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Stories for 17 February 2000

Wirral Features

Volunteers call for cash backing

A WIRRAL group has launched an appeal to raise £15,000 to help refugees in crisis torn Albania.  more...

Wirral Letters

CASE FOR A 'NIT NURSE'

From Mrs C.A. Foster:-  more...

'Experts' should stop hysterical rantings

From 'Yooser of Neston':-  more...

The driver - not speed - kills . . .

From 'Dedicated Driver':-  more...

Old age pensioners join the debate

From 'J.W.':-  more...

'Advanced driving courses for accident drivers'

From Malcolm Scott:-  more...

Missing son anguish

From 'Grateful Mother':-  more...

Tunnel toll rise appalling

From Mrs V.E. Keegan:-  more...

Surgery team 'second to none'

From Mrs B. Ballie:-  more...

Flats an eyesore!

From Mrs E. Bamber:-  more...

Thank you all . . .

From Mrs J. Balcombe:-  more...

Help make Mayer Hall dream come true

From Ann Hopkins, secretary, Friends of Mayer Hall:-  more...

CALL FOR INQUIRY

From John Ellis:-  more...

Wirral News

Getting our priorities right

Council Leader Dave Jackson (Labour) writes exclusively for the Wirral Globe.  more...

Residents flee as twister strikes

WORK has started on a Leasowe housing estate to repair the damage caused by a freak whirlwind.\ Thirty homes in Twickenham Drive and Baffin Close had roof tiles torn off and garden fences and walls destroyed when the winds hit the estate.  more...

Stop these men before they kill

A MAN who was assaulted and run over by a stolen car in Birkenhead has spoken out about the attack - and urged local people to help police trap his attackers.  more...

Transport group names new MD

A LOCAL man with 27 years' experience in the transport industry has been appointed group managing director of Darlingtons, one of Wirral's newest plcs, which this year celebrates the 70th anniversary of its foundation as a Heswall family business.  more...

Manx man accused of murder in Rock Ferry

ISLE of Man resident Barry James Owens, 29, was committed for trial by stipendiary David Tapp at Wirral magistrates' court in Wallasey charged with the murder of 22-year-old Brian Jones during an alleged incident at Rock Ferry on Bank Holiday Monday.  more...

Shop stop to beat the killer bug

TEENAGERS in The Pyramids, Birkenhead, were asked to take a break from shopping to protect themselves from meningitis C.  more...

16 beauties aiming to become Miss Wirral Globe 2000

SIXTEEN lovely women will be hoping to become Miss Wirral Globe 2000 when the grand final takes place at Wirral's prestigious Craxton Wood Hotel on Friday, February 25.  more...

Mosslands 'ketchup' with Tranmere's cup dream

YET another Wirral football side is doing well in a national competition.  more...

Off to Namibia

DANIEL Lynch, a volunteer with Wirral Action, has been awarded a place on Raleigh International's Youth Development Programme.  more...

Dame Gill named as one of the country's top ten nurses

A WIRRAL nurse has been named as one of the nation's top 10 by a national journal.  more...

Workers face sack threat

EMPLOYEES from the Candy electrical company in Bromborough have been issued with 90 day redundancy notices - a decision which affects 350 staff on hourly paid contracts.  more...

Songs of the '40s

SONGS of the 1940s will fill Mayer Hall, Bebington, when group 'Company B' star in a fund-raising concert organised by The Friends of Mayer Hall, on Friday, February 25. Tickets are £3 and there will be an interval raffle.  more...

How litterbugs throw away our money

COUNCIL tax payers in Wirral are picking up a £1.6-million-a-year tab to pay for the 'litterbugs'.  more...

Huge penalty for mum who cheated death on rail crossing

A YOUNG mum who cheated death when her car was in collision with a train in Hoylake was ordered by Liverpool Crown Court to pay the rail company involved almost £4,000 compensation.  more...

Help us to help refugees

A WIRRAL group has launched an appeal to raise £15,000 to help refugees in crisis torn Albania.  more...

NAME YOUR HEART OF GOLD!

NOMINATIONS have started to arrive for this year's Wirral Volunteer of the Year Award!  more...

Learn to speak Russian . . . for a child's sake

WIRRAL people are being invited to learn to speak Russian... with a view to looking after a child from disaster spot Chernobyl this spring.  more...

Wirral Sport

Wallasey and District Sunday Junior Football League

RESULTS:-  more...

Cricket cup draws

NEWLY amalgamated Vauxhall Eastham Bromborough will be taking part in both Wirral and District Cricket League cup competitions this coming season.  more...

Bebington Darts League

RESULTS:-  more...

BRING ON THE MAGPIES! Shearer and Co stand between Rovers and another Wembley date

JOHN Aldridge's cup heroes attempt to achieve on Sunday what European champions Manchester United hopelessly failed to do last weekend - beat Bobby Robson's Newcastle United!  more...

ROVERS' FANS SET FOR MASS EXODUS

A MASS exodus is set for the weekend of Tranmere's historic Worthington Cup Final with thousands of Wirral people heading for Wembley.  more...

Tranmere Rovers . . . . . . 2, Barnsley . . . . . . . 2

Attendance: 7, 127  more...

THREE PAIRS OF TICKETS TO BE WON FOR THE WORTHINGTON CUP FINAL!

IF you were one of the heartbroken Tranmere Rovers fans who failed to secure a ticket for the Worthington Cup Final, don't despair - Globe Sport has THREE PAIRS of tickets to be won in a simple, free-to-enter contest!  more...

Fans camp overnight for tickets

PRENTON Park has never seen anything like it!  more...

Prenton Pups celebrate - and set meeting date

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

Wembley looms ever closer for another local football club

Vauxhall Motors . . . . . 2, Eccleshill United . . . . . 0  more...

VAUXHALL DRAWN AWAY

IF Vauxhall Motors are to reach Wembley in the FA Vase, they will have to do it the hard way!  more...

Blues back on victory trail

Liverpool St Helens . . . . . . . . 0pts New Brighton . . . . . . . . . . . . 32pts  more...

PARK UNLUCKY TO LOSE AFTER A GREAT REVIVAL

LOCAL RUGBY ROUND-UP by Andrew Stratton  more...

Lucky Vics maintain gap at top

CARLSBERG WEST CHESHIRE FOOTBALL LEAGUE ROUND-UP by Ray Condliffe  more...

In-form Gary nets six of the best

IN-form Gary Jones scored all six goals in Greenland Fisheries 6-1 win over struggling Victoria Vaults in the Birkenhead & Wirral Saturday Football League Division Two.  more...

South Wirral Football League

RESULTS:-  more...

Battling Shaftes unlucky

ARCHERS Social notched a 4-3 win over battling Shaftesbury Seniors in the Houlihan's Birkenhead Sunday Football League Veronica Conway Cup first round.  more...

Bird fly into cup final

BIRD In Hand were the toast of the Wallasey and District Sunday Football League as they reached the final of the Wirral FA Junior Cup with a 2-1 success against Hilbre.  more...

Wirral Sunday Football League

RESULTS:-  more...

Eastham Sunday Junior Football League

RESULTS:-  more...

  
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