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Stories for 30 November 2005

Birkenhead News

Final curtain falls on cross-river MP idea

by Geoff Barnes  more...

YOU MADE THEM THINK AGAIN: Tunnel tolls should be cut now tram scheme has been axed - MP

THE PLAN to use Mersey Tunnels tolls cash to pay for Liverpool's tram system lies in tatters this week.  more...

Brothers killed in car crash

by Geoff Barnes  more...

BBC a bit slow on the uptake!

THE BBC uncovered what it called a systematic failure within the unemployment benefits system last week. . . three months after it was revealed in the Globe.  more...

Globe reporter says: I'd firewalk again!

by Craig (man on a burning path) Manning  more...

Store Wars 1: Co-op 'trying to ruin my business'

by Justin Dunn  more...

Store Wars 2: Council probes claims that Tesco shop is breaking planning rules

by Craig Manning  more...

Jack is the Globe's Bonniest Baby!

THREE boys won the Globe's Bonniest Baby competition this year, and with almost 9,000 votes in total, the contest has been a huge success.  more...

My dying friend deserves more respect than this

Exclusive by Frances Earlam  more...

Disc parking could be over

DISC-parking in Birkenhead - operated in the town since 1968 - could soon be scrapped to make way for pay-and-display schemes designed to bring in £170,000 a year for the local authority.  more...

Call for witnesses after fatal crashes

by Simon Hughes  more...

Standing up to bullies

PUPILS at a Prenton primary school have shown they will stand up to bullies by tying blue ribbons onto their school fence.  more...

Wardens can't wait five minutes

BUREAUCRATS have devised a new way to squeeze cash out of Wirral motorists - by reducing the waiting time drivers are allowed on single and double yellow lines.  more...

Appeal against drink ruling

RESIDENTS in a quiet Wirral village have lodged an appeal after a family pub was granted a licence to extend its opening hours.  more...

Winter closures planned for park

A SECTION of Birkenhead Park will close each weekday this winter while work continues on an £11m regeneration project.  more...

Spitting mad motorists will end up in the dock

by Geoff Barnes  more...

  
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