With over 60 years worth of family recipes passed down to them, the team behind West Kirby's popular Karma Indian Food restaurant certainly know a thing or two about curry. Their Dadu-Muni, aka Grandma Miah, was reputed to have been the first-ever female Bengali chef in Wirral when
Now in it’s 29th year, the Wirral Bazaar will open its doors once again this November, to raise thousands of pounds for North West Cancer Research. Taking place on Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th November at the Walled Garden Marquee, Thornton Manor, the annual shopping spectacular brings together an
Part of the main road in and out of West Kirby from Heswall will be closed during the day this coming week for resurfacing work. A section of Grange Road, from Grange Old Road to Ashburton Road, will be shut from 8am until 6pm starting Monday 20 September until Friday
Merseytravel have apologised to residents for the noise from work to upgrade the platform at West Kirby station. Local residents living around the station have taken to social media to complain about drilling by contractors who are preparing the platform for the new Merseyrail fleet which is due to come
A woman in her 40s was taken to hospital this morning following an incident on Grange Road, in West Kirby. Emergency services, including an air ambulance, were called to reports of what police described as "concern for the safety of a woman". Witnesses said several police cars and
Wirral Council has apologised for the recent blaze on Hilbre Island - but insisted the use of polyurethane foam to strengthen a cliff was a "well-intentioned" idea that went "badly wrong". The Environment and Overview Scrutiny Committee was told by Assistant Chief Executive David Armstrong that
Award-winning actor, screenwriter and BAFTA Cymru nominee Celyn Jones has been unveiled as the host of the first Culture and Creativity Awards for the Liverpool City Region. Celyn, who lives in West Kirby, will be hosting the event which takes place in November at the Lady Lever Art Gallery and
A mother-of-three from West Kirby who runs one of the UK's top family travel blogs has been nominated for a national blogging award. Karen Beddow is the creator and editor of Mini Travellers, which aims to prove that having a young family should not stop you from seeing
Planning is well under way to make sure West Kirby is lit up this festive season. Fundraising for West Kirby Christmas Lights has been taking place since spring, under the stewardship of new chair Rachel Kehoe, who became involved last year. She told us: "We have a new and
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 he
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-time jobs. However,
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
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 new
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 1
