Children can join Luke Skywalker and become Jedi Masters at Spaceport’s Jedi School in Seacombe this half term. The exclusive Jedi School masterclasses are being held at Spaceport, as part of the attraction’s popular “Sci-Fi Icons” exhibition, which showcases a private collection of Stars Wars memorabilia from
A planning application has been submitted to transform a well-known West Kirby venue into a Costa Coffee. The award-winning Wro Lounge, on Grange Road, closed its doors earlier this month and plans have now emerged that it will be transformed into a branch of the national coffee chain.
The Environment Agency has agreed to part-fund a new £3million flood defence wall that will change the face of West Kirby promenade forever. The aim is to build a 1.1km wall right along South Parade to protect homes and businesses from rising sea levels and the growing number
Following the bomb squad being called out to West Kirby a man has admitted making explosives and pointing a gun at another man. Andrew Gosling was arrested after police were called to Victoria Road on September 29 last year after a motorist was threatened with a handgun. Officers discovered a
West Kirby's Acorn Veterinary Centre has been transformed following a ten month renovation project. The former buildings attached to the end-of-terrace three-storey Victorian town house, in Acacia Grove, which once housed a family printing firm and forms part of the surgery, have been demolished. In
Emergency services were called to an incident on Hilbre Island this afternoon. Police, ambulances and the Wirral Coastguard Rescue Team were called just after mid-day to assist with a search. Off road vehicles were used to take paramedics from the specialist Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) out to the
Police are appealing for help to track down vandals who attacked a number of parked cars in West Kirby on Sunday evening. West Kirby Today received a number of complaints from residents who had their wing mirrors and petrol caps vandalised. This is the latest in a series of incidents
Space Invaders, Cats in Space & Kung Fu Girl! No, this isn’t my video game Christmas wish list, it's what I’m going to be drinking this festive season! Space Invaders - Invader Orange Muller-Thurgau, Austria Arnold Holzer has been at helm of his families wine estate
A local photographer was tipped out of his wheelchair and robbed by two men while taking photos on the Wirral Way. Stephen Halsey was taken to hospital after he was attacked in broad daylight yesterday afternoon near to Ashton Park. Stephen is now appealing for help to find the expensive
A planning application for a £190million championship golf links, academy and resort in Hoylake could be submitted as early as next year, it was revealed today. Wirral Council's cabinet is expected to approve a report, which details the next steps, including a recommendation that a full planning application
A ceremony took place today to mark the 100th anniversary of the heroic actions of local soldier, Cyril Edward Gourley. The 24-year-old, from West Kirby, received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy. On 30th November 1917, Sergeant
The UK’s fastest growing independent travel agency is set to open one of its newest branches in West Kirby creating six new jobs. Hays Travel North West has launched a recruitment drive to take on 60 new staff as part of a major expansion which will see 12 new
Wherever you look within a school, the importance of positive role models is evident. From the relationship between the Head and the Chair of Governors, to the first impressions given on a taster day by a tour guide to a prospective pupil and parents, it is imperative that pupils see
An urgent, last minute appeal has been launched today to raise enough money to light up the streets of West Kirby this Christmas. For a number of years, West Kirby town centre was left without decorative street lights over the Christmas and New Year period due to a lack of
Grades, SATs, Exam Weeks, League Tables, 11+, Private Tutoring, Verbal Reasoning, Resits, Progress 8, ‘Failure’, Work, Must Try Harder, Work…..Enough! These are just some of the words that feature in the lives of today’s young children at school…..and at home. Regardless of age, there is pressure to
We're thrilled to announce that Whitmore & White has been approved as an official Wine School with the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET). Here at Whitmore & White our passion for wine goes well beyond selling the stuff, so we wanted to be able to transfer our
