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In a decisive move to address Wirral Council’s ongoing financial challenges, Council Leader Cllr Paula Basnett has announced the formation of a new, high-level Budget Task Force.

Wirral Youth Market is heading to West Kirby this August Bank Holiday weekend, promising a colourful shopping experience and a chance to support a new generation of entrepreneurs, artists and performers.

In the past four years the programme has found 660 lung cancers across Cheshire and Merseyside - including 33 people who live in Wirral.

Council leader welcomes the latest stage of trials for the planned new rapid transit vehicle for the Liverpool City Region.

Consultation is currently underway to seek people’s views on the proposed PSPO to deter individuals and groups from engaging in the kind of crime and anti-social behaviour that has been blighting the shopping areas around Liscard in recent months.

Almost 3000 local children have benefitted from the expansion to childcare so far.

Merseyrail is offering Wirral businesses the chance to promote themselves for free, with a pop-up activation at one of their 69 railway stations between Monday 22nd to Friday 26th September 2025.

The service enables people with a care and support need to achieve nationally recognised qualifications within a real work environment.

The process to extend the scheme follows a successful implementation of ANPR technology at Greenleas in Wallasey – which was, coincidentally, the very first School Streets scheme in Wirral.

Smoke controls will now be implemented in the only areas of the borough that weren’t previously subject to restrictions. This includes areas such as Brimstage, Storeton, Thornton Hough and Raby.

Parents across Wirral are celebrating the difference the HENRY (Health, Exercise, Nutrition for the Really Young) programme has made to their family life, gaining new skills, confidence and support along the way.

A network of 75 Holiday Clubs are set to open their doors to thousands of local young people for the return of the Summer Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF).

Time-limited offer released ahead of the biggest pantomime the the Wirral has ever seen – featuring West End quality, local legends and unmissable star power! 

The call comes after a recent measles outbreak in Liverpool.

Summer has officially arrived and there’s loads going on in Wirral, whether you’re a fan of the great outdoors, a culture vulture or you just want to get active. Or perhaps you want to find fun-filled activities for your kids over the next few months? Here are 10 ideas of ways you and your kids can keep busy this Summer.