News in Heswall

In a Facebook post the wildlife TV presenter and conservationist said the beach has transformed from a desert to an oasis since 2019.

In the summer of 2019, Wirral Council decided to stop all management of the beach after it was strongly criticised for spraying it with the herbicide glyphosate.

Wirral Council's waste collection contractor Biffa has been taking stock of today's difficult weather conditions and now made the decision to postpone all Monday collections until tomorrow.

Residents are asked to remove their bins from the roadside and put them back out for collection by 7am tomorrow morning.

Here in our part of Wirral, Storm Dudley was a bit off a dud, Eunice huffed and puffed to more dramatic effect, and right now the strong winds of Storm Franklin are bending the trees, a reminder that in common with much of the country we are in a Met Office Yellow weather warning zone today.

Yellow is the lowest tier of warnings, but still has to be taken seriously, while Amber and Red are second and top.

Above: a gallery of pictures by Bob Shaw

As the local area faced the wrath of Storm Eunice this weekend, we made the short trip to Neston to face the Nomads in Division 3.

Amir Khan and Kell Brook will finally settle their long-running grudge, which stretches back for over 15 years, in the ring tonight.

Competitiveness in sport is always healthy for fans and the popularity of the sport. In this case, the visceral hatred between the pair dates back to their amateur days.

The Volkswagen Golf GTE is one of those cars that seems like it has every imaginable box ticked. It'll do 40 miles of pure electric running (according to official WLTP figures) courtesy of its 13kWh battery, before a 1.4-litre turbocharged petrol engine kicks in to keep the GTE functioning like any 'normal' petrol car.

Due to the Golf's charging rate being capped at 3.6kW, the fastest you'll be able to charge that battery is just under four hours from a dedicated home wallbox, or some five hours from a normal three-pin domestic socket. The cables are provided for both of these charging methods, and it's reassuring to know that the Golf GTE's Type 2 charging socket is compatible with most public car chargers.

In papers produced for a meeting of the council's most powerful committee, Policy and Resources, which took place on February 15, it is forecast that the local authority will raise Council Tax by 2.99%.

This is the most it can be raised by without a referendum.

Wirral Council has announced more closures amid high winds caused by Storm Eunice.

Any bookings for outdoor activities at Wirral leisure centres today have been cancelled.

In a sure sign that COVID travel restrictions are easing, yesterday a small frog ended a 5000 mile journey from the western coast of Africa when it disembarked from a box of bananas - in Heswall Primary School.

As pupils prepared for snack time, the tiny amphibian was discovered.

Giraffes, rhinos and elephants at Chester Zoo are being fed on rich and nutritious vegetation grown at Wirral Waters.

Every two years, Chester Zoo's animal and plant logistics team visit the Wirral Waters site at Bidston Dock to harvest browse, saplings, shoots and leaves. The team visited the site twice a week throughout January and cleared four van loads of nourishing vegetation each time and they're still going...