The Government will be listening to people, businesses and charities with concerns around noisy fireworks, a minister has said, following calls to limit sales. In the Commons, business minister Justin ...

A LABOUR councillor has sought to reassure people in his area that he will “always fight” to make sure Wirral Council listens to ...

Nearly half a million shoplifting offences were recorded by police in England and Wales in a year, the highest 12-month total on record, figures show. A total of 492,914 offences were logged by forces ...

A MAN from Neston has been jailed after he hit speeds of up to 140mph during a police chase on the M6. On the morning of Monday, December 30, Lewis Moore, 34, from Neston, who was driving a blue Ford ...

The number of mortgage approvals to home buyers edged upwards month-on-month in December, according to Bank of England figures. Some 66,526 deals got the green light, up from 66,061 the previous month ...

THE SKY was illuminated across Ellesmere Port and Chester last night (Wednesday, January 30) by a bright yellow flame.

Firefighters at the former Hotel California on New Chester Road in Birkenhead on Wednesday (January 29) (Image: Sue Freeman) The main body of the fire was extinguished by 4.54pm and fire crews on the ...

Last April, a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island’s mountainous eastern coastal county of Hualien, killing at least 13 people, injuring more than 1,000 others, collapsing a hotel and forcing the ...

Cookie, a seven-year-old French bulldog, was placed with a foster carer just over a week ago after being surrendered to Celandine Wood Animal Rescue. However, it soon became apparent that Cookie was ...

Chester Magistrates Court will hold the trial of an Ellesmere Port man who has denied stealing from a shop and breaching an order.

RESIDENTS in some areas of Wirral have awoken to a power cut this morning, (Thursday, January 30). The outage was reported to Scottish Power shortly at around 7.40am. It has affected residents of some ...

A union has criticised plans to make almost 100 redundancies at mapping service Ordnance Survey. Prospect said laying off 95 skilled staff was “short sighted” and counter to the Government’s growth ...