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Anselmians hold off Stockport in gritty win www.birkenhead.news/anselmians-h...
Anselmians hold off Stockport in gritty win
Round 10 of the league saw Saints welcome fourth-placed Stockport to Eastham. Fortunately, the heavy rain forecast failed to arrive during the game, though overnight and morning downpours had…
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November 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Anselmians hold off Stockport in gritty win www.birkenhead.news/anselmians-h...
West Cheshire Football League round-up, 29 November 2025 www.birkenhead.news/west-cheshir...
West Cheshire Football League round-up, 29 November 2025
In the Go2Day West Cheshire League’s Division One, title aspirants FC Bootle had Jamie Alty on target, but not only forfeited their unbeaten record, but also presented bottom club Rainhill Town with t...
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November 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
West Cheshire Football League round-up, 29 November 2025 www.birkenhead.news/west-cheshir...
Tourist tax could create Beatles-style ABBA Voyage shows www.birkenhead.news/tourist-tax-...
Tourist tax could create Beatles-style ABBA Voyage shows
They are four superstars who changed the face of music for generations. With number one albums for decades, they are loved the world over. Fans of their music travel across…
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November 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Tourist tax could create Beatles-style ABBA Voyage shows www.birkenhead.news/tourist-tax-...
Man dies a month after car crash in Wirral www.birkenhead.news/man-dies-a-m...
Man dies a month after car crash in Wirral
Police are appealing for witnesses after a pensioner died a month after being involved in a road traffic collision in Wirral. Harry Murphy, 72, from Seacombe, was the front seat…
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November 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Man dies a month after car crash in Wirral www.birkenhead.news/man-dies-a-m...
Wirral Council spending £12.5m to get children to school www.birkenhead.news/wirral-counc...
Wirral Council spending £12.5m to get children to school
Wirral Council is spending more than £12.5m this year as costs continue to surge. Expenditure has nearly quadrupled since the pandemic and are expected to be as high as £17m…
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November 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Wirral Council spending £12.5m to get children to school www.birkenhead.news/wirral-counc...
Sunday Snippets, 30 November 2025 www.birkenhead.news/sunday-snipp...
Sunday Snippets, 30 November 2025
Welcome to Sunday Snippets, a weekly feature from Birkenhead News. It is a round-up of the important local news stories you may have missed over the last seven days. Click…
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November 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Sunday Snippets, 30 November 2025 www.birkenhead.news/sunday-snipp...
Merseyside Police weekly news round-up, 29 November 2025 www.birkenhead.news/merseyside-p...
Merseyside Police weekly news round-up, 29 November 2025
This is the Birkenhead News round-up of police and crime news during the previous seven days. Join our Facebook group for Birkenhead Visit Birkenhead Gossip (NEW!) and tap ‘Join’. Wallasey…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Merseyside Police weekly news round-up, 29 November 2025 www.birkenhead.news/merseyside-p...
Wirral author’s fun books teach kids to be eco-friendly www.birkenhead.news/wirral-autho...
Wirral author’s fun books teach kids to be eco-friendly
Wirral-based author Andy Hickin is on a mission to help children understand the importance of recycling — and he’s doing it through colourful characters, engaging stories and hands-on school workshops...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Wirral author’s fun books teach kids to be eco-friendly www.birkenhead.news/wirral-autho...
Upton parade organisers were told what to do weeks before Remembrance Sunday www.birkenhead.news/upton-parade...
Upton parade organisers were told what to do weeks before Remembrance Sunday
The organisers of a Remembrance Sunday event were told weeks before key deadlines what they needed to do, a council said. Cllr Ian Lewis said it was factually incorrect to…
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November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Upton parade organisers were told what to do weeks before Remembrance Sunday www.birkenhead.news/upton-parade...
Car boot sales to return to Prenton Park www.birkenhead.news/car-boot-sal...
Car boot sales to return to Prenton Park
A car boot sale is coming back to Wirral as people say they cannot wait for it to return. Car boot sales at Tranmere Rovers in Birkenhead stopped before the…
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November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Car boot sales to return to Prenton Park www.birkenhead.news/car-boot-sal...
Artists unite for exhibition in Birkenhead www.birkenhead.news/artists-unit...
Artists unite for exhibition in Birkenhead
Some of the region’s finest artists are uniting for a ‘stunning’ free exhibition at Start Yard in Birkenhead from 28 November until 15 January. Daniel Meakin & Friends features seven incredible artist...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Artists unite for exhibition in Birkenhead www.birkenhead.news/artists-unit...
Merseyside Police weekly news round-up, 29 November 2025 www.birkenhead.news/merseyside-p...
Merseyside Police weekly news round-up, 29 November 2025
This is the Birkenhead News round-up of police and crime news during the previous seven days. Join our Facebook group for Birkenhead Visit Birkenhead Gossip (NEW!) and tap ‘Join’. Wallasey…
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November 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Merseyside Police weekly news round-up, 29 November 2025 www.birkenhead.news/merseyside-p...
Six men arrested after botched business burglary in Oxton www.birkenhead.news/six-men-arre...
Six men arrested after botched business burglary in Oxton
Six men were arrested after a failed attempt to break into a business in Prenton on Thursday, 27 November. At around 8.50pm, Merseyside Police received a report that a group…
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November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Six men arrested after botched business burglary in Oxton www.birkenhead.news/six-men-arre...
Where is the Liverpool City Region flag? www.birkenhead.news/where-is-the...
Where is the Liverpool City Region flag?
Almost a decade on from first being outlined by Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram, we are still no closer to the Liverpool City Region’s long-awaited flag. Back when he stood as…
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November 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Where is the Liverpool City Region flag? www.birkenhead.news/where-is-the...
Wirral nursery goes blue for World Children’s Day in support of UNICEF www.birkenhead.news/wirral-nurse...
Wirral nursery goes blue for World Children’s Day in support of UNICEF
Team members and children at Partou Park Wood Day Nursery and Forest School in Bidston have celebrated World Children’s Day by taking part in a host of blue-themed activities to help raise…
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November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Wirral nursery goes blue for World Children’s Day in support of UNICEF www.birkenhead.news/wirral-nurse...
Mae Stephens announces Birkenhead gig as part of grassroots tour www.birkenhead.news/mae-stephens...
Mae Stephens announces Birkenhead gig as part of grassroots tour
Music Venue Trust (MVT), the UK charity supporting hundreds of Grassroot Music Venues (GMVs), is excited to announce a UK tour by alt-pop star Mae Stephens. The tour includes a Birkenhead…
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November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Mae Stephens announces Birkenhead gig as part of grassroots tour www.birkenhead.news/mae-stephens...
Rotheram speaks out on PCC cuts www.birkenhead.news/rotheram-spe...
Rotheram speaks out on PCC cuts
Merseyside’s outgoing Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has a right to be disappointed, according to the man who could effectively take her job. Earlier this month, the government confirmed that…
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November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Rotheram speaks out on PCC cuts www.birkenhead.news/rotheram-spe...
Man dies a month after car crash in Wirral www.birkenhead.news/man-dies-a-m...
Man dies a month after car crash in Wirral
Police are appealing for witnesses after a pensioner died a month after being involved in a road traffic collision in Wirral. Harry Murphy, 72, from Seacombe, was the front seat…
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November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Man dies a month after car crash in Wirral www.birkenhead.news/man-dies-a-m...
Huyton Firm boss jailed for 18 years www.birkenhead.news/huyton-firm-...
Huyton Firm boss jailed for 18 years
One of the two brothers who led a Merseyside-based organised crime group has been sentenced, marking a major milestone in ‘Operation Subzero’ - one of the North West Regional Organised…
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November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Huyton Firm boss jailed for 18 years www.birkenhead.news/huyton-firm-...
Wirral author’s fun books teach kids to be eco-friendly www.birkenhead.news/wirral-autho...
Wirral author’s fun books teach kids to be eco-friendly
Wirral-based author Andy Hickin is on a mission to help children understand the importance of recycling — and he’s doing it through colourful characters, engaging stories and hands-on school workshops...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Wirral author’s fun books teach kids to be eco-friendly www.birkenhead.news/wirral-autho...
Liverpool nurse struck off for falsifying prescriptions www.birkenhead.news/liverpool-nu...
Liverpool nurse struck off for falsifying prescriptions
A Liverpool nurse has been struck off following a conviction for falsifying prescriptions and producing fake medical records in the previous year. Last April, Juliet Ogochukwu Ezeh was convicted by…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Liverpool nurse struck off for falsifying prescriptions www.birkenhead.news/liverpool-nu...
Upton parade organisers were told what to do weeks before Remembrance Sunday www.birkenhead.news/upton-parade...
Upton parade organisers were told what to do weeks before Remembrance Sunday
The organisers of a Remembrance Sunday event were told weeks before key deadlines what they needed to do, a council said. Cllr Ian Lewis said it was factually incorrect to…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Upton parade organisers were told what to do weeks before Remembrance Sunday www.birkenhead.news/upton-parade...
How many Liverpool homes will be impacted by 'mansion tax'? www.birkenhead.news/how-many-liv...
How many Liverpool homes will be impacted by ‘mansion tax’?
More than 4,000 properties in Liverpool could be impacted by the adoption of a 'mansion tax'. From April 2028, owners of homes worth more than £2m will face an additional…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
How many Liverpool homes will be impacted by 'mansion tax'? www.birkenhead.news/how-many-liv...
Car boot sales to return to Prenton Park www.birkenhead.news/car-boot-sal...
Car boot sales to return to Prenton Park
A car boot sale is coming back to Wirral as people say they cannot wait for it to return. Car boot sales at Tranmere Rovers in Birkenhead stopped before the…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Car boot sales to return to Prenton Park www.birkenhead.news/car-boot-sal...
Massive bill to remove asbestos from city schools www.birkenhead.news/massive-bill...
Massive bill to remove asbestos from city schools
More than £4.5m has been set aside by Liverpool Council to remove asbestos from a special school site next year. In June 2023, it was revealed that remnants of fibres…
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November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Massive bill to remove asbestos from city schools www.birkenhead.news/massive-bill...