A local hero came to the rescue of a beautiful white swan today after she was cut off from her Meols home by a busy main road - probably having been blown off course by Storm Gertrude. Gertrude the swan was stranded in Birch Road, Meols, cut off from her
Storm Gertrude is set to hit the West Kirby and Hoylake coastline early tomorrow morning, bringing gales gusting at up to 60 mph and potential heavy rain. The Met Office has issued a yellow alert for Wirral and much of the north west from 1am on Friday, and the journey
The latest stage production by Hoylake-based director Gemma Bodinetz is to open at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre next month. “The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary!” is a comic but thoughtful take on Gustave Flaubert’s 1856 debut novel and literary masterpiece. Gemma, the artistic director of the Liverpool Everyman and
West Kirby promenade was closed to traffic today after Storm Jonas battered the Wirral coastline. The promenade was partially flooded after the Met Office issued a weather warning for north west England, as the remnants of the US snow storm hit the UK. Met Office Chief Operational Meteorologist, Will Lang
A planning application has been submitted for a new housing development on the site of a luxury car showroom. Newhall Cars, on Caldy Road, is set to relocate to a purpose-built showroom and state-of-the-art workshop on a 1.5 acre site in Prenton, just off junction 3 of the M53.
A new exhibition celebrating the modern history of St Bridget’s Church is the latest attraction drawing visitors to West Kirby Museum. The exhibition, which includes ceramics, stained glass, photographs and other artefacts depicting the history of the church, opened this month, and will be on display for three months.
A plan to protect West Kirby from flooding by introducing a new flood defence on the promenade has been given the thumbs up by local residents. Wirral Council is now in the process of applying for a grant from the Environment Agency to fund the scheme. The exact design of
Would you like to make West Kirby beach your office this summer? Does that sound like the best summer job ever? The hunt is on for a new recruit who will be paid to spend the summer patrolling our shoreline as a Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeguard. The RNLI is
Running is a great way to get fit, and joining the West Kirby running group is one of the best ways to do it, offering safety, motivation and support. That is the advice of Fiona Hanik, a group leader for Run in Wirral, an initiative launched in 2010 which now
Experts have discovered structural weaknesses in a key railway bridge just outside West Kirby Station. Wirral council is to bring in special road traffic restrictions on the bridge, near the town's popular Aldi supermarket, which will see part of Bridge Road turned into a one way street to
A planning application has been submitted for a £150,000 refurbishment of Wirral Sailing Centre, in West Kirby. The plans include a new glass-fronted cafe, which will be open to the public and will have views across the Dee to Hilbre and Wales. There will also be a new reception,
A radical idea to convert Banks Road into a one way street was one of your most intriguing responses to our story revealing plans for a parking shake-up for the busy West Kirby shopping street. Wirral council has launched a three week consultation with businesses and residents around Banks Road
Plans have been unveiled for a radical shake-up of parking on Banks Road, West Kirby, aimed at giving a boost to local businesses. Motorists will be restricted to a maximum of two hours parking in the new short stay bays, with a one hour gap before they can park again.
Caldy teenager Bronnie Hughes has become an internet sensation after winning a song competition run by US TV & radio host Ryan Seacrest. Seacrest, also known as the man who helped bring the Kardashian family to fame, chose Bronnie from thousands of hopefuls to join his ‘Worldwide Cover Song Contest’
West Kirby fire station will be phased out of operational use by the end of 2016 - leaving in its wake a potential emergency cover crisis. A bitter row has broken out about a proposal to merge it with Upton fire station on a new site half way between -
The ambitious new Wirral Golf Resort plan will change the face of Hoylake forever, if and when it gets the go-ahead. Golf is already big business for Hoylake, and Wirral in general, thanks chiefly to the historic and beautiful Royal Liverpool Golf Club, now triumphantly back on the circuit as
