News in Heswall

Andrew Collinge, twice British Hairdresser of the Year, and owner of salons in Liverpool, the Trafford Centre and Heswall, is asking politicians to get behind a drive to Save Our Salons.

The hairdressing sector has been hit hard by the pandemic and normally employs more than a quarter of a million people.

Merseyside Police is urging owners of cars with keyless entry systems in Wirral to be vigilant following a number of vehicle thefts.

Offenders have found a way to clone wireless key signals from car keys inside homes, enabling them to open the vehicle on the driveway or roadside, start the engine and drive the vehicle away. This means car thieves are able to avoid having to break into homes to steal key fobs.

A road in Bebington remains closed due to a police investigation into the death of the baby boy whose body was found on Brackenwood Golf Course.

The baby's body was discovered by two people walking their dogs on the Bracken Lane golf course at around 4.25pm on January 29.

Care home deaths from COVID-19 have begun to rise again in the Liverpool City Region, new figures have shown.

Data from the Office for National Statistics released on Tuesday today revealed that 35 care home residents died of COVID-19 during the third week of January.

Cheshire Constabulary has welcomed its first ever well-being dog into the family.

Harley, a labradoodle, has been with his new owner PC Jane Tetlow from the youth engagement team since the beginning of January.

Above: Gallery of pictures of the incident

There were dramatic scenes on Thurstaston Beach yesterday when Wirral, Flint and Crosby Coastguard Rescue Teams were scrambled in response to reports of two people stuck in mud.

The body of a full term baby boy discovered on Brackenwood golf course in Bebington may have been there for several weeks prior to being found.

Two dog walkers came across the boy's remains at about 4.25pm on Friday afternoon.

There are now less than 1,000 cases of coronavirus in Wirral after a marked decline in infections in recent weeks.

It is the first time since December 27 that Wirral has recorded such a low figure, but there remains much more to do to get the pandemic under control.

When Heswall FC, along with the rest of grassroots football, returns to action, the club will be backed by sponsorship from Cato Crane Auctioneers, which has bases in Liverpool and on The Mount in Heswall, and an ever expanding business in Wirral in particular.

Cato Crane's owner, John Crane, who spends most of his time appraising and supplying fine antiques, has stepped forward to back the team which has great ambitions to return to the West Cheshire League first division and rediscover the club's glory days. In the past, Heswall has been League Champions on seven occasions.

Merseyside Police is investigating the unexplained death of a baby boy whose body was found in a wooded area at the Brackenwood golf course on Bracken Lane in Bebington yesterday.

An extensive search of the area has now been carried out by specialist officers.