The pub company which bought the Ring O'Bells three years ago has said work is set to get under way shortly on its refurbishment. Stange & Co bought the historic public house from Greene King in 2020, just before the Covid-19 pandemic. They unveiled plans to invest
The Coroner's Office is appealing for help in tracing the family of an elderly woman from Hoylake who died in a road collision earlier this month. Ana Marcroft, aged 83, passed away after being struck by two cars at around 6.45pm on 11 January. The incident happened
West Kirby Live's weekend of music in aid of food banks raised almost £4,000. Eight venues across the town took part in a three-day live music festival in December, with donations going to the Trussell Trust. The grand total of £3,862.17 is in addition
Wirral Council is set to introduce a 20 miles per hour speed limit across West Kirby. It is one of 15 zones in the borough that are predominantly residential, retail, or educational that will be targeted by the measure in phase one of the scheme. It will cost £350,000
Installation of the new flood protection wall on West Kirby promenade is gathering pace. Wirral Council says that by the end of January, work will have been completed up to the old baths site. In an update, the council said: "With the wall units in place, works around them
Entries are now open for this year’s Wilson Trophy on West Kirby Marine Lake. It is widely regarded as the premier team racing event in the world, attracting some of the world’s most skilled exponents of the discipline, along with many fleet racing and match racing world champions
Plans by a community group to take over Hoylake Library look set to be dashed. The Life Tree had wanted to use the building to host book clubs and story time sessions, as well being a base for community groups and events, with a cafe. Last October, the organisation was
A poetry competition set up in memory of a Calday Grammar School pupil is now accepting entries. The Christopher Salmon Poetry Competition is named after the 15-year-old, who passed away suddenly in 2009 from a rare streptococcal infection. He had hopes of becoming an author and dreamt of
Wirral Council is giving away small trees at Royden Park in Frankby on Saturday 14 January. It is part of the council's target to plant 21,000 trees every year until 2030 to help increase coverage. The trees are all UK sourced and grown and include Crab Apple,
Merseyside Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in Hoylake on Wednesday evening. Just before 6.45pm, officers were called to a report of a collision on Market Street involving a pedestrian and a blue Saab. It is believed that following the first collision the woman
An audit has found that councillors were aware of the risks of signing a development agreement over the doomed Hoylake golf resort scheme. In 2021, the council paid almost half a million pounds to the Jack Nicklaus Joint Venture Group to stave off a £20 million legal action. The action
Hoylake Rugby Club are offering camping facilities for this year's Open Golf Championship. The site, on Carham Road, can take caravans, motor homes and tents, and is located a 15 minute walk from the course. Facilities include shower and toilet facilities, 24 hour security, a bar and catering
A choir from West Kirby are looking for opportunities to sing locally this year. Cantemus at Calday have been going for over 10 years and have over 90 members. They practice every week at the United Reformed Church. Joy Woodside from the group told us: "If anyone knows of
Catch-up bin collections will take place this week following the end of the industrial dispute involving refuse staff at Biffa. Wirral Council is asking people to put their bin out on their normal scheduled day and has issued the following advice about additional collections: * If your green bin was
It's set to be a busy 2023 for our part of the world. We've taken a look ahead to some of the big things happening locally over the next 12 months. The Open at the Royal Liverpool Golf Course Golf’s most prestigious tournament returns to
Marine Lake Medical Practice in West Kirby has been found in breach of regulations and downgraded after an inspection found issues with the safe management of medicines. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) visited the practice, at the Concourse, in November and discovered: * There was no system in place to ensure
