This morning our fresh water supplier United Utilities have announced a hosepipe ban across Wirral, starting Friday 9th July at 6am.
This means you cannot water a private garden or wash a private car with a hosepipe (or sprinkler). Watering cans and bucket & sponge are still permitted.
This is the first hosepipe ban in the North West for 14 years.
The names of 1,700 schools that have asked the government about becoming academies was published by the department for education today. Amongst those 1700 schools were a number of Wirral schools.