News in Heswall

If you're reading this you'll know that Heswall Nub News is a 'hyperlocal' service which aims to deliver engaging news and views of the town and its district.

We also wish to be a forum for discussion about the present and future of this part of the world, and to enable this we've created Heswall Nub Voice.

Football in the sun was the order of the day yesterday, and as temperatures soared Heswall FC's First Team braved the heat of cup-tie action.

Mallaby were the visitors to Gayton Park, looking to end our pursuit of retaining the Howarth and Gallagher Bowl.

It is understood that more people than ever before have signed up for a postal vote in Wirral.

As people prepare to vote in crunch elections to the borough's council, which could transform the politics of the local authority, it seems more people want to avoid polling stations given the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the easing of lockdown restrictions and the weather set fair for the weekend and next few days, Merseyside Police is reminding the public they must enjoy the outdoors safely this weekend.

Under the latest COVID regulations, people are allowed to eat and drink outdoors while seated, but outdoor gatherings are still limited to six people or two households. The mixing of households indoors is still not permitted.

There are just two COVID-19 patients in Wirral's hospitals, as our borough continues to get the pandemic under control.

In the latest figures for the borough, which cover April 20, there were two virus patients in hospital beds and none on ventilation.

The latest figures, which cover the week up to April 16, show that Eastham, West Kirby and Thurstaston, Moreton West and Saughall Massie, Upton, Claughton, Oxton, and Wallasey, all registered zero cases.

These areas account for seven of Wirral's 22 council wards.

The popular New Brighton cinema, The Light, is set to reopen its doors before the end of May.

The Light Cinema has been closed since Christmas Eve, after uncertainty over COVID-19 rules meant its management felt they had no other choice.

On Monday, not long after I blasted the proposed European Super League here on the pages of Heswall Nub News, the half baked project began to unravel when Chelsea became the first of the 'Big Six' English clubs to announce their withdrawal.

Others followed suit and now the ESL is dead in the water.

Arrowe Park hospital has been boosted by a report which praised its measures for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which regulates health and social care services in England, turned up unannounced on February 23 to assess how good Arrowe Park was at preventing and controlling the spread of coronavirus.

Specialist property recruitment consultancy, Clifton Gray, is seeking to place an Estate Agency Valuer with a Heswall based company.