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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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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…
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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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…
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…
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. Andy, who…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 artists who will all be brightening…
New University of Chester Chancellor Dame Jenny Harries officially installed at cathedral ceremony
Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, Dame Jenny Harries DBE DL, has spoken about her honour at being officially installed as Chancellor at the University of Chester. Succeeding former…
7,000 drivers fined for not paying for city parking after 6pm
More than 7,000 drivers were caught out by the end of free parking in Liverpool city centre in the first three months of the new scheme. It was confirmed in…
Six men arrested after botched business burglary in Oxton
Six men were arrested after a failed attempt to break into a business in Oxton on Thursday, 27 November. At around 8.50pm, Merseyside Police received a report that a group…
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…
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…
Late Dennis goal secures Tranmere victory at Grimsby
Join the Tranmere Rovers community on Reddit Tranmere visited Grimsby on Thursday evening in their latest game of the 2025/6 League Two season. Thursday 27 November · League Two Grimsby…
Crosby heroin smuggler tried to ‘pull the wool over jury’s eyes’ with jumper defence
A heroin smuggler who argued that he was framed by another man who borrowed his jumper has been jailed for nine years following a National Crime Agency investigation. Jon-Paul Clark,…
Teenager sentenced to 13 years in custody for Kirkby double stabbing
A teenager has been sentenced to 13 years in custody after stabbing a boy and girl during an altercation at a bus stop in Kirkby. At 8.25pm on Wednesday, 30…