‘Something to be proud of’: how an Irish town got a sewage makeover – and stopped discharging its waste into the sea

found 2025 › Apr › 06 (Sun) @ 09:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Arklow’s sleek new wastewater treatment plant is a collaborative triumph between engineers, contractors and architects Clancy Moore. And it’s amazingly unsmelly…

“Who’d want to live next to a sewage t…

Dramatic pictures show roof ripped off bus carrying dozens of schoolchildren after crash with bridge

found 2025 › Apr › 04 (Fri) @ 18:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Scores of schoolchildren were said to have been left 'traumatised' with 'cuts and bruises' after a bus crashed into a low bridge in Birkenhead, Wirral, on Friday afternoon.

Natural England blasted as woke 'eco-lunatics' after refusing to clear 'foul' overgrown grass on sandy beach

found 2025 › Apr › 02 (Wed) @ 20:15 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Councillor Andrew Gardner said Natural England are putting 'plants before people' as they continue to reject plans to clear vegetation from Hoylake beach in the Wirral.

Police swoop on Liverpool primary school after girl, 11, pulls out kitchen knife

found 2025 › Apr › 02 (Wed) @ 08:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Officers from Merseyside Police are investigating after the weapon, said to be brought from the girl's home, was found at Lingham Primary School, Wirral on March 25.

Stalker, 37, who made Strictly Come Dancing star Shirley Ballas' life hell during six-year harassment ordeal is spared jail

found 2025 › Apr › 01 (Tue) @ 11:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Kyle Shaw, 37, from Wirral, was told by his own mother that his father was the former dancer and choreographer's brother David Rich, who killed himself aged 44 in December 2003.

British man, 21, struggling to find a job in Australia launches unique business doing all the chores people don't want to do themselves

found 2025 › Mar › 25 (Tue) @ 07:00 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

George Redfern, 21, from the Wirral, Merseyside, started a business in Australia to do the jobs that people don't want to do themselves - including cleaning, gardening and grocery shopping.

Two members of the same family are rushed to hospital after being attacked by their pet dog during a game of hide and seek

found 2025 › Feb › 17 (Mon) @ 07:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The attack took place last night at a house in Woodchurch, Wirral, just before midnight when three children were playing hide and seek with their pet dog.

Drink-driver, 24, who downed shots then ignored her friends' pleas to slow down is jailed after head-on crash that left woman with life-changing injuries

found 2025 › Feb › 06 (Thu) @ 07:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Gabrielle Dures had been downing shots in The Lighthouse pub in Wallasey on the Wirral, Cheshire, before getting into her car and driving down a coastal road at twice the speed limit.

Urgent search for mother, 18, who has gone missing with her baby daughter

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 17:03 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Millie Evans, 18, was last seen with her baby daughter at their home in the Wirral town of Moreton at 6.40pm yesterday evening, according to Merseyside Police.

Youth, 17, who died after e-bike and scrambler bike crash had beaten leukaemia as a toddler: Family open up about how his death has 'destroyed' them

found 2024 › Dec › 12 (Thu) @ 05:52 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Spencer Crofts, 17, was riding a scrambler bike when it was involved in a crash with an electric bike at around 6.25pm on November 30 in Woodchurch, on the Wirral peninsula.