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Lairds in hard-fought victory over Foley Meir
An improved performance with plenty of work rate saw Lairds secure their first victory of the season in the North West Counties First Division South against a determined Foley Meir…
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West Cheshire Football League round-up, 16 August 2025
Monday 11 August | After losing their opening encounter, reigning Go2Day West Cheshire League Division One champions, Mossley Hill Ath., now under the stewardship of Cec Clovis, returned to winning…
SAFE: 35-year-old Pensby man
Note: As is standard with all missing persons appeals on the Birkenhead News website, once confirmed by police to be safe and well, their personal details are redacted for privacy…
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Sunday Snippets, 17 August 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…
Late Gillingham equaliser denies Tranmere victory
Tranmere hosted Gillingham on Saturday afternoon in their third game of the 2025/6 season. Saturdayday 16 August · League Two Tranmere Rovers 1 | 1 Gillingham HT 0–0 Tranmere: O.…
Merseyside Police weekly news round-up, 16 August 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’. Arrest…
Wirral man arrested following stalking incident in Birkenhead Park
A 34-year-old man from Wirral has been arrested on suspicion of stalking following an incident in Birkenhead on Friday, 15 August. At 12.13pm a woman called the police to say…
Spectator ejected following racist abuse at Anfield
Merseyside Police has confirmed that a 47-year-old man has been ejected from Anfield Stadium following reports of racist abuse directed towards the Bournemouth player Antoine Semenyo at the opening game…
‘If it wasn’t for me going to that scan, I wouldn’t be here now’
An Oxton man is encouraging smokers and former smokers to take up a pioneering screening scheme, which is running in Wirral from now until February 2026. Paul Nelson, 72, was…
Councillor raises concerns about ‘inconsiderate drivers’ on Leasowe Road
A Wirral Councillor has said that inconsiderate drivers are using the forecourt of the BP garage and Londis shop on Leasowe Road as a way of avoiding a diversion during…
Men sought following assault and robbery in Liverpool
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 60-year-old man was assaulted on his way home from Liverpool city centre and had his Rolex watch stolen. The man had travelled onboard…
Say ‘yes’ to new friendships at special taster events
Friendly society, Mersey Oddfellows is inviting Liverpool and Wirral residents to a series of special taster events as part of its annual Friendship Month celebrations this September. The local not-for-profit…
Leaders react to Liverpool Women’s Hospital CQC upgrade
Leaders at Liverpool’s specialist women’s hospital have heralded “a fantastic achievement” after maternity services were upgraded by health chiefs. Liverpool Women’s University Hospital, which is run by the NHS Foundation…
Man and women arrested after police spot people 'acting suspiciously' on wasteland
Suspected heroin, crack cocaine, cash and phones were found
Emergency gas works lead to road closure on Moreton Road and M53 junction 2A
A road closure came into effect on 15 August, in Upton, Wirral, to enable emergency works on gas mains underground. Cadent, which manages the local gas network, has had to…
Two arrested following suspicious activity in Birkenhead
Police have arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of drug supply offences following an incident in Birkenhead on Thursday, 14 August. At around midday, officers on foot patrol…
Prenton family won’t have to take down garage in neighbour row
A family has been told they don’t have to demolish their garage at the centre of a neighbourhood spat. Wirral councillors said they’d never seen an application like it as…
Three men jailed for dealing crack cocaine in Ellesmere Port
Three men have been jailed following an investigation into drug dealing in Ellesmere Port. Kian Burgess, 19, from King Street, Ellesmere Port, Ben Rennix, 21, of no fixed address and…
Former Wirral Council deputy leader understood to be suspended
A Wirral Labour councillor who was a former deputy leader of her local council has been suspended by her party, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) understands. Cllr Jean Robinson,…
Wirral pupils ‘break records’ on results day
A headteacher at a leading Wirral school said she was emotional after pupils at her school broke records on results day. Schools across the borough are saying they have seen…