It's been another busy year in our part of the world. We’ve written close to 200 stories over the last 12 months, and our website has been visited by an incredible 115,000 people. These are the five stories that captured your interest the most in 2024,
The former West Kirby Social Club is set to become a mix of apartments and an extended home for a neighbouring restaurant. The club closed its doors in February for financial reasons. One member told us its numbers had been dwindling, and that the club building was sold and leased
Councillors have agreed to a survey of West Kirby marine lake to determine how best to tackle a build up of silt which is reducing its depth and is starting to impact on water activities. A sonar survey in 2020 estimated that there had been an accumulation of 28,000m³
Council rangers who look after Wirral Country Park in Thurstaston and Hilbre Island have won a top award. They were named ‘Team of the Year’ in the annual 'Best of the Best' awards organised by the national environmental charity, Keep Britain Tidy. The awards celebrate the volunteers, park
Wirral Council has put in place flood defence barriers on South Parade in West Kirby ahead of the arrival of Storm Darragh. The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning, with winds of between 60 and 70 miles per hour forecast on Saturday, and strong gusts also expected until
The business community in West Kirby is being invited to attend a Christmas celebration at West Kirby United Reformed Church on Tuesday 17 December. 'Carols Around the Christmas Tree' takes place at 5.30pm, and anyone who works in shops or services in the town is invited to
Councillors have voted to back controversial plans to introduce parking charges on the promenades in West Kirby, Hoylake, Meols and New Brighton - sparking an angry response from campaigners. At a highly-charged meeting at Wallasey Town Hall - and despite impassioned pleas from organisations concerned about the impact - councillors approved the
Pedestrians, cyclists and motorists are being urged to take more care at level crossings on the West Kirby Merseyrail line. Network Rail say that over the last year, there have been 27 incidents of misuse at level crossings, including one fatality and eight trespasses. In August this year, a train
The Grange in West Kirby is up for sale after planning permission was secured to demolish a Victorian detached house and replace it with a dozen apartments. Councillors gave the go-ahead for the scheme earlier this year, after being recommended to approve the application by Prospect Capital UK to
Wirral Council looks set to push ahead with plans to introduce parking charges on the promenades at Hoylake and West Kirby, despite huge opposition. The cash-strapped local authority - which recently warned it has a £21 million black hole in this year's budget, largely due to increasing costs
West Kirby Santa Dash has been re-routed this Sunday, 24 November, due to the bad weather forecast from Storm Bert. The event, which attracts hundreds of participants, usually follows a route along the Wirral Way. However this year, participants will leave the Concourse at 10am, and run around the
West Kirby Christmas Lights and Hoylake and Meols Christmas Lights have both cancelled their planned switch-on events this Saturday, 23 November, due to forecast bad weather. The annual events are hugely popular with the local community, with hundreds of people turning out for the entertainment. But due to an
A climbing wall and mural dedicated to former West Kirby Grammar School pupil Jessica Baker has been officially unveiled. The 15-year-old died in a coach crash on the M53 as she was travelling to school in September 2023, and the driver of the vehicle, Stephen Shrimpton, also passed
West Kirby Rotary Club is celebrating a decade of fundraising. The organisation began life in 2014 as a satellite club of Royden Revolve Rotary Club. Since it was formed it has donated £36,000 for dozens of good causes including the RNLI, West Kirby in Bloom, the Quirky Cafe, the
More than 1,000 people have taken part in cold water dips at West Kirby beach in the two years since a peer support group was formed. Mental Health Swims (MHS) West Kirby was created in October 2022 as part of the national Mental Health Swims initiative – an award-winning,
Pauline Caswell is the owner of Love Pilates Wirral, and this is her latest column for West Kirby Today… I remember reading the book “Flip It” in which Michael Heppell describes “paying yourself first”. His advice to stash a percentage of your income away before you pay the bills, does
