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Local artist celebrates ten year anniversary in "St Ives of the North"

Local artist celebrates ten year anniversary in "St Ives of the North"

Local artist and therapist Jo Smith is celebrating ten years since opening her renowned Seagrass Studio Gallery. The popular gallery and workshop is based in Acacia Grove, in West Kirby, but originally started out life in Hoylake, where Jo is originally from. Jo is well known for her stunning paintings

Shock as West Kirby doctors' surgery announces closure

Shock as West Kirby doctors' surgery announces closure

West Kirby's TG Medical Centre has announced it will be closing in April after NHS England failed to renew its contract to provide services. Patients at the Grange Road practice, which is one of the top performing for patient care in the region, have received a letter in

Dogs set to be banned from playgrounds and bowling greens

Dogs set to be banned from playgrounds and bowling greens

Plans to ban dogs from playgrounds, multi use games areas and bowling greens are to be considered by councillors. The proposal for a dog control public space protection order (PSPO) would see canines barred from the relevant parts of: * Ashton Park, Marine Park, Newton Park and Victoria Gardens in West

Ashton Court housing proposal back before planners

Ashton Court housing proposal back before planners

Controversial plans to build 14 properties on the site of Ashton Court in West Kirby have been resubmitted. It comes 12 months after councillors kicked out the proposal for 13 three-storey townhouses and a two-storey detached house, and more than two years since the original application was turned down. The

Fire crews free trapped Costa customer

Fire crews free trapped Costa customer

Fire crews had to be called to free an elderly woman who became stuck in the toilet at Costa Coffee in West Kirby. The incident happened in the middle of the afternoon on Sunday 30 December when the lady became trapped after going to use the lavatory at the shop

Young lifeguard calls for cleaner beaches

Young lifeguard calls for cleaner beaches

A West Kirby lifeguard has kickstarted a campaign to make our many beaches both safer and cleaner. Rebecca Gillmore has created a series of driftwood signs designed to raise awareness of the dangers of litter and single use plastics. Placing her first sign at West Kirby beach in 2016 -

Bike hire company creates new memories with Hoylake Cottage users

Bike hire company creates new memories with Hoylake Cottage users

Staff from Bike & Go celebrated the launch of the latest bike hire facility at Hoylake train station by cycling to Hoylake Cottage to enjoy coffee and cake with the service users there. The team rode from the station to the nursing home and day centre where, armed with cakes

Caldy v Darlington Mowden Park Match Report

Caldy v Darlington Mowden Park Match Report

Caldy claimed a home victory for the first time in four games by beating Darlington Mowden Park in a game where the weather played a major factor against two well matched sides to remain in seventh place in National 1. The visitors started the brighter of the two sides playing

West Kirby author publishes debut children's novel

West Kirby author publishes debut children's novel

West Kirby author Charlie Lea has published his first full length novel, Great Grisly Hall. Written for children aged 10 years and above,  Great Grisly Hall is a supernatural action tale about an eleven-year-old girl called Primula Percy, who is not allowed to leave her tiny village of Little Grisly.

Bake Off star's mince slice recipe

Bake Off star's mince slice recipe

Yasmin Limbert from West Kirby showed off her brilliant baking skills on the second series of The Great British Bake Off and is our Christmas cookery columnist. If you’d like to try before you bake, Yasmin Limbert will be making these and other free Christmas treats for local shoppers

Council "encouraged" by progress on Hoylake Golf Resort plan

Council "encouraged" by progress on Hoylake Golf Resort plan

Wirral Council says it is "encouraged" by progress being made on the £190 million Hoylake Golf Resort, in the face of continued opposition to the scheme. The proposal, first announced in 2015, would see two new championship golf courses - including the only Jack Nicklaus designed municipal course

2019 Walker Cup Tickets now on sale – free entry for under 16s

2019 Walker Cup Tickets now on sale – free entry for under 16s

Tickets are now on general sale for the 47th Walker Cup match being played between Great Britain and Ireland and the United States at the Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 September 2019. The biennial encounter will be staged at the links for the

Great British Bake Off star shares her Christmas Cake recipe

Great British Bake Off star shares her Christmas Cake recipe

Yasmin Limbert from West Kirby showed off her brilliant baking skills on the second series of The Great British Bake Off. Now she joins us as our Christmas cookery columnist, sharing inexpensive recipes that are easy to make and taste delicious. On Saturday, December 15, Yasmin will be baking in