Wirral Council is appealing for help tracing the owners of several memorial benches on South Parade in West Kirby. The seats are being removed ahead of work starting to construct the new flood wall. Owners have the choice of having it installed in an alternative location, or donating it to
Campaigners opposed to the proposed closure of Hoylake Library are working on ideas to keep it open. The branch is among 11 across the borough that will close unless community organisations can be found to take them over. It is part of a budget saving plan to help plug a
Police are appealing for witnesses after a group of masked offenders burgled a house in Caldy. The group forced their way into a house on Caldy Road, at around 8pm on Tuesday 11 January. A group of masked offenders forced entry into the property and threatened a woman inside. They
Over 300 West Kirby school pupils have taken part in a competition to create a vision for the future of their hometown. The competition, which was launched by community group One West Kirby, asked 14–18-year-olds, attending West Kirby schools, to create a future West Kirby through art,
Buses will replace trains between West Kirby and Birkenhead North for the next two weekends as engineers replace a weak bridge. Network Rail is spending £2.3m replacing the structure on Bridge Road. The railway will be closed on the weekends of the 22-23 and 29-30 January. Bridge
West Kirby and Hoylake are among dozens of hotspots around the country where mail deliveries are being delayed due to Covid-19. The sorting office at Hoylake, as well as Upton and Wallasey, are named on a list of sites where there are delays because staff are isolating or off
A petition calling for Hoylake Library to be saved has amassed almost 700 signatures in a matter of days. It emerged last week that the branch is among 11 across the borough that will close unless community organisations can be found to take them over. The library proposals would save
Train services across the Merseyrail network are being reduced to twice an hour due to staff absence caused by the Omicron COVID-19 variant. Services on all lines on the Merseyrail network - including West Kirby - will change to a 30-minute service from 17 January until further notice. Merseyrail say
Hoylake Library - which has only just reopened to customers after a near two-year shutdown due to the pandemic - looks set to close permanently under council plans for the future of the service. The Market Street branch is not included in any of the options being considered by the Tourism,
Wirral Council insists there is no threat to the Open Golf tournament coming to Hoylake - despite the proposed closure of the town's municipal course, which is used for practice by players. Budget proposals unveiled on Friday revealed that one of the options to plug a £27 million hole
Hoylake Golf Course, public toilets and libraries are all under threat as Wirral Council seeks to balance its books and stave off intervention from central government. Also on the cards are increased charges for green waste collection and a 50 per cent reduction in the number of schools covered by
Work is starting to widen parts of the Wirral Way between West Kirby and Heswall. It will see improvements to the following sections: * Sandy Lane Bridge to York Avenue Footpath (West Kirby) * Simons Bridge to Dawpool Nature Reserve access (Caldy/Thurstaston) * Delavor Road Bridge to Davenport Road (Lower Heswall) The
Bridge Road in West Kirby will be shut until the end of April as work gets under way replacing a weak bridge. The first phase of the project took place last year, when engineers installed a temporary structure to re-route essential services such as electricity, gas and water. The
More than £2,000 has been raised for the RNLI after volunteers took to the beach in Hoylake and the water in West Kirby on Boxing Day. Hundreds of intrepid swimmers made their way to West Kirby Marine Lake to take part in a dip organised by the Underground Training
Much to the relief of the hospitality trade, New Year's Eve is definitely ON this year. If you’ve not made any plans as yet, we’ve rounded up a few local venues you can go to which should have a great atmosphere. Public health officials recommend you
Christmas is almost upon us, meaning changes to some council services. This year, Monday 27 December, Tuesday 28 December and Monday 3 January are Bank Holidays due to Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day falling on a weekend. We've taken a look at what
