News in Heswall

Merseyside Police is encouraging all victims of stalking to come forward after a Prenton woman was handed a five-year Stalking Protection Order.

Annika Sands, aged 37, was handed the order on Tuesday 25 January, after she was found to have stalked three men.

An urgent appeal has been launched by local rescue and rehoming charity Horse Sense Wirral to raise funds to support more than 80 ponies - a workload which has pushed the organisation close to the edge.

Strong winds hitting the former dairy farm in Thornton Hough over the weekend caused storm damage and equipment loss, with additional maintenance funds required to fix roofing and replace lost feed buckets.

Following the recent re-opening of the Red Lion pub in Parkgate, complete with a makeover costing in the region of a quarter of a million pounds, comes news of another uplifting project for the iconic village.

Cheshire West and Chester Council's Rural Localities team has been working with Neston Town Council, The Parkgate Society and RSPB to develop improvement plans around the site of the Old Baths.

Coronavirus cases have fallen in Wirral, with the number of people being treated for the virus in the borough's hospitals also down.

After a massive surge in cases in December and early January, which saw the infection rate surge from around 400 per 100,000 to 2,948 per 100,000 by January 4, cases have begun to fall significantly.

Thornton Holdings Ltd, operators of Thornton Manor and the surrounding estate, has been instructed to remove three marquees, one of which has served as a venue for events for more than a decade.

The UK's Planning Inspectorate has dismissed three appeals by the company which sought to overturn a Wirral Borough Council decision not to grant planning permission for the buildings.

It was League Cup action for both our senior sides on Saturday as our First Team travelled to Chester Nomads in the Pyke Cup, and our Reserves welcomed Neston Nomads to Gayton Park in the League Shield, both ties being at the Quarter Final Stage.

Following a 1 - 1 draw for the Firsts on the opening day of the season, a close game was expected as the game got underway. Heswall started poorly and deservedly went behind in the first 10 minutes, the setback only serving to kick us into gear as we took control of the game in difficult, windy conditions.

Vauxhall is making serious headway in its drive to electrify its range. The battery-powered Corsa-e is one the UK's best-selling and most affordable small electric cars, while the Mokka-e has been designed cater for buyers who need a little more space and demand a lot more style.

Looks are always a question of personal taste of course, but there is no doubt that the new Mokka is now a much more interesting car to look at.

The body of the full-term baby was found at 4.25pm on Friday 29th January last year in a wooded area at the side of a footpath close to the 16th green of Brackenwood golf course in Bracken Lane in Bebington.

A post-mortem to establish the cause of death proved inconclusive.

The family of retired Merseyside Police detective Andy McDiarmid, who died earlier this week at his home in Heswall's Oldfield Way as a result of stab wounds, has paid tribute to him.

Mr McDiarmid was a police officer for three decades, before leaving the service in 2008.

Almost 400 NHS workers in Wirral are facing the sack when the government's COVID-19 vaccine mandate comes in.

On the latest numbers, published on January 13 and covering the period up to December 31, 93.9% of healthcare workers at Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust, which runs Arrowe Park Hospital, had received their first jab.