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
Wirral Coastguard and the RNLI hovercraft were scrambled to find two people who had become lost in fog on Hoylake beach and possibly cut off by the tide. The incident happened shortly before 11am this morning. In a post on Facebook, Wirral Coastguard said: “Once the team arrived on scene
Volunteers from Hoylake RNLI lifeboat crew will take on a team from Hoylake Sailing Club this Boxing Day in the annual Slater Trophy Tug O’War. Covid-19 restrictions permitting, the competition will return at midday on Sunday 26 December after Wirral Council gave approval for the local festive tradition
A proposal to build a block of eight apartments on the promenade in Hoylake has been given the green light, despite opposition from local residents . Blueoak Estates is to demolish a detached house at the junction of Hoyle Road and Meols Parade and replace it with a development of two
Plans have been submitted to build apartments above retail units in Hoylake. It would see an additional floor added to the block at 90A Market Street, to create eight flats over two storeys. Six of the apartments would be one bedroom, with the remainder having two. The ground floor would
West Kirby Grammar School and Calday Grange Grammar School have been ranked in the top schools in the UK. According to the Sunday Times, the schools were ranked 9th and 16th in the best schools in the northwest. Nationally they ranked at 99th and 173rd. This latest edition of the
West Kirby-based literary arts organisation, Read Now Write Now, has led a new project asking young writers to create inspirational climate change stories. 26 children, from across the Liverpool City Region, presented their stories to an audience in the Discover Room of Liverpool Central Library and these stories, and
