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Stories for 16 August 2000

Wirral Features

Jane's virtual tots test wannabe mums

Could RealCare babies cut teen pregnancy figures?  more...

Who ya gonna call?

WIRRAL Police are urging people not to be shy when it comes to reporting vehicle crime . . .  more...

Natalie sets her sights on Miss Cheshire title

A GIRL from Bebington is going through to the final of the Miss Cheshire competition.  more...

The force is with him . . .

ARE you stressed out and want to take time out to reflect on the pressures and strains of modern life? Have you ever felt the need to get away from it all and delve deeper into your spiritual side?  more...

Don't let keeping warm be the death of you

DON'T go to bed with a killer! - that's the message from Merseyside Fire Brigade as they start their campaign to carry out safety checks on electric blankets.  more...

Wirral Letters

Rovers deal does nothing for bowlers

I write to offer my sincere congratulations to both Asda and Tranmere Rovers for the commercial and community based sponsorship arrangement which will see Asda become sponsors of the Bebington Kop at Prenton Park.  more...

What's your alternative?

JAN Creamer of the National Anti-Vivisection Society is very loud in attacking medical research (Mail Box, July 19), but remarkably quiet when it boils down to telling us what we should use instead of animals to give hope to people with serious illnesses.  more...

Keep the jokes coming

I THOUGHT the letter from Jim Robinson, vice chairman of Wallasey Liberal Democrats, was a cracker (Mail Box, last week).  more...

Loss of the view is only a beginning

I WAS pleased to read in the Globe that someone else has recognised the implications of the plan for a roll-on roll-off ferry on the Wirral waterfront - but obscuring the view of the beautiful Liver Buildings is only the start.  more...

I don't think I'm a nutter

CHRIS Davies MEP has taken a leaf out of the New Labour handbook in trying to present Eurosceptics as 'nutters' (Mail Box, August 2).  more...

We're far better off!

I AGREE with your correspondent Reg Barnes that air pollution and drugs are killers (Mail Box, last week). But was life really safer during the blitz?  more...

The majority don't want Europe

CHRIS Davis might have had correspondence or conversations with one or two people with odd or unconventional viewpoints on the EU, we must take his word for this.  more...

Appalling

I WAS appalled to read in the Globe that the famous view of the Liverpool waterfront is to be blocked by a lorry and trailer yard. It must not be allowed to happen.  more...

Shocking

I WAS shocked by the Globe story on the RoRo Ferry and am totally opposed to the plan. People must be able to see the wonderful view of the Liver Buildings.  more...

Contempt for democracy

I HAVE just received a form from Wirral South Conservatives, claiming to be a 'General Survey canvass'. It is nothing of the sort.  more...

Wirral News

FIRE FIGHT!

Union prepares for war over day only stations  more...

Decades-old maggot therapy can seriously improve your health

Hospital staff prove there's no flies on them . . .  more...

Willaston man dies after attack in Spain

A WILLASTON man died from blows to the head after being brutally attacked at his Marbella villa, an inquest heard last week.  more...

Man faces fire charge

AN Oxton man faced Wirral Magistrates after a fire at an hotel earlier this month.  more...

Medication could have caused death of mental patient

A BEBINGTON woman's death may have been caused by medication she was taking, an inquest heard last week.  more...

Time to have a say in your healthcare

WEST WIRRAL people are to be asked their views on a proposal for changes in the way their health care is provided.  more...

Freedom for woman facing assault charges

A BIRKENHEAD woman facing two charges of violence walked free from court last week after her alleged victims failed to attend court.  more...

Have-a-go pensioner in fight to foil robbers

A COURAGEOUS elderly woman from Wallasey fought off a burglar's cowardly attack in her own home.  more...

Top award for Hoylake surgeon

A CONSULTANT from Hoylake has received a rare honour from the Royal College of Surgeons.  more...

Wirral Grammar takes on might of South Africa

A LOCAL school rugby squad has returned from a gruelling 16-day tour of South Africa.  more...

Resident's 'sold down river' over flats

DOZENS of angry residents have responded to a Globe story last week about planning consent being granted for three-storey flats to be erected in Overchurch Road.  more...

Your're looking good

THE model for New York's Central Park is set to be restored to its former glories following the announcement of a multi-million pound grant.  more...

Crash appeal

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a fatal incident on Saturday, August 5, at the junction of Balls Road East with Borough Road, Birkenhead.  more...

Deaf student awarded trip to the Holy Land

PROFOUNDLY deaf Judith Mitchell, 19, from Bebington, has been granted over £3,000 by the Jack Ashley Millennium Awards scheme to fulfil her dream of teaching at the Holy Land Institute for the Deaf in Jordan.  more...

Pub starts Wembley trail

A BIRKENHEAD pub is entering one of Britain's biggest ever pub quizzes - with the precious prize of a chance to play football at Wembley Stadium up for grabs.  more...

Mayor rescue

WIRRAL Mayor Cllr Kate Wood got a taste of real action while out on exercise with the Hoylake lifeboat 'Lady of Hilbre' - when the boat was called to help a yacht in trouble in reduced visibility in the River Mersey approaches. The yacht was taken in tow and returned to its moorings with no damage and all persons on board safe and sound.  more...

Duo tackle long trek

TWO Moreton women set off on a coast-to-coast walk across Britain at the weekend to boost a cancer charity.  more...

Trucking on . . .ONE of Wirral's best known family firms is celebrating 70 years of success on the r

John Darlington, chairman of Darlington's Group, and his wife Wendie welcomed hundreds of guests to the garden of their Burton village home for a marquee celebrity dinner to mark the 70th anniversary of the company.  more...

Man, 21, cleared of sex assault

A YOUNG Bebington man facing allegations under the Sexual Offences Act was discharged at Wirral magistrates' court.  more...

New club for over-50s

A NEW club is being formed for people in Meols who have reached their half-century.  more...

Wirral Sport

Joy of the Rovers

DESPITE Sean Flynn feeling the heat Tranmere Rovers come away with a draw at Wimbledon last Saturday thanks to a solid defensive performance.  more...

All Black leads Academy stars

ALL Black legend Zinzan Brooke heads the list of rugby stars who will be putting the best local youngsters through their paces at the launch of the Lees Lloyd Whitley Rugby Academy at Caldy later this month.  more...

  
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