Orphaned children in Ukraine are to benefit from scarves made by residents at Red Rocks nursing home in Hoylake. Encouraged by the home's activities co-ordinator, Mozin Ali, they took up a dementia knitting challenge last November, picking up their needles for at least 30 minutes a day.
An exhibition celebrating 100 years of West Kirby School and College is taking place next month. The school dates back to 1881 when it began in Filey Terrace. It originally focused on helping children suffering from the effects of bad housing, neglect, debility and diseases such as tuberculosis, rheumatism, rheumatic
West Kirby Rotary Club is launching a small grants scheme. They are inviting applications for funding of up to £200 from community groups in West Kirby and Hoylake. Examples could include new sports equipment, kitchen supplies for a support group, or funds towards a group trip out. Angela Macauley from
Wirral Council has launched a consultation with two options for the future management of Hoylake beach. The new beach management plan was meant to be in place in April last year, but has been delayed as the council has looked to find a compromise following a heated debate over whether
It started, as these things do in this day and age, on social media. "Wonderful WBC in action! Predicted high tide on South Parade yet expensive gates open!", wrote a contributor to Next Door. Followed by an email to our inbox: "Why was the promenade flooded at
Police are appealing for information following a burglary at an ice cream shop in West Kirby. A Merseyside Police spokesperson said: “On Sunday 11 February, a report was received of entry being forced to The Ice Cream Shop in Grange Road, with charity boxes and cash stolen. “It is believed
Artists, heritage groups and creative organisations are being invited to apply for funding to get their projects off the ground during Wirral’s year as the Liverpool City Region’s Borough of Culture for 2024. A total of up to £150,000 is available for Borough of Culture grants, which
The chair of Wirral Council's planning committee has described the local authority's website as "crap" after councillors were forced to defer a decision on an application to build apartments on the site of The Grange in West Kirby. Prospect Capital UK wants to demolish
Steven Burgess’ and Josh Moore’s BoBo is a relaxed bar and grill in the heart of West Kirby celebrating Iberian cuisine. In their regular column, the former AA rosette chefs discuss their passion for the sunshine peninsula’s cooking and hospitality and the history behind some of its iconic
He went on to become a famous fictional secret agent - saving the world from impending disaster - and now a photo has emerged which shows Daniel Craig may have had life saving ambitions from a young age. West Kirby RNLI has posted a newspaper cutting of the future 007 actor in
Councillors are being recommended to approve plans to demolish a Victorian detached property in West Kirby and replace it with apartments. Prospect Capital UK wants to demolish The Grange and two outbuildings, replacing it with 12 two and three bedroom apartments, together with 23 parking spaces, cycle spaces and landscaping.
West Kirby Social Club has announced it will close its doors for good on Friday 2 February. Members of the club - which has been a fixture on Banks Road for decades - were told the news at an extraordinary general meeting on Wednesday evening. West Kirby Today understands that although members
West Kirby School's bakery has won a top award. The bakery opened last year, and the award from the National Association of Special Schools recognises ‘new, adaptive, or innovative practice’ that can further improve the lives of young people. Food technology teacher Miss Meegan, who runs the bakery,
Bamboo Thai is owned and operated by Wirral couple, Dave Otter and Pam Anuniwat who have been bringing their unique twist on the authentic taste of Thailand to customers at the White Lion on Grange Road for three years. In 2021 they opened Bamboo Thai restaurant on Hoylake Road in
A former West Kirby lifeboat crew member has told how he thought he was going to die when he was capsized in a yacht off Lands End. James Gaskin has spoken to the RNLI's 200 Voices podcast about his experience, which happened near the end of a solo
A renewed attempt is being made to convert a detached house in Caldy into three 3 bedroom apartments. Planning officials last year threw out a proposal to partially demolish and extend 52 Caldy Road. They were concerned the design would cause harm to the character and appearance of the area,
