SHOCKING: 10 | Mind Blowing Facts

Boris Johnson used South Korean-built vessel to trumpet plan for British shipbuilding

Boris Johnson was pictured staring at the naval refuelling tanker RFA Tidespring as he promoted the Government’s updated National Shipbuilding Strategy at Birkenhead, Merseyside

Daily Mirror · Mar 12, 2022

Backlash over Birkenhead school merger plans

One councillor said small class sizes lead to better social outcomes

Liverpool Echo · Mar 10, 2022

Government accused of ‘selling out’ shipyards after £4bn plan revealed

Boris Johnson was in Merseyside to reveal the plan today

Liverpool Echo · Mar 10, 2022

How Birkenhead could look in 2040 as major plans to be voted on

The plans could see 21,000 homes built and 6,000 jobs created

Liverpool Echo · Mar 3, 2022

Food business hit with £7,890 blow after breaking planning rules

The firm's director said he was satisfied with the outcome of the case and had already set up a building to move into

Liverpool Echo · Mar 2, 2022

Faces of 79 people jailed in Liverpool in February

Killers, rapists and thugs are in the overview of court cases linked to Merseyside

Liverpool Echo · Mar 1, 2022

Two churches that stand out from the rest in one part of Merseyside

One of the buildings was constructed in the 14th century

Liverpool Echo · Feb 27, 2022

Firm denies plan to 'fire and rehire' 130 workers with 'drastic' pay cuts

Wabtec said it has no plans to fire and rehire workers, or make any of them redundant

Liverpool Echo · Feb 22, 2022

Claims Wirral Waters prices are an ‘absolute joke’ and ‘outlandish’

But the developers say Help to Buy is available on selected plots and there are plans for homes to rent

Liverpool Echo · Feb 19, 2022

Terminally ill ex-MP Lord Frank Field awarded freedom of town he served for 40 years

Lord Field, 79, was MP for Birkenhead for 40 years and served as minister for welfare reform in Tony Blair’s Labour government. Last October the crossbench peer revealed he was terminally ill

Daily Mirror · Feb 17, 2022