AFTER taking the helm of Tranmere Rovers in the Summer, manager Dave Watson has finally brought in some new blood that will give him more options in midfield. Rovers' first signing last week was Jason Price on a free transfer from Brentford. The 24-year-old
I AM astounded by the attitude of Merseytravel chairman Mark Dowd (Globe, October 24) in criticising Ben Chapman and Andrew Miller over their stance on Mersey tunnels. In the democratic country in which we live, both the Members of Parliament are speaking
THE English no longer exist, according to the European Commission's publication of maps of the United Kingdom. They show Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, but not England as an entity or country. Instead, it shows where England used to be - from Northumbria
THE teaching profession is losing thousands of its members, mainly due to the effects of unruly pupils. I am surprised that the obvious solution has not been implemented, namely to allow teachers to wield the cane, as my teachers did 70 years ago. The
I WOULD like to say a big thank you to Beverley Lamb, of Woodchurch. She has made me realise how, even when you're at a low point in life, someone restores your faith. Two years ago, I lost my mum to a brain haemorrhage. Last year, my brother committed
rape charge Jury dumps rape charge A Wirral man accused of rape has been cleared by a Liverpool Crown Court jury. Dominic Cullen, who strenuously denied the charge, was discharged from the dock last Tuesday. It was alleged that 32-year-old Mr Cullen had
WIRRAL'S tourism industry celebrated the peninsula's first ever Tourism Awards for Excellence at the Pacific Road Arts and Exhibition Centre. Finalists, who were nominated by the public for their exceptional customer service, were announced by compere
LEASOWE residents are being left 'high and dry' by a Wirral council decision to axe catering at their local leisure centre, claims a local councillor. The move aims to save £25,000 a year that is being lost by the catering at Leasowe Recreation Centre
Community bobbies in Wallasey will be 'on parade' to meet the public when the area's police and community forum holds an informal open meeting at Riverside Primary School, Brighton Street, Wallasey, at 7.30pm tonight (Wednesday). Anyone can go along to
THREE Wirral schools have been recognised for their commitment to teaching the arts. South Wirral High, the Oldershaw School and Weatherhead High have all received 'Artsmark' awards from the North West Arts Board. The prize aims to reward schools across
CHRISTMAS 'angels' are needed at an advice centre for victims of domestic violence. The Zero Centre, Laird Street, Birkenhead, offers women and children a way out of abuse and aims to ensure they never become victims again. Since it opened three years
AFTER 36 years working in local government, Cllr Gordon Paterson is retiring at the age of 85. Mr Paterson, pictured left, has represented Liscard ward on Wirral Borough Council for the past 16 years. Previously he worked for the people of Moreton in
A winter 'Green Fair' is being held by Wirral Green Alliance at Manor Trust Building, 79 Gorsey Lane, Wallasey, next Saturday, November 24, from noon to 4.30pm. AN NSPCC Christmas evening of flowers and music will be held next Wednesday, November 21,
The ultimate evening of 70s comedy classics arrives at Liverpool Phil on November 27, when five funny men join forces for a night of stand-up and sketches in Make 'em Laugh. Frank Carson, Duncan Norvelle, Norman Collier, Jimmy Cricket and Paul Adams -
Three Wirral MPs now have exclusive columns on the Wirral Globe website. Wirral West MP Stephen Hesford, Wirral South MP Ben Chapman and Wallasey MP Angela Eagle all now write regularly on www.thisiswirral.co.uk. Log on to the site and follow the links
THE waterfront path through the Twelve Quays' Ferry development will not be added to Wirral's definitive map of rights of way, a licensing committee meeting ruled on Monday. The Ramblers' Association, other conservation groups and the public gathered
Wallasey Citizens' Advice Bureau is backing a nationwide 'keep debt under control' campaign which was launched on Monday - joining forces with the Office of Fair Trading to warn local people that while obtaining credit is becoming increasingly easy, escaping
A Birkenhead man who was caught with £1,000 worth of cocaine in his car has been jailed for five years. Thomas McDonald, aged 36, of Chestnut Grove, claimed he had bought the drugs for £450 for his own use but a Liverpool Crown Court jury took just 20
Ambulance crews in Wirral have been thanked for their hard work after new figures showing that performance in the Wirral Health Authority area has continued to exceed national targets. In September, staff in the emergency paramedic service arrived at
ABANDONED cars are being removed from the streets of Wirral at a rate of almost three a day, it has been revealed. Newly released figures show that around 1,000 dumped cars had to be taken away by council officials last year. The cost to the council tax
RESULTS - Saturday, November 10: Division One: Ashville 0, Mersey Royal 2; General Chemicals 2, Christleton 1; Heswall 2, Newton 1; Mond Rgrs 0, Shell 2; Poulton Victoria 4, Maghull 1; Vauxhall Res 2, Stork 2. Division Two: Blacon YC 3, Poulton Victoria
RESULTS - Saturday, November 10: Bill Johnson Memorial Bowl (1st Rd): Pavilions 3, North Star 4. Robin Hodgson Division: Tricorn 2, Tudor Rose 1; Vanser FC 1, Mersey Ferries 3. Concorde Trophies Division: Black Horse Hornets 2, Vanser FC Res 4; Bronze
RESULTS - Sunday, November 11: Premier Division: Kel 2, Stiles 1; Pelican 2, Archer's Social 2; Rock Ferry Abbey Social 2, Dock 7; Ship Inn 3, Comet 2. Division One: Graylands Yth 5, Rangers Breaks 1; FC Prenton 4, Shellbourne & Evans 2; Royal Sun
RESULTS - Sunday, November 11: Under-11 Division Cup: Olympic 3, New Brighton Saints Rovers 5; Upton 4, New Brighton Saints Rangers 0; Olympic Colts 5, Wirral Panthers 2; Wanderers Utd 6, Poulton Ath 1; Glenavon Eagles 6, Victoria Colts 1. Under-11 Division
MEMBERS of Wirral Taekwondo Club are celebrating after picking up an assortment of awards at two competitions. Richard Jones and Amy Truesdale came away with gold medals from the North Midlands Open Championships, where a silver and a bronze medal were
But it did not stop St John's from going out of the cup - they lost 3-6 to St Joseph's Centre. Other results:- Division One Cup: Great Eastern 4, Bebington Liberal Club 5; Merseybus 7, Archers 2; New Southend SC 5, Eastham Home Guard 4. Division Two Cup
THE Blue Birds - New Brighton women's rugby team - have suffered a set-back to their promotion hopes. They were beaten 31-0 at Leigh and now need to re-group in time for their next outing, at home against Manchester..
A GOAL by Mike Williams kept Parkfield BA top of the Birkenhead & Wirral AF League, on Saturday. He hit the winner in a 2-1 win at FC Pensby that keeps Parkfield one point clear of the two teams in second place, Abbotsford and FC Clipper. It was a
OLDERSHAW were edged out 11-17 by Wilmslow in a tight South Lancashire/Cheshire One clash at Belvidere. The visitors achieved two tries through missed tackles, but Oldershaw were always in touch in a game which could have gone either way. Mark Sopp crossed
WALLASEY and District Sunday Football League hopes for this year's Wirral FA Amateur Cup are now riding on four teams only. Boot Inn pulled out an impressive 6-1 victory over Bull Wanderers that included a stylish hat-trick from Rob Andrews, while Mally
Queens Park Rangers . . . . 1, Tranmere Rovers . . . . 2 THE return of Clint Hill to Tranmere Rovers' senior squad marked a convincing defensive performance at Loftus Road on Saturday. QPR found it hard to break through Rovers back four with central defender
IT HAS been suggested by certain homosexuals that you should censor letters. In our country, we are blessed with being allowed to express our views openly and without fear. Therefore, please continue to publish our letters. Regarding homosexuals, let
THE issue of road safety in Wirral was the subject of debate at a recent public meeting at Thornton Hough attended by a good cross section of the community, including our local MP and councillors. A significant factor raised by many was the speed of vehicles
I'M compiling a family tree and I am looking for any surviving ancestors of Robert Roberts, born 1840, and Hannah Roberts (nee Hughes, 1844). Their children were Sarah Roberts (born 1873), David Roberts (1875), Robert Roberts (1877), John Henry Roberts
I READ L. Spencer's letter headlined "Labour is losing the electorate's goodwill" (Globe, October 24) with interest. In general, I found his points well made and the statistics enlightening. Unfortunately, there was no solution offered, apart from the
WHILE there is no doubt Wirral Council Leader Steve Foulkes' heart is in the right place, I can not get my head around his desire to have Wirral as a designated 'City'. A city is largely urban with a city centre at its heart and a sense of identity. Wirral
WHILE in agreement with many about irresponsible dog owners not cleaning up their own dog's mess, I would like to complain about cats and their mess. I am a responsible dog owner with a family and keep my own dogs (who have their own area) out of my garden
GREASBY Junior School, Mill Lane, celebrates its 50th anniversary next July. I ask former pupils who have photographs of their time at the school, particularly class photos, to contact me on 678-7496. Chris Elston, Coleman Drive.
I WRITE on two points. The first is my opposition to the parade at the Cenotaph in London. In earlier times, I was sympathetic to it as I thought of the horrors of the First World War. Indeed, my thought of those who died was almost to the exclusion of
A MAJOR campaign has been launched to reduce the £1 million a year cost to Wirral health services of returned unused prescription medication. Locals are being asked to reduce the vast amount of waste so more money can be spent on patient care. The savings
Crossway Residents' Association is inviting people to the re-opening of the community house at 50 Collins Road, Birkenhead, tomorrow (Thursday) when a buffet and refreshments will be available from 10am until 3pm and again from 7pm to 8.30pm.
AFTER 62 years of sharing their lives through letters and phone calls across the Atlantic Ocean, two pen friends recently came face to face. When she was just 12, Girl Guide Winnie Jones, from Eastham, started writing to Girl Scout Mary Creger, aged nine
Learners in Wirral can find out all they need to know on a government-funded website holding the best educational resources on the 'net. Pages on the National Grid for Learning - www.ngfl.gov.uk - cover the best learning-related web sites in each region
A DRUG strategy that sets out how Merseyside police will tackle drug misuse was officially launched on Friday. It focuses on reducing the crime associated with drugs and cutting the harm they cause to people by reducing access to drugs among under 25-
A SUICIDE verdict has been recorded on the death of a doctor whose body was found spiked with three hypodermic needles in a hospital on-call room. An inquest heard that German-born Dr Jens Klaus Plombom died from an overdose of anaesthetic agents at Arrowe
THE next auditions for Wirral's unique Search for a Star competition - which offers a prize chance of appearing at next summer,s Liscard Alive music festival - will be held on Saturday, December 8. Heats will run monthly until next April, with three winners
The BBC wants to hear from any Wirral people who have 'footage' of the Queen from 1950s cine-film to modern video tape which might be used in the making of an hour-long programme being prepared for her Golden Jubilee next year. To help, contact the People's
The Wirral-based Women's Business Network - it supports the creation of new business networks for North West women - has made two new appointments. Former business advisor Ruth Livesey has been appointed as Network Co-ordinator, while Catherine Cain becomes
Pensby author and teacher Carole Leah is backing a new project called Diamond Books, which aims to teach children to read by using the Bible. The first set of eight books on Creation are now available from the Christian Bookshop and Albistons Bookshop
A NEW series of plain English guides for cancer patients and avoid the use of complex clinical jargon have won widespread praise for Wirral's Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology. In addition to general booklets on Clatterbridge, radiotherapy and chemotherapy
WIRRAL police are launching a new initiative to crack down on crime today - with the help of the Wirral Globe. After the phenomenal success of the Globe's Car Watch campaign last year, the boys in blue have decided that the best way to share their news
Police are appealing for information about an indecent assault on a 15-year-old girl in Venables Drive, Spital, on Hallowe'en night at about 6.30pm. They are seeking a white youth in his late teens or early 20s and described as of medium build, five feet
A graduate who was found to have thousands of pornographic images of children on his computer and CD-roms has been jailed for nine months. Jailing Adrian Pollock on Friday, Judge Brian Lewis said: "These photographs are truly repulsive. One can only speculate
A ruling by the National Joint Council regarding proposals to down-grade Formby Fire Station could have implications for cover in Heswall and West Kirby. The NJC, in reviewing Merseyside Fire Authority's proposals to introduce day manning to Formby Fire
Neil Stanier, director of facilities management for the hospital, said: "Wirral Hospital has appointed a new contractor to carry out redevelopment work in A&E. It is hoped the scheme will be completed to the original schedule before Christmas. The
Police have launched a major initiative to crack down on robbers who target security vans carrying cash across Wirral. 'Operation Guardian' is working to safeguard cash in transit by using both police CCTV vans and regular patrol cars to escort the vehicles
Merseyside and Wirral Disabled Motorists Club, which enables disabled people to live their lives to the full by supplying scooters, is to present a cabaret night at the Gladstone Liberal Club, Church Road, Tranmere on Wednesday December 5, featuring Pauline
Wir-ral planners are being asked to back the change of use of a vacant building in Campbeltown Road, Tranmere, into a car showroom for the sale of cars, motor cycles, motor accessories and leisure boats. Details of the scheme can be seen in the planning
A Wallasey school is to benefit from a share of a £1.4 million handout from Greater Merseyside's local initiative fund. St George's Primary, the largest primary school in England, gets the cash to train parents to become teaching assistants.
RESULTS - Saturday, November 10: Roberts Moore Nicholas Jones (RMNJ) Cup (1st Qualifying Rd, 2nd Leg): Shillings Caf Bar 2, The Exmouth 6 (Exmouth win 13-4 on aggregate). Division One: Abbotsford Yth 3, Lever Club 2; FC Clipper 3, Abbotsford 0; Old Rockferrians
RESULTS - Sunday, November 11: Premier Division: Farmer's Arms 0, Stirrup 7; Nova 5, Wirral Ath 2; Ship Inn 2, Pollards Inn 4. Division One: PSI 2, Admiral 2; Port Sunlight 0, Old House 2; Victoria Lodge 4, Tranmere Rovers Supporters 0; Wellington 4,
RESULTS - Sunday, November 11: Under-17 Cheshire Cup: High Lane 5, Young Lions 1; Shore Villa 8, Victoria Colts 1. Under-16 Division: Neston Nomads 0, Rossway Utd 7; Victoria Colts 1, Stork 4; Ashville 0, Vauxhall 7; Heswall 4, Newton Yth 3. Under-15
A WIRRAL Taekwondo instructor is to appear in a video to be shown to students throughout the world. Richard Saunders, who runs schools in Bebington, Chester, Eastham, Pensby and Wallasey, was picked from hundreds of instructors to appear in the BBC video
THERE was a major coup for Irby Cricket Club when they had England skipper Nasser Hussain as their VIP guest at the annual Dinner and Presentation Evening at their Mill Hill Road clubhouse, writes Andrew Stratton. It was a special favour by Hussain just
Tynedale . . . . 18pts, New Brighton . . . . 6pts HIS unexpected set-back in Northumberland, on Saturday, means that New Brighton now have to focus attention on the hitherto unthinkable. The team which started the season with such high hopes of promotion
Caldy . . . . 26 pts, Birkenhead Park . . . . 44pts CALDY made a flying start to this North 2 (West) derby at Paton Field on Saturday and established a 14-3 lead after only 15 minutes. Paul Feeley drove over for the first try, converted by Ben Wylie.
A STYLISH 4-2 victory over Tranmere Victoria kept FC Railway on track after the all-Houlihan's Birkenhead Sunday League clash in the Wirral FA Sunday Amateur Cup third round tie. St John's Celtic were in suitably impressive form, beating LPSC Ellesmere
