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The Latest Breaking News from Birkenhead

Birkenhead set to look completely different as huge plan passed

6,000 jobs could be created as part of the long-term plan for the town

Liverpool Echo

Drugs seized, woman trapped in car and camera catches hooded man

The latest ECHO headlines at lunchtime on Tuesday, March 8

Liverpool Echo

Taron Egerton issues health update to fans after collapsing on stage

The Birkenhead-born actor was attended to by a doctor in the audience

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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

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

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

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

One of the buildings was constructed in the 14th century

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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

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

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

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How a handwritten note in a window led to an arrest

The note had been scrawled in black pen and stuck in the window

Liverpool Echo

Borough honours Frank Field with Freedom of Wirral

The former Birkenhead MP was praised for his tireless work on poverty

Liverpool Echo

Birkenhead teen overcame agoraphobia to launch his own successful entertainment business

The 17-year-old's entertainment business has become a big hit

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Town's future trapped between grants and debt

“But my optimism is tempered by caution."

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Michael Gove avoids ECHO questions after praising 'powerful intervention'

The Secretary of State didn't take any questions from the ECHO due to 'diary pressures'

Liverpool Echo

Full list of places in Wirral where you can get your covid booster jab

Football clubs and libraries are among the places you can get the vaccine

Daily Mirror

Mum who 'died three times' in fall at home warns other about invisible illness

Natalie Maddocks, from Birkenhead in Merseyside, who has epilepsy, is worried that her seizures could put her at risk of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

Liverpool Echo

Don't leave us behind: Levelling up must work for babies of our region

On Tuesday Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove comes to Liverpool, the ECHO joins forces with news titles across the North and Midlands to demand the government sticks to its promises for the sake of babies born in our regions

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Murder of bride-to-be and how the 'beast of Birkenhead' was brought to justice

Details surrounding the way the florist died were so appalling they were never released by police

Liverpool Echo

New shop to help tackle county lines drug dealing

It is hoped the shop will give those from tough backgrounds a chance to start a career

Liverpool Echo

Jailed in Liverpool: Faces of 76 people locked up this month

They include a TikTok star jailed for transphobic abuse, a teen who slashed a man with a chunk of glass and a stalker who terrorised a former Hollyoaks star

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Teenage sex creeps and McDonald's paedophile from Wirral jailed this month

These are some of the most serious cases linked to Wirral that came before the courts this month

Liverpool Echo

Plans to redevelop part of Birkenhead Park

The park will feature colourful and exotic plants, as well as a water feature

Liverpool Echo

I tried 'the best burger in the UK' being sold in Liverpool

I visited Lynchburger in Birkenhead to try it out myself

Liverpool Echo

Mersey Tunnels: 21 things you will spot when using the tunnels between Liverpool and Wirral

Though the tolls have gone up, some things about the tunnels never change

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