A new literary festival will take place in West Kirby this summer. The event, which will take place from June 3-9, is a collaboration between The Wro’s Wro Readers Book Club, in West Kirby and Linghams Bookshop, in Heswall. The festival will see several major authors visit the
The organisation which has secured a £3.6 million Government grant to transform the former Hoylake Town Hall into a cinema and arts hub has revealed the scheme will be completed by the end of 2020. The recent announcement of funding from the 'Coastal Communities Fund' for the
When schoolgirl Gabriella Holdgate from Hoylake kept stepping in dog mess on her way to school she resolved to do something about it. So the creative 11 year-old set about manufacturing her own doggy bag dispensers out of recycled plastic bottles, which she is now placing in hotspots around
Tranmere Rovers secured a comfortable 3-0 victory against Carlisle United at Prenton Park to record a seventh straight League Two win. A late first half header from Ollie Banks, followed by second half goals from fourth-tier top scorer James Norwood and Manny Monthe, saw the Whites pick up
Channel 4’s ‘Location, Location, Location’ is coming to the West Kirby area in the next few weeks and is looking for home buyers to help. Property experts Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer are on the hunt for a chain-free buyer struggling to find their perfect property, to feature
Rail passengers travelling between West Kirby and Liverpool face disruption for two weeks in April due to platform upgrade works to prepare the network for new trains. From 7 - 22 April, a rail replacement bus service will call at stations between West Kirby and Birkenhead North, where commuters will be
A plan to turn the former town hall in Hoylake into an arts and cultural hub including a cinema, retail units and office space has secured Government funding of more than £3.5 million. The Beacon Arts Village has been successful in its bid for cash from the Coastal Communities
The swimming pool at West Kirby Concourse will be shut until at least early April for repairs to a leak. The popular public facility closed for excavation and investigation work on Monday 18 March after it began losing water. Wirral Council say it will not re-open for "a
A man’s been charged with possession of a knife following an alleged incident in the grounds of Calday Grange Grammar School in West Kirby earlier this month. Witnesses say several police cars and a van descended on the site at 4:30pm on Thursday 7 March. The accused is
Since its launch in 2016, the West Kirby Live music festival has raised over £20,000 for the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. Plans are now well underway for this year's event, which takes place on Saturday June 1st, and organisers are hoping it will be the most successful so
TG Medical Centre in West Kirby will close temporarily at the end of this month despite NHS bosses insisting the building would remain open. From April 1st, TG Medical Centre patients will be treated at Marine Lake Medical Practice, in The Concourse building. NHS bosses insist this is a temporary
The West Kirby parents of a baby who was rushed to hospital with life-threatening illnesses have paid tribute to the NHS staff who saved their daughter’s life. Louise and David Wood have been reunited with doctors and nurses from Arrowe Park Hospital who helped their baby overcome a
A Connor Jennings brace helped Tranmere Rovers breeze past Grimsby Town 4-1 at Prenton Park, extending their winning run to five games. Jennings’ first half double, and strikes from Manny Monthe and James Norwood secured the comfortable victory. Grimsby had levelled through Martyn Woolford following a Wes Thomas penalty,
The future of the historic Dee Hotel in West Kirby is in doubt again after owner JD Wetherspoon launched a fresh search for a buyer. The pub was previously placed on the market in November 2015, but the proposed sell-off was abandoned in March 2017 following a change of
James Norwood’s strike strengthened Tranmere Rovers’ play-off credentials with a 1-0 victory against Crewe Alexandra, as Friday night football returned to Prenton Park. League Two’s leading scorer netted his 26th of the campaign in the second half, clinching a fourth consecutive triumph for Micky Mellon’s
The West Kirby school attended by actress Glenda Jackson is among a host of destinations featured in a new publication to mark International Women’s Day. Bike & Go’s Women’s World Bike Rides Guide includes locations across Merseyside where key female figures have made their mark. The guide,
