The proposals are based around a core eight-site model of council operated library buildings designed to ensure the council meets its statutory duties in providing a ‘comprehensive and efficient’ library service, while still rationalising the service in line with this year’s budget resolution.
Public events have been taking place in each of the five areas where local people come along, hear a ‘pitch’ from the applicant and cast their vote on which ones they wanted to get the funding.
At the training event last week at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton, representatives of KnifeSavers were on hand to give people the skills and confidence to slow blood loss and demonstrate how the kits work.
As part of EVOLVE Wirral, the council has been carrying out significant environmental improvements in the last 12 months. Among the successes are an award from Keep Britain Tidy for community engagement for their commitment to improving three local estates.
A partial Closure Order was granted on the 15 May 2025 by Sefton Magistrates’ Court on two properties in Price Street, Birkenhead, for crime and anti-social behaviour
Wirral Council has been developing a new operating model for libraries in the borough that aims to not only deliver a service that meets our statutory requirements, but also provides the kind of comprehensive, modern, accessible and sustainable service that will meet the needs of our diverse communities.
The consultation is about reintroducing the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) that had been in place covering the industrial, retail and residential areas around Riverview Road in Bromborough for the last three years.
During Anti Social Behaviour Week, Wirral's Community Safety Team and partners from other organisations stepped up activity around the borough to help educate residents on how to report incidents of anti-social behaviour.
Residents in the three EVOLVE Wirral areas joined representatives from the council, Merseyside Police, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service and other partners in taking part in Environmental Action Days.
Following the acceptance of £650,000 from Liverpool City Region, work is starting to upgrade any traffic signals that haven’t already been switched over to energy efficient LED lights.
As councillors voted to implement the second phase of 20mph speed limits, motorists travelling along some of those roads affected by phase one of the road safety scheme are starting to see signs of enforcement activity.
More than 700 people have been arrested and hundreds of thousands of pounds of drugs have been seized following the implementation of a strategy to combat serious and organised crime in parts of Wirral
