News in Heswall

As the recent abysmal weather continued to play havoc with the sporting calendar, it was no surprise that our First Team game fell foul to a waterlogged pitch, and the game against Chester Nomads was postponed on Friday.

This, alongside Wirral Council's decision to cancel all football on council pitches, ensured that on Saturday only our Reserve Team was able to represent our club and don the Yellow shirts as we travelled to Helsby to face high flying Runcorn Sports Reserves.

Wirral Council is set to overhaul its elections after two recent reports slated the local authority.

The reports, one on finance carried out by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), and another by Ada Burns on governance, gave a damning verdict.

Wirral Council's public health director has given a strong warning about the "enormous pressure" the Omicron variant could put on essential services this winter.

The highly transmissible strain of COVID-19 is said to be spreading rapidly across the country at the moment, with more mask wearing, vaccine passports and a huge push on 'booster jabs' being deployed to tackle it.

Coronavirus cases are on the up in Wirral, as the government steps-up the vaccine programme to counter the rapid spread of the Omicron variant across the country.

In the seven days up to December 7, there were 1,360 COVID-19 cases in Wirral, at a rate of 420 per 100,000.

Suppose you've bought a real Christmas tree, stuffed it in the back of the car with the top poking into the driving area, almost had an accident returning home, then lugged the damned thing into the house, unwrapped and decorated it, and swept up all the pine needles that fell off.

The last thing on your mind is how to get rid of it when it's time to put the decorations away for another year.

A British firm led by a former a Ferrari and McLaren F1 engineer has developed a new electric off-roader designed for use in the world's most challenging environments.

The Fering Pioneer is the brainchild of Ben Scott-Geddes, who has repurposed supercar and racing technology to provide environmental responsibility and unrivalled off-grid capabilities for extreme adventures.

The Holiday Activity Fund (HAF), co-ordinated byEdsentialon behalf Wirral Council,is set to support more than 3000 children and their families with free festive activities and food this winter.

Across Wirral, children in receipt of free school meals will be ending the year on a high with a choice of over 60 free activity clubs, offering enriching and memorable activities such as ice skating, Santa's grottos, days out, winter wonderlands and more.

Robbie Fowler has lent his support to a campaign encouraging road safety awareness amongst young drivers.

The former star striker has four children between the ages of 15 and 22.

Tomorrow night, at Heswall Hall, Heswall Musical Society presents "A Dickens of a Christmas" at 7.30pm, with a Saturday matinee the following day starting at 2.30pm.

As you can see below, it's described as "a traditional Christmas show with a bit of a twist", the cost of admission is £10 (concessions £8) and you can find out more by viewing our What's On listing for the event by clicking or tapping here.

Wirral Council has launched a consultation exercise inviting residents to support or object to the introduction of new car parking charges affecting locations where parking is currently free.

The consultation, which is open now and runs until Christmas Eve, follows the decision made by the council's Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee in the summer – and subsequently backed by the Decision Review Committee – to standardise charges in existing pay-to-park locations and introduce charges to more parking areas.