Stories for 13 January 2005

Birkenhead News

Wirral 'at risk of a major disaster'

A SHOCK top-level decision has exposed parts of Wirral to the threat of a major disaster, it was claimed this week.  more...

Dalek armada ready to strike!

GIANT turbines planned for a Liverpool Bay wind farm will be so vast they might be visible from outer space, the Wirral society claims.  more...

Suffering a debt hangover?

FOR many, the New Year has started with an average debt that has more than doubled and a headache caused by mounting money worries.  more...

Carping on about restoration

BY the end of the week more than 80,000 fish will have left Wirral for an 18-month holiday in Tarvin, Cheshire.  more...

Wild winds disrupted Wirral weekend travel

RAIL services were disrupted, trees damaged and fences torn down by gale force winds that blew across Wirral over the weekend.  more...

Controversial solution to deal with Aldi wagons... Take them through village

CONTROVERSIAL moves to ban articulated lorries from two picturesque Wirral villages will be studied by the council's powerful cabinet tomorrow night.  more...

D-Day for controversial cross-river MP proposal

DECISION DAY on controversial proposals to link Wirral with parts of Liverpool in a parliamentary boundaries shake-up, is imminent.   more...

When shipbuilding was king

BIRKENHEAD's shipbuilding heritage and tales of ships that blazed a trail through the pages of history are captured in a new book by Wirral author Ian Collard.  more...

Charting history plaque by plaque

A LOCAL history book written by a Wallasey man has highlighted the number of buildings of historical importance in Wirral.  more...

Birkenhead Rovers

Rovers in a wobble

Eric Munn reports from Prenton Park   more...

Birkenhead Whatson

What's on in Wirral: Your number one guide to local entertainment

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Entertainment Cinema

Alexander (12)

THE tale of a legend stands the test of time, so what real chance did the latest Hollywood epic have against a Macedonian great from 323BC?  more...

Entertainment Cktv

THE TIC TACKY MAN WADES IN

IT used to be called bad manners, but now the hurling of insults at fellow human beings is being described as 'good television' by people who should know better. No, it's lazy television!  more...

Entertainment Dvd

Open Water (15)

OPEN Water has been described as being like The Blair Witch Project, only wetter, - and I can see why.   more...

Shameless Season One (15)

Meet the Gallaghers, a real hotpotch family devised by Clocking Off writer Paul Abbott who live life on the edge of poverty, crime, humour and tragedy on a run-down Manchester estate.  more...

Entertainment Guru

AT the turn of the millennium (well, almost), I spent three hours sitting beneath a stone in a Welsh

I hadn't lost all my marbles and, to prove it, I soon departed the ancient scene to seek comfort within a bottle of the finest Merlot that Porthmadog could offer, (which is not very fine at all, but that's for another column).  more...

Entertainment Musicnews

Come and play in my backing band on national tour ...

WIRRAL singer/songwriter Rebecca Whitfield is preparing for a national tour later this year and needs a backing band.  more...

Entertainment Musicreviews

Evil, Interpol

THIS is the second single to be taken from Interpol's critically acclaimed second album, Antics.  more...