Wirral | Archive | 2001 | August
SINCE the inception of accident cases run on a 'no win-no fee' basis there has been uncertainty over the level of success fees that can be charged - and more recently whether premiums for insurance policies are recoverable from the defendant. more...
ARROWE Park Hospital has received many negative reports from people who have condemned the care standards within its walls. more...
FOR many years I have been committed both personally and professionally to equal opportunities and improving the position of disadvantaged groups and individuals. more...
H RAVEN was wrong when he stated in the Wirral Globe that Arrowe Park Hospital is not built in Arrowe Park. more...
DUE to time wasters and promised funding that failed to materialise, we find ourselves in the position of having to apologise to the people of Wirral who were behind us in attempts to provide a local radio station based in the Liscard area. more...
GLOBE reader S Goldberg is right to highlight the problems of the new bus shelters going up in parts of Wirral ('Save our money please!', July 25). more...
A PUBLIC meeting was held at Victoria Hall recently to discuss the new Arriva bus schedules, with particular reference to Higher Bebington. more...
HOW will critics of the European Union respond to its success in securing agreement in Bonn for measures to reduce global warming and introduce the Kyoto Protocol? This was undoubtedly an EU triumph. more...
I OBJECT to Conservative Cllr Chris Blakeley's venomous campaign against the proposed housing of homeless young people in the Townmeadow Lane maisonettes in Moreton. more...
I HAVE just read an article about the cost of motoring in the Globe motors section and I have to say I have not had such a good laugh in a long time! more...
I RECENTLY had to take my elderly neighbour to Arrowe Park Hospital's minor injuries department. As an ex-nurse I know the value of prompt and efficient treatment to ease distress. more...
I THINK the steel Pierrot is by far the best idea anyone has come up with for many years because it will remind residents and visitors alike of the attractions New Brighton once had, things like the Tower buildings (gone), Tower grounds (gone), pier (gone), Derby Pool (gone) and New Brighton baths (gone). more...
ITV is making a documentary about tee-nagers and young people in the 1950s and '60s. Did you encounter the generation gap, rebelling against your parents' attitudes to fashion, music and life? Were your first experiences of love the '50s variety or was it in the 'Swinging Sixties'. more...
CAMMELL Laird's Birkenhead and Tyneside yards could be back in business within weeks, following a bid from three former directors. more...
A WIRRAL police officer has been killed in a traffic accident in Birkenhead. more...
WIRRAL Globe is teaming up with the National Blood Service to launch a campaign to save lives by getting more people to give blood. more...
WORK has dried up at Cammell Laird's Birkenhead yard, and another 42 redundancies took effect at the site yesterday (Tuesday). more...
A WOMAN whose kitchen burst into flames after she is believed to have suffered a stroke was rescued by a have-a-go hero on Sunday. more...
MORETON residents have reacted angrily to news that houses are to be built on the Fender Farm site. more...
A DEVOTED daughter who was tending her father's grave on the anniversary of his birthday was suddenly attacked from behind by a stranger who later committed a string of offences. more...
PROPOSED tree work in a conservation area has been branded "systematic butchery" by an arboriculturist hired at a resident's own expense. more...
FLY tippers in Spital are being warned that Wirral Council is watching them! more...
A PAIR of Bromborough bakers who put on their running shoes and joined the London Marathon in April have raised £1,500 for charity. more...
TWO Wirral organisations will benefit from a challenge fund. more...
A PETROL robber struck a public-spirited citizen in the face with the till he had just stolen, Liverpool Crown Court heard. more...
A CHARITY has launched a new mobile phone recycling scheme - with bins available for Wirral people to dump their out-of-date phones and battery chargers. more...
CADETS at 1123 (Hooton Park) Squadron ATC welcomed Mr & Mrs Parkin of Christ the King (Children's Group) in Bromborough, who gave a talk and showed a video of their trip to Lourdes. more...
A FUNDRAISING night has been organised in aid of two brothers with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. more...
SMASHED up bus shelters are, it seems, in fashion again - at least with the mindless idiots who see 'vandal proof' toughened glass as a challenge. Following a report in last week's Globe of the latest attacks on bus shelters, we went out to find out what Wirral people think of these wanton acts of destruction. more...
A WIRRAL firm has been fined thousands of pounds after admitting a smoke pollution charge. more...
FUN loving people in Wirral are being asked to take part in the Dublin Dash for Marie Curie Cancer Care over the weekend of September 21-23. more...
WIRRAL'S first ever modern day Farmers' Market crammed full of fresh vegetables, juicy fruits and creative crafts has gone down a storm. more...
FLORAL displays across Wirral are fighting for the Window Box of the Year title. more...
Wirral Council Leader Steve Foulkes writes exclusively for the Wirral Globe . . . more...
THE Wirral economy remains strong and optimistic, according to a recent study of local businesses. more...
VANDALS have toppled nearly 100 gravestones in an attack on Rake Lane Cemetery in Wallasey. more...
A LEARNING disabilities charity serving Wirral has appointed a new assistant regional director. more...
WALLASEY and Hoylake Jobcentres are being re-developed into two of more than 50 Jobcentre Plus offices being opened nationwide to deliver one-stop employment and benefits advice. more...
WIRRAL kids are invited to join a new club run by children for children. more...
A WIRRAL man who falsely claimed his girlfriend's father had broken into his home and attacked him was jailed last week for three months. more...
SUNDOWNS, a Wirral support group for people with Downs Syndrome and their families, has received a £1550 grant from the National Lottery's Award for All programme. more...
TWO West Kirby Grammar School sixth-form girls are not concerned about loosing their marbles . . . because they can just grow some more. more...
THERE have been some great prizes on offer in Globe competitions lately. more...
WALLASEY and Hoylake Jobcentres are being re-developed into two of more than 50 Jobcentre Plus offices being opened nationwide to deliver one-stop employment and benefits advice. more...
AN application to put up a replacement 18-metre monopole in Market Street, Hoylake, has been submitted to Wirral's planning committee. more...
THREE Wirral police officers are to be commended by Chief Constable Norman Bettison today at a ceremony in Knowsley Hall, Prescot. more...
WIRRAL'S five most deprived wards are to get up to £11.4 million in government cash in an effort to tackle poverty and boost employment. more...
PROTESTERS in Moreton will gather tonight (Wednesday) to show their opposition to a housing plan which, they believe, would see people with drug and alcohol problems move into the vicinity. more...
BIRKENHEAD Citizens' Advice Bureau is looking for volunteers. more...
EVERYTHING in the garden is coming up roses for a group of disabled children in Wirral. more...
MAJOR improvement work to sewers in Heath Road, Bebington, will go on for four weeks. The road will be closed on one side, with temporary traffic lights in use. Delays are expected but the improvements will reduce flood risk. more...
FORMER Cammell Laird workers have been told they are not entitled to money from a pension scheme - because there are no records to show they ever worked at the shipyard. more...
Head teachers should apply for school sports co-ordinators, urges Wirral West MP Stephen Hesford. more...
MORE than 1,000 fundraisers are expected to put on their walking boots for the North West region of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's fifth annual Walk to Cure Diabetes. more...
WIRRAL West MP Stephen Hesford is holding surgeries, beginning with one at Hoylake Library on September 1, 2pm-3pm. more...
MEMBERS of Dawpool W.I. were treated to a visit from Joyce Yates of Liverpool'sBillingtons Unrefined Sugar. more...
WIRRAL'S council tax collection rate is set for a shake-up under a joint initiative announced by Secretary of State Stephen Byers and the local government association. more...
WEST Kirby's station clock has stopped ticking again - and villagers are missing it. more...
A FAMILY affected by a fire which took the lives of a six-year-old boy and his father last April are to receive more than £3,000 to help them make a fresh start. more...
TWEENIE Jake is top guest at the Learning Tree Nursery's summer fayre in Beryl Road, Noctorum, this Saturday. more...
A FLOWER festival blooms at Christ Church, Port Sunlight, from September 18 to 23. The festival, which carries the theme 'God in the Community', will feature a founder's day service at 7.30pm on September 19 in memory of William Hesketh Lever. more...
A WATCHDOG service for all users of postal services has just been launched. more...
TWO Wirral schoolchildren are among the prizes in a rail safety poster competition for Arriva. more...
GARDEN bird lovers in Wirral are being invited to take part in a competition to find the UK's most imaginative bird table. more...
AN extra £3 million has been allocated to Wirral for new neighbourhood nurseries, further nursery education in disadvantaged areas and more provision for training childcare workers. more...
THE 'A' Bridge on Tower Road, Birkenhead, will close for one day on Sunday (August 12) between 8am and 6pm for road surface repairs. more...
The 60th season for the Woolgatherers of Heswall amateur dramatic society ended triumphantly with the society winning awards in both the Leverhulme Festival and the Heswall Festival. more...
THE British Federation of Ferret Welfare holds its barbecue and fun day on Friday, August 24, from 3pm-9pm, at Thurstaston Visitors' Centre. more...
GAP Recruitment has given their employee of the month award to two outstanding men currently working for Onyx, Bromborough. more...
BLIND shoppers are to benefit from a new device to help them distinguish between products. more...
Schools across Merseyside will get added protection from crime this summer, when the police helicopter patrols school grounds under 'Operation School Safe'. more...
WIRRAL came eighth in the North West's Home of the Affluent list, according to research by Barclays Private Clients, the wealth management arm of Barclays. more...
MEMBERS of the Wirral Triumph Appreciation Society had a prize-winning time at the international Triumph show in Stafford. more...
A WOMAN is desperate to have an umbrella of huge sentimental value returned after she lost it in Waterstones bookstore, Grange Road precinct, Birkenhead, on Tuesday just before 10am. more...
MAYOR of Wirral Cllr John Cocker attends an open day for the Deeside Youth Initiative at Kylemore Drive Community Centre, Pensby, today (Wednesday) at 2.30pm. more...
TRANMERE Rovers are once again running Summer soccer schools at Acre Lane, Bromborough, and Borough Road playing fields, Birkenhead. more...
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THE same squad that fell to relegation last season have a point to prove as they start their Nationwide League Division Two crusade for promotion this Saturday at home to Bury (kick-off 3pm). more...
THREE pupils from Wirral took part in the European Catholic Schools' Games in Northern Hungary as part of the British team. more...
THE final 32 of the Ashbourne Homes-sponsored mixed doubles crown green bowling tournament was successfully completed on the Heswall RBL bowling green. more...
FIXTURES - Friday, August 10th (kick-off 6.30pm): Division Two: Castrol Social v Mersey Royal Res. Division Three: Maghull Res v FC Pensby. more...
RESULTS of matches played on Saturday in the Wirral & District Cricket League:- more...
LOCAL cricketers endured a disappointing time on Saturday, the main winner being the rain. Of the local side, only Parkfield managed a victory - but it was an important one as it took them to the top of the Bromborough Paints Merseyside Competition Division Two. more...
GOLFER Paul Waring, of Bromborough, was one of four new caps in the England Boys' squad for the Home Internationals played at Leeds. more...
LEASOWE Golf Club has nominated the Multiple Sclerosis Support Centre to be the beneficiary of the fundraising activities during the captaincy of Peter Scott. more...
POP star Robbie Williams has played a major part in depriving the Merseyside Nighthawks of a place in the national play-offs. more...
PAST goals and glories will be re-lived when old boys of Renbad football team stage a re-union. more...
WITH so many changes at Reeds Lane in the close season, and on the back of the Lions' Australian tour, Wirral's principal rugby club, New Brighton, are planning some fireworks of their own to launch the new season with a Mardi Gras Party Preview Weekend for fans to come and see the new squad. more...
MANY of Wirral's rugby clubs will be in action in the Thwaites Cheshire Rugby Union Cup when preliminary round matches are played the first weekend in September. more...
WEST Kirby Sailing Club enjoyed a memorable Centenary Regatta at Beaumaris during the Menai Straits Fortnight, after an initial fear over the wind. more...
A PAIR of Wirral sailors tipped as stars of the future are taking to the seas in a bid to win a prestigious title. more...
TABLE Tennis players from Wirral have stormed to victory in the 10th North West Youth Cup. more...
THORNDALE Tennis Club's open day was a huge success, attracting more than 200 people.The club is holding summer courses for children aged six to 16 throughout the summer. Contact head coach Phil Wood on 0771 551 3340. more...
WOODHAY Athletic Football Club want experienced players for their Birkenhead Sunday League team. Anyone over the age of 21 who plays in any position and is looking for a team to play for should ring Nick on 334-7797. more...
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