Andrew Spence
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Decision set to be made on plans to demolish historic pub (opens the original)
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A decision is set to be made on the future of an at-risk historic Merseyside pub. Plans to demolish the Glegg Arms in Heswall would be "disastrous", according to local campaigners. The Wirral pub, which dates back to the 1840s, could soon be demolished if plans are approved next week. The plans would see the building being replaced with hotel rooms as the neighbouring Premier Inn seeks to increase its room count. Located on Chester Road, in the west Wirral town, the pub became a Beefeater restau
Wirral shop shut down after what was found in washing machine (opens the original)
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A Wirral shop has been shut down for the second time this year after thousands of illegal cigarettes were found stashed in a washing machine. Wallasey Shop on Brighton Street, Wallasey is one of two Wirral convenience stores to have been closed after more than 35,000 illegal cigarettes were seized by officers. The closure orders, granted at Wirral Magistrates' Court and obtained by Trading Standards and legal services officers, are the 24th and 25th issued in the borough since December last year
'Hugely disappointing' changes made to Wirral pipeline plan (opens the original)
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A Wirral MP has spoken out after changes have been announced to the proposed route of a controversial gas pipe that would cut through Wirral. The highly contentious £5bn Peak Cluster carbon capture project would take carbon dioxide from sites in Derbyshire and Staffordshire off-shore to be stored under the Irish Sea, traversing the entire length of the Wirral Peninsular in the process. Peak Cluster has shared an update on its proposals in which alterations have been made to around 15% of the rou
Beach could get special status to protect town's 'back garden' (opens the original)
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A decision is set to be made on the future of Hoylake Beach after years of fierce debate. Campaigners are hoping to secure special status to help protect the beach which has been described as the town's "back garden." Councillors on Wirral Council's planning committee are set to discuss, and decide upon, an application to register the beach as a Town or Village Green (TVG). The status would protect the land from any future developments and would be enshrined as land used by members of the public
Neighbours speak out after flat shut down for three months (opens the original)
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A quiet Wirral street became like "smackhead city", according to one neighbour, ahead of a flat being sealed off for three months. The flat on Tollemache Street in New Brighton was hit with a three-month closure order after reports of serious anti-social behaviour at all hours. The closure order was obtained under Section 80 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and was granted by Wirral Magistrates' Court on September 17. It bans access to the property, with limited exceptio
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