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<r>Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without a good panto and this year we are spoilt for choice with Snow White, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and Jack and the Beanstalk all coming to Wirral. Oh yes they are!<br/> <br/> Former Brookside star Claire Sweeney will be playing the dastardly Wicked Qu...

<r>Norovirus, also called the "winter vomiting bug", is a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea. It can be very unpleasant, but usually goes away in about two days.<br/> <br/> The bug, currently circulating in the local community, has recently been the cause of confirmed illness in several ...

<r>A special ceremony was held at Birkenhead Town Hall on Saturday 30th November to celebrate the unveiling of a bust of one of history’s great naval heroes – of Peru.<br/> <br/> Admiral Miguel Grau, who was commander of the Peruvian navy’s fleet in the 1870s was regarded as the most outstanding nav...

<r>To celebrate National Tree Week, 23 - 29 November, 910 trees were planted at the Golf Links Road entrance to Walker Park.<br/> <br/> Two local primary schools, Prenton Primary and Devonshire Primary, joined the Friends of Walker Park, volunteers and Wirral Council’s Parks Team to help with the pl...

<r>Wirral Council's Trading Standards team recently took part in a joint operation with Merseyside Police, Wagtail sniffer dogs and HMRC to disrupt the sale of counterfeit tobacco in Wirral.<br/> <br/> Targeting various shops across the borough, Wagtail dogs Billy, Buster and Ted helped to sniff out...

<r>This week Thursday 28 November, Williamson Art Gallery saw Road Safety hosted a winter Driving for Work Seminar as part of their Mind Your Business programme, funded by Road Safety Trust.<br/> <br/> The seminar, the first of it’s kind specifically aimed at employees, saw more than 30 individuals ...

<r>Residents are being encouraged to continue getting out into the borough’s parks and open spaces over the autumn and winter months to take part in Liverpool City Region’s Greenspace Challenge.<br/> <br/> Within this year-long challenge, residents from each of the six neighbouring areas within the ...

<r>As winter draws nearer, Scouts and Guides across the borough are selling stamps and preparing for the big sort and delivery of the Wirral Scout and Guide Christmas Post.<br/> <br/> Entering the 37th year of the charity post, residents can again send their Christmas cards through this postal servi...

<r>First time buyers in Wirral are being reminded that if they want to take advantage of the Help to Buy ISA scheme, their days to do so are numbered.<br/> <br/> In just a couple of days the Help to Buy Isa, a government-backed savings initiative for first-time buyers, will close to new savers for g...

<r>In a launch event this month, St George’s join WOW, a year-round walk to school challenge, run by the UK’s charity for walking, Living Streets.<br/> <br/> Joining 14 other schools, including Mount Primary, in the WOW challenge, this is the next step that St George’s are taking to tackle pollution...