News in Heswall

A Heswall councillor has warned colleagues that Wirral Council could face government intervention if it does not get its regeneration programme right.

Wirral Council needs to save £20m this year to address its budget black hole, with two damning government reports published last November saying the authority must spend less on leisure services.

The government is offering funding of up to £5000 to UK based small and medium enterprises to buy software that will help their digital transformation journeys and make them fit for the future.

The Help to Grow website allows companies to compare approved business software and understand what technology is best suited to them and most helpful to their growth.

New foster carers are urgently needed to step forward to help look after children across Wirral.

The council is seeking more people from all walks of life to become foster carers.

Fewer people are being treated for COVID-19 in Wirral compared to last week, when the local NHS was said to be under "considerable pressure".

In recent weeks, the number of COVID related hospitalisations in Wirral has surged. 98 people were in hospital with COVID-19 on January 11, up from 73 on January 4 and just 28 on December 28.

The competition, which was launched by community group One West Kirby, asked 14–18-year-olds, attending West Kirby schools, to create a future West Kirby through art, design technology, photography and creative writing.

The shortlisted work was judged by a panel of experts, including award-winning photographers, architects, artists and an internationally renowned scriptwriter, alongside local councillors.

Recent changes in testing mean the declining coronavirus infection rate in Wirral does not give an accurate picture of the pandemic, according to the borough's public health director.

Speaking at tonight's meeting of Wirral Council's adult social care and public health committee, Julie Webster said the falling case rate was good news, but the data is difficult to interpret at the moment.

The man who died at a house in Heswall has been formally identified as 64-year old Andrew McDiarmid.

Officers were called to a property on Oldfield Way in Heswall at around 8.45pm on Monday 24th January and found Mr McDiarmid with serious injuries. He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

Plans to close a "lovely" Wirral golf course may cause fly tipping and anti-social behaviour, a petition claims.

The proposal has come about as Wirral Council needs to save £20m this year to address its budget black hole, with two damning government reports published last November saying the authority must spend less on leisure services.

Merseyside Police has launched a murder investigation following the death of a man in Heswall.

Officers were called to a property on Oldfield Way at around 8.45pm last night.

The Highway Code is about to be updated, and the changes will become law across the UK on January 29, pending parliamentary approval.

However, it seems the vast majority of drivers are unaware of the changes.