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Stories for 23 December 1999

Wirral News

HOSPICE NEEDS £70,000 A WEEK

CLAIRE House Children's Hospice is ready to celebrate its second Christmas this week - with a new woman at the fund raising helm.  more...

Abduction scare

POLICE say they are treating 'very seriously' an attempted abduction on the Woodchurch estate on Friday night. A 16-year-old girl was left with bruising after two men tried to drag her into a blue Vauxhall Nova at 9.40pm.  more...

Woman admits medic assault

A BEBINGTON woman attacked a paramedic she had called to see her husband, Wirral Magistrates heard.  more...

News in Brief

TRADE Unions representing more than 300 Mersey Tunnel staff have written to Neil Scales, chief executive of Mersey Travel, to ask for a meeting to discuss the future of the tunnels. Unions fear that proposals to privatise the tunnel operation and introduce regular toll increases are not viable and would deprive the people of Merseyside of a proper service.  more...

Ageless Doug boosts hospital

AN AGELESS Wirral cyclist has raised £400 for the Leverhulme day surgery unit at Clatterbridge Hospital by riding 10 miles in the World Masters Track Championships.  more...

It's ferry good news...

FINAL plans have been submitted to Wirral Council for a £27 million development for Irish Sea ferries at Twelve Quays.  more...

Michelle is a girl on top...

BEBINGTON beauty Michelle Walker has scored a model hat-trick by winning first Miss Merseyside 2000, then Miss Great Britain 2000 and now Model of the World!  more...

Bring back nit nurses pleads mum

A WIRRAL mother is calling for the support of fellow parents to start a mass petition for the reinstatement of nit nurses in schools.  more...

CLAIRE HOUSE PHASE TWO APPEAL

SLEDGE hammers, pickaxes and a JVC signalled the start of work on phase two of Claire House Children's Hospice on a site next to Clatterbridge Hospital, Bebington.  more...

Christmas Chemists' Rota

Christmas Day:ABC, 88/90 Argyle Street, Birkenhead, 5pm to 7pm.  more...

Day shifts change too risky - claim

A WIRRAL firefighter says that lives will be put at risk if plans to have staff working at Heswall and West Kirby fire stations on day shifts only go ahead.  more...

Smokers get quite aid

A NEW service is being launched to help Wirral smokers kick the weed at the dawn of the new Millennium.  more...

  
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