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COLUMN | Have your feet touched the ground recently?

COLUMN | Have your feet touched the ground recently?

Pauline Caswell is the owner of Love Pilates Wirral, and this is her latest column for West Kirby Today... Have your feet touched the ground recently? Sometimes it feels like our feet don’t touch the ground and literally, our feet rarely actually contact the earth. Your feet can cause

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Kids charity kayak challenge returns to the Marine Lake

Kids charity kayak challenge returns to the Marine Lake

A kayak challenge for children in aid of a cerebral palsy charity is to take place at West Kirby Marine Lake on Saturday 7 September. The event is happening from 10am - 4pm in aid of Stick ‘n’ Step, with all equipment and insurance provided, with those taking part raising money

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Hoylake lifeboat volunteer retires after decades of service

Hoylake lifeboat volunteer retires after decades of service

Hoylake RNLI have bid farewell to their Second Coxswain Tony Warburton, who has retired from the lifesaving charity after 32 years of service. Tony’s work with the RNLI began when he joined the Hoylake Lifeboat crew in 1992 as shore crew and on board Hoylake’s all-weather Mersey

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Tickets now available for Hoylake Chamber Concert Society's annual series

Tickets now available for Hoylake Chamber Concert Society's annual series

Hoylake Chamber Concert Society has been bringing classical music to the Wirral for almost 100 years. Their annual series of six concerts, which has been interrupted only by the two world wars and the COVID-19 pandemic, has seen internationally renowned world-class musicians and ensembles visit the peninsula. Some

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West Kirby's Banking Hub opens

West Kirby's Banking Hub opens

West Kirby's new banking hub has opened. The facility, the first to open in Wirral, is based temporarily at Westbourne Hall on Westbourne Road. It is open from 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday. It offers a counter service operated by the Post Office, where customers of all major

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A chat about chaat - West Kirby's new Indian restaurant

A chat about chaat - West Kirby's new Indian restaurant

One of West Kirby's long-standing Indian restaurants has recently had a major makeover, changing its name from Karma to chaat, creating a smart new interior and introducing a brand new tapas style menu. We spoke to Hussain Miah about the reasons behind the move. Why the change

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Two new multi-million pound homes proposed for Caldy

Two new multi-million pound homes proposed for Caldy

A plan has been submitted to knock down a detached property in Caldy and replace it with two large "aspirational" multi-million pound detached houses aimed at "business owners, professional sports people or industry leaders". The house, known as Tamara and located on a two acre

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Game, set and match for investment at tennis courts

Game, set and match for investment at tennis courts

A new operator has taken over Wirral's municipal tennis courts, following investment in sites including West Kirby and Meols. A successful funding bid by the council has led to £362,000 being invested into tennis courts across the borough, with some facilities being completely revamped. The courts at

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Consultation to start on further 20mph zones

Consultation to start on further 20mph zones

Wirral Council is starting a consultation on proposals for implementing further 20 mph speed limits, including in West Kirby and Saughall Massie. Around 30 areas of the borough, including West Kirby and Hoylake, already have 20mph limits on many residential roads and near schools. Consultation on phases 3 and 4,

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Lifeboat crews caught on camera for RNLI anniversary

Lifeboat crews caught on camera for RNLI anniversary

Lifeboat crews from Hoylake and West Kirby have taken part in a special photo moment to mark the charity’s 200th anniversary year. On Thursday 1 August, RNLI representatives from across the north west participated in a special photo moment – One Moment for One Crew – to create a photographic record

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Memorial plaque to dog who loved to swim at West Kirby

Memorial plaque to dog who loved to swim at West Kirby

A memorial plaque to a much-loved dog who loved coming to West Kirby is among those installed on the new seating on South Parade. The plaques were attached to the benches that used to be on the seafront before the new wall was built. Claire Grundy, who is from

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Proposal to replace large detached house with six properties

Proposal to replace large detached house with six properties

A bid is being made to build six homes on the site of a large detached executive property in West Kirby. The outline planning application relates to a five bedroom property known as 'Pine Ridge', which is located on Column Road near Kings Drive North, and is on

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New team taking over at The Wro

New team taking over at The Wro

One of West Kirby's most popular bars is entering a new era. Sally and Howie Boyd, the owners of The Wro on Grange Road, are retiring in August, more than 18 years after they opened the venue. They are handing over the reins of the bar and function

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