News in Heswall

There will presumably come a time when Heswall Library is no longer required to serve as a testing centre for people experiencing COVID-19 symptoms.

Wirral residents are now being asked to help shape and influence the modernisation of Wirral's library services after councillors gave the green light to begin a public consultation.

One of the UK and the North West's most innovative new visitor attractions, Eureka! Mersey, has unveiled its new name and a new look – aimed at inspiring a new generation of young scientists and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) superfans.

Eureka! Mersey, which is set to open in summer 2022 at Seacombe Ferry Terminal in Wallasey, will now be known as Eureka! Science + Discovery and the team this week launched a new teaser video (at the top of this page) and website to excite and inspire audiences as work on the site gets underway.

Merseyside Police is investigating reports of a threatening banner at a location in Caldy today.

At around 7am, it was reported that a banner made from bed sheets had been placed over a wall and bushes on a residential driveway, with wording which is thought to target football manager Rafa Benitez.

Coronavirus is surging once again in Wirral, with more than 600 cases registered across the borough in the space of a week.

Some parts have been hit particularly badly.

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Our job of this week is a permanent role at the West Kirby branch of Aldi.

Wirral's Director of Public Health is urging people to attend their second dose vaccination appointment when they are invited so they can protect themselves fully from COVID-19.

Over 169,000 people have had both doses of the vaccination in Wirral but with cases continuing to rise it is important that anyone who has an appointment for their second jab keeps it.

More than a quarter of Wirral's school children can now get free school meals in a sign of just how hard COVID-19 has hit family incomes.

Children become eligible for free school meals if their parent or carer receives income support or Universal Credit, with a household income of less than £7,400 a year.

A proposal to build a 5G mast "right outside" a family home in West Kirby is being opposed by the local MP.

Margaret Greenwood, who represents Wirral West for Labour, joins 243 residents who have objected to a planned 18-metre tall 5G mast at the junction of Sandy Lane and Macdona Drive.

Merseyside Police has issued CCTV images of a man officers would like to speak to after two teenagers were assaulted in West Kirby on Friday 4 June.

Shortly after 7.30pm, it was reported that two 16-year-old males were in conversation with a group of males and females in Victoria Gardens when they were approached by two older men.

The old Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish Hall is set to come tumbling down in the near future.

It will be replaced by a new, modern building capable of delivering more services to the community, the young in particular.