News in Heswall

A couple of days ago there was a lucky escape on Brimstage Road for the driver whose car ended up on its side and battered following an apparent loss of control.

However, police officers in attendance discovered that the driver had no insurance cover and held only a provisional driving licence.

Recently we've asked if Wirral in general and Heswall in particular do enough to promote themselves as destinations.

The visitor economy is important to the peninsula, and a town like ours would benefit from a few happy trippers willing to spend some of their hard earned cash on what Heswall has to offer.

A high number of Biffa's bin collection crews are currently self-isolating.

This unfortunately means some service disruption to the garden waste collections this week, as Wirral Council prioritises the collection of general rubbish (green) and recycling (grey) bins.

The Williamson Art Gallery & Museum in Oxton will reopen its doors to the public today after a temporary closure last week.

The gallery was closed last Tuesday for "emergency engineering works" according to Wirral Council.

Thousands of children and young people will get the chance to enjoy new activities and learn new skills this summer thanks to a network of 54 holiday clubs that will be operating through schools, charities and community groups across Wirral over the school break.

Up to 6000 places are available in the huge programme of activities, which includes music, dance, drama, art, sport and cooking.

Community organisations across Wirral are being encouraged to collaborate and apply for up to £10,000 of funding to host monthly events for young people.

'Wirral Youth Weekenders' is a new initiative, part of the council's enhanced offer of support for young people.

Everybody knows their pet is the cutest in the world, but now they have the chance to prove it...

Wirral charity Autism Together launches its Pet Photo Competition today, open to all pets, with three entry categories and the chance to win up to £55 in shopping vouchers.

This summer, Heswall residents are being encouraged to look out for signs of the highly destructive tree disease called ash dieback.

The disease has spread rapidly throughout the UK's ash trees since 2012 and kills around 80% of those it infects.

Campion Solicitors, at 4 Milner Road, Heswall, is a well established and respected legal firm founded in 2010 by Principal Jacqueline Campion.

The firm wishes to employ a part time Legal Administrator.

Wirral has seen its first deaths due to coronavirus since May.

This sad news comes after the borough recorded a whole month without any COVID-19 deaths in June.