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The Latest Breaking News from Wirral

Does one care about the Sussexes’ return?

Brief letters: Harry and Meghan | Name clashes | MP gifting | Full-nesters | The Wirral

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23

Country diary: To the old quarry, for a Triassic quest

Storeton Wood, Wirral: Two centuries ago, this area teemed with workmen busying building Liverpool; more than 200m years ago very different creatures roamed here

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3

James Garner Exclusive: born in the Wirral, educated at Manchester United, thriving at Everton

Henry Winter visited Finch Farm to meet a deep thinker compared to Michael Carrick, on target to become an Everton hero (provided he signs a new contract)

FourFourTwo · Oct 24, 2025

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Dreaming of You: The Making of the Coral review – the charming rise of the melodic noughties band

Lo-fi animation mixed with archive footage and home movies tell the story of a group of talented young mates from the Wirral with an eccentric, unpretentious charm

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2025

Wood you believe it? The footballer who made Euro trophy cases on the Wirral

Yana Daniëls did not make Belgium’s squad but, as a carpenter, her contribution to the Euros appears at every game

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2025

Vape company in rescue deal after historic British tea brand falls into administration

The business has fewer than 100 employees

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024

Typhoo Tea tumbles into administration after 120 years

The collapse follows several years of declining sales, mounting debts and even a break-in at its Wirral factory last year.

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2024

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Fishing lines, mobile phones and Wirral wind: the oddly harmonious music of Ex-Easter Island Head

For 15 years, the Liverpool band have been making some of the boldest experiments in British music (around their day jobs). They explain why quietness and community are so important in a chaotic world

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2024

The woman helping families find where their stillborn children are buried

Gina Jacobs, from the Wirral, is calling for the government to apologise to parents of stillborn babies

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2024

Family continue fight for justice year on from grandmother’s fatal shooting

Jacqueline Rutter, 53, was shot in the chest in her home on the Wirral, Merseyside, last October.

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023

Postal workers vote to strike in row over staff dismissals

The Communication Workers Union said its members based in the Wirral had backed industrial action by 95% over the ‘petty’ sacking of four workers.

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023

Wirral coach crash: Driver ‘suffered event’ at wheel on M53 in incident which killed him and schoolgirl, inquest hears

Stephen Shrimpton, 40, died in crash along with 15-year-old Jessica Baker

Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2023

M53 school-run bus crashed after driver ‘slumped’ at wheel

Jessica Baker, 15, and coach driver Stephen Shrimpton, 40, were both killed in the crash on the Wirral.

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023

Ports rebuff UK plan to house asylum seekers on cruise ships

Government reportedly hands back two vessels to prior owners after ports in the Wirral, London and Scotland deny permission to dock

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2023

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Liverpool Echo · Jul 12, 2023

When decision on controversial new homes is expected

The plans have been opposed by people in their thousands

Liverpool Echo · Jul 11, 2023

Station to close for nearly two weeks as town prepares for 250,000 visitors

250,000 people are expected to visit the Wirral over the course of the Open

Liverpool Echo · Jul 11, 2023

'Evil trade' could face ban as animals get caught in nets and drown

People have been finding large numbers of sharks and other kinds of marine life washing up on Merseyside with suspected gill nets to blame

Liverpool Echo · Jul 10, 2023

Car parks, old libraries and town hall could be sold by Wirral Council to pay £12m loan

Wirral Council was told by the government it needed to sell off land and buildings to sort out its financial problems

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Liverpool Echo · Jul 7, 2023

'Gangland violence must not be allowed to prevail on the Wirral'

Wirral's leaders react as 48-year-sentence handed to Connor Chapman for the murder of Elle Edwards

Liverpool Echo · Jun 30, 2023

All the roads where new 20mph zones in Wirral are proposed

Not everyone has welcomed the changes but those for it argue it will save lives

Liverpool Echo · Jun 29, 2023

More Wirral parents fined for taking children on holiday than ever before

Latest figures show more than 1,000 fines were given out to parents taking children out of school during term time.

Liverpool Echo · Jun 29, 2023

Nearly 1,000 Merseyside roads could become new 20mph zones

The proposals are the next stage of a roll out of lower speed limits on the Wirral

Liverpool Echo · Jun 28, 2023

£650k of public money given out to fraudulent businesses in Wirral

The cash was given out to businesses who claimed they were struggling during the pandemic

Liverpool Echo · Jun 28, 2023

Six developments that could change Wirral forever

More than 16,000 homes could be built if the plans go ahead

Liverpool Echo · Jun 27, 2023

Fears people could drown due to lack of fencing at Wirral Waters

Arthur Shaw was one of the first people to move into the new homes

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