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Stories for 3 December 1999

Wirral Features

Jim Strang's welfare advice column

What are benefits of claiming SDA?  more...

Wirral Letters

How HMS Thetis won fame 40 years before tragedy struck . . .

From Brian Austin:-  more...

When will something be done?

From D.S. Hewitt:-  more...

Cell towers and role of the Medical Officer of Health

From Jeremy Benton:-  more...

High crime rate

From Barry Riggs:-  more...

Army recruitment plan disgusting

From Helen Griffiths:-  more...

Europa Pool is great, but why so dear?

From "Angry Ex-Customer":-  more...

Act of a Good Samaritan

From J. Hughes:-  more...

Are we on the map?

From Mr and Mrs Burden:-  more...

Reduce size of pavements for the motor car

From Paul Chesters:-  more...

Praise for staff of Ward 17

From Barry Ratcliffe:-  more...

Searching for my buddy Les

From Austin Hughes:-  more...

SHOPPERS VOTE WITH FEET

'Parking charge increases will drive shoppers away'  more...

Toxic fall-out will be dumped on Wirral . . .

From John Ellis:-  more...

Why only one bus?

From Anita White:-  more...

Wirral News

Hospital backs surgeon

A SURGEON has been backed by Wirral Hospital Trust after being suspended following the death of a patient.  more...

What a switch off!

CROWDS of children were left disappointed when the parade to switch on Birkenhead town centre's Christmas lights had to be re-routed.  more...

Jobs face axe threat

MORE than 200 jobs may go at a Bromborough factory next year, it has been announced.  more...

Choir says thanks to loyal Beryl

A WALLASEY woman has been rewarded with a special memento from the choir which she founded 33 years ago.  more...

Moreton bank raiders caught by CCTV

THREE men convicted of robbing a Securicor guard of £20,000 were imprisoned on Friday for a total of 18 years.  more...

Peak of success

CEWTEC celebrated reaching the peak of success when top mountaineer Rebecca Stevens spoke at their annual lecture.  more...

BIRKENHEAD'S police and town centre partnership has won a national award for its work.

The retail crime partnership has scooped the nationwide Police and Industry Partnership Award for 1999.  more...

Detention for youth who robbed sleeping man

A YOUTH who robbed a train passenger has been sentenced to a years' detention.  more...

Councillor lashes out

MERSEYTRAVEL chair Councillor Mark Dowd has launched a scathing attack on the failure of the penalty fare system to reduce ticketless travel on the Merseyrail network.  more...

Don's a man of letters

A BIRKENHEAD estate agent has earned himself a string of letters after his name - CRLM.  more...

Back in business

SAINSBURY'S Prenton store opened again on Saturday after a £2.5 million refurbishment.  more...

Vandals torch cricket scoreboard

THE scoreboard at Irby Cricket Club was wrecked by fire and an explosion at the weekend.  more...

Water good idea

SET of watercolours depicting scenes from Port Sunlight Village has been commissioned to celebrate the millennium.  more...

Where do we go next?

WIRRAL South MP Ben Chapman wants to hear suggestions from local people on how to deal with bother on Eastham's Mill Park estate.  more...

New hall is top class

A FORMER school building in Heswall has been converted into a community hall - and local people are being invited along to have a look for themselves this weekend.  more...

Box of trouble

A BOX discarded from a car as police followed contained stolen cheque books and cards, Wirral magistrates heard.  more...

Entertainment all the way at gala day

FIRE dancers, jugglers, stilt walkers, a jazz band, morris dancers and a performing pooch are on offer in Hoylake at the weekend for the century's last Hoylake Charities Gala Day.  more...

Heads you win

A PRIMARY School head teacher is set to sign off in style this Christmas.  more...

Plans for Leas plot unveiled

MORRIS Homes has released more details of its major development on the site of the old Leas School in Hoylake.  more...

Wirral Sport

INJURIES ROCK ROVERS WHO BID TO TAME WOLVES ON SATURDAY

Steve Hunter reports from Prenton Park  more...

Rovers chop down Forest

Tranmere 3, Notts Forest 0.  more...

Pups Birthdays

CELEBRATING their birthday's this week are the following members of the Prenton Pups, Tranmere Rovers' official youngsters' club which is sponsored by the Wirral Globe.  more...

NEW Brighton Saints junior football team who play in the Wallasey Sunday junior league, need players

Telephone Jim on 638-2478 or Steve on 346-9512.  more...

Brett boots Blues to victory

NEW Brighton stay top of Jewsons National League Two after a fine 29-6 victory over fourth placed Walsall, and will travel to Sandal on Saturday in high spirits.  more...

CARLSBERG WEST CHESHIRE LEAGUE ROUND-UP

RESULTS: Saturday, November 20:- Division One: Christleton 2, Poulton Victoria 4; Maghull 0, Heswall 4; Merseyside Police 0, Cammell Laird 0; Mond Rangers 4, Mersey Royal 2; Stork 2, Newton 2; Vauxhall's 3, Shell 2. Division Two: Aintree Villa 4, Moreton 0; New Brighton 2, Capenhurst Reserves 4; Poulton Vics Reserves 1, Castrol Social 1; Shell Reserves 1, BICC Helsby 8; West Kirby 0, Christleton Reserves 0. Division Three:Castrol Social Reserves 1, Maghull Reserves 1; Manweb 3, New Brighton Reserves 1; Moreton Reserves 4, West Kirby Reserves 2; Pavilions 2, Mallaby 0; Willaston 2, Aintree Villa Reserves 2. Pyke Cup (2nd round replay): Capenhurst 1, Ashville 2. Wirral Amateur Cup (3rd Round):Ashville Reserves 2, Stork Reserves 1; Cammell Laird Reserves 7, Manor Athletic 1; Charing Cross 3, Mersey Royal Reserves 3 (Cross won 4-3 on pens); Heswall Reserves 1, Shaftesbury 2. Chester Senior Cup (1st Round):Blacon YC 3, MBNA Bank 0; St Werburgh's 5, Sea Horse 3; Upton AA 7, Frodsham Utd 2.  more...

SOUTH WIRRAL LEAGUE

RESULTS: Saturday, November 20:- South Wirral Challenge Cup (1st Round): Rangers Breaks 7, Willaston 2; Vancer 1, Wirral Nomads 4. Robin Hodgson Division: Ashville 0, Tricorn 3; Avon Athletic 2, Bronze Social 0; Grange Athletic 1, Mersey Ferries 3; Manor Athletic 4, Pavilions 1. Concorde Trophies Division: BICC Helsby 1, Merebrook Social 2; Hope Farm 4, Bebington Athletic 2; Manor Athletic 1, Sutton Black Lion 2; Runcorn Villa 1, Vancer 2; Black Horse 0, Bronze Social 2.  more...

WIRRAL SUNDAY LEAGUE

RESULTS: Sunday, November 21:- Division One: Dingwall 0, Lancelyn 6; Nova 2, Stirrup 6; Old House 1, Prenton Dell 0; Pollards Inn 5, Greave Dunning 2. Division Two: Brown Cow 1, Cavendish 0; Premier Plant 2, PSI 5; Tranmere Rovers Supporters 0, Farmers New Ferry 2; Wellington 1, Royal Oak 7; Wirral Athletic 1, Ship 3. Division Three: Allport 1, Fairfield 2; Farmers Arms 6, Premier Social 2; Victoria Lodge 1, Caledonia 1; Wirral Health 2, Punch Bowl 5.  more...

BIRKENHEAD & WIRRAL AF (SATURDAY) LEAGUE

RESULTS: Saturday, November 20:- Division One: Abbotsford 2, North Star 2; The Avenue 2, 7 Stiles Youth 4; Parkfield BA 1, FC Pensby 5. Division Two: The Grange 2, Admiral 5; Higher Bebington 3, Greenland Fish 4; Old Bank 4, Delta 0; FC Pensby Reserves 10, TBR Construction 2. RMNJ Cup Qualifying (1st round, 2nd leg): Abbotsford Youth 4, Archers 0; AC Brookley 0, Letters Inn 20; Farmers Arms 3, Hawks Youth 5; F2 2, The Ob 3; Malt Shovel 3, Unitor 5; Moreton Sure 5, Kelma 3; North Star Reserves 3, Royal Liver 1; Vittoria Vaults 1, King's Arms (Bebington) 2.  more...

WALLASEY AND DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE

RESULTS: Sunday, November 21:- Wirral FA Premier Cup (3rd Round): Great Float Social 3, Old Bank 5; Millhouse 0, Castrol Tessutti 2; Poulton Royal 1, De Cordova Octel 0. Wirral FA Junior Cup (3rd Round): Bird in Hand 4, Carlton Athletic 2; Heswall Youth 0, Black Horse 2; Hilbre 2, Boot Inn 2 (Hilbre won 2-1 on pens); Stanley's Cask 4, Vittoria Vaults 0. Premier Division: The Leasowe 2, Oyster Catcher 6; The Queen's 4, St Mary's 2. Division One: Atlantis Gym 4, La Banque 1; Pilot Boat 5, The Saddle 2; Parkfield 2, Poulton Vics Social 1; Sandridge 0, King's Arms 3. Division Two: Seaview 1, Five Bars Res 1; Shell Villa 2, Rose & Crown 4; Brackenwood 2, Vicky Lodge 4; Manville 0, Old Market 5.  more...

WALLASEY SUNDAY JUNIOR LEAGUE|

RESULTS: Sunday, November 21:- Under-11 Division: Wallasey Wanderers 1, Glenavon Hawks 7; Pensby Falcons 1, New Brighton Saints 4; Birkenhead Youth Club 5, Olympic 6; Upton 2, Hearts 9; Wirral Scorpions 0, Greenleas 11; Poulton Athletic 0, Greenleas Celtic 8. Under-12 'A' Division: Victoria Colts 3, Ridgeview 7; Pensby Falcons 0, New Brighton Saints 6; Glenavon Hawks 4, Wallasey Wanderers 0. Under-12 'B' Division: Birkenhead Youth Club 9, Parkgate 1; Merseypark 6, Poulton Athletic 0; Great Float 2, Upton 2; Wasps 3, Olympic 1. Under 13 'A' Division: Poulton Athletic 7, Victoria Colts 9; Glenavon Eagles 0, Greenleas 7; Greenleas Celtic 4, Wirral Panthers 2. Under-13 'B' Division: Birkenhead Youth Club 9, Wallasey Wanderers Colts 3; Hearts 4, Wasps 8; Wallasey Wanderers 2, Pensby Falcons 0; Parkgate 2, Wirral Scorpions 8; Upton 10, Neston Nomads 0. Under-14 Division: Birkenhead Youth Club 2, Glenavon Hawks 1; Victoria Colts 3, Upton 4; New Brighton Saints 0, St John's Colts 1; Wallasey Albion 0, Olympic 6; Poulton Athletic 2, New Brighton 6; Upton Manor 0, Greenleas 7. Under-15 KO Cup (2nd Round): Upton 3, Greenleas 4. Under-15 Division: Glenavon Hawks 0, Olympic 1; Wasps 2, New Brighton Saints 6; Poulton Athletic 2, Birkenhead Youth Club 5; Victoria Colts 1, Glenavon Eagles 6. Under-16 Division: Glenavon Hawks 10, Hearts 0; West Wallasey 2, Deeside 2; Wallasey Wanderers 4, Birkett Rovers 0; Hoylake Ath 3, Upton 0; Bidston Youth 2, Greenleas 9.  more...

EASTHAM SUNDAY JUNIOR LEAGUE

RESULTS: Sunday, November 21:- Under-11 'B' Division: Neston Nomads 0, Shaftes Youth Club 6; Eastham Blades 3, Heygarth United td 3; Allport Hawks 1, Victoria Colts 3. Under-11 'A' Division: Irby Club 1, Fender Youth 4; West Kirby Wasps 2, Shore Villa 2; Parkdale 1, Stork Youth 4; Vauxhall 7, Ashville 1; Young Lions 0, Liscard Panthers 1. Under-12 'B' Division: Heygarth United 2, Squibb 1; Fender Youth 5, Allport Hawks 0; FC Phoenix 5, Alliance 2; Lion King's 0, Irby Club 0; Parkdale 1, Eastham Blades 8. Under-12 'A' Division: Young Lions 5, Liscard Panthers 0; Ashville 3, Heswall 2; West Kirby Wasps 0, Raby Athletic 1; Birkenhead Youth Club 0, Shore Villa 8; Shaftesbury Youth Club 0, Neston Nomads 1. Under-13 'B' Division: Crusaders 1, Vauxhall 8; Eastham Blades 6, Parkdale 2; Squibb 8, Stork Youth 0; Liscard Panthers 5, West Kirby Wasps 5; Young Lions 2, Alliance 2. Under-13 'A' Division: Neston Nomads 4, Irby Club 2; Heygarth United 1, FC Phoenix 4; Heswall 4, Ashville 1; Shore Villa 3, Shaftesbury Youth Club 1; Castrol Woodlands 6, Princes Villa 0. Under-14 Division: Ashville 5, Fender Youth 1; Young Lions 8, Neston Nomads 0; Vauxhall 5, West Kirby Wasps 4; Shaftesbury Youth Club 8, Willaston Wanderers 0; Dingwall Villa 2, Heswall 2; Stork Youth 8, Eastham Villa 1; Irby Club 0, Eastham Blades 5. Under-15 Division: Parkdale 4, West Kirby Wasps 8; Heswall 2, Young Lions 0; Willaston Wanderers 0, Vauxhall 8; Hope Farm 2, Princes Villa 0; Ashville 2, Fender Youth 2; Shaftesbury Youth Club 8, Heygarth United 0. Under-16 Division: Heygarth United 3, Shore Villa 1; Rossway United 1, Young Lions 3; Hope Farm 0, Shaftesbury Youth Club 6; Princes Villa 2, Ashville 7; Stork Youth 6, Willaston Wanderers 1.  more...

HOULIHAN'S BIRKENHEAD SUNDAY FOOTBALL LEAGUE

RESULTS: Sunday, November 21:- Wirral District FA Premier Cup (3rd Round): Bebington RAFA 4, Archers Social 4 (RAFA won 9-8 on pens); Brow 0, Queen's Park 1; St Cecilias 3, Neston Town 1; Westbourne 2, Dock Hotel 6. Wirral District FA Junior Cup (3rd Round): Bird in Hand 4, Carlton Athletic 2; Heswall Youth 0, Black Horse (Wallasey) 2; Hilbre 4, Boot Inn 3; MSC Eastham 0, Fender Youth 7; Saughall 3, Halfway House 1; Stanley's Cask 4, Vittoria Vaults 0; Wellington 1, Wirral Liberals 2; Young Lions 0, Riverside Town 2. Presidents Cup (1st Round): Holt Springs 3, Wirral Villa 1. Presidents Cup (2nd Round): FC Greasby 0, Tranmere Vics 4; Rangers Breaks 4, DW Fencing 2; Swan Hotel 4, Horizon 2; 7 Stiles 3, Parkside 0. Houlihan's Cup (2nd Round): Ship Inn 7, Upton Celtic 1. Premier Division: Hornby RBL 3, Woodchurch 4; Parkdale 1, Rock Ferry Social/Abbey 0; Shaftesbury 1, KEL 4. Division One: Pacific 3, St John's Celtic 3. Division Two: Argyll 1, Halfway Veterans 0; Graylands Villa 1, Houlihan's 3; Oxton Athletic 5, Bromborough Hotel 3. Division Three: Club Octel 7, Black Horse 1; Corsair Athletic 5, Bowies 1; Hamilton's 1, Civic Way 2; New Southend 2, Shellbourne Evans 1; Windmill 7, Royal Oak 3. Division Four: Mersey Blades 2, Windsor Castle 8; Lord Napier 5, Clipper 2; St Mary's 4, Parkdale Youth 1. Youth Division: Ashville Colts 8, Shaftesbury Youth 2; Ashville Youth 4, Christleton Juniors 2; Wirral 1, Christleton Youth 3.  more...

  
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