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The Latest Breaking News from Wirral

Areas that share a name but are miles apart when it comes to housing

These places may share a name, but the price tags on homes are polar opposites

Liverpool Echo

Families left furious over scandal of 'lost' babies buried in 'mass graves'

It's thought there are hundreds if not thousands and some families don't know where they were buried

Manchester Evening News

Anger lives on over scandal of 'lost' babies buried in 'mass graves'

It's thought there are hundreds if not thousands and some families don't know where they were buried

Liverpool Echo

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240 homes rejected on site '6,000 years older than Stonehenge'

This was the latest application from Leverhulme Estates to be rejected as part of plans for more than 1,000 homes in Wirral

Liverpool Echo

Nan worried children 'wouldn't survive' if playground closed

Campaigners want to see the possible cuts to three playgroups in Wirral, including the Addy taken "off the table"

Liverpool Echo

Our Liverpool: Is it 'on the Wirral' or 'in Wirral'

We highlight some of today's most important stories

Liverpool Echo

Gang of thugs 'bully young lad' into selling drugs on troubled estates

Merseyside Police went through doors and carried out searches in a number of troubled estates across Wirral

Liverpool Echo

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Birkenhead fourth-most sought-after 'dream home destination' in the UK

House prices have risen sharply in Birkenhead in the past few years

Liverpool Echo

Housing workers announce 30 days of strikes over being forced to work with deadly asbestos

People living in some 13,000 properties across Wirral have been warned to expect "severe delays in repairs and maintenance"

Liverpool Echo

Thousands oppose 240 green belt homes up for vote next week

Leverhulme said the applications are needed to meet Wirral's housing needs

Liverpool Echo

Golf champion asks council to save 'amazing' golf course 'for the community'

Councillors in Wirral will debate whether to close the golf course for good on February 2

Liverpool Echo

Calls for review of controversial cycle lane making congestion 'worse'

Those in favour argue Fender Lane provides a safe link between east and west Wirral

Liverpool Echo

New 20mph zones to be introduced on 1,700 roads to 'save lives'

The zones, despite some public backlash, were approved with support from all councillors on Wirral's Environment Committee

Liverpool Echo

Wirral Council golf course plans 'kick in the teeth' to campaigners

The council said reopening the golf course would create "significant risks" and likely all golf courses on the Wirral would lose money

Liverpool Echo

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Lost Liverpool and Wirral train stations long forgotten by many

Some of these stations served passengers for decades, while others closed within a few years of opening

Liverpool Echo

Over 1,700 roads could be made 20mph under new plan

20mph zones could be expanded across residential areas in many parts of Wirral

Daily Mirror

Gran's search for 'angel' who approached her and held her hand outside hospital

Grandmother Joan Prescott, 87, had just left Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in the Wirral, where she is currently undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer, when she fell in Liverpool city centre

Liverpool Echo

Virgin Media customers furious as services go down and still out

One family has been left with no internet after signing up for the service only a week ago

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Liverpool Echo

Some could pay twice as much council tax in Wirral under proposals

Wirral Council could target those with second homes next year if councillors approve the plans this week

Liverpool Echo

The ‘rundown’ Merseyside town where the poor ‘want to give the most’

“We need to stop papering over the cracks and start fixing the cracks”

Liverpool Echo

Everything that could be cut as £32m budget gap looms over Wirral council

A Wirral Council spokesperson said: “The council faces very difficult choices in the coming months"

Liverpool Echo

NHS trust rejects proposed extension to £10m social care contract

For quality of social care, Wirral is one of the worst-performing council areas in the North West

Liverpool Echo

Crackdown on the streets of Wirral as gunmen, dealers and crooks targeted in wake of Elle Edwards murder

Merseyside Police had already had their sights on organised crime groups in the estates of Wirral

Liverpool Echo

Our five favourite places in and around Liverpool to inspire your 2023 days out

We decided to become tourists in our own city last year

Liverpool Echo

Developer asks for public inquiry over controversial homes

The plans have been controversial with one campaigner against the homes calling the appeals a "disgrace"

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