Many of us dream of ditching our 9-5 office jobs to follow our passions, but animal lover Jay Young has done just that. After spending years working in the corporate world, Jay recently relocated back to her childhood home, in Wirral, and was looking for a new challenge. In her
Luxury catering company Pickled Walnut will open its first-ever restaurant in West Kirby on February 2nd. The finishing touches are now being put to the restaurant and bar, which opens on the former site of West 34 on Banks Road. The food is described as modern British and features vegetarian
Consultation events about sites proposed for housing development over the next 15 years are being held in West Kirby. Wirral Council is beginning a two-month consultation over its Local Plan, which includes building homes on a number of local sites to meet a Government target of 12,000 new properties
The Ring O'Bells has been bought by a company which also runs three other Wirral pubs. Stange and Co has a number of establishments across Wirral and North Wales, including the Jug and Bottle in Heswall, The Ship in Parkgate and the Fox and Hounds in Barnston. They
The Royal Liverpool in Hoylake has been named in a list of the top 100 golf courses in the world. The annual 'golfscape' official rankings are put together with the help of industry leaders, with courses ranked for their condition, memorability, aesthetics, playability, course facilities and overall experience.
The award-winning Leaf cafe group is to take over the Viking, West Kirby Today can reveal. It is the Liverpool-based company's first venture in Wirral, and is in addition to its three sites over the water. The Viking, which was heavily linked to celebrity chef Simon Rimmer, closed
Plans to expand the clubhouse at Caldy Golf Club and create a practice area and bowling green are set to be given the green light. The club wants to build a new front entrance, expand the bar area and kitchen and create space to store electric trolleys, buggies and golf
The Ring O'Bells pub in West Kirby closes its doors on Sunday 12 January, after being sold by owner Greene King. The historic hostelry has been a fixture in the town since 1810, and was put on the market last July with a price tag of £1 million.
Green belt land in West Kirby and other parts of Wirral looks set to be spared from development - but only if targets are met for developing brownfield sites in other parts of the borough. The council believes it can satisfy the Government's Local Plan methodology, which requires
A warning to check tide times before heading out to Hilbre Island has been issued, after the RNLI were called out to a fourth rescue in as many days. In the latest incident, three people were cut off by the tide on New Year's Day on Middle Eye
A fundraiser who is the driving force behind the Hoylake and West Kirby Lifeboat Open Day has been recognised in the Queen's new year honours. Carole Jackson has volunteered with the RNLI and other organisations for 50 years, and has now been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM)
Over the past year, we have written more than 150 stories about goings on and happenings in West Kirby, Hoylake, Caldy and Meols. But we most enjoy shining a spotlight on the inspirational people and organisations that are passionate about improving our part of the world. Rather than taking to
Christmas means changes to the opening hours of many public services, so we've rounded up some of the useful things you need to know. In particular, many public buildings are shut as Wirral Council staff take unpaid leave as part of budget saving measures. Bin collections Grey or
Plans for luxury apartments overlooking the Dee Estuary at Hoylake have been thrown out by Wirral Council. Blueoak Estates had wanted to demolish the 1920s detached home – ‘Wirral Point’ – at the end of Stanley Road, and replace it with a four-storey circular building with nine, three bedroom apartments and a
We are asking the general election candidates for the Wirral West constituency for their views on certain key issues. Last week we asked our Facebook community for the questions they’d ask the candidates: Andy Corkhill (Liberal Democrat), John Coyne (Green), Laura Evans (Conservative), Margaret Greenwood (Labour) and John Kelly
The family of a cyclist who died in a road collision in Hoylake have paid tribute to him, describing him as a "thoughtful, caring and wonderful" man. Simon Jones, aged 46, from New Brighton, passed away in hospital last week following the accident near the King's
