Wirral | Archive | 2001 | July
Roadshows promoting new powers for the community and individual alike to make their views heard end next week. more...
PROPERTY was destroyed and homes suffered flood damage last week as thunderstorms hit the area. more...
A DAY of tattooing and piercing to raise money for the Landican Cemetery Baby Memorial Garden was so successful it is set to continue. more...
FIVE students from Wirral Grammar School for Girls jetted off on the trip of a lifetime yesterday (Tuesday) - a four week expedition to Thailand. more...
A MAN sacked from Quest International on an intimidation charge is to appeal to a tribunal. more...
A GROUP of giant, wind-powered turbines will be built 6km off the Wirral coast - and may create hundreds of engineering jobs, it has been announced. more...
THERE'S been quite a lot happening since I last spoke to you through the Wirral Globe, not least a General Election and another victory for a Labour Government! more...
HAIRDRESSING entrepeneur Ian Henry has gone back to his roots for the launch of his ninth Time Hairdressing salon. more...
A BIRKENHEAD woman has branded the latest appeal campaign by Barnado's children's charity as 'sick'. more...
Dave Pye takes a trip to meet Euro-MP Chris Davies more...
The survival of the barn owl, once a common sight in Wirral, has had a helping hand from a partnership between the National Grid and Groundwork. more...
AT LEAST 20 jobs are to go at the Unilever Research plant at Port Sunlight. more...
A MORETON man has denied assaulting Wirral West MP Stephen Hesford. more...
A RETIRED local government officer is being sponsored to the tune £1,000 by waste collection specialists, Bagnall & Morris Waste Services to walk for Claire House children's hospice. more...
A NEW pre-operative assessment unit is to be built for Wirral hospitals following a massive £1.165 million cash boost. more...
HUNDREDS of new jobs are to be created at the Vauxhall Motors plant at Ellesmere Port. more...
THE Small Business Service has published a consultation document in a bid to find out how it can help local small firms become more investment ready and attract outside finance. more...
A LOCAL animal welfare charity is warning cat owners to be on their guard after a series of suspected 'cat-nappings' more...
A CHOIR which has performed across the globe celebrated its 35th birthday on Sunday with an anniversary concert. more...
WIRRAL schools will be getting a letter of congratulation this week after they achieved success in a recent Ofsted report. more...
THERE'S been quite a lot happening since I last spoke to you through the Wirral Globe, not least a General Election and another victory for a Labour Government! more...
NEW regulations on adopting children from overseas have been welcomed by local solicitors. more...
WIRRAL children's hospice Claire House is experiencing an acute shortage - of willing helpers. more...
LAST-ditch talks were taking place yesterday (Tuesday) to try to prevent a Merseyside-wide fire fighters' strike due to start on Friday. more...
A HOYLAKE man is asking people to leave his garden ornaments alone, after several concrete statues have been smashed over the last few months. more...
A WIRRAL 'neighbour from hell' has been jailed by magistrates for the second time following her third breach of an anti-social behaviour order. more...
BIDSTON-based Proudman Oceano-graphic Laboratory (POL) has been given the go-ahead for an £18.7m five-year plan to enhance scientific research. more...
A YOUNG inventor has engineered a real winner with a quirky device for people with arthritis. more...
WIRRAL council leader Steve Foulkes has accused a local Conservative of damaging inward investment to Wirral in the continuing row over the planned New Brighton Pierrot. more...
MORE sub-contractors are being hired to increase the number of potholes in Wirral roads being filled in over the next few weeks of the summer. more...
ANOTHER Wirral Council dep-artment has managed to achieve the prestigious Investors in People status, recognising its commitment to the development of staff to achieve business goals. more...
A FORMER deputy head of a Wirral care home who repeatedly raped a teenage girl and indecently assaulted three boys has been jailed for 14 years. more...
WIRRAL people are being asked to help raise cash for Guide Dogs for the Blind - by wearing sunglasses for a day. more...
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