The Wirral Borough Council has reacted positively to the latest statistics showing it has 1,023 young people out of school. (PRWeb UK) December 19, 2010 The Wirral Borough Council has reacted positively to the latest statistics showing it has 1,023 young people out of school, unemployed and untrained, meaning that its working class areas spawn the second-worst unemployment rate in the UK. Executive careers consultancy The UK Knack Group is impressed to note that the council in Wirral has taken the initiative by pledging a million pounds for the creation of 150-odd positions in its apprenticeship scheme.

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has been awarded £48,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) as part of its ongoing work with ex-Far Eastern Prisoners of War (FEPOW) to create an archive of oral histories from surviving prisoners.

THE WIRRAL, England, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 65-year-old grandfather of six, Graham McCormack has become the first cancer patient in the UK to be treated using RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR).

AN ALCOHOL screening and treatment service is to be launched in pharmacies. Wirral's primary care trust is the first NHS organisation in the country to have such a scheme.

By TINA MILES A HOME that provides vital health care to elderly patients could be axed as part of a council shake-up. Residents at Poulton House in Wallasey today spoke of their anger at the plans.