirral Magistrates Court to not complying with council improvement notices.

A MERSEYSIDE MP is to appeal after losing a sexual discrimination case. Wirral West MP Stephen Hesford, who resigned as a Parliamentary aide at the Law Officers' Department last week, now finds himself at the centre of an industrial tribunal.

COUNCILLORS will get the chance to debate a shock decision to keep 11 Merseyside libraries open.

A SECURITY guard who was mauled by a police dog could be in line for a 20,000 payout.

FIRE crews from 12 stations across Merseyside battled through the night to bring a blaze at a bookies in Prenton under control.

HEALTH officials in Liverpool, Wirral and Sefton stressed it was business as usual seeing no reason to postpone the injections.

GOVERNMENT lawyers were last night examining the implications of Wirral Council's decision to pre-empt a report into its planned library closures.

A call for a police investigation into allegations of a cover-up and serious malpractice following an inquiry into systematic overcharging of people in Wirral Council care was rejected last night.

A LETTINGS manager from Wirral who stole more than A 22,000 from her employers, spending vast sums on bags and shoes, has walked free from court.

DELIGHT from many quarters met the news last night that Wirral Council would no longer be pressing ahead with its library closure plans.

TORIES tonight poured scorn on Wirral Council's decision to scrap library closures, saying the ruling Lib-Lab administration "jumped before it was pushed". They are now demanding the inquiry report into the controversial libraries shutdown be published immediately.