A famous West Kirby pub has opened its kitchen to serve a full hot food food menu. The White Lion on Grange Road, well known for its real ale culture and old-world charm, has gone into partnership with Bamboo Thai, already established at Woodside Ferry Village, to run the
Hoylake RNLI volunteers went the distance by completing the charity's Mayday Mile fundraising challenge in the pouring rain. The group of lifeboat crew, tractors drivers and station officials donned their iconic yellow kit as part of the challenge on Saturday 8 May, before setting off to run a
Two Wirral men are trying to boost the borough’s high streets bounce-back-ability as hospitality and retail comes out of lockdown - by serving up their own app. At the end of last year, Meols man and restaurateur Dave Otter launched Mimu, a mobile app developed and designed by
A 70-seat bistro with stunning views overlooking the Dee estuary is to open in West Kirby. Plans for the new restaurant were revealed at a licensing committee hearing considering an alcohol licence for the revamped Wirral Sailing Centre. The venue will operate as a cafe during the day and
Swimmers using West Kirby Marine Lake for open water swimming are being asked to stop over safety fears. Wirral Council says it’s not safe now water sports have been allowed to restart under the government’s roadmap for lifting restrictions. In a statement, the local authority said: "Swimming
Registration is now open for the annual Wirral Kayak Challenge. Every year, participants paddle 14 miles from New Brighton to Thurstaston to raise money for local charities. This year, the event, which takes place on Sunday, July 4, will raise money for Merseyside and Cheshire Blood Bikes Claire House Children&
An image taken by West Kirby photographer Joe Thomas is featuring in a new exhibition from the Tate Collective. Joe's photo 'Cleanse', featuring a worker cleaning up litter at the Pier Head following the unofficial, Liverpool FC title celebrations, was among 30 images chosen as part
Hoylake lifeboat Coxswain Andy Dodd is leaving to take over a new challenge in the RNLI, bringing to an end more than a quarter of a century of service. He has been promoted to Area Lifesaving Manager, supporting stations around Cardigan Bay. Andy has been a member of the Hoylake
The annual Hoylake Lifeboat Open Day on August Bank Holiday Monday has been called off for a second successive year due to uncertainty over Covid. The announcement has been made by Hoylake RNLI on their Facebook page. They wrote: "It’s with heavy hearts that we announce Hoylake and
Wirral West MP Margaret Greenwood has written to Government minister Robert Jenrick urging him to call in and refuse a planning application for around 90 assisted-living retirement apartments and care bungalows on green belt land in Hoylake. Applicant Graeme McGaffney wants to build up to 30 one and two
West Kirby lifeboat has rescued a 77 year-old man who fell off a boat into the sea. The alarm was raised earlier today after the pensioner ended up in the water for more than 15 minutes, clinging to the vessel's ladder but unable to pull himself out
"I thought the queue for the cafe seemed quite big," said one bemused woman as she passed by the Sweet Pea Cafe on Acacia Grove, this afternoon. The queue of people was, in fact, a film crew, on the set of the latest offering from Hoylake-based production
Bookworms can get their hands on titles from West Kirby library from Monday 12 April. It is one of four sites across the borough which will be operating an ‘Order and Collect’ service. The system allows interested residents to pre-order up to eight paperback, hardback and/or talking books
Several pubs, bars and restaurants in West Kirby, Hoylake and Meols are set to reopen their outdoor space starting from Monday 12 April. The latest stage in the government's lifting of Covid-19 restrictions means that outdoor hospitality is allowed from this date. The rule of six - or
The gym and swimming pool at West Kirby Concourse look set to reopen on Monday 12 April. The move is in line with the next step in the Government's roadmap to lift Covid-19 restrictions, due to be confirmed on Monday 5 April. Guinea Gap's pool
West Kirby Household Waste Recycling Centre will be open for an extra three hours every day from Thursday 1st April. Centres will be switching to their summer opening hours until October, meaning most will be open from 8am until 8pm. The 14 Recycling Centres situated throughout the region accept a
