Merseyrail say that services to Chester, Ellesmere Port, New Brighton and West Kirby are running through this station are returning to normal but some services may still be cancelled or delayed.
Train services to West Kirby and New Brighton will be ter…
Hundreds of criminals appeared before the law courts again this year.
Some of the highest profile trials in Merseyside’s history were heard during 2023. These saw the killers of Olivia Pratt-Korbel[1], Elle Edwards[2] and Ashley Dale[3] brought to just…
Office for Rail and Road data looks at the number of people entering and exiting every train station in the country, including the 25 stations for which data was collected in Wirral.
Its figures show Liverpool Street in London overtook Waterloo as the …
Merseytravel has issued an update about a railway tunnel that’s been closed for nearly 50 years.
A brick wall, located in Liverpool city centre[1] that connects Park Lane with Jamaica Street, hides the 200 year-old Wapping Tunnel, the first underground…
Simon Calder,Lydia Patrick and Maryam Zakir-Hussain
24 December 2023 at 0:38 am
Drivers are set to face Christmas travel chaos[1] as 16.4 million drivers hit the roads and two major London railway stations are closed today.
Train disruption is likely…
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsRoad and rail journeys are set to be disrupted in the run-up to Christmas and homes may be hit by power cuts[…
Rail passengers in the Liverpool City Region[1] will be able to blow away the Christmas[2] cobwebs as Merseyrail[3] has announced that train services will be running on Boxing Day.
Trains will be running every day over the festive period, with the exce…
After last weekend’s FA Cup action, we return to the League this weekend as we make the trip North to Tranmere Rovers. This is the first of two away games in four days, and with the roads getting busier and Christmas getting closer, planning ahead is e…
Welcome to “Sunday Snippets” a weekly feature from Birkenhead News[1]. It is a round-up of the important local news stories you may have missed over the last seven days. Click or tap on each story to read the full article.
People are now able to sta…
An inspector found “hazardous substances risks” and “significant contraventions of health and safety law” in Wirral’s Transport Museum.
The Wirral Transport Museum was closed on 20 April ahead of an inspection by the Office of Road and Rail (ORR) and t…
An inspector found “hazardous substances risks” and “significant contraventions of health and safety law” in Wirral[1]’s Transport Museum.
The Wirral Transport Museum was closed on April 20 ahead of an inspection by the Office of Road and Rail (ORR) an…
Accurascale has unveiled its model of the GWR 57xx, 67xx and 8750 Class Pannier Tanks, describing it as “one of the most iconic tank locomotives of them all.”
The company has recently enjoyed success with its GWR 78xx Manor Class locomotives, and recei…
This is the Birkenhead News[1] weekly round-up of police news in and around Wirral during the previous seven days.
Merseyside Police has confirmed that a robbery took place outside a shop in Liscard on Friday 3 November.
Just after 2pm on Friday, of…
A graffiti gang including members of the ‘EGA Crew’ used brazen disguises to carry out £2m worth of damage.
The gang – one of whom boasts a first class degree in fine art – would steal Network Rail uniforms to disguise themselves as they trespassed ont…