Two-time Tour de France stage winner Steve Cummings says he is looking forward to racing on home soil as the OVO Energy Tour of Britain heads through West Kirby. Cummings, 38, who lives in West Kirby, became only the second – and most recent – home winner of the race when
The world's best cyclists will be pedalling through Caldy, West Kirby and Hoylake on Wednesday 11 September, as the OVO Energy Tour of Britain comes to Wirral. A highlight of the peninsula's year as Borough of Culture, it will give residents and visitors the chance to
The best amateur golfers from both sides of the Atlantic will be in Hoylake this weekend, for the 47th Walker Cup at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. The biennial encounter on 7th and 8th September is being staged at the links for the first time since 1983. Great Britain and Ireland
A 64-bedroom, specialist care home could be built on the site of a stables in West Kirby, it has been revealed. Chester-based Liberty Properties is putting forward preliminary plans for the specialist dementia and end of life care home, which they say will create 64 full and part-
West Kirby is to retain a direct bus service with Arrowe Park Hospital under changes to services that take effect this coming week, but Hoylake and Meols will lose out. Stagecoach’s 22 service - which has previously run of a Monday to Saturday daytime and called at the hospital on
Work is underway to refurbish part of the railings along West Kirby promenade. The posts, or newels, which are set in original sandstone coping, are being shot-blasted, primed and painted. While that work is taking place, the railings either side of those posts will be removed and replaced with
A West Kirby man is swapping computers for the high seas as he competes in the Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race. David Watkin, a software development manager, is among the crew of the Imagine Your Korea team taking part in the epic ocean racing challenge. On Sunday
Wirral Council has halted repair work on Hilbre Island and is now reviewing the scheme, following a blaze which has led to the temporary closure of the nature reserve. On Friday night, a cave under the cliff at the centre of a repair operation to shore it up was engulfed
Hilbre Island remains closed to the public following a blaze in a cave last night. Firefighters and the coastguard were called to the nature reserve at around 7:30pm last night after plumes of smoke were seen rising in the sky. Mersey Fire and Rescue Service say an assessment this
Firefighters have been tackling a blaze on Hilbre island which broke out in a cave where the council is carrying out maintenance work. Plumes of smoke were spotted at around 7:30pm, and emergency services mustered at the beach before making their way to the nature reserve. A cordon was
The volunteer lifeboat crew of Hoylake RNLI will be taking to the small screen as they feature in the first episode of the BBC TV series Saving Lives at Sea. Now in its fourth season, the documentary series, which showcases the lifesaving work of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
With sunny and warm weather predicted this weekend, The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) are reminding people to stay safe when in and around the water. With temperatures predicted to reach 25 degrees, our local beaches are expected to be busy. Following several serious incidents on UK beaches this summer,
A group of local, small business owners are calling for help to launch West Kirby in Bloom. The project aims to make West Kirby town centre more attractive with the help of a band of volunteers, who will plant and care for flower displays across the town. Hoylake and Meols
A Wirral running club is hosting a new event as part of the Hoylake and West Kirby Lifeboat Open Day. The inaugural 'Medal Muddle 5K' takes place on Bank Holiday Monday (26 August) on Hoylake Promenade, starting at 10am. It has been organised by Hoylake-based BTR Road
One of West Kirby's most prominent landmarks is set to be lit up properly each November. Currently, the war memorial, which lists the names of soldiers from West Kirby and Hoylake who lost their lives in the first and second world wars, is illuminated around Remembrance Sunday by
Wirral Council has completed spraying of Hoylake beach to rid it of spartina grass - amid a growing debate over how and whether it should be treated at all. The work was carried out after the Friends of Hoylake and West Kirby Beaches organised a public meeting at Melrose Hall about
