Students from a Wirral secondary school have provided artwork for an eye-catching exhibition in Liverpool that closes this weekend.

‘Tree City of the World’ status is global recognition from an organisation called the Arbor Day Foundation and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations given to cities and areas around the world that are demonstrating leadership in managing their urban trees.

The Grange/Conway Street multi storey car park will be closed temporarily while works are carried out to improve the entrance.

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.

Last updated: 9 January 5:30pm

Wirral has experienced snow and icy weather conditions, and for some areas, the impacts continue due to ongoing freezing conditions.

The Met Office has weather warnings in place with expected snow and ice over the weekend, Saturday 4 January and Sunday 5 January.

Birkenhead Park's World Heritage bid and its inspirational role in the creation of Central Park were the subject of talks between Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram and senior officials in New York.

We are proposing changes to parking charges, in line with the approved Parking Strategy, that will affect car parking across the borough.

We're looking for local people to become a School Crossing Patrol to help children cross the road safely on their way to or from school.

Young people from local primaries have been given a boost to get them to and from school quicker and more safely.

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.

Projects that are focused on preventing and reducing carbon emissions are in line to benefit from grants being offered by the Zero Waste Community Fund.