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Sustainable options for funerals – how to consider the environment even when you’ve departed this earth

By The Editor

3rd Oct 2022 | Local Features

The Co-op’s Adam Costello, Samantha Hartland, Deborah Zaher, Carolyn Foster and Rhona Cossy at Grosvenor Park.

People are beginning to consider the environmental impact of funerals and how it can be limited.

What the pluck? Television, turkeys and Google

By Mark Gorton

2nd Oct 2022 | Local Features

Howard the Duck - Credit: Universal Pictures.

In the movie and television industries, a very poor film or TV show is often described as ‘a turkey’. .

The Lancashire witch trial of 1612: a longer read anticipating Halloween and November 5th

By Mark Gorton

25th Sep 2022 | Local Features

A 17th century woodcut of an execution of witches

The Lancashire witch trial of 1612 heard bizarre evidence of feuds between warring families of witches, of souls sold to the Devil and supernatural murders.

Ex-Tranmere Rovers player takes on 26 miles for The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity

By Rachel Heslin

12th Sep 2022 | Local Features

40-year-old Alex, who will run in support of Clatterbridge Cancer Charity, grew up in Rock Ferry.

New exhibit at the Williamson gallery prompts the story of how Wirral launched the world's first powered submarine

By Mark Gorton

6th Sep 2022 | Local Features

The model of Resurgam now at the Williamson

At a cost of £1,538 the submarine was constructed in 1879 by Birkenhead shipwright J.T. Cochran.

As the launch of NASA's Artemis rocket is postponed, cast your mind back to when Britain ruled the space waves - from Formby...

By Mark Gorton

29th Aug 2022 | Local Features

He was the distilled essence of the British fighter ace – courageous, quick thinking, honourable, a knight of the skies – and his name was Daniel McGregor Dare.

Recycling Top Tip: improve West Kirby tip

By Mark Gorton

28th Aug 2022 | Local Features

West Kirby Household Waste Recycling Centre

As it's revealed that Wirral is rubbish at recycling, Heswall Nub News proposes changes that will help.

Local history: RMS Titanic, Thurstaston, Heswall and the Ismay family

By Mark Gorton

25th Aug 2022 | Local Features

Titanic was was operated by Liverpool shipping company, White Star Line, and the Managing Director was Joseph Bruce Ismay, who lived in Thurstaston. .

Bank Holiday weekend: places in history: listed buildings in Heswall and Gayton

By Mark Gorton

25th Aug 2022 | Local Features