Bike hire scheme Bike & Go is bringing its second free Cycle to the Sands wellbeing event to the region in order to help people learn to relax. Participants will be treated to a guided bike ride, mindfulness session and picnic at West Kirby on Saturday 11 May, to raise
Tranmere secured a League Two play-off place with a tense 1-1 draw at Prenton Park as opponents Bury also clinched promotion to League One. James Norwood’s first half header, his 30th goal this season, was cancelled out by a Jake Caprice own goal in the second period
Storm Hannah has hit our shores with strong winds and heavy rain bringing travel disruption to the area. Drivers had a narrow miss after a lamp post came down in high winds on Meols Drive, in Hoylake, on Saturday morning and later in the day a large tree blew over
A century-old West Kirby care home is to be demolished and completely rebuilt after being bought by a company which operates two facilities in Hoylake. Brookfield Care Home on Grange Road - which dates back to 1904 - closed late last year after the owner sold the site to Fernwell Investments
A second half strike by Junior Mondal dented Tranmere Rovers’ automatic promotion hopes, as Forest Green snatched a Good Friday victory at Prenton Park. The winger whipped an unstoppable hit into the top corner early in the second period to grab maximum points for the visitors, despite a dominant Rovers
Wirral’s planning committee has knocked back plans to build 14 homes on Ashton Court in West Kirby again. On Wednesday night, they backed a motion by Councillor Stuart Kelly to turn down the scheme because it does not include any affordable housing units, by six votes to five. Developer
A schoolgirl who slashed an Italian musician across the neck outside West Kirby Concourse has been jailed for three years. Putting her behind bars, the judge told the girl, who is now 16: “There was a real danger that the victim could have died.” Her 28-year-old victim, who
West Kirby has been named as one of the best places to live in Britain, by The Sunday Times. It was hailed as one of the best places to live in the Northwest region, alongside Knutsford, Altrincham and Kirkby Lonsdale. The paper described West Kirby as “seaside with a salty
Planners are again recommending approval of a controversial proposal to build 14 properties on the site of Ashton Court in West Kirby. Members of the planning committee have rejected the advice of officers twice previously and kicked out applications by Starfish Commercial for homes at the former sheltered housing complex
The writer, cast and crew of a musical drama based on the story of a historic local maritime disaster have presented Hoylake RNLI lifeboat station with the proceeds from their performance. The musical, "Lesson from the Past", was performed at the West Kirby Arts Centre in February 2019
Great British Bake Off contestant and co-founder of the recently formed West Kirby Women’s Institute, Yasmin Limbert, has delighted shoppers in the past by rustling up free tasty treats in the showroom of Inspired Bathrooms & Kitchens at 250 Telegraph Road in Heswall. On Saturday 13 April she’
The long-awaited replacement for West Kirby and Upton fire stations, in Saughall Massie, is now fully operational. Mersey Fire and Rescue Service say it means response times for West Kirby and Hoylake are now two minutes quicker than from Upton, which had been serving the area since West Kirby
The newest development on the front at West Kirby has been shortlisted for a top award. The Sail is an art-deco scheme of eight apartments on the site of the former Betton House on South Parade, boasting panoramic views across the Dee Estuary. Architects Falconer Chester Hall say they
The swimming pool at West Kirby Concourse has reopened following the completion of repairs to a leak. The popular public facility closed for excavation and investigation work on Monday 18 March after it began losing water, but reopened today. A large section of pipework the entire length of the pool
The RNLI is still seeking new recruits to spend a season on Wirral’s sandy beaches, including West Kirby. Places are available on the beach lifeguard course, which runs from 8 – 12 April, and leads to an internationally-recognised lifeguarding qualification for successful participants. It gives potential lifeguards everything they
Thousands of bikers will thunder through Hoylake and West Kirby on Sunday, 7 April, as this year's Wirral Egg Run tribute event takes place. Riders will set off from the Dips in New Brighton at 11am, taking a route that passes through Wallasey, Moreton, Hoylake, West Kirby, Caldy,
