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Stories for 11 March 1998

Wirral Letters

Man's 'savage attack' left baby with teeth marks on her bottom

From "Concerned Grandparent and husband":- more...

Raby Hall's concern and sympathy

From G.K. Benson O.B.E., Chairman, Wirral Autistic Society:- more...

Aggressive driver should be ashamed of himself

From "Disgusted":- more...

How to cure this dog mess blight

From "E.N.":- more...

Old pal plea

From Colin Boulton (ex-Coach House Restaurant, Newcastle, Staffs.):- more...

Young lads were Good Samaritans

From M.B.K:- more...

Wirral Motoring

ALFA 156 WINS BEST COMPACT EXECUTIVE

THE WIDELY acclaimed new Alfa Romeo 156, European Car of the Year 1998, has won another award, replacing the long-standing Audi A4 as Best Compact Executive Car in What Car? magazine's latest Car of the Year Awards. more...

AMERICAN DREAMS AT CUBBIN & NORTH

CHRYSLER Jeep put their dealer personnel through rigorous training procedures throughout each year, which involves courses and tests both away from and within the dealership. more...

NEW ASTRA SLASHES INSURANCE COSTS FOR END OF MONTH LAUNCH

DRIVERS who choose an all-new Vauxhall Astra when the car goes on sale on March 27, will get an extra financial boost. more...

COLOURING COMPETITION DRAWS IN BUMPER ENTRY

WINNERS of the Wirral Globe Colouring competition, which was sponsored by Wirral Volvo dealer, Drayton Motors have just been announced. more...

DC COOK NEW SIGNING

D.C COOK Motorsport are delighted to announce that Norwegian Tommy Rustad will pilot the team's 1997 specification Renault Laguna in the forth- coming Auto Trader RAC Touring Car Championship. more...

EASTER EGG RUN

THOUSANDS of bikers in fancy dress will be taking part in the annual Easter Egg run from New Brighton to Wirral Hospital early next month. more...

MG RACING COMING TO OULTO PARK

MG cars announce this new 'Spyder' car built around the MGF sportscar available from Windsors of Wallasey. more...

BIG DAY FOR SMALL CAR

WIRRAL hosts a big day for a little car on Sunday, March 15. Hundreds of Minicars will arrive at Hooton Park, near Eastham, for a Mini festival indoors and out. A spokesman for The Self Preservation Society Mini Club expects up to 1,000 cars to arrive. Admission £3.50, with Mini theme stands including Mr Bean. more...

Armarda Plate recognition

MITCHELL Mitsubishi have just been awarded the Armarda Plate. more...

MITSUBISHI ENGINE WINS GENEVA AWARD

MITSUBISHI Motors' unique GDI gasoline direct injection petrol engine was awarded the first ever Best Technical Innovation Award, at a special awards ceremony as part of the Geneva International Motor Show, hosted by the Auto Europe Group of motoring magazines. more...

MOUNT ROAD MOTOR COMPANY CELEBRATE THIRD BIRTHDAY

MOUNT Road Motor Company is celebrating its third birthday. Since opening its doors three years ago in New Brighton, Mount Road Motor Company has gone from strength to strength with some truly outstanding vehicles on show. more...

DRIVE SAFELY!

OULTON Park race track, Cheshire, hosts an Audi Quattro driving experience on April 3, then June 24. Each session costs £395 including overnight stay in a Nantwich Hotel. Contact Lancaster Audi, Liverpool. more...

VAUXHALL's all new Astra kit car comes to Wirral later this month for the Vauxhall Rally of Wales. T

This year's rally starts at New Brighton on Friday. March 20, for the promenade stages. The first prom stage is at 1.30 pm and the cars return that evening to Bromborough. more...

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A ROVER

ROVER'S 211 hatchbacks, that arrive in the showrooms this week, had the misfortune to be officially unveiled at the London Motor Show where they didn't quite receive the exposure they deserved. more...

Heralding a Saint!

WHEN does a Saint become a sinner? asked Globe motoring editor Robin Bird. And the answer is: when he moved the Saint's car from Wirral Transport Museum, Pacific Road, Birkenhead more...

SCOOTER THAT THINKS IT'S A BIKE

FOLLOWING the successful introduction of the 50cc Gilera Runner in the Summer of 1997, Piaggio are bringing in new 125cc and 180cc engine versions. more...

SUBARU LAUNCHES MANUAL LEGACY

SUBARU has finally given in to customer demand with the introduction of manual transmission versions of its highly successful Outback and Legacy 4Cam 2.5 AWD range. more...

NEW SUZUKI BALENO - UNIQUE AND EXCLUSIVE

SUZUKI has introduced an all new Special Edition of its top of the range Baleno GLX 1.6 litre four-door saloon. more...

CAN'T GIVE UP, WON'T GIVE UP SAY UK DRIVERS

IF PETROL reached £5 per gallon (£1.10 per litre) a quarter of British motorists say they would be forced to give up their cars. more...

Wirral News

YOU ARE 'NIKKED'

Police nab hundreds in special cop more...

Tributes to 'Aunty' Dorothy

COMEDIAN Ken Dodd has joined show business personalities paying tribute to Dorothy Trafford, BEM. more...

FAMILIES IN FEAR OF PLANS

LIB DEM councillors Phil Gilchrist and Tom Harney last night had the confidential tag taken off a report into the chemical spillage at GATX, Eastham. The Eastham councillors think last week's story in the Globe, helped the 'exempt information' order to be lifted from Item 27, Chemical Spillage Eastham - on the agenda of the enviromental health committee as item 27. more...

Around Bebington and Bromborough

OWNERS of a house in Bebington have found out to their horror that their new home has a red light background. It was busted in 1997 for being a brothel. Now a family has moved in to Brookside Cottage, Clatterbridge Road. They are being pestered by callers still thinking it is a brothel. more...

Down your way

A MOTOR cyclist who reached 100mph when followed by the police was bailed until April 4 for sentence by Wirral magistrates. more...

SAND - SHORE WISH YOU WERE HERE!

HOYLAKE and West Kirby has too much of it. New Brighton not enough. Councillors this week grit their teeth over the problem of sand levels at Hoylake and West Kirby seafronts which spill onto the promenades causing problems for motorists and residents. more...

Residents back home

LIFE is getting back to normal in Oxton after homes were evacuated because of a dangerous steeple at Christchurch. Homes nearby had been evacuated for a week but the steeple has now been made safe and repairs continue. more...

Barclays closes branches

BARCLAYS Bank is closing its branches in New Brighton, Wallasey Village and West Kirby. more...

West Kirby's own TV critic

EIGHTEEN year-old Mark Bowness, of West Kirby, has been asked to become a member of the event team for the second world summit on television for children, held in London this week. more...

Move to beat M53 J4 jams

TRAFFIC lights are to be installed on one of Wirral's busiest roundabouts at Junction 4 of the M53 at Clatterbridge to reduce accidents and queuing problems on the motorway slip roads. more...

Take a second and stop a scald, says MP

WIRRAL WEST MP Stephen Hesford has urged parents to take a few moments to read new home safety leaflets launched by the DTI in an attempt to reduce the level of burns and scalds suffered by children each year - the same amount of time it would take for a young child to be scarred by a pot of hot water. more...

No messing!

DOG owner with his pet boxer allows the animal to do its dirt in Brighton Street, near Wallasey Town Hall, as children go to school and motorists go to work. more...

Bus driver's 'keep out of Heswall' ban

BUS driver Anthony John Davies, 50, of Belgrave Street, Wallasey, has been sent for Crown Court trial by Wirral magistrates. more...

All the fun of the fair!

PRENTON High School for Girls held an industry fair for 40 local and national companies including Midland Bank, The Royal Navy, The Royal Airforce, Marks & Spencer, The Inland Revenue, Royal Insurance, The Army and Vauxhall Motors. more...

Heart of Gold fund tops £5,000

WIRRAL couple Dafydd and Audrey Hughes-Jones, of Eastham, continue to raise money for Arrowe Park Hospital intensive treatment unit in memory of daughter Kerry, killed in a car crash at Bromborough on May 25 last year. more...

Bomb hoaxer

WIRRAL magistrates sent a 23-year-old man to the Crown Court for sentencing. David John Frederick of Martins Lane, Wallasey, was bailed to a date to be fixed. more...

Exciting speakers at Guild

MORETON Afternoon Townswomen's Guild is looking forward to a variety of speakers during the coming month. more...

Council fight to save heaths

CHESHIRE'S shrinking heathlands - and the fight to save them - is at the forefront of the county's countryside management policy. more...

Sale of Hoylake Town Hall

SALE of Hoylake Town Hall, plus a report on Brynmore, Hoylake, are two items marked 'exempt' not for publication in next week's agenda of Wirral property services committee. more...

What a week!

Wirral Council leader Dave Jackson (Labour) writes his exclusive column for the Wirral Globe: more...

Deaf man jailed for sex assaults on young girls

Defendant, 45, a 'grave risk to children' more...

Attempted murder charge

MICHAEL Kipling, 25, of Trinity Road, Hoylake, faced Wirral Magistrates charged with the attempted murder of 23-year-old Mark James White at an address in Market Street, Hoylake on February 23. He was remanded in custody for seven days. There was no application for bail and reporting restrictions were not lifted. Christopher Murphy who represented Kipling said he did not accept the charge as it stood. more...

Tears of driver who hurled boy to his death

A WIRRAL motorist whose car struck a 14-year-old schoolboy, hurling him 30 feet over a road barrier to his death, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court last week. more...

Save library petition

PETITION to save Thingwall Library from closure will be presented to the next meeting of Wirral Leisure Services Committee on Tuesday, March 17. more...

Jackpot win means a romantic holiday!

A CRUEL financial blow nearly 14 years ago forced Barbara and Peter Epstein to miss out on celebrations to mark their silver and pearl wedding anniversaries . . . more...

Have your say on the Mersey

CHESHIRE County Council is urging local people to contribute to a major environmental plan for the River Mersey. more...

Around Heswall & Neston

A FUN Casino Evening is being held by Neston High School Parent Teachers' Association on March 21, starting at 8pm, at the school in Raby Park Road. more...

Wirral man has nuclear power

WIRRAL-born Laurence Williams has been appointed as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of nuclear installations. more...

CALL FOR DRIVERS

VOLUNTEER drivers are needed in Pensby, Irby, Thingwall, Heswall, Barnston, Gayton and Thurstaston to provide transport for medical appointments or shopping trips. The scheme aims to help people feel less isolated and lonely, without taking away their independence. more...

Around your Bebington and Bromborough

ON MONDAY, March 16, the guest speaker at Port Sunlight Women's Institute will be Mr Stephen Burgess who will be talking about herbal remedies and covering a variety of complaints. more...

Gladiators beware!

WHO'S afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Not Mark Critchley, Karl Mullins or Louise Sharps at the Village, Bromborough. more...

Fay swaps dance routine for beauty routine

FORTY years ago, Wirral's own Tiller Girl Fay Robins was stepping out to star with Bruce Forsyth on perhaps the most memorable variety show of all time, 'Sunday Night at the London Palladium'. more...

Funds needed to raise submarine Resurgam

HOPES of raising Britain's first mechanical submarine - the Birkenhead-built Resurgam - look like being scuttled because of a lack of funding. more...

Officer praised for saving life

A BIRKENHEAD police officer has won praise for saving a man's life after he collapsed in a town centre restaurant. more...

'Quiet please' Tesco on Sunday morning

TESCO Superstore, Heswall, is putting up an acoustic fence to keep noise down on Sunday openings. more...

Teenage 'thugs' jailed after train robberies

TWO teenage 'thugs' who robbed passengers on the Wirral Line in a three-week reign of terror were imprisoned for a total of ten-and-a-half years. more...

Ombudsman's ruling on tree

A RESIDENT in South Drive, Heswall, complained to the Local Government Ombudsman over a preservation order on a tree on their garden boundary. more...

MP's praise for Victim Support

ANDREW MILLER, MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston, congratulated the charity Victim Support for its sterling work in supporting victims of crime. more...

Two more 'hearts of gold' put forward for top award

A WOMAN who voluntarily gives of her time to give invaluable support to cancer patients, and who still then finds the energy to support the bereaved, has been nominated for this year's Wirral Volunteer of the Year Award. more...

Plans for West Kirby

PLANS for 10 flats and four loft apartments, with parking have just been lodged with Wirral Council. The location is Park Hotel, Westbourne Road, West Kirby. more...

CHEMISTS' ROTA

THESE chemists will be on duty on Sunday (March 15):- Birkenhead:- ABC Ltd, 88-90 Argyle Street (12.30-7.30pm); Woodchurch:- Chanins Pharmacy, 9 Hoole Road (10am-12noon); Bebington:- Chanins Pharmacy, 16 Cross Lane (11am-1pm); Irby:- R.A.Davies, 47 Thingwall Road (11am-12.30pm); Moreton:- Lloyds Chemist, 205-207 Hoylake Road (10am-5pm); Wallasey:- J. & V. McNay, 95 Wallasey Village (11am-1pm); West Kirby: Safeways Pharmacy, Dee Lane (11am-2pm). more...

The Mobility Component

THIS popular weekly column deals with welfare rights issues of interest to people living in Wirral. more...

Wirral Sport

SAME AGAIN, LADS!

FOLLOWING on from their vital 1-0 victory at Port Vale last Wednesday, relegation-threatened Tranmere Rovers must show the same level of commitment as they face another equally difficult trip this Saturday (March 14) - to struggling Huddersfield Town's McAlpine Stadium (3pm). more...

WIN ROVERS' HOME KIT!

THERE has been an absolutely tremendous response to last week's Globe Sport competition to win a Tranmere Rovers away kit - and today we have another fantastic prize to give away! more...

WIN PAIR OF TICKETS FOR BRADFORD MATCH!

GLOBE SPORT has two pairs of tickets to be won for Tranmere Rovers' Nationwide League Division One home match against Bradford City on Saturday, March 21. more...

Happy Birthday to these Prenton Pups!

CELEBRATING their birthdays this week are the following members of the Prenton Pups, Tranmere Rovers' official youngsters' club which is sponsored by the Wirral Globe:- more...

Polish star: I will repay Aldo's faith

TRANMERE'S new loan star, Dariusz Kubicki, is determined to help Tranmere in their quest to stave off the threat of relegation from the Nationwide League Division One. more...

NATIONAL LEAGUE STATUS BECKONS BLUES!

WITH leaders Doncaster losing at home to Middlesbrough on Saturday, New Brighton's hopes of promotion to the National League next season rest in their own hands. more...

New Brighton recover to strengthen title chances

New Brighton . . . . . . . . 21pts, Stockton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9pts more...

Oldershaw's tough cup challenge

RUGBY UNION REPORT by Andrew Stratton more...

Wirral youngsters eye Festival success

WIRRAL Rugby Club, based at the Memorial Ground, Thornton Common Road, Clatterbridge, host the Under-12s Cheshire Rugby Festival on Sunday (March 15). more...

Lost shoe robs Mark of his big chance

MUD robbed St Anselm's Mark Watson of gaining an international vest at the English Schools' Cross Country Championships at Cheltenham! more...

Rory becomes U-13 champion

RORY Smith, of Wirral AC, became Under-13 Boys' Champion when the Inter Counties Cross Country event was held in conjunction with World Championship trials in Cardiff. more...

Wirral schools win cross country titles

TWO WIRRAL schools' season-long domination of the Merseyside Boys' Cross Country League continued in the final event, held at Arrowe Park, with St Anselm's and Calday Grammar sharing the age group league titles. more...

Race walkers make debut

RACE walking is a new event being tried by some of the younger athletes at Wirral AC and two of them competed at a Young Athletes Grand Prix at Leamington Spa. In their first ever competition, over a distance of 2km, Lisa Taylor (Under-13) came 16th in the Under-15 Girls' event, while Craig Swarbrick was sixth in the Under-15 Boys' race. more...

BEBINGTON & DISTRICT DARTS LEAGUE

RESULTS: more...

VICS MOVE EVERCLOSER TO AGRAND SLAM

CARLSBERG WEST CHESHIRE LEAGUE REPORT by Ray Condliffe more...

Birkenhead Saturday Soccer League

FIXTURES: more...

South Wirral Soccer League

FIXTURES: more...

Houlihan's Birkenhead Sunday Soccer League

FIXTURES: more...

Wirral Sunday Soccer League

FIXTURES: more...

Wallasey & District Sunday Soccer League

FIXTURES: more...

Eastham Sunday Junior Soccer League

FIXTURES: more...

Wirral (Tuesday) Pool League

FIXTURES: more...

Let's hear from you!

BIRKENHEAD & Wirral Football League are taking applications for the 1998-99 season. If your team is interested in playing Saturday football on the Wirral, telephone League Secretary Joe Rooney on 606-9935. more...

Wallasey swimmers celebrate

MEMBERS of Wallasey Swimming Club are celebrating after being crowned champions of Wirral! more...

Sailors' 'pleasant' day out

LIVERPOOL Yacht Club raced over a Mersey Estuary course of about 40 miles on Sunday with the light wind increasing to make pleasant competition for the early risers. David Lee in Wave Sweeper took the CHS section, while Doug McGarvie had Argo in pole position in the LBSA group. more...

Sam really is a golden boys!

A 12-year-old disabled Wirral schoolboy has won TEN gold medals at a national swimming championships. more...

Wirral Table Tennis League

RESULTS:- more...

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