News in Heswall

A £4.1m project creating more than 100 jobs and providing a hugely important service is coming to Wirral.

Exemplar Health Care is building a care home set to support 30 adults on Alfred Road in Seacombe.

Above: a gallery of ten pictures from Thornton Hall Hotel and Spa

A huge decision on whether or not Wirral Council will set up new car parking charges across the borough is set to be made next week.

The issue has become highly controversial since the authority committed to making £1m from charging at several off-street and coastal car parks which are currently free in its March budget, as well as raising charges in some areas.

A plan to build more than 90 homes on greenbelt land in Hoylake has been thrown out by a planning inspector.

Last year, Graeme McGaffney, assisted by Grimster Planning, submitted to Wirral Council a proposal for up to 61 assisted living apartments and up to 30 care bungalows on land off Carr Lane.

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Thornton Hall Hotel and Spa is hiring, with many positions to be filled.

It's a clear sign that business is picking up following the easing of almost all COVID-19 restrictions, and perhaps and indicator too that, as the hospitality industry has oft reported in recent weeks, it is not as easy as it once was to recruit.

A pilot project will see on-street electric vehicle charging points introduced in Wirral for the first time.

Wirral Council is about to start work on installing 40 new charging points in parts of Hoylake and Wallasey to make it easier for owners of electric or hybrid vehicles to stay charged up and to encourage more people to consider moving away from petrol and diesel.

A rare wildflower is thriving at Wirral Country Park following ongoing conservation work to look after, manage and protect the grasslands.

Wirral Country Park's meadow conservation projects have been running for a number of years with the aim of increasing wildflowers and improving habitats for local wildlife.

Anti-vaccination groups have been abusing and intimidating staff administering vaccines.

Wirral Councillor Yvonne Nolan made a passionate speech during a town hall discussion of the vital work the borough's vaccination bus has done in getting the jab into the arms of more people.

Detectives investigating the discovery of the body of a baby boy on Brackenwood golf course in Bebington six months ago are working with the National Crime Agency to examine DNA databases in a bid to locate his next of kin.

The full-term baby boy was found at 4.25pm on Friday 29th January in a wooded area at the side of a footpath close to the 16th green of the course in Bracken Lane. A post-mortem to establish the cause of death proved inconclusive.