Former pupil celebrates 100th birthday at Wirral primary school A former pupil celebrated their 100th birthday at a Wirral primary school. Bill Sheppard, a former pupil from Co-op Academy Woodslee, celebrated his 100th birthday at the school on Thursday, April 18. Invited into the school to celebrate the special day, Bill, and his friend Don, enjoyed a school dinner and spent time with current pupils.
Read more here. Wirral author's first novel to be adapted for the big screen A Wirral author feels like he’s "won the lottery" after a film company agreed to adapt his novel on the subject into a transatlantic thriller. Shooting for Peter Farrell’s novel If I Was to Tell You Something starts in the summer, following rave reviews of the tale of the trials and tribulations of a working-class Anglo-American couple in Liverpool who win £17m on the lottery.
Read more here. New road to be named in 'wonderful tribute' to Wirral councillor A new road in Moreton is to be named in memory of the town's longest-serving councillor following a request by his successors. The move to name the road Blakeley Way after Chris Blakeley, follows the council’s decision to use the site of the former Foxfield School on Douglas Drive for new homes, following the school’s relocation to Woodchurch in 2015.
Read more here. Wirral nurse pays tribute to ‘courageous’ teenage girl who inspired her career A Wirral nurse has paid tribute to a “courageous” teenage girl who inspired her career. Eri.