A NEW clothes store selling designer brands for just £5 has opened at Stretford Mall – and bargain hunters are lapping it up with stock flying off the shelves. Red60, which has created two full time staff posts, is the latest addition to the shopping centre, selling last season’s clothing from major high street and […]
AN independent travel firm has given first class makeovers totaling almost £200,000 to three of its Wirral stores. Hays Travel has spent six weeks transforming their stores in Birkenhead, Prenton and Bebington, to bring them in line with the four other branches in the region. The Mayor and Mayoress of Wirral, Councillor Geoffrey Watt and […]
A dad who was left at rock bottom and tried to take his own life after his drinking spiralled out of control has turned his life around and is now helping other people overcome problems with alcohol. Former soldier Gary Cooke is urging anyone who might be concerned about the amount they are drinking to […]
A clothing store boss is backing a campaign urging shoppers to support independent shops as part of a campaign to celebrate the contribution of small businesses as he marks 37 years at Stretford Mall. Yusuf Patel and fellow shopkeepers at Stretford Mall are calling on local people to visit the shopping centre and see the […]
A travel agency manager whose baby was born two months prematurely has helped raise £4,600 for the Wirral neonatal unit which helped save the life of her ‘miracle’ boy. Natalie Price, 36, and her eight strong team at the Birkenhead branch of Hays Travel, recently joined forces with the travel firm’s Bebington store to fundraise […]
A Stretford veteran who has dedicated 25 years to fundraising for the Royal British Legion in honour of his father and grandfather who served in the First and Second World Wars, has launched this year’s Poppy Appeal at Stretford Mall. Carl Horne, 71, from Stretford, is urging shoppers to dig deep to support this year’s […]
A laundry-loving pup who swallowed a size 11 men’s sock had a lucky escape after a vet managed to remove it – by pulling it out the other end. Ruby, the five-month-old Welsh Springer Spaniel was violently sick after eating the garment, unbeknownst to her owner, Kate Malyon. She was taken to Firs Veterinary Surgery in […]
A foodbank which has handed out a record 11,628 meals so far this year has launched a new collection point at Stretford Mall to meet soaring levels of demand. Trafford Mayor Cllr Tom Ross joined volunteers from Stretford Foodbank to launch the new collection point and sent out a rallying call to shoppers to get […]
A WREXHAM copier firm has been blessed with a new contract at Chester Cathedral. The rapidly expanding Rawson Digital, based on Wrexham Industrial Estate, has struck up the new partnership with the historic attraction to supply four new Xerox devices which will be responsible for producing all the printed material for important religious worship and […]
A NEW branch of the UK’s fastest-growing independent travel agency has opened its doors in Bootle creating six new jobs. The Mayor of Sefton, Councillor Dave Robinson, was the VIP guest for the official opening at the new store in Strand Shopping Centre. Around £60,000 has been spent on transforming the unit on Mariners Way, […]
