Armed gang break into house and attack couple

A woman suffered facial injuries and a man suffered cuts to his head.
Wirral Globe on MSN

Six boys arrested after axes, machetes and a medieval sword seized

WEAPONS including six axes, two machetes and a medieval-style sword were seized after six children were arrested in Birkenhead last night.

Dispersal zone brought in over 'threats and damage'

The order is the second one introduced in the Wirral town in recent weeks.
The Mirror

Birkenhead house fire: Schoolboy, 8, dies in horror blaze as tributes appear outside home

An eight-year-old boy has died after fire ripped through a house in the early hours of Sunday morning. The blaze broke out at the house on the Beechwood Estate in Birkenhead, Merseyside, yesterday.
Wirral Globe

SCRAPYARD: Emergency services attend fire at Birkenhead site

EMERGENCY services rushed to the scene of a fire at a Wirral scrapyard at the weekend. Crews were alerted to the incident at the site on Green Lane in Birkenhead at 8.17pm on Friday (May 15). Three ...
Liverpool Echo

Black smoke billows across Birkenhead after blaze at scrapyard

Plumes of black smoke were seen rising across Birkenhead on Friday evening after a fire broke out at a scrapyard. Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service crews were called to the incident at 8.17pm on May ...