News in Heswall

Recently we profiled celebrity chef, Paul Askew, who cut his culinary teeth as a pot washer at Thornton Hall Hotel in Thornton Hough.

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What should have been an immersive and tense theatre experience for anyone who likes being spooked at Halloween has been forced to postpone until next year.

Off the Ground had planned a show which would place a mobile, walkthrough audience at the heart of an imaginary outbreak of a contagious disease and its consequences - namely scary people.

There was no game at Gayton Park at the weekend because the Heswall Reserves clash with Willaston was postponed due to several players coming down with symptoms which were unpleasant but thankfully not COVID-19.

It was a shame not to play, but the upside was that the hallowed turf of Heswall FC could take a break before winter kicks in and grass growing stops until the spring.

Fears that Wirral council is "scaring" people by saying it faces a £30m budget shortfall were expressed last night.

Wirral Council's Policy and Resources Committee met yesterday evening to discuss the authority's budget for the next financial year, but some councillors were worried about information put out by the council recently.

A new funding scheme for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic has launched today.

More than £1.6m is available for Wirral businesses under the new Trading On Scheme which is designed to specifically support small and medium sized organisations with between 10 to 249 employees which have been adversely affected by the pandemic.

Hewitt Adams, the local estate agency based at 20 Pensby Road, has bagged five ESTAS awards.

ESTAS is the customer review and awards platform designed for agents, conveyancers, mortgage advisors and suppliers who deliver fine customer service.

When a concerned member of the public spotted a distressed owner and friend trying to retrieve a cockapoo in mud trouble yesterday evening, HM Coastguard was contacted.

A request for assistance to West Kirby RNLI just after 5pm initiated a prompt launch

"Be breast aware with some TLC" - that's the message being sent by a doctor specialising in the often devastating disease.

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance Primary Care Lead Dr Debbie Harvey is asking women to be aware of their breast health and to know how to check themselves for cancer symptoms.

Whitfield Business Hub, based on Pensby Road in Heswall, provides office spaces and virtual reception services to a wide variety of different people and businesses.

We love to look after our office tenants like hotel guests, offering a high level of friendly and professional service. With a wide range of clients we need to be flexible and adaptable to meet their varying needs. Some are large and lively, others very subtle.

More people are complaining about dog poo in Wirral in the wake of the pandemic.

Last night's meeting of Wirral Council's Environment and Transport Committee heard that reports of dog fouling on the authority's website were up by 23% since the first COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020.