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School says goodbye burgers, hello salad!
PUPILS at a Wirral school are turning their noses up at fast food and favouring salads as the Government's healthy lifestyle message starts to bite. Within two years the number of pizzas Calday Grange Grammar's canteen cooks each day has been halved,
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Assembly plans scrapped
DEPUTY Prime Minister John Prescott has ordered plans for a Northwest regional assembly referendum to be scrapped. It follows overwhelming rejection of a trailblazing assembly scheme in the northeast of England. Sir David Trippier, leader of the 'Northwest
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Father died after making suicide pact
A FORMER Wirral post-master, jailed for stealing £50,000 to fund his daughter's spending sprees, has drowned in Tenerife after making an apparent suicide bid with his wife. William Ainscow, 75, and his wife Wendy apparently took a large quantity of anti-depressants
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Round two in Meols phone mast battle
PROTESTORS are preparing for fresh battle to prevent the introduction of a mobile phone mast near Meols railway station, writes Selina Phillips. A proposal by telecommunications company O2 to install a mast on greenbelt land near Bertram Drive North was
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Club back in action
SHAFTESBURY Youth Club's new astro-turf pitch has re-opened after a £40,000 refurbishment and a major fundraising drive is on to help pay for its future maintenance. After seven years of intensive use, the main all-weather pitch had come to the end of
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Civic display of youthful talent
A GROUP of young people in Birkenhead have revamped a play area at the Charing Cross Methodist Church. The 16-25 year olds designed the improvements for the play area themselves, and their talents are now displayed on a colourful 60ft wall featuring murals
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Drug dealer jailed
A 43-year-old Wallasey man who admitted possessing crack cocaine with intent to supply has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. Liverpool Crown Court heard that on March 11 this year police officers saw Christopher Jones going into a house in Upton
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Zero Centre charity quiz
A FUNDRAISING 'fun quiz' is being held in aid of the Zero Centre, a charity that helps to free women and children from dangerous and tragic circumstances. The Zero Centre in Laird Street, Birkenhead is a dedicated drop-in centre for abused women and their
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Town centre takes action!
A CRIME-FIGHTING scheme aimed at making Birkenhead Town Centre a safer place to visit and shop in has won a prestigious national award. The Safer Shopping Award was presented to Wirral mayor Cllr Hilary Jones by the British Retail Consortium last week
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Wirral parks win national awards
THREE Wirral parks have won top recognition in a prestigious national campaign, writes Craig Manning. Ashton Park in West Kirby, Vale Park in New Brighton and Thornton Hough Village Green are three of 80 Northwest parks to achieve a Green Flag Award,
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White-water thrills in new resort plan
THE THRILLS of white-water canoeing could be coming to New Brighton as part of the £70m seafront revamp to recapture the resort's glory days of the past. Developer Neptune has been holding talks with the British Canoeing Union to create a challenging
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Here's what YOU think
SEETHING motorists have unleashed an avalanche of protests against traffic wardens in the wake of last week's exclusive Globe story on parking fines. Motorists have been asked to cough up £1.2m in penalties since Wirral council took over operations from
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Disabled driver fury over new ticket regime
OUTRAGED disabled motorists claim to have been hit hardest by Wirral's new ticket regime. A charity set up for disabled motorists has slammed the council's new parking policy for unduly targeting the peninsula's most vulnerable people. Karen Jones, manager
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AA says common sense must prevail
AN Automobile Association spokeswoman said that wherever there had been a local authority take-over of parking ticket operations there had been a huge increase in the distribution of penalty tickets. She commented: "We are not against people being fined
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Inquiry pledge after Globe repoprt
A TOP LEVEL inquiry has been ordered into Wirral's parking fines controversy following last week's Globe report that motorists have been hit to the tune of more than £1.2m since the local authority took control of operations. Wirral Tory leader Cllr Jeff
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Overseas cops learn the Wirral way
SIX senior police officers from Sierra Leone have visited Wirral to spend a week with local officers as part of a training programme. They are students on the International Commanders Programme, which is designed for senior overseas police officers, and
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Warming news for families
HUNDREDS of families from downtown areas of Wirral have received warming news from the local authority. Special grants are being offered to residents in the peninsula's Housing Renewal Initiative area to help make their homes snug in the winter and to
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Share your Autism Angel stories
THE National Autistic Society is inviting Wirral people to share their 'Autism Angel' stories this Christmas. These stories, which could be about people who support those with autism or who have the condition themselves, will be posted on the NAS website
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Ten years helping Wirral business
ONCE A derelict quayside warehouse, Egerton House is celebrating ten years since it was transformed into a hub of successful business. The only original building remaining on Egerton dockside, the office centre was originally known as Interchange House
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New group set up tp help street skaters
A SKATERS' working party, featuring police and the local community, has been set up to tackle problems caused by a lack of facilities for skateboarders and rollerbladers in Heswall. There is currently no suitable area for skaters in the town and 'streetskating
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Royal support for sailing club bid
A WIRRAL bid to stage a prestigious international sailing event has received the royal seal of approval. West Kirby Sailing Club will find out next week whether its bid to host the International Sailing Federation's World Team Racing Championships has
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Mum's dilemma as school clubs close
A WORKING mother from Woodchurch says she may have to quit her job when the after-school club her daughter attends closes. This is the second blow for 27-year-old Kathleen Alexander since she started working two years ago for a record store in Birkenhead
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Callous owner dumped puppy
A CALLOUS dog owner is being hunted by the RSPCA after an emaciated puppy was found abandoned in Storeton Woods. The five-month-old German shepherd was discovered by a member of the public shut inside a wooden box in the Bebington woodland. The woman,
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Concert for Claire House
A SPECIAL charity concert in aid of Claire House's latest appeal takes place at the Gladstone Theatre later this month. Created and directed by Linda Hatton, a Bebington-based professional piano teacher, this annual coming together of local musical talent
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Fightback against P.O. closures
COUNCILLORS in Moreton have joined the fight to save a post office earmarked for closure under controversial Royal Mail plans. They claim the move could leave the community 'devastated.' Moreton West and Saughall Massie councillors Chris Blakeley and
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Wear your poppy with pride
THOUSANDS of Wirral people are expected to gather at memorials across the borough to pay special tribute to those who have lost their lives in war on Sunday, November 14. Services are taking place at the following times and venues. 10am: The Cenotaph,
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Students to the rescue
EASTHAM pensioner Sylvia Humphreys has had her faith in young people restored after having her garden wall kicked down by child vandals.. Bebington students have rebuilt the wall in Bridle Road after learning of the pensioner's plight. In October, 62-
