Wirral Council is joining community safety partners across the borough in a week-long national awareness campaign about how anti-social behaviour is addressed in Wirral.
‘Openspace’ will see police working alongside a range of partners to prevent serious violence and anti-social behaviour in key tourist hotspot areas, including West Kirby and New Brighton.
A rogue builder, who pocketed more than £4,000 from a customer for a bathroom suite he never installed, will now have to do 100 hours unpaid work in the community following a recent court case.
Wirral Anti-Social Behaviour Team obtained a Full Closure Order on the former Central Hotel in Birkenhead that had become a hotspot for nuisance and criminality.
Residents are being urged to remain vigilant this Fraud Awareness Week following a rise in scams that seek to benefit from the public’s concern over the cost of living crisis.