News in Heswall

Businesses in Wirral are being offered the chance to take part in a rapid mobile testing programme to help identify infection amongst their workforces and thus avoid outbreaks.

The pilot is part of the council's plans to increase access to testing for COVID-19 in those sectors that cannot work from home and high-risk groups.

Heswall Nub News' Jobs section has been given a sleek coat of digital paint thanks to the Nub News Tech Department.

Click or tap on Jobs and you'll find it is now even easier to browse vacancies in the immediate area and further beyond, and then apply.

Owners of boats and other items at Meols Parade are being encouraged to come forward and claim them as Wirral Council prepares to make safety improvements to the area - which won't be the boats' final resting place.

More than 30, mostly unused boats, dinghies and other marine related items have been at Meols Parade for a number of years and, in an attempt to ensure resident safety, improve the surrounding area and reinstate the car park, the boats and other items now need to be removed.

As England's Test Cricket team licks its wounds after losing to India on a very dodgy pitch, and golfers look forward to playing again at the end of March, here's a story about a man highly proficient with both bat and clubs.

The name Leonard Crawley won't mean much to anyone who isn't steeped in the history of sport.

Making a modern television drama is as secretive a business as the most ingenious espionage, so there isn't much to be seen or heard at the secure location shoot for The Ipcress File taking place at the Royal British Legion until Friday.

All that could be seen were security guards and beyond them crew and kit vans, and all that could be heard was the fact that the Legion building is doubling as 'the base'.

Yesterday we summarised the government's four step roadmap out of lockdown, and you can take another look at the proposed dates for gradual easing of restrictions by clicking or tapping here.

Today we asked some local businesses and organisations for their reactions to the plan.

If 'being offensive' was a crime, then British prisons would be even more overcrowded than they are now.

Even worse, felons would be odds on to do time sharing a cell 23 hours a day with someone likely to be incredibly rude to them.

Like so many other towns and their residents, Heswall is feeling the pain and anxiety of lockdown and all that it denies us.

So today's announcement by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons will have been eagerly anticipated by many, particularly local hospitality businesses, retailers, service providers, and parents of school age children.

Wirral's COVID-19 cases have risen for the first time since early January in worrying news ahead of today's announcement on the roadmap out of lockdown.

On a day-by-day comparison, there were 371 cases at a rate of 115 per 100,000 in the week up to February 17.

Please note that if you need to go over the water via the Queensway Tunnel, better known as the Birkenhead Tunnel, a programme of essential maintenance works will bring two closures, one short, one long, to all traffic during February, with more to come next month.

The Tunnel will be out of action between 2100 tonight and 0630 tomorrow morning.