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Liscard Summer Festival returns this Saturday, filling the town centre with live music, a farmers market, arts and crafts, family activities, and fairground rides for the little ones.

At Policy and Resources Committee (July 23) the current position regarding the work underway in Birkenhead town centre will be outlined clearly in financial reporting.

Calling parents: The school summer holidays will be here before you know it. Why not get ahead of the game and register your child for a free place at Active Wirral’s Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme? 

Wirral Council’s annual canvass of voters is underway, so please look out for an email and reply by the deadline.

Leader of Wirral Council, Cllr Paula Basnett, said: "It is important for residents, businesses and our partners to know that we are a strongly led organisation and I can assure them that Wirral’s regeneration programme continues to move forward."

Art and craft lovers will have another opportunity to enjoy browsing thousands of unique hand-made items this weekend as Birkenhead Market is set to host its biggest-ever Craft Fair.

Do you know where the Balaclava Field is in Wirral? Or Cannon Hill Meadows? Maybe the Night Pasture or the Boothby Ground? These are just a few of the key sites in one of the Borough’s most historic locations.

More than £5 million in ring-fenced grants will be used to help vulnerable residents in Wirral with the cost of food, utilities and other essentials.

Birkenhead’s Cammell Laird shipyard lowered the funnel of the new Mersey Ferry into place marking completion of the high-tech vessel’s steel superstructure.
Today Wirral Council’s Leader Cllr Paula Basnett paid tribute to the workers and the world-famous shipyard where the new first Mersey ferry in 60 years is currently being built.

Wirral’s maritime industry is seeing an upsurge with recent investment and a new Mersey ferry built on the banks of the river.

Wirral Council’s support to the Armed Forces community has been recognised as exceptional by the Ministry of Defence.

Some of Wirral’s most beautiful locations and recognisable landmarks are set to host a major festival of contemporary art this summer.

Wirral Council’s Leader has urged eligible businesses in the borough to take advantage of a major new funding opportunity to help them scale up and expand.

Proposed major improvements to the roads and public spaces around Woodside and better travel connections from there into Birkenhead town centre via Argyle Street are set to be decided on by councillors.

The next step for Wirral Council appointing a contractor to operate its Recycling, Waste and Street Cleansing service from August 2027 has been reached today with the publishing of ‘Invitation to Tender’ documents.