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Boxing Day Tug o’War to take place on Hoylake beach

Boxing Day Tug o’War to take place on Hoylake beach

Hoylake RNLI will take on Hoylake Sailing Club in their traditional Boxing Day Tug o’War. It takes place at 12 midday on Tuesday 26 December outside Hoylake RNLI lifeboat station on North Parade, followed by refreshments in the sailing club. The friendly competition was established in 1972 by Arthur

Changes to bin collections over Christmas and New Year

Changes to bin collections over Christmas and New Year

Over the festive period, there will be changes to bin collections. For households who usually have their green and grey bins collected on Mondays and Tuesdays, the collection day changes will be as followed: Monday 25 December – collection on Saturday 23 December Tuesday 26 December – collection on Sunday 24 December

COLUMN | Eat like Spanish 'Royalty' this Christmas at BoBo

COLUMN | Eat like Spanish 'Royalty' this Christmas at BoBo

Steven Burgess and Josh Moore opened BoBo in West Kirby in August 2023, a restaurant that celebrates Iberian food and beverage, in particular that of Portugal and Spain. In their regular column, the former AA rosette chefs, turned hospitality specialists, discuss their passion for Portuguese and Spanish cuisine and the

Meet the best-selling children's author from West Kirby

Meet the best-selling children's author from West Kirby

Susanne Schroder was organising a weekly sing-song for a toddler group when she received a request that changed the course of her career. She worked in publishing, having moved from Copenhagen to West Kirby, and was asked if she could write a book that could be presented to the

COLUMN | Have a Pilates plan

COLUMN | Have a Pilates plan

Pauline Caswell is the owner of Love Pilates Wirral. Pauline is a skilled 2nd Generation teacher with a direct lineage to Joseph Pilates. She’s also a qualified teacher of Education in Biology, Psychology, Science & Health. Her practice is about helping people to feel good about movement and the

20mph speed limit coming to Hoylake and Meols

20mph speed limit coming to Hoylake and Meols

Councillors have given the green light to the roll-out of 20mph zones in residential areas in Hoylake and Meols. It is one of 15 areas across Wirral in phase two of the scheme. But out of 107 responses received during the consultation from a total of 13,000 local

Hoylake beach 'village green' application consultation begins

Hoylake beach 'village green' application consultation begins

An application to have part of Hoylake's beach registered as a village green is under consideration by Wirral Council. It would apply to a section of the beach from The King's Gap up to the lifeboat station, and has been submitted by local councillors on behalf

First look inside the new-look Ring O'Bells

First look inside the new-look Ring O'Bells

The Ring O'Bells in West Kirby is to open its doors to customers on Friday 8 December. It marks the end of a four year closure, after Greene King called time on its ownership of the historic hostelry in January 2020. Contractors have been working furiously over the

COLUMN | We fish you a Merry Christmas!

COLUMN | We fish you a Merry Christmas!

West Kirby Today’s monthly columnist, Guy Lawrenson, is the proprietor of the hugely popular Seafood Shack on Dee Lane. Guy previously owned the What’s Cooking restaurant chain and earned his seafood stripes during lockdown by working at the renowned Bricklands Fish & Game in Chester and for national

Talented West Kirby performer lands spot at top Theatre School

Talented West Kirby performer lands spot at top Theatre School

A gifted student from West Kirby is one step closer to achieving her dream of becoming a West End star after landing a place at Liverpool Theatre School. 17-year-old Emily Royden secured a coveted place on an elite professional musical theatre training programme at Liverpool Theatre School following

Sensory garden created at Hoylake care home

Sensory garden created at Hoylake care home

A sensory garden has been created at a Hoylake care home. The Co-operative Bank customer donation fund helped pay for the relaxing space at The Old Garden on Meols Drive, which was created by dementia support charity, the Josephine Sara Foundation. The garden specifically caters to those living with

Car parking charges lifted for one day

Car parking charges lifted for one day

Council-operated parking charges will be lifted in West Kirby and Hoylake on 2 December to help support local high streets for Small Business Saturday. The move, which applies to all council car parking across Wirral, aims to help local shops and businesses at one of the busiest times of

Santas set to run in West Kirby

Santas set to run in West Kirby

West Kirby Santa Dash takes place on Sunday 3 December, starting at 10am. Entry is £5 per adult and £2 per child, including a free Santa hat! There are 10k, 5k and 2k runs - or you can simply stroll. Register in advance at Home Instead on Grange Road (cash only)

BoBo and The Seafood Shack collaborate to tour The Azores

BoBo and The Seafood Shack collaborate to tour The Azores

The Seafood Shack in West Kirby is joining forces with the town’s newest restaurant, BoBo, for a special evening discovering the cuisine of one Portugal’s most famous island regions. Known as ‘The Hawaii of Europe’ and the ‘Islands of Colours’, The Azores archipelago lies half way between continental