New Ferry in the Newspapers & Media

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• 20 Mar 2026: He tried to destroy his Wirral shop for the insurance, but ended up tearing a community apart
• 17 Mar 2026: Five arrested following New Ferry Post Office robbery
• 20 Feb 2026: People feared their houses would 'fall into the Mersey'
• 06 Oct 2025: Beloved Wirral bakery Griffiths reopens after eight years
• 02 Oct 2025: Latest phase of homes in New Ferry development let in record time
• 19 Aug 2025: First people move into flats where high street explosion happened
• 15 May 2025: £500 donation for New Ferry ballet school
• 06 May 2025: Down with the old and up with the new in New Ferry
• 30 April 2025: New Ferry Community Hub inches closer to opening
• 21 April 2025: Eight years on from New Ferry Explosion
• 21 April 2025: Bakery famous for its pies issues 'it's back' message
• 15 March 2025: Sinister reason people are knocking out the lights in underpass
• 27 February 2025:  New Ferry school celebrates funding boost for outdoor play and learning
• 11 February 2025:  New Ferry residents petition council to improve pedestrian underpass 
• 24 January 2025:  Demolition works underway in New Ferry 
• 23 January 2025:  Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside presents New Ferry community group with King’s Award for Voluntary Service 
• 05 December 2024: Nearly £2m allocated to transform shopping street in New Ferry
• 05 December 2024: Solicitor settles long running New Ferry explosion litigation
• 14 November 2024: New Ferry Community Land Trust receives Kings Award for Voluntary Services 
• 11 November 2024: Plan to spend £5.7m doing up town ripped apart by explosion
• 28 March 2024: 23 stop searches carried out following S60 order issued as a result of shooting on New Chester Road
• 08 March 2024: New Ferry reaches ‘key milestone’ as work begins to build 34 new homes
• 03 January 2024: New 43 home plans hope to revive town destroyed by explosion 
• 31 July 2023:  Man threatens shop staff with knife over two bottles of cider 
• 18 June 2023: Mum quit high flying job after reading book that changed her life 
• 02 May 2023:  Plans to revive town after explosion a 'missed opportunity' 
• 26 April 2023: Approval for New Ferry regeneration following ‘apocalyptic’ gas explosion
• 27 March 2023: Woman 'scared to go outside' as area taken over by balaclava clad gangs 
• 25 March 2023: Six years on from the explosion that tore apart a small Merseyside town
• 19 March 2023: Police deal with anti-social behaviour in New Ferry
• 06 March 2023: Small Merseyside town where people are too afraid to go out at night
• 09 January 2023: 34 apartments to be built on New Ferry explosion site
• 12 September 2022: New Ferry regeneration plans move to next stage
• 07 September 2022: Building that has served genenrations set for huge £1m transformation
•  25 August 2022: Blaze breaks out in derelict building next to chocolate shop
• 09 August 2022: Man claiming to be from water company robs New Ferry woman in her 70s
• 09 August 2022: Dispersal order introduced following crime and antisocial behaviour
• 08 August 2022: Stagecoach won't serve one part of Merseyside as kids throw bricks
• 05 July 2022: Village desperate to save 'absolutely vital service'
• 25 June 2022: New Ferry teenager Joel Bowden given criminal behaviour order
• 16 March 2022 - Detailed plans drawn up for New Ferry regeneration
• 14 February 2022 - Historic Grade II house to become a restaurant
• 13 February 2022 - Barber moved to raise charity funds after watching customers lose their lives
• 12 February 2022 - The start of "a brighter future" emerging for New Ferry
• 04 February 2022 -  New Ferry set for major boost with projects brought forward
• 03 February 2022 - New Ferry's post office is moving to a new building with facilities upgrade
• 21 January 2022 - New boxing gym helping to keep youths off streets in New Ferry
• 17 September 2021 - Gangs of yobs 'travelling from other parts of Wirral' to cause trouble in New Ferry
• 10 August 2021 -  New Ferry cafe 'too unstable' for fire investigation 
• 06 August 2021 - Fire crews tackle building blaze in New Ferry
• 19 May 2021 - New Ferry high street funding boost as reopening accelerates
• 18 May 2021 - Starship to deliver first factory-built Zero Carbon affordable homes at site of Wirral blast
• 13 May 2021 - Work starts on new 'low carbon' homes in New Ferry
• 05 Mar 2021 -  Committee’s unanimous verdict on New Ferry Compulsory Purchase Order plans 
• 05 Mar 2021 -  Wirral launches developer hunt for explosion site 
• 22 Feb 2021 -  Wirral mural ace wins City Region Artist of the Year
• 26 Dec 2020 -  Funding boost to help New Ferry regeneration masterplan 
• 16 Nov 2020 -  Social club transformed to boost trade in New Ferry 
• 16 Sept 2020 -  Much-loved former butchers to be demolished in major landmark for town’s regeneration
• 03 Sept 2020 - Outline planning permission granted for New Ferry redevelopment
• 10 Mar 2020 - New Ferry nursing centre opened by Alison McGovern
• 25 Feb 2020 - New Ferry Rangers community club house plans given green light 
• 10 Feb 2020 - Call for council to "get a grip" of New Ferry, three years after blast 
• 21 Jan 2020 - New Ferry explosion report reveals Council failings in dealing with the disaster 
• 06 Dec 2019 - Seven teaching assistants to lose their jobs at Wirral primary school
• 23 Oct 2019 - Pascal Blasio jailed for 20 years after causing 'apocalyptic' explosion
• 14 Oct 2019: Gas company fined £350,000 for their part in devastating New Ferry explosion 
• 14 Oct 2019 - Moment huge explosion rips through Wirral town injuring scores of people and destroying homes and shops
• 14 Oct 2019: Pascal Blasio found guilty of causing New Ferry explosion 
• 24 Sep 2019 - 'Apocalyptic' blowing up of New Ferry was 'an insurance job that went badly wrong'
• 27 Aug 2019 - Mr Les brightens up New Ferry with artwork at Cleveland Arms
• 22 Jul 2019 - Seventh Green Flag honour for New Ferry Butterly Park
• 16 Jul 2019 - People made homeless in New Ferry explosion to get £1,600 from hardship fund
• 07 Mar 2019 - Suicide prevention centre opens in memory of Wirral dad Martin Gallier
• 12 Feb 2019 - Thieving Wirral postman Michael Easton is jailed
• 28 Jan 2019 - Public consultation on New Ferry housing 'masterplan'
• 05 Dec 2018 - Council reveals plans to buy 'key properties' in New Ferry and rebuild town
• 03 Dec 2018 - Time to spread festive cheer with New Ferry's first Christmas market
• 30 Nov 2018 - New Ferry blast victims urged to apply for help from Welfare Assistance Fund
• 23 Nov 2018 - Phil Davies brands Government minister 'heartless and callous' after refusing help for New Ferry
• 22 Nov 2018 - Government slammed for 'cold and heartless' response to New Ferry funding pleas
• 07 Nov 2018 - New Ferry residents cleared 10 tonnes of waste from streets ahead of Bonfire Night
• 24 Sep 2018 - Shop owner pleads not guilty to causing New Ferry gas explosion
• 24 Sep 2018 - Furniture shop owner accused of causing New Ferry gas explosion in insurance scam
• 06 Sep 2018 - New Ferry group hopeful of blast compensation
• 11 Aug 2018 - New Ferry group set for first meeting with communities secretary
• 14 Jun 2018 - The forgotten New Ferry disaster - 15 months on
• 11 Jun 2018 - Homes plan may kickstart New Ferry regeneration
• 13 Apr 2018 - Kingdom litter warning sign removed as rubbish is strewn all over floor
• 04 April 2018 - Man in court over New Ferry explosion
• 25 Mar 2018 - How Wirral's most neglected town became Merseyside's forgotten disaster zone
• 25 Mar 2018 - Then and now: how New Ferry looks today, 12 months after devastating explosion
• 23 Mar 2018 - New Ferry explosion: One year on
• 28 Feb 2018 - New Ferry will NOT be left behind as huge £1bn project to regenerate Wirral is confirmed
• 27 Mar 2017 - Wirral explosion - police probe New Fery gas blast
• 12 Mar 2018 - New Ferry named as one of 20 local social action partnerships
• 12 Mar 2018 - The Tory minister for the North thinks blast-hit New Ferry is in   MANCHESTER
• 12 Mar 2018 - Dance school destroyed in New Ferry explosion finds new home a year on
• 17 Jan 2018 - Man seriously injured in New Ferry explosion recovering after major operation
• 16 Jan 2018 - Furniture store director and gas company charged over New Ferry   explosion
• 05 Dec 2017 -  Couple whose lives were rocked by New Ferry explosion finally tie the knot
• 21 Dec 2017 - Wirral Council leader clashes with Government minister over New Ferry regeneration plan
• 24 Nov 2017 - Politicians express disappointment after Government fails to pledge regeneration funding for New Ferry
• 24 Nov 2017 - New Ferry's Age UK shop reopens after refit following devastating   explosion
• 21 Nov 2017 - This is what could be built on site of New Ferry explosion
• 06 Sep 2017 - Residents set to see early New Ferry regeneration ideas
• 15 Sep 2017 - New Ferry blast hero wins award 
• 25 Aug 2017 - Demolition works set to begin
• 27 Mar 2017 - Timeline of explosion which rocked New Ferry
• 27 Mar 2017 - Charity appeal for help after New Ferry blast reduces shop to rubble
• 27 Mar 2017 - Wirral explosion - police probe New Ferry gas blast
• 26 Mar 2017 - Teen who helped pull injured from rubble in explosion hailed a "hero"
• 26 Mar 2017 - Wirral explosion victim in "critical" condition 
• 24 Apr 2015 - Hunt for school children who dropped object from bypass bridge hitting pregnant woman's car
• 24 Apr 2015 - Port Sunlight River Park to host walking festival events
• 28 Feb 2015 - Mersey firefighters called to blaze at New Ferry furniture warehouse
• 05 Feb 2015 - Wirral teen making his mark in political circles
• 30 Jun 2014 - Port Sunlight Park opens
• 30 Jun 2014 - Brimstone breeding first for New Ferry Butterfly Park
• 28 May 2014 - Volunteers needed to help build spectacular waterfront park
• 04 May 2014 - Wirral butcher's crowning glory
• 14 Apr 2014 - Port Sunlight River Park nears completion as new public park to offer spectacular Liverpool’s waterfront views
• 11 Dec 2013 - New Ferry Butterfly Park spreads its wings
• 29 May 2013 - New Ferry crackdown on street drinking
• 06 Mar 2013 - New Ferry Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) to close due to funding cuts
• 19 Feb 2013 - Work begins on showpiece Wirral riverside park
• 12 Feb 2013 - Campaigns to fight council cuts in Wirral
• 30 Jan 2013 - Police set to be given extra powers to tackle nuisance drinking on the streets of New Ferry
• 30 Jan 2013 - Armed robbers raid New Ferry betting shop
• 14 Jan 2013 - Cash-strapped Wirral Council bids to sell off free car parks
• 09 Jan 2013 - Port Sunlight Museum closes for refurbishment work
• 03 Jan 2013 - Man in hospital after assault near Wirral pub
• 08 Dec 2012 - Pensioner seriously injured after struck by car in New Ferry
• 12 Nov 2012 - New Ferry by-pass closed after crane strikes bridge
• 24 Oct 2012 - New Ferry to receive £10,000 funding to put together regeneration plan for high street
• 18 Sep 2012 - Multimillion pound plans for former Wirral chemical works set to be approved
• 07 Aug 2012 - The Dream for Port Sunlight River Park Moves a Step Closer
• 23 Jul 2012 - Homes set to replace golf driving range
• 02 May 2012 - Port Sunlight Diamond Jubilee sundial revives ancient time-telling art
• 06 Mar 2012 - Plans submitted to make historic Wirral village “more sustainable”
• 01 Feb 2012 - Alison McGovern: Heritage, art and creativity can help New Ferry beat the economic downturn
• 26 Dec 2011 - Renovation scheme planned for historic Hesketh Hall
• 25 Dec 2011 - Wirral charity needs your help for 10th anniversary appeal
• 04 Oct 2011 - Consultation on Wirral neighbourhood plans comes to an end
• 27 Jul 2011 - Plans revealed to aid Wirral’s struggling town centres
• 17 Aug 2011 - Bebington Youth Centre in New Ferry say ‘we will not be beaten’, after callous thieves raided and even stole their sweets
• 27 Jul 2011 - Plans revealed to aid Wirral’s struggling town centres
• 25 Jul 2011 - Merseyside police appeal for witnesses over New Ferry bypass   motorcyclist death
• 30 Jun 2011 - New Ferry Butterfly Park wins legal battle to stay open
• 23 Jun 2011 - £3.5bn River Mersey tidal power scheme put on hold over costs
• 16 May 2011 - Wirral Council Liberal Democrat councillor Steve Niblock defects to Labour and urges colleagues to do same
• 20 Apr 2011 - Wirral park tribute paid to armed forces
• 19 Jan 2011 - Fresh hopes for Bromborough tip park plan
• 12 Jan 2011 - Government funding to tackle empty shops problem in New Ferry and Bromborough
• 12 Jan 2011 - MP aims to get park project back on track
• 31 Dec 2010 - Retired magistrate Arthur Waller says MBE was "the best Christmas present"
• 01 Dec 2010 - Peel Mersey Tidal Power project plan open for inspection
• 01 Oct 2010 - Wirral £2.3million rubbish tip park plans in doubt
• 18 Aug 2010 - Co-operative invests £200,000 in New Ferry
• 29 Jun 2010 - Fury as bulldozers end heritage hopes of former Wirral pub
• 10 Mar 2010 - Campaign launched to save landmark Wirral pub with historic links to Isambard Kingdom Brunel
• 03 Mar 2010 - New Ferry Butterfly Park volunteer nets environmental award
• 20 Jan 2010 - Wirral's New Ferry Butterfly Park wins temporary reprieve
• 21 Jan 2010 - Plans to turn Wirral's Bromborough landfill site into outdoor pleasure park win government funding
• 20 Jan 2010 - Wirral council approves bid to save New Ferry butterfly park
• 09 Dec 2009 - Six ambitious projects to transform Wirral’s coastline from Rock Ferry to Eastham unveiled
• 07 Dec 2009 - New Ferry Butterfly Park followers float survival battle
• 30 Nov 2009 - Wirral Council would have broken law if libraries had closed
• 08 Nov 2009 - Wirral school takes penguin under its wing as part of art project
• 01 Oct 2009 - Government report on Wirral library closures to be delayed
• 28 Sep 2009 - Call for rethink on Wirral coastline redevelopment scheme
• 20 Aug 2008 - New Ferry pub demolition may be scuppered
• 23 Jul 2008 - Historic Great Eastern pub in New Ferry faces demolition
• 30 Jun 2008 - Clean-up squads in action at beauty spot