A Caldy man who was identified by a distinctive mural on his wall has been jailed for 29 years as part of an international operation targeting criminals who used a mobile encryption service. Ryan Palin, 36, of Mereworth, was sentenced to 29 years on Friday 17 June at Liverpool Crown
Merseyrail services will not run on Tuesday 21, Thursday 23 and Saturday 25 June due to national strike action. There will be no rail replacement buses and passengers are advised to make alternative travel arrangements. In a statement, Merseyrail said: "Whilst Merseyrail staff are not taking part in this
Piling works on the first phase of the construction of the new £10 million flood defence wall along South Parade in West Kirby are to begin. The first road closure will be in place from Monday 20th June to allow works to take place on the section of the waterfront
Police arrested a male on suspicion of assault during a crackdown on anti-social behaviour in West Kirby. They had six additional officers on patrol in the town on Friday evening as part of a weekend-long response to recent incidents involving young people. The force said the large groups
A cottage owned by Kingsmead School in Hoylake is set to be turned into overnight respite accommodation for up to four children with life-limiting conditions. Meadway Cottage on Carlton Lane was formerly used by boarders at the private school, which closed its doors in 2020 due to financial difficulties
A normal train service will resume on the Merseyrail network from Monday 20 June. The return of 15 minute services during the day on most parts of the network, including the West Kirby to Liverpool line, follows emergency timetables over the last two weeks. It saw cancellations last week and
Three teenagers have appeared in court charged in connection with assaults and an attempted robbery over the weekend. It follows two incidents on Saturday 11 June - an attack on a staff member at Grove Park Convenience Store in Hoylake, and the assault of a woman on the Cinder Path, off
Hoylake's library and municipal golf course are a step closer to being saved. They were both earmarked for closure as part of £27 million of council budget cuts. The golf course shut in April, and funding for the library is only in place until November. Council officials are
Almost 40 artists and makers are throwing open the doors to their homes and studios in West Kirby, Hoylake and Thurstaston this weekend. Wirral Open Studio Tour is now in its 12th year of celebrating visual arts, and will see a total of 60 artists and makers exhibiting in 34
A ticket ballot for the 151st Open Golf Championship in Hoylake in 2023 will open later this month. The event is returning to the Royal Liverpool Golf Course next July, having been delayed for a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It will be the 13th time the Championship
Preparatory work ahead of the construction of the West Kirby flood wall is continuing, with the removal of some of the memorial benches along South Parade. Wirral Council says the benches will be removed in batches as the engineering and piling works on the project gets under way from June.
A proposal by West Kirby Grammar School to build a sports hall on Anglesey Road playing fields has been kicked in to touch - but only for the time being. The school has withdrawn its application for a 923 square metre building constructed from steel with metal cladding on the green
A group of volunteer residents and businesses who have developed a masterplan for Hoylake are holding two open days for residents to find out more about their work. Despite numerous lockdowns forced by the pandemic over the last two years, the group has been working on developing plans based on
Long-standing local councillor Jeff Green has been sworn in as Wirral's Mayor for the next year. Cllr Green was first elected to Wirral Council in 1986 as a member for Thurstaston Ward. Following boundary changes in 2004, he was elected for the West Kirby and Thurstaston Ward
Friends and neighbours in half a dozen streets in West Kirby, Hoylake and Meols have been given the green light to stage street parties during the long weekend to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Special traffic orders have been put in place which will allow the locations to
Lifeboat crews in Hoylake abandoned a car wash fundraiser to rescue a group of paddle boarders who had been swept out to sea. The alarm was raised at 12.50pm on Sunday 15 May as the group of four were struggling against an offshore wind and ebbing tide. Hoylake RNLI’
