The following Wirral residents have been recognised in the New Year Honours List 2011 (background information):
CBE
Howard Cooper, Director of Children’s Services, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to Local Government.
MBE
Arthur William WALLER, JP. For services to the community in Merseyside.
The Reverend Margaret FLETCHER For services to the community in Thurstaston and in Irby, Wirral.
Wendie, Mrs DARLINGTON Director of Fundraising, Claire House Hospice. For charitable services in the North West.
Professor Philip Leslie WOODWORTH Scientific Leader, National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool. For services to Science. (Thornton Hough, Merseyside).
This morning our fresh water supplier United Utilities 
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.