A couple escaped unhurt after accidentally driving a car into West Kirby Marine Lake this evening. The drama unfolded just before 10pm after the couple’s car ran into the lake near to West Kirby Sailing Club, at Sandy Lane. https://youtu.be/slJWR43SzcM A major rescue was sparked involving
A chance find in a West Kirby garden has astonished dinosaur experts in the UK. The perfect impression of a three-toed dinosaur's foot is believed to be the first of its kind ever found in the north west and has generated excitement amongst palaeontologists. Graham Eccleson, who
Hundreds of women who took part in the Glow With The Flow Ladies Twilight Walk are estimated to have raised over £20,000 for Wirral St John's Hospice. More than 800 girls and women of all ages took part in the 5-mile walk on Friday 14th October,
A fundraising campaign has been launched to raise £10,000 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 funding. A group
The 2016 West Kirby Santa Dash is to take place on the morning of Sunday December 4, it has been confirmed. Tickets for the event are now on sale - and it is worth dashing to get yours, because numbers are limited for this hugely popular annual event. This year, West
A West Kirby florist has launched her annual hunt for local children to feature in her well-known Christmas shop window. Every year, Patricia Collins-Morgan, who runs Eden Floral Design, on Banks Road, creates a giant Santa's "good list" featuring the name of 150 lucky
West Kirby residents are being invited to attend the annual Wirral Bazaar as it celebrates its 26th anniversary. The exclusive Christmas fair, which takes place within the grounds of Thornton Manor, raised more than £27,000 for North West Cancer Research last year. Over 2000 people are expected at the
Celebrity beauty clinic, SDS Rejuvenate, is to relaunch after expanding into a neighbouring property on Banks Road. The clinic, which has featured on The Real Housewives of Cheshire, provides non-surgical procedures including anti-wrinkle injections, DermaQuest facials and chemical skin peels. It is run by husband and wife team,
Science fiction author Pam Bloom, from Meols has spoken about the challenges posed by self-publishing as she prepares to launch her second book. Pam Bloom’s first novel, Whole New World[s], was published in July as an ebook through Amazon. She has recently also released it in paperback
A woman suffered minor injuries after a robbery at Hickory's Smokehouse on Thursday evening. The duty manageress was injured after robbers stormed her office at around 11.30pm and stole a large quantity of cash. Police are now appealing to the public to help them track down the
Hundreds of women will take to the streets of West Kirby this Friday to raise money for a local charity. Wirral Hospice St John’s is inviting women of all ages to take part in their fundraising ‘Glow with the Flow Ladies Twilight Walk’. The walk will follow a 5-
Plans for a radical shake-up of parking in the Banks Road area of West Kirby have taken a step forward, with Wirral council formally advertising its proposals. The plan centres on the introduction of a series of on-street parking bays limited to two hours waiting, between 9am and
Plans to build 14 contemporary townhouses on the site of a sheltered housing complex in West Kirby have been given the green light by Wirral Council officials. Planning chiefs have recommended the development of Ashton Court, on the junction of Banks Road and Ashton Drive, goes ahead as long as
Rail users are being warned to be prepared ahead of major disruption to the Wirral Line this January as essential engineering work is carried out. Train services between West Kirby and Liverpool will cease at Birkenhead North for six weeks from January 3 as the first phase of work gets
Wirral Council is planning to replace the brass map which was stolen from the viewing point at the top of Thurstaston Hill. Now it is calling on the public to help recreate the plaque as closely as possible, by sending in their photographs of the original for designers to work
The Hoylake lifeboat came to the rescue of a group of divers today after the engine on their rigid inflatable boat broke down near the Mersey Bar. The four man crew of the dive boat Argo called the Coastguard for assistance on their marine band VHF radio, and the RNLI
