FOUND: Merseyside Police issue appeal to find missing Oxton woman

Note: As is standard with all missing persons appeals on birkenhead.news, once found safe and well,…

Woodchurch man in drugs arrest

Merseyside Police has today, Friday 26 February, arrested a 53 year-old Wirral man on suspicion of conspiracy…

Multi-agency mud rescue at Egremont

Hoylake RNLI hovercraft was requested to launch by the UK Coastguard at 4:20pm yesterday to reports…

Two million vaccines given in the North West & more are urged to come forward

Two million people across the North West of England have received their Covid-19 vaccine and thousands…

Birkenhead paramedic talks about his 46-year service with NWAS

Sector Manager and Paramedic Paul Townley is based in Birkenhead and today, celebrates his 46th year…

Wirral Police warn of rogue traders targeting the elderly and vulnerable

Merseyside Police has had a number of reports of rogue traders targeting the elderly and vulnerable…

Merseyside Police to top 4,100 officers in 2021/22

Merseyside Police will recruit an extra 160 police officers in the year ahead, taking their contingent…

COVID-19: Infection rate drops again in Wirral but climbs in four areas

Latest figures show that Wirral’s COVID-19 infection rate has dropped to 116.0 per 100,000 from 135.8…

£1.6m drugs haul on Birkenhead to Belfast ferry

Cocaine worth an estimated £1.6 million has been seized in Northern Ireland, as part of a…

Merseyside Police issues apology over incorrect ‘offensive’ claim

Merseyside Police has apologised for an advertisement on a mobile billboard stating that “being offensive is…

Woman with ankle injury rescued on Hilbre Island

Yesterday afternoon, Wirral Coastguard was tasked to Hilbre Island to a woman suffering from an ankle…

Coastguard called out for person cut off by tide at Meols

This afternoon, Wirral Coastguard Rescue Team was tasked following multiple 999 calls reporting a person cut…

Emotional plea from family of Carol Mighall, missing since January

Carol Mighall was last seen in Rodney Street, Birkenhead, at 4.40pm on Monday 4 January, 2021.…

Wirral Police news round-up for week-ending 20 February 2021

This is the birkenhead.news weekly round-up of Merseyside Police activity in Wirral during the previous seven…

Two more arrests following stabbing in Moreton

Merseyside Police Detectives investigating an assault in Moreton, Wirral yesterday (Friday 19 February) have arrested two…