Stories for 16 March 2005

Birkenhead Letters

Addressing Alan's wind farm concerns . . .

I REFER to the letter of Mr Alan Brack, Press Officer of The Wirral Society (Mailbox, February 16), and the various points which he raised about the proposed Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm in Liverpool Bay.  more...

Orphans' re-union

A RE-UNION of former boys/girls at St Edmond's Orphanage, Bebington, is to be held at St John's Club, New Ferry, on Saturday, May 28 (2pm). All who wish to attend should contact John Marsh at: 'Drosdre', 38 Camdem Road, Brecon, Powys, LD3 7RT.  more...

Wish upon a star

If I could wish upon a star,  more...

Picture of St Peter's

I CORRESPOND by e-mail with a lady in Tasmania - I go to the library in Birkenhead to look up family history for her. She has asked for a photograph of St Peter's Church, Cathcart Street, Birkenhead, now knocked down. Do any readers have a picture of this church?  more...

Disappointed

AS somebody who has taken part in the Wirral Egg Run for the last 10 years, I am extremely disappointed to hear that the organisers have had to step down due to a lack of police co-operation.  more...

Why Wirral Egg Run organisers resigned

EVERY year, the Wirral Egg Run gets bigger and bigger and we get bikers not just from the UK but Europe.  more...

Birkenhead News

What a way to greet our tourists!

HIS is the welcome mat Wirral is rolling out for tens out thousands of golf enthusiasts at next year's Open Championship - a disgraceful spectacle of rubbish-strewn embankments reflecting total civic neglect.  more...

Suffering arthritis - aged 11

COURAGEOUS Heswall schoolgirl Mella Moylan lives in such pain that there are times she can barely walk upstairs.  more...

Dear Mr Blair - please save my school

AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD schoolboy has written a poem to Tony Blair pleading with the Prime Minister to save his school - writes Frances Earlam.  more...

£150m promised to revamp homes

WIRRAL Partnership Homes will invest more than £150m over the next seven years to bring former council houses across the peninsula up to modern-day standards.  more...

Pioneering helpline set to go nationwide

THOUSANDS of young men have made contact with a special help line launched five years ago in Merseyside in a unique initiative to get them to open up and talk about their problems.  more...

Senior golfing event lands in bunker

WIRRAL will not be staging the prestigious English Seniors Open golf championship later this year.  more...

Ward fight goes to the top

THE campaign to keep open two threat-ened hospital wards for the elderly is being taken up at the highest level.  more...

Watchdog praise for school scheme

A MENTORING service for pupils at a Wirral college has been praised by school inspectors.  more...

Campaign to help elderly avoid conmen

MERSEYSIDE Police are backing a Home Office campaign to advise older people on how to avoid becoming victims of bogus callers.  more...

Design experts back lake plans

RE-LOCATION of New Brighton marine lake - a key element in the resort's £70m regeneration proposals - has been given support from urban design watchdogs.  more...

Service aiming to keep families united

AN innovative service designed to ease troubled young minds and keep families together has been launched in Wirral.  more...

Jessica and Simon are ice-skating champions

A WIRRAL junior ice-skater and her skating partner have returned victorious from Nottingham after winning the 2005 British Novice Ice Dancing Championship.  more...

Birkenhead Rovers

Friday night football is back to aid promotion campaign

Craig Manning reports from Prenton Park  more...

Birkenhead Sport

Two Wirral boxers on verge of ABA titles . . .

WIRRAL will have two fighters going for glory at the ABA national championsips in London on Friday night (March 18).  more...

Colts lift cup

A SIX-GOAL second-half salvo gave Shore Villa Colts a comfortable 8-0 victory in the Wallasey & District Sunday League Youth Division Cup Final against a gallant Barnston Youth.  more...

Indoor net date

CALDY Cricket Club has re-started adult indoor net sessions at Birkenhead Park C.C. each Monday (8pm-9pm). Caldy welcomes new members for its thriving junior and senior level teams. Contact senior team captain Nigel Charles on 632-5943 (office) or 07989 076790 (mobile).  more...

Vics seek new bnoss

CARLSBERG West Cheshire League club Poulton Victoria is looking to appoint a new first team manager.  more...

Motors suffer a double blow

Vauxhall . . . 0, Hinckley Utd . . . 2  more...

Oldershaw open up title race

Wirral rugby scene with Andrew Stratton  more...

Promotion and relegation issues are becoming clear

Wirral Badminton League round-up with David Spencer  more...

Top crews chase UK silverware at West Kirby

TOP dinghy crews will be in action on West Kirby Marine Lake this weekend when West Kirby Sailing Club host the United Kingdom Team Racing Association championship finals (writes Andrew Stratton).  more...

Big kick-off looms for girls . . .

THE Manor Club Junior Football Club, based in Wallasey, has embarked on an ambitious plan to develop girls' soccer in the community.  more...

Seasiders step closer to their dream

Carlsberg West Cheshire League round-up by Ernie MacDonald  more...

Byrne's last minute header books cup final place

BEECHWOOD Social will meet Parkfield in this season's Regent Cup Final.  more...

Three-goal Mike is star of the show

CONSISTENT performers Octel Club made it three wins in succession, following a convincing 5-0 rout of Sportsman's Arms in the Wirral Sunday League Division Two.  more...

Beach soccer

THE Wirral Beach Five-a-side Tournament, organised by the Birkenhead & Wirral A.F. League, takes place on July 2-3 on New Brighton seafront.  more...

Local football results and fixtures

Carlsberg West Cheshire League  more...