Wirral | Archive | 2000 | August
AFTER 10 years of doughnuts and Duff beer, Homer and the Simpsons clan are celebrating with a tour to the UK. more...
WIRRAL Police are re-emphasising crime prevention advice after a series of thefts from cars. more...
I WRITE regarding the proposal to reduce the standard of fire brigade response for West Wirral during the night hours. more...
WHY have we heard so little of the Ocean Drome, the major part of the plan for the regeneration of New Brighton? more...
I HAVE a small piece of information for Nick Lauro (Mail Box, August 9) in regard to the burial chamber at Grange hill. more...
I AM appalled at the comments about cyclists made by MP Ben Chapman. Cyclists along with pedestrians are the most vulnerable of road users. more...
JIM Robinson, vice chairman of the Wallasey Liberal Democrats, made a scathing attack on Tony Millard, Conservative's prospective Parliamentary candidate for Wirral South, for his defence of the pound and British imperial measurements - both of which the overwhelming majority of the British public want. The Lib-Dems have been consistently extreme in their pro-EU and anti-UK rhetoric. more...
IN response to Mrs Gayward's incredible letter (Mailbox August 9). I am sorry to say she is totally out of touch. We can only presume that when she was 'sent to Coventry' she came back with a blindfold on. more...
THE letter from 'Realist' (Mail Box, August 9) is the silliest yet published in the Merseyside or Cheshire debate. The real world says that Merseyside is a county as decreed by Parliament in 1974 until a Government changes it. more...
I READ your article on Twelve Quays with dismay - the roll-on roll-off ferry and marshalling yard should not be built opposite the world famous Liverpool waterfront, especially when there are alternative locations for the development. more...
INSTEAD of whingeing about petrol prices, people would do better to adopt healthier attitudes. more...
I NOTE that a letter from a reader was critical of the lack of action by Wirral Council to deal with speeding traffic in Stanton Road, Bebington. more...
A FREAK storm ripped dozens of tiles of a roof and threw a wheelie bin across the garden of a Wirral home. more...
THERE were tears of joy and disappointment last week as teenagers across the country picked up their A-level results, with Wirral no exception. more...
THE work of a window company, condemned as appalling by a judge, has left a Wirral couple with three years of misery and no retirement savings, the Globe has been told. more...
THE Wirral Globe is preparing to launch its latest community venture on September 1 - an on-line service called 'Communigate'. more...
THE city of Midland, Texas, has been hit by a bout of Beatle-mania this summer - after Wirral sent over some musical ambassadors. more...
BEBINGTON Group of the English Folk Dance and Song Society will meet for dancing and instruction on alternate Tuesdays at Victoria Hall, Bebington, at 8pm starting on September 5. For details, call Mary Smith on 652-4479 or Sheila Davies (339-8854). more...
WHEN little Connor Pulham threw a message in a bottle into the sea from a beach in New Brighton, he never really expected a reply. more...
A DRIVING based training scheme on a Wirral estate is 'steering' unemployed people towards new jobs. more...
BIRKENHEAD'S first Summer Festival is to take place over the coming Bank Holiday weekend - promising to have something for everyone. more...
WIRRAL ship repair company Cammell Laird is set to establish a major foothold in the US market with a multi-million pound deal. more...
MERSEYRAIL Electrics has been slammed for poor punctuality in a new report. more...
WIRRAL Hospital's SAM Appeal has already raised over £90,000 towards an essential MRI scanner - but that means it still has a long way to go to reach the million pound mark. more...
POLICE are hunting a sex attacker who pounced on a teenage girl in Birkenhead in the early hours of Saturday. more...
THE family of a woman who died following an operation are to sue Arrowe Park Hospital for negligence, after a verdict of death by misadventure was recorded by a Wirral Coroner. more...
MERSEYTRAVEL have abandoned controversial plans to franchise the Mersey Tunnels after threats that Europe will charge VAT on tolls. more...
CALLOUS vandals have caused thousands of pounds of damage at a Wirral school and damaged students' work. more...
A WOUNDING charge against a Wirral man was dropped last Wednesday after a court heard that the alleged victim was unfit to attend court. more...
TRANMERE continued their solid start to the season with a good win over newly promoted Gillingham at Prenton Park. more...
IRBY cemented their place at the top of the Meller Braggins Cheshire League with a comfortable home success against Knutsford. more...
NEW Brighton RUFC have recruited a dozen new players for the forthcoming rugby season - and are locked in talks with another two as they push for promotion from National North League Two this time around. more...
FOLLOWING their best start to the season in three years, Tranmere Rovers travel away to Sheffield United on Saturday with four points from their first two league games. more...
HOULIHAN'S BIRKENHEAD SUNDAY LEAGUE - more...
VETERAN Birkenhead cyclist Clive Walmsley put Wirral on the map at the British Cycling Federation track championships held at Manchester Velodrome - by becoming the first Wirral rider to win two gold medals in the Over Sixties 80 lap points race and the 50 lap scratch race. more...
VAUXHALL moved straight into top gear as they made their debut in a new league on Saturday - with a 3-0 triumph at Matlock. more...
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