A group bidding to turn Hoylake Library into a community building are joining forces with others in a last-ditch attempt to secure the site. The library is one of nine across Wirral closing its doors next week as part of £27 million of budget cuts being implemented this year. Community
West Kirby Sailing Club has cancelled its fireworks display on public safety grounds - saying it would be "irresponsible" to hold it during the ongoing flood wall construction work. Wirral Council announced a month ago that completion of the scheme had been delayed until early 2023. It is
A new independent estate agency has been launched in West Kirby, pledging to offer a more personal service for buyers and sellers. Home Estate Agents has been founded by Michael Barnes and Ricki Roberts (pictured above), who between them have more than 30 years in the business. They aim to
Hoylake Library will shut its doors at the end of October. The Market Street site is one of nine closing as part of £27 million of council budget cuts, with the buildings offered to community and not-for-profit organisations - if they can come up with viable proposals. In recent years
A three-day live music festival is to take place in West Kirby to raise money for food banks. West Kirby Live is organising the event, from Friday 2 December - Sunday 4 December at eight venues across the town. The money raised will go to the Trussell Trust. West Kirby
Wirral Council has announced that the noisiest and most disruptive parts of the construction of West Kirby flood wall have now been completed. In an update, the local authority says the last few remaining piles – metal tubes that provide the foundations of a base slab structure before construction can begin
An online petition against fracking off the coast of Wirral, dismissed by local Conservative councillors as a "pathetic attempt at public manipulation", has so far amassed more than 70,000 signatures. It was launched a week ago by Labour Party activist Gail Jenkinson, after Prime Minister Liz Truss
A short documentary about the experiences of a community pharmacist from West Kirby who died of breast cancer is to be aired on television this weekend, as part of a new BBC Arts series. ‘Mary Lost Her Battle’ by Oisín Power, who grew up in the town, will feature as
West Kirby waste recycling centre is switching to shorter winter opening hours from Saturday 1 October. The site, on Greenbank Road, will be open from 8am until 5pm – changing from the summer hours of 8am to 8pm. The site accepts a range of household materials for recycling, from batteries, cans
A one kilometre stretch of the Wirral coastline from Leasowe to Meols has benefited from a strengthening of the sea embankment. Wirral Council says 1,250 properties along the foreshore will be better protected for at least the next 30 years after it was bolstered by the installation of more
The inaugural meet and greet event for Hoylake and West Kirby RNLI stations earlier this month raised £5,500. The event, at Hoylake Lifeboat Station on September 3, gave the public a chance to step aboard the lifesaving charity’s lifeboats and launch vehicles. The volunteer RNLI crews spoke to
Council planners have thrown out an application to construct 32 new build flats on the site of the former West Kirby Fire Station. Developer Blueoak Estates wanted to use the site for one to three bedroom apartments with private balconies and parking. A statement from the developer submitted with the
People who live or work near Hoylake have been invited to find out more about the 151st Open, which will be held at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club next summer. A series of community engagement sessions, hosted by Wirral Council, will give people who live or work in Hoylake and
Wirral Council has told West Kirby Today that work on the new flood wall won’t now be completed until early next year. Rumours have been circulating in the town that work on the scheme - which was due to be finished in November - had run into problems with
A national day of mourning for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will see shops and pubs in West Kirby and Hoylake close as a mark of respect. Aldi and Morrisons supermarkets will both be shut, although the Morrisons petrol station in West Kirby and Sainsbury’s Local in
A unique partnership is serving up refreshments, training and carbon reduction at Royden Park. The Courtyard café at Royden Park, Frankby, was officially reopened by Wirral’s Mayor, Hoylake and Meols Cllr Jeff Green, and is now fully operational again after being closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Although overseen
