Stories for 23 February 2005

Birkenhead News

Terror ordeal

Teenage gang is making pensioners' lives a misery  more...

Fury over cost cuts

TOWN HALL trade union Unison has warned Wirral Labour group that there is still some tough talking to do over its budget proposals.  more...

Youth admits housebreaking

A WIRRAL youth has been remanded in custody after pleading guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to a burglary in Beechwood.  more...

Pupils celebrating Chinese New Year

PUPILS at Woodfall Preschool in Little Neston have been dragon dancing to celebrate Chinese New Year.  more...

Police funding crisis averted

FRONT-LINE officers and support staff have been safeguarded in a Merseyside Police Authority cost-cutting exercise to make up a £12.7m deficit.  more...

Baby is top heavyweight!

A WALLASEY mum has given birth to the heaviest baby Arrowe Park Hospital has ever delivered.  more...

"He describes himself as humiliated and let down by the actions of you and your friends."

A DEDICATED youth worker who has devoted 33 years of his life to young people was assaulted by a teenager in an unprovoked attack, a court was told.  more...

Runners back Claire House

PROCEEDS from this year's Chester Half- Marathon will go to Claire House's latest fundraising appeal to build a teenage cancer care wing.  more...

Security fears delay town centre revamp

SECURITY fears are bedevilling a multi-million pound scheme to revamp the Cherry Tree shopping centre in Liscard.  more...

Driver killed in crash

AN inquest is to open into the death of a lorry driver after his heavy goods vehicle hit a tree on the A41 in Eastham last Friday.  more...

Family trio climb to new heights

THREE members of a Heswall family will lead a seven-strong team in a 24-hour challenge to scale the UK's three highest peaks.  more...

Police get 50,000-volt stun guns

Merseyside police have a new high-tech weapon to help the fight against violent crime.  more...

RUN dedicated to lost parents

BUSINESSMAN Andrew Horner's gruelling 26-mile London Marathon run in April will be dedicated to the memory of his 'heroic' parents.   more...

Just the ticket to drive out truancy

A TRAILBLAZING truancy initiative which reaches out to vulnerable youngsters by using a special bus as a contact point, is in line for a prestigious national award.   more...

Education roadshow

HUNDREDS of Wirral schoolchildren will be treated to a roadshow aimed at encouraging them to consider higher education.  more...

ASBO team wins top award

WIRRAL council's anti-social behaviour team has won a national award for a bus-based awareness venture.  more...

Celebrations as 02 plan is ditched

JUBILANT West Kirby residents are celebrating victory over telecom giants 02 after plans for construction of a mobile phone mast in the town were thrown out.  more...

A FRAIL 94-year-old Birkenhead woman has fallen foul of parking wardens for displaying her blue disa

When Evelyn Ithell's daughter parked her car in a disabled bay in Birkenhead's Oliver Street car park, her mother put her valid blue badge and parking disc showing the time of arrival on the car dashboard.  more...

Planners vote no to tower complex

DEVELOPERS of a proposed tower complex on New Brighton seafront will have to think again after the prestigious scheme was rejected on a split vote.  more...

Burglars better beware

BURGLARS are being targeted in a new operation to reduce burglaries and create fear for those committing this type of crime.  more...

Waiting times fall at Wirral hospitals

Two major surveys of patients attending Wirral Hospital NHS Trust's A&E and outpatient departments have highlighted significant reductions in waiting times over the past year.  more...

United in the fight against park yobs

POLICE and fire-fighters are joining forces in a trailblazing enterprise to divert gangs of youths from creating mayhem at a Wirral park.  more...

It's not cold in clubland

IT MAY be wintry weather outside, but with such a fantastic line-up of club nights and live entertainment, you'll want to brave the cold and get to one of Wirral's top venues this week.  more...

Dean is 52-goal hotshot!

A YOUNG Wirral footballer is making quite a name for himself a hot-shot . . .  more...

Birkenhead Property News

Buyers are still looking for a bargain

The first month of 2005 saw house prices in Wirral and Merseyside fall even further, but at an increasingly slower pace, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' monthly housing survey out this week.  more...

Finding your own place in the sun

Each year, thousands of people say goodbye to dark, cold winters, traffic jams, cancelled trains and hospital queues to enjoy life to the full in a new country.  more...

Brits heading for Black Sea Coast

How to buy your property in Bulgaria  more...

Birkenhead Rovers

Critical games ahead

Eric Munn reports from Prenton Park  more...

Birkenhead Sport

English racketball champions - that's Steve and Gail

A WIRRAL duo have become English national mixed doubles racketball champions.  more...

14th win for boxer, aged 14

YOUNG Wirral boxer Richard Phillips made a winning start to the new season at the Skelmersdale ABC show.  more...

Vauxhall aim to bounce back from disappointing defeat

Worcester . . . 1, Vauxhall . . . 0  more...

Oxton's title hopes receive jolt

OXTON Hockey Club men's 1st XI lost 3-2 at Timperley on Saturday, but they needed to win to keep their title hopes alive.  more...

Things are looking up for the Blues

New Brighton . . . 20pts Bradford & Bingley . . . 20pts  more...

Hoylake, Wirral and Anselmians blow away opponents

Wirral rugby round-up with Andrew Stratton  more...

Park can take heart from defeat

Birkenhead Park . . . 10pts Morley . . . 14pts  more...

Iain and Terry collect pro-am honours

THIRTY-six teams took part in a pro-am tournament at Leasowe Golf Club.  more...

Cup duo meet again

POULTON Victoria FC's ground tomorrow evening (Wednesday, February 23) provides the backdrop for what is sure to be a close run affair when Mond Rangers and Upton AA clash for the second time in four days, this time in the Carlsberg West Cheshire League West Cheshire Bowl semi-final (kick-off 7.30pm).  more...

Dave snatches victory from jaws of defeat

Wirral Sunday Football League round-up with Rob James  more...

Wirral Table Tennis League

RESULTS: Week commencing February 14: Division One: Phoenix 8, ESWA 2. Division Two: NBCC III 5, Caldy II 5; Pinewood II 7, Spinners 3; Wallasey Manor 6, Hoylake 4; Caldy III 9, Spinners II 1; NALGO 3, Wallasey Manor II 7; Spinners III 5, Pinewood 5. Division Three: Spinners IV 1, Spinners V 9; Wirral Premier IV 7, Wallasey Manor III 3; Calday GS 7, Wirral Premier VI 3; Spinners VI 8, Wirral Premier V 2; Hoylake II 0, Spinners IV 10; Spinners V 8, ESWA II 2.  more...

Remorseless Oaks look like champions

Wirral Badminton League report by David Spencer  more...

Top two meet again

Carlsberg West Cheshire League report by Ernie MacDonald  more...

Atherton powers Plough to Premier Cup Final

Wallasey & District Sunday Football League report by Tom Potter  more...

David's first goal of season helps his team go top

Birkenhead & Wirral A.F. League round-up with Alan Ravenscroft  more...

Local football league results and fixtures

Carlsberg West Cheshire League  more...

Birkenhead Whatson

Trace your past with history society help

WEST Kirby Family History Group meets on Wednesday, March 9, at Westbourne Hall Community Centre, Westbourne Road, West Kirby.   more...

What's on in Wirral

Your guide to local entertainment  more...

Entertainment Arts

Musical tells disaster story of the 'Titanic'

WEST Kirby Light Opera Society presents 'Titanic The Musical' at the Empire from June 8-11.  more...

Entertainment Musicgigs

Wirral band's charity gig

WIRRAL band 'The Badge Winners' are performing a charity gig in aid of Parkfield Youth FC on Friday week (March 4).  more...

Entertainment Musicnews

Re-living the Eighties

EIGHTIES popstars Tony Hadley and Martin Fry join forces for a hit-filled trip down memory lane at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall this Sunday (February 27, 7.30pm).  more...

A treat for opera lovers with Puccini's classic

OPERA lovers are in for a treat this week when Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' and 'La Traviata' come to the Liverpool Empire.   more...

Entertainment Musicreviews

All abroad for 'Anything Goes'

BIRKENHEAD Operatic Society Trust invites you aboard the 'SS American' in its production of Cole Porter's classic 'Anything Goes' production at the Liverpool Empire later this year.  more...

  
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