Wirral | Archive | 2005 | October
RUGGED blonde actor Daniel Craig helped focus worldwideattention on Wirral this week after being chosen as the sixth James Bond. more...
The mother of the latest heart throb to play James Bond has told the Globe exclusively how she packed him off to a London drama school. more...
PLANS to open a piano bar in Wallasey Village have hit a discordant note with nearby residents. more...
ENFORCEMENT action is to be taken against traders who sell goods illegally at Wirral's roadsides. more...
HOW TIMES have changed. more...
THE key traffic route of Meols Drive will remain open for the duration of next year's Open Golf Championship at Hoylake's Royal Liverpool golf links. more...
Calls have been made for the immediate removal of a disused jetty in Rock Ferry where an apprentice lagger fell to his death from a crane. more...
OLIVER Twist's most loveable rogue the Artful Dodger was in Birkenhead on Saturday trying to pick a pocket or two and raise awareness about keeping your valuables safe. more...
More than 50 dog walkers and their faithful canine companions turned up at Birkenhead Park for a special walk in aid of the Globe Jellybean appeal on Sunday afternoon. more...
A RALLYING call for Wirral communities to demonstrate civic pride in the peninsula in the run-up to the Open Golf Championship, has been made by veteran councillor Phil Gilchrist. more...
NESTON is to get a £1m make-over thanks to a cash injection by a government body. more...
FLY-TIPPERS caught in a local authority clampdown have been punished with heft fines by the courts. more...
THE clampdown on new residential development in West Wirral is to be extensively widened to take in parts of Bebington, Bromborough, Eastham and Spital. more...
A PENSBY woman was treated as a Hollywood VIP by friends and family on Saturday as they celebrated her 100th birthday. more...
SHOCK horror! Heswall has finally been knocked off its perch as the place with the most millionaires on Merseyside - by a commuter belt village over the water... more...
WIRRAL West MP Stephen Hesford has joined forces with fellow parliamentarians urging women to show their breasts some TLC. more...
WIRRAL's Liberal Democrats are putting pressure on local MPs urging them to oppose the proposed 24-hour drinking laws due to come into force next month. more...
A GAMBLING addict who conned his own mother out of almost £17,000 savings by pretending debtors were holding him prisoner has been jailed for 18 months. more...
AS Owen Brown's Motormen prepare for Saturday's big fourth and final qualifying round FA Cup tie away at Conference North rivals Hednesford, Vauxhall youngsters followed suit by winning their second qualifier in the FA Youth Cup against Goole AFC on Sunday at Rivacre Park. more...
CAMMELL Laird's FA Cup dream is over . . . more...
WIRRAL Sunday League Premier Division strugglers Old House at last had cause for celebration, after an inspired performance from three-goal hero Terry Evans paved the way for a crushing 6-2 victory over Bebington Athletic in a Pyke Sunday Cup first round tie (writes Rob James). more...
Rugby round-up with Andrew Stratton more...
BIRKENHEAD Park Wanderers moved into the Halbro Cup third round with a hard fought 23-8 victory at Wilmslow. more...
A BUDDING young Wirral skater has taken first place in the Ladies' Beginner Level of the Welsh Ice-Skating Championships. Louise Dobbing, aged nine, from Irby, has been skating for 13 months and performed to a piece of music from 'River Dance'. Louise, who attends Irby Primary School is also a member of Deeside Ice-Skating Club, and is coached by Penny Hebden. more...
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