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Stories for 8 June 2005

Birkenhead News

FINAL BLOW FOR HOSPITAL WARDS

By Geoff Barnes and Justin Dunn  more...

Snooker spook!

By Catherine Lawler  more...

Culture festival call off

BIRKENHEAD's festival of music and culture has been scrapped this year after organisers failed to secure funding for the event.  more...

Child's grave 'desecrated'

A WIRRAL couple claim their son's final resting place was 'desecrated' by cemetery staff shortly after a directive was issued banning the use of decorative stones at the graveside - writes Craig Manning.  more...

Controversial care home is up for sale

Exclusive by Justin Dunn  more...

Wirral's Top Ten Horror Highways

By Justin Dunn  more...

Confrontation

HERITAGE group claims that only four per cent of New Brighton people support a £70m seafront regeneration plan has triggered a furious outcry in the resort.  more...

Toby is this year's Pet Idol!

TOBY, a golden retriever from Moreton, has been voted this year's Pet Idol.  more...

Decision date for cross-river MP

WALLASEY people will know next week whether or not they are to be linked Parliamentary-wise with the Liverpool city wards of Kirkdale and Everton.   more...

Two arrested after armed siege

TWO men were arrested and placed in custody after armed police surr-ounded a house in Birkenhead on Saturday.  more...

Open will not be 'Holy Grail'

THE NUMBER of Hoylake houses being sold has slumped by a staggering 90 per cent - despite hopes that the town would become a property hotspot on the back of next year's Open Golf competition.  more...

School goes smoke free

FROM this week Bebington High Sports College is now a smoke-free school.   more...

Last chance for Dee tickets

THERE is now just over a week to go before the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra bursts into life at a third major open-air concert to be staged on Wirral.   more...

Hay! Who made this mess?

HUNDREDS of bales of hay have mysteriously appeared on Heswall beach creating possible health risks to local wildlife, writes Justin Dunn.  more...

Cammell Laird camel

A SHIPYARD veteran who recalls the days when Cammell Laird was throbbing with 18,000 workers, still cherishes a unique keepsake of those heady days.  more...

ERIC calls plummet

THERE are fears Wirral could be hit by a fly-tipping blitz as a result of charges being imposed for the collection of unwanted bulky household items.   more...

Putting pride in Wirral

A PRENTON-based home security and improvement company offering services to the elderly and disabled now has plans to broaden its links with the community.  more...

Cost-cuttingh closure ward has to reopen

AN ARROWE Park Hospital ward closed down just 16 days ago because health chiefs insisted it was no longer needed was hurriedly reopened at the weekend when they ran out of beds.  more...

  
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