Stories for 24 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...

Pupils celebrating Chinese New Year

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

Baby is top heavyweight!

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

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...

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...

Disabled driver falls foul of wardens

A FRAIL 94-year-old Birkenhead woman has fallen foul of parking wardens for displaying her blue disabled badge the wrong way round.  more...

Entertainment Arts

Concert tickets being snapped up

TICKETS are being snapped up for this Summer's 'Music Over the Dee' concert, featuring the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.  more...

Entertainment Cktv

JUDGMENT DAY FOR DEED

THE verdict on the now completed series of 'Judge John Deed' (BBC1, Thursday) is guilty - of providing excellent and thought-provoking entertainment!  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...