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WORLD CUP FEVER AT EVANS HALSHAW OPEN DAY
THE WORLD Cup starts today, and Wirral's Toyota dealer Evans Halshaw got into the mood with an open day at the Wallasey dealership at the weekend. Evans Halshaw opened its doors to give people the chance to win a brand new Toyota, as part of a nationwide
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CHANCE TO WIN 500,000TH MAZDA
ONE LUCKY driver could be in to line to win a very special, 'Special Edition' Mazda car by the end of Midsummer's Day, simply by calling into the Windsors Mazda Open Day, at Harrison Drive, Wallasey, this weekend. With 499,999 registrations under its
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4 X 4 SPECIALISTS YOU CAN TRUST
CALLING all 4x4 owners. South Wirral 4x4 in Ellesmere Port are the people you can trust for quality fitted top-of-the-range tyres and service at low budget prices for your 4x4. Since South Wirral 4x4 opened its doors towards the end of 1996, it has gone
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JUST THE CAR FOR SURFIN'
JUST the car to take the surf board to West Kirby in? Peugeot announce this limited edition Quicksilver 106. This sporty three door has a look of the Gti model, does 110 mph but costs under £10,000 at £9,895 Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001
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TUSCANS AT OULTON START HAIRY MONTH OF RACING
F1 DRAMA in Canada and Formula Ford drama at Oulton Park, in Cheshire, the same weekend. Return of the Tuscans to Oulton was so hairy that the first of two races had to be stopped because of crashes, writes Robin Bird. However, the most spectacular crash-even
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Mitchell winner
WIRRAL Mitsubishi dealer, Mitchell Mitsubishi Spot the Wheelcover Competition was won by Pensby's Michael Brett. Julie Le Maitre, PA to Managing Director of Mitchell Mitsubishi, Mark Mitchell, presented Michael with £50 worth of vouchers for Toys'R'Us
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CAR SALES UP
MAY 1998's new car registrations rose 1.7 per cent, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. May 1998's registrations totalled 172,851, up on the May 1997 figure of 169,886. British-built cars accounted for
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HOT WEEKEND
HOT hatches galore at Oulton Park in Cheshire, this Saturday, plus 750 Formula, Clubsport 2000, Formula 4, kit cars, plus Lotus 7 style Caterham racing around the full circuit. MGF racing at Silverstone on June 20 and 21 as part of the MG Car Club weekend-with
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Cream o' the Irish
OUTSTANDING Irish guitarist Louis Stewart crosses the sea to Gwernymynydd, near Mold, on Wednesday, June 17, as guest of the North Wales Jazz Society. His appearance at the Plas Hafod Hotel will give locals the chance to hear a man whose CV reads like
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Inventive Strauss goes bats!
BATMAN returns . . . to the Everyman theatre in Liverpool. The vivacious and inventive Music Theatre London are back in Hope Street from tonight until Saturday to unleash their unique talents on Strauss's elegant operetta 'Die Fledermaus', a work specially
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ART WITH HEART
FOR art with heart venture out to the Black Sheep Gallery in the Old Stable Yard at Hawarden Gallery. Director Peter Garbutt (pictured above presenting his cheque) recently organised a fund-raising exhibition with proceeds going to the Elleray Park School
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Jazzman Bill is best of the North West
NIGEL KENNEDY, eat your heart out! Neston violinist Bill Thompson was acclaimed by jazz legend Kenny Ball when he was named North West Regional Young Jazz Musician of the Year. Bill was one of six talented young musicians taking part from the area in
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Old-style splendour fits into The Gap
ISN'T it alarming how 'improvements' rarely 'improve', merely change charming old things for the sake of efficiency, chucking out the quaint and comfortable? This isn't the case, though, at The Kings Gap Court Hotel in Hoylake, where owners Tony Holland
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Safety awards
TWENTY two local organisations have scooped a safety award in this year's RoSPA occupational safety awards, a record year for entries. Representatives of local companies, including Wirral NHS Trust, Lever and Ford Motor Company, received their awards
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INVOLVEMENT in the North West's largest community forest, the Mersey Forest, is the way forward both
Launching a new publication 'Invest in the Success of the Mersey Forest', Wallasey MP Angela Eagle said: "I congratulate the Mersey Forest on the production of this guide and for their admirable work in delivering environmental improvements to the area
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Pykes' gem of an employee
AFTER 20 years with family jewellers, Pyke and Sons, jeweller Phil Turner has moved to the company's flagship branch in Grange Road, Birkenhead, as deputy manager. Father-of-two Phil joined Pykes' Liverpool branch as a 15-year-old school leaver, moving
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Wirral Business Park takes shape
WIRRAL'S new International Business Park at Bromborough is taking shape with firms like Texas-based Tomcat moving in on the Croft Business Park section. Building of an extension at the Sun Valley site in Stadium Road is now underway and construction of
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£150m Ocean Dome not just a dream
MILLENNIUM plans for a £150m Ocean Dome at New Brighton's old swimming pool site are financially sound - but backers have to be found! Details of this ambitious indoor waterpark, with retractable roofing, were splashed on Page 1 of the Globe at the Ocean
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Clutch of medals for club
MEMBERS of the Richard Saunders Schools of Taekwondo are celebrating after returning from the English Championships with a clutch of medals. First place medals were won by 10-year-old Philip Sheppard, 13-year-old Kieran Fell, 21-year-old Robert Walsh
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Vacancies for teams - and players
BIRKENHEAD & Wirral (Saturday) Football League seek applications for 1998-99 season. Contact Joe Rooney on 606-9935. Shaftesbury Boys, who have teams in the Eastham & District Junior Football League, need a quality goalkeeper and players for their
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Enter Claire House Charity Pool Cup!
TIME to act now if you want to enter a team in this year's Claire House Charity Pool Cup competition! The tournament, supported by Globe Sport, is open to any pub, inn or club - or any team from any of the Wirral pool leagues. Those interested should
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Champions just miss out
NORTHERN champions Mini Panthers Girls hockey team, of Hoylake, just missed out on becoming National Champions. The Panthers, who are also Cheshire champions, became Champions of the North in Southport, where they triumphed against their counterparts
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Trials chance
HESWALL Junior FC, of the Eastham & District Sunday Football League, want players for their Under-10 team (Years 3 and 4). Trials take place every Wednesday at Whitfield Common, Heswall, between 6pm-7.30pm. Phone Ken Diable on 342-7661. Converted
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Golfers tee-up trip of lifetime
A GOLF trip of a lifetime awaits four Wirral golfers - if they can get through the next stage of Europe's biggest pro-amateur competition. Leasowe Golf Club PGA professional Andrew Ayre, along with amateur Allan Croston, and Hoylake Golf Club PGA professional
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Eastham's basketball handicap cup joy
EASTHAM Mets Basketball team has won the Clywd Basketball Association's Handicap Cup. They beat Flintshire 175-152 in the final. Eastham's Dale Cross and Martin Hodson caused havoc and helped Mets to a 145-64 half-time lead. Flintshire rallied in the
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STARS IN HIS EYES!
IF WIRRAL football scout Mike O'Brien affords himself a knowing smile when he reads the sports pages of the national newspapers, it is understandable . . . For affable Mike is responsible for unlocking a rich seam of local soccer talent. Among his 'discoveries
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Happy Birthday, Prenton Pups!
CELEBRATING their birthdays this week are the following members of the Prenton Pups, Tranmere Rovers' official youngsters' club which is sponsored by the Wirral Globe:- Wednesday, June 10 - Nicholas Judge. Thursday, June 11 - Ben England; Samantha Morton
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Goalkeeper Simonsen 'not for sale'
TRANMERE Rovers Chairman Frank Corfe made it clear yesterday that 19-year-old goalkeeping sensation Steve Simonsen is not for sale. The England Under-21 'keeper, who arrived at Prenton Park after being discarded by Nottingham Forest, has been the subject
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The Spice Babes in Bromborough!
SPREAD the word, The Spice Babes are in Bromborough this Sunday! They are one of the attractions at the annual Summer Fair of Christ the King Church (12noon-4pm), to be held on the playing fields at 890 New Chester Road. Other attractions include the
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Save our village hall
RECTOR of St Matthew's Church Rev William Hogg, plus the headteacher of Bromborough Pool School Elaine Knowles, join villagers who want their village hall back. Bromborough Pool Village Hall has been closed for nearly four years and been boarded up by
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Dramatic concert at Ness Gardens
NESS GARDENS' centenary celebrations continue when the Philharmonic Concert Orchestra holds an open air concert this coming Saturday, June 13. The wonderful backdrop will be the Dee Estuary and the Welsh mountains. The world-famous botanic gardens are
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Concern over mast on the hill plan
PLANS for a 20 metre high mast, control cabin and access track at Greasby Copse, off Barker Lane, Greasby, have already sparked off controversy. Concerned people living in the area contacted the Globe over rumours that a mast is to be built. We can confirm
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Seven years' detention for bogus accountant
Wass, 47, stole over £500,000 from clients A BOGUS Wirral financial advisor who stole more than £.5 million pounds of clients' money has been jailed for seven years. Liverpool Crown Court heard that after being dismissed as sub-manager of Lloyds Bank
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Euro MP helps to tackle Internet pornography
WIRRAL Euro MP Lyndon Harrison voted last week for an EU action plan which will involve all 15 countries in the union signing up to a commitment to tackle child porn and other illegal or harmful material on the Internet. The governments will also agree
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Up, up and away
NESS GARDENS open air centenary concert with the Philarmonic Orchestra, takes place on Saturday evening, June 13. Concert hotline 336-6226. WOOLGATHERS of Heswall present Double Cut by Alfred Shauhnessy at Heswall Hall on June 11, 12 and 13. Tickets £3.50
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Traffic chaos in 'Screech Square'
A NEW traffic system introduced in Hamilton Square at the end of May is causing chaos to the area, according to visitors and people who work in the area - rapidly becoming known as 'Screech Square'. The main area of concern is Argyle Street, which is
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Fiesta time for 30th birthday fair
GAYTON Primary School will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a fiesta carnival theme at its Summer fair on Saturday from 2pm. Organised by the Friends of Gayton School, the fair will be one of the biggest events ever. There will be a children's fancy
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Dangerous drugs alert
A HAUL of dangerous drugs stolen from a Birkenhead pharmacy over the weekend could prove lethal if they fall into wrong hands, particularly among children, Merseyside Police have warned. Thieves who broke into the pharmacy in Laird Street got away with
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NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN
Plans for New Brighton 1934 like plans for Millennium . . . NOTHING new under the New Brighton sun as our two illustrations 65 years apart show. Our 1930s colour illustration plan is for the biggest outdoor pool in Europe. It became a reality, almost
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OUR TOP 'HEART OF GOLD'
ROSE Dixon is the 1998 Wirral Volunteer of the Year. Rapturous applause greeted the announcement at last Thursday's awards ceremony in The Belmont Suite at Tranmere Rovers' Prentonian social club. After receiving the superb trophy, designed and made by
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TOWN WITH SAFEST CAR PARK IN UK
BIRKENHEAD has the safest multi-storey car park in Britain - with a Chief of Police Gold Award to prove it. Grange Shopping Centre Manager Norma Clarke received the award from DCI Colin Mathews, of Birkenhead Police. "Since the opening of this car park
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Fairytales do come true . . .
FAIRYTALES really do come true in the Globe - that's what we said when bubbly panto queen Emma Povall was crowned Miss Wirral Globe. Now she has just won Miss Chester, competing against a bevy of Merseyside and Chester beauties. Emma, 21, goes through
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Alice murder hunt 'gathers momentum'
POLICE yesterday confirmed that the unsolved murder mystery of Spital pensioner Alice Rye 'has gathered momentum'. A 58-year-old man from Nantwich, Kevin Joseph Morrison, of The Pinfold, Wettenhall Road, Poole, near Nantwich, in Cheshire, appeared before
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SUBARU HELP CRACK CRIME
A CRACK crime team has developed the all-wheel drive Subaru Impreza Turbo into possibly the ultimate high-speed police car. Now Humberside's drug dealers, burglary gangs and habitual joy-riders will have to contend with two 150 mph observe and pursuit
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MILLENNIUM CAR GOES INTO SPACE
LANCASTER AUDI, Liverpool, has taken delivery of their first Audi A6 Avant, revealing the car's stunning aerodynamic lines. May 1997 saw the revolutionary Audi A6 saloon make its debut in the executive car market to resounding acclaim. Hailed as the car
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ROVER SUMMER SPECIALS
ROVER Cars has announced two special editions for its 200 and 400 ranges. Designed to complement the sporty 414S and 416S, the luxurious 416LS, pictured, is available in both five door and saloon body shapes and equipped with the 1.6 litre 16v K Series
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CHRYSLER INTRODUCE NEW NEON RANGE AT THE DOUBLE
CHRYSLER has added two new versions of the popular American-built Neon saloon to their UK range, one a value-for-money entry-level model and the other a sporting top-of-the range version. The two new additions broaden the Neon range to seven models lining
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BE CAREFUL IN HAMILTON SQUARE
WIRRAL Council and Merseyside Police have taken the unusual step of a releasing a joint statement advising motorists to be careful when approaching Hamilton Square. There have been several accidents since Hamilton Quarter introduced new traffic flows
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THOUSANDS of leaflets and posters are being distributed around Wirral and Merseyside telling people
Merseytravel's June campaign aims to highlight the links between transport and the environment. The message is simple - use the bus, train, walk or cycle more often and become part of the pollution solution. Green Transport month is part of the National
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TOP FOUR FINISH FOR FAULTLESS ASTRA
VAUXHALL'S new Astra rally car proved its total reliability, as it ran faultlessly in the hands of driver Jarmo Kytolehto, to finish fourth overall in the Scottish Rally. The two-day, two-leg event, only the British car maker's third rally since its return
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Sail in to the Ship
TAKE a voyage of discovery to the Ship Inn, Market Street, Hoylake, and visit a pub with a character very much of its own. Inside, the tavern lives up to its name, with the main bar decorated like a ship, with nautical pictures and items covering the
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Worth the 'Waiting'
YOU HAVE until Saturday to see the powerful play, 'Waiting for Hillsborough', at the Masque Theatre, Liverpool. This non-political work about the day 96 fans died at a football match follows the fortunes of their families in Liverpool as they anxiously
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Whittington for festive Floral
THE stars are coming out for 'Dick Whittington', this year's traditional family panto at New Brighton's Floral Pavilion. Peter Simon from 'Live and Kicking', 'Brookside''s David Crosby (alias actor John Burgess), radio personality Tony Snell and Gareth
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Hustlers in line for great future
A WIRRAL company which is tapping into the popular pastime of line dancing is stepping up the pace through the guidance and support of Business Link, with a new modern disco line dance routine fondly known as 'The Beast'! Wallasey-based 'Houston Hustlers
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WATERSTONES bookshop opened in Birkenhead on Saturday with a champagne launch attended by Wirral May
Award-winning author and Radio Merseyside presenter Brian Jacques, best known for the popular 'Redwall' series, and Kevin Sampson, whose first novel 'Awaydays' was published in March and is set in Birkenhead, officially opened the store. Converted for
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WIRRAL TENNIS BOOST FOR ALL LOCAL KIDS
THE BIRKENHEAD Tennis Partnership has been served an ace - a 15,000 pounds grant from the Lawn Tennis Association and the British Tennis Foundation - to run a community based tennis development programme in Birkenhead Park. The Partnership's members,
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Wirral Youth FC - happy cup winners!
MEMBERS of Wirral Youth FC were in celebratory mood after winning the Eastham & District Junior Football League Under-15 Cannell Cup. They beat Prenton Athletic 1-0. Wirral Youth wish to thank the following for their support throughout the season:
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ADAM SAILS TO DECISIVE CUP VICTORY
THE SIGMA 33 Paranoah, under the charge of Adam Kyffin, sailed to a clear cut win in West Cheshire Sailing Club's annual Carpenter Trophy Memorial Race over a Mersey Estuary course, on Saturday. Dee Sailing Club's annual Long Distance Dee Estuary Dinghy
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Gold, silver and bronze smiles
UPTON Village Karate Club achieved great success in their first ever competition at the Junior and Senior National Karate Championships in Oxford, held by the English Goju-Ryu Karate Association. In the Forms section, Mark Melvin and Debbie Taylor won
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Ladies' day!
NESTON Ladies Cricket team maintained their position at the top of the Cheshire League with victory over New Brighton (101-7). Openers Clare Fell and Libbey Goosey put on 80. Neston, in reply, made 104-2, Ally Byrne, 40, and Vicky Davis, 45, forming a
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Sunlight take Village Cup hopes into area final
Local Cricket Scene with ANDREW STRATTON PORT Sunlight are through to their area final in the Village National Knock-Out Cup, following a convincing 118 runs success over Croston on Sunday. Sunlight, who beat holders Caldy in the previous round, rattled
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Double joy for boxers
THERE was joy for two Wirral boxers at an Everton Park Sports Centre show. Professional boxer Kenny 'The Assassin' Rainford, of Wallasey, outpointed Robert Peel to win the light heavyweight contest. Kenny was cheered on by heavyweight legend Ernie Shavers
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The Funeral Grant
THIS popular weekly column deals with welfare rights issues of interest to people living in Wirral This week the topic is about free travel passes for the elderly and for people who have a disability living in Merseyside. This article is just a guide
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What's your poisson?
Fishmonger reels in Paris trip A FISHMONGER from Birkenhead has won a long weekend for two in Paris, where he will trade tips and views with French retailers after landing the Scottish Salmon Boards 'Excellence in Marketing' competition. Simon Buckmaster
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Teletext win for family
A BEBINGTON woman has won a family holiday to Italy courtesy of Teletext. Sandra Bromley, her husband and two sons will take advantage of the week's holiday worth £1,124.13. Teletext launched the £1 million Holiday Promotion in January this year when
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Balloon goes up!
BIRKENHEAD'S 12 Quays site hosts a big balloon festival this weekend as part of the Mersey River Festival. It lifts off on Saturday, June 13, at 6.30pm, when a hot air balloon - weather permitting - goes up as part of Balloons Across the Mersey based
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'Get tough' councillors evict nuisance tenants
WIRRAL Council has evicted a family of 'nuisance neighbours' as part of its new get-tough policy on anti-social behaviour. The new strategy for dealing with this growing problem was launched earlier this year, and followed the start of an 'introductory
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Pupils in the running
FOUR regional school finalists, including Bebington High School, will be competing in Preston on Thursday, July 2, to decide the winner of the BNFL-sponsored North West Sports Award Scheme. The scheme, organised by the National Playing Fields Association
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Sixties swingers rock for 'Mushy'
FORMER bands from the Sixties stage a memorial concert for Dave 'Mushy' Cooper at the Hotel Vic, New Brighton, on Sunday evening, June 21, featuring many of his friends from the Mersebeat scene. They include Kansas City 5, The Undertakers, The Dresdens
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'Hard man' jailed for garage heist
A MAN who robbed a Birkenhead service station of more than £300 when armed and masked was jailed for six years. Liverpool Crown Court heard that Roy Clayton, a 'local hard man' in the Sale area of Greater Manchester where he lives, went into the Esso
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Historic date for church
NINETY years and one day later, the laying of the foundation stone of Prenton United Reformed Church is to be celebrated this Saturday with a June Jamboree. The event is to raise much-needed funds for the upkeep of the fine building on the corner of Storeton
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New housing office opens
WIRRAL Council's Housing Department opened their new North Birkenhead area housing office to the public last week. The opening, timed to coincide with National Housing Week, was attended by Councillor George Davies, Chair of the Council's Housing Committee
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Senior citizen's lottery 'pick-me-up'
A HOSPITALISED pensioner has been given an ideal 'pick-me-up' - she has become the latest 2,000 pounds jackpot winner in Wirral's newest weekly lottery. The woman, who does not wish to be named, is currently a patient at Arrowe Park Hospital. On Friday
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WEAR A SUNFLOWER WITH PRIDE PLEA TO WIRRAL PEOPLE
WIRRAL people are being urged to wear a sunflower with pride this month in support of the annual National Hospices Sunflower Appeal. Throughout June, hospices around the country are organising all kinds of fundraising events and giving away sunflowers
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Host families sought
EF FOUNDATION are looking for people in Wirral to host a teenager from any number of countries around the world. Students like Alexandre Souza, from Brazil, who lists cycling, tennis and athletics among his hobbies. Or Sebastian Aust, from Berlin, who
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BEAT the millennium Bug!
AS THE World Cup kicks off, Business Link Wirral, at Egerton House, near 12 Quays, launches a programme of free seminars advising firms on how to cope with the Millennium date change in computers. They don't clash with World Cup games and start at Egerton
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Blood donor dates
MEMBERS of the public can give blood tomorrow (June 11) at the Town Hall, High Street, Neston (2pm-4pm and 5.30pm-7.30pm). The Mobile Donating Unit is at the Cheshire Show next Tuesday and Wednesday (11am-4pm). Converted for the new archive on 13 March
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Warning as boy, 11, is scalded
BIRTHDAY boy David Sheppard, of Wallasey, puts on a brave face despite suffering severe scalds to his feet while he was making a drink at his home in Mill Lane. The incident was allegedly caused by a defective BWL Housewares kettle bought a month ago
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HOMES ON LEAS SITE
Public Inquiry is next month CONTROVERSIAL plans for a posh estate on 'Millionaire's Row' on the site of the former Leas School, Meols Drive, West Kirby, are scheduled to go before a public inquiry. The Secretary of State has announced July 22 as the
