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Princess Di award for Stuart, 13
A REMARKABLE Wirral student has been chosen to receive the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Award for Young People. Stuart Martin from Bebington High School was chosen for his determination and drive in making the most of his education in the face of
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You can make dreams come true as the Globe launched a major new appeal for 2003.
THE FIRST lesson you learn at Lyndale Avenue Primary is humility. The second is unconditional love, writes features editor Michelle Corbett. There are 52 pupils at this outwardly unassuming school. Every one of them is special - and not just because of
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THEY'RE IN THE MONEY!
WELL-heeled Wirral home-owners are set to hit the jackpot as they're offered vast amounts of cash to let their houses during the Open Golf Championship. Reports suggest that premier homeowners on Meols Drive in Hoylake have accepted more than £20,000
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Local football league results and fixtures
Carlsberg West Cheshire League RESULTS - Saturday, January 4: Cheshire Amateur Cup (Quarter Finals): Heswall 4, Barnton 2; Mallaby 2, Cammell Laird 5 (after extra-time); Pavilions 0, Upton AA 0 (after extra-time); Poulton Victoria 4, Knutsford 1. Division
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David's flying high . . .
BIRKENHEAD senior aircraftsman David Barney was a member of the British Combined Services basketball team at the NATO Championship held at Mons in Belgium. David, aged 24, competed against teams from 10 countries in the annual event at the Supreme Headquarters
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Vauxhall cruising
Vauxhall Motors 1 Wakefield & Emley 0 ALVIN McDonald's Vauxhall Motors rounded off another momentous year with a hard-fought victory at Rivacre Park on Saturday against a side they had never previously beaten - a result that leaves the Motormen nicely
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Weather puts paid to Park's big match
BIRKENHEAD Park's clash at table toppers Cleckheaton, in Powergen North Division One, was a casualty of the weather on Saturday with the pitch being frost-bound. The match will now be played on February 15. It was a disappointing start to the New Year
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What a shocker!
New Brighton . . . 17pts Preston Grasshoppers . . . 29pts by Colin Bentley PRESTON rocked BBH New Brighton's National League Division Three promotion challenge with this win at Hartsfield on Saturday. To say the Grasshoppers deserved their win would be
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Steve, 18, becomes national boxing champion
EIGHTEEN-year-old Steve Williams has become Seacombe-based Avalon ABC's first national boxing champion. Steve, boxing at 67kgs in the Senior Novice National Championships at Knottingley Leisure Centre, Yorkshire, faced his toughest opponent to-date in
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Boswell nets fine double
by Paul Hunt THE New Year certainly brought in the worst of the Winter weather and severe disruption to the Birkenhead & Wirral A.F. League's weekend cup and Division One fixtures. A couple of games did survive, including Pacific's fine 4-0 win over
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Vics, Laird storm in to Amateur Cup semis
Carlsberg West Cheshire League round-up with Ernie McDonald POULTON Victoria's disappointment of the previous week's Pyke Cup exit was soon forgotten, on Saturday, as the Carlsberg West Cheshire League Division One side stormed into the semi-finals of
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Gavin uses his local knowledge to bag festive victory
COMPETITORS in the North West Association of Sea Angling Clubs' annual Personal Members Christmas Match at Seacombe Promenade faced the challenge of a strong easterly wind blowing across the Mersey Estuary combined with a strong tide run. Seacombe Promenade
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Jamie lands two-day title
ALTHOUGH plenty of fish were caught, the fishing did not go to plan when the North West Association of Sea Angling Clubs held its Two Day Open at Otterspool Promenade - an excess of rainwater in the estuary saw to that. The whiting failed to show in the
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Newcomer Ged wins Fur & Feather trophy
NINETY-seven rods took part in the North West Association of Sea Angling Clubs' Permit Holders' Fur & Feather match in the Mersey Estuary. While many of the established matchmen fished their favourite hotspots at Seaforth, Ged Vann, a relative newcomer
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Caldy face top of table clash
CALDY 1st XV's start to the 2003 programme in the South Lancashire/Cheshire One League was frustrated by a waterlogged pitch at Birchfield, on Saturday. Caldy were not suffering from the Christmas recess, as they had played the long overdue second round
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Wirral lose by one point in Isle of Man
WIRRAL were edged out by the odd point as they journeyed to the Isle of Man to take on Vagabonds in a South Lancashire/Cheshire One match. It was very disappointing for the Clatterbridge outfit, who did more than enough to win. Andy Charvill, Paul Rawsthorne
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Blues' injury stunner
BBH-New Brighton, whose promotion bid from National League Division Three has hit rocky ground, have been dealt a further blow with the discovery that key player Riaz Fredericks broke a bone in his hand during Saturday's shock home defeat against Preston
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'Jack Frost' can't put skids under leaders
UNEXPECTED widespread frost caused the majority of games in the South Wirral Football League to be postponed, on Saturday (writes Vernon Lee). But it failed to deter current leaders Tricorn from forging further ahead in the race for the Robin Hodgson
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Rovers unlucky not to pick up a point
Tranmere Rovers . . . . 1 Oldham Athletic . . . . 2 Attendance: 9,795 NEW Year's Day blues got the better of Tranmere in their bank holiday fixture, despite an exceptional home team performance. Throughout the game, Tranmere had greater possession and
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Going up? Rovers on fringe of play-off place
STOP giving away penalties and breaking bones, says Tranmere Rovers' manager Ray Mathias, who is anxious to keep the Prenton Park club on track for a place in the Nationwide League Division Two end-of-season promotion play-offs. Rovers, who currently
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Death in Vegas @ The Lomax
The Lomax in Liverpool has been at the forefront of showcasing quality bands in Liverpool for years - no matter where the venue has been. The Organisation's latest location is at Nation in Parr Street, a venue which provides an intimate environment and
