A West Kirby student has completed an epic journey after cycling over 2000 miles from Morocco to West Kirby in only five weeks. Ollie Bradley-Baker, 20, cycled alone through Morocco, Spain, Portugal, France, England, and Wales, right through to his doorstep in West Kirby. The Fine Art student at
A charity which provides practical help and friendship to elderly and vulnerable people in our community has issued an urgent plea for volunteers. Volunteers for the Helplink charity, which began 21 years ago in Heswall, perform a range of tasks from shopping for elderly neighbours to giving them a lift
A floral design group will be leaving random gifts of bouquets around West Kirby — for you to adopt and take home or pass on to a friend. The Lonely Bouquet project is part of a new, contemporary flower show which will take place at the recently refurbished United Reformed Church
Fancy some free compost to get your garden in tip top condition for Autumn? Staff at West Kirby Recycling Centre, on Lang Lane, are giving away free bags of Pro-Grow soil improver to celebrate Recycle Week. The giveaway began on Monday 12th September and continue until stocks last, during
The big news over the last month has been the referendum in which the UK electorate chose to exit the European Union. But how might this affect your money? Short term The short-term impact on UK shares has been muted, with the main FTSE100 index actually rising strongly following
The award-winning, independent wine and food hall merchant, Whitmore & White, will open its much-anticipated third outlet in West Kirby on Saturday. The shop, based on the site of the former Rubis coffee shop, on Banks Road, stocks over 300 wines, 100 spirits and will serve coffee, pastries,
A new generation of budding reporters have been busy creating their own stories for West Kirby Today. The local school children are all members of the Read Now Write Now after-school, creative writing workshop at West Kirby Library. During their last term, they were set the task to write
More than 300 youngsters are gearing up to take part in a fun run series in Hoylake this weekend. The BTR Kids 1K 2K 3K Fun Run is returning for its second year, with the first run starting at 2pm on Sunday (September 4). Last year’s inaugural event in
Thieves have stolen the brass map from the viewing point at the top of Thurstaton Hill. The plaque sat on a sandstone plinth at the highest point on the hill, and featured a map guiding sightseers to the panoramic views across the Dee to North Wales and the Mersey to
As weather forecasts report a mixed outlook for the Bank Holiday weekend, we take a look at what is going on in our area. West Kirby Farmers, Market It’s that time of the month again. Head down to the Farmers’ Market to be offered a wide variety of local
Popular West Kirby café Hardy's Kitchen has been nominated in the annual Merseyside Independent Business Awards. The Banks Road eatery, which is run by husband and wife team Matt and Louise Hardy, is nominated in the Best Independent Place to Dine category. The café, which opened in 2014,
Police have launched an investigation after a designer boutique in West Kirby was broken into. Nancie Henry, on Grange Road, was targeted in the early hours of Monday morning. The shop window was badly damaged during the incident and was partially boarded up this morning. A short statement from Merseyside
The writer of a stage play based on the best-selling book Twopence to Cross the Mersey has revealed a remarkable Hoylake connection between him and its celebrated author Helen Forrester. Wirral writer and musician Rob Fennah met Helen when she visited her Hoylake home town to discuss the stage
Schoolgirl Lonnie Williams was the inspiration behind a business which could transform the bedrooms of children throughout the country. The eight-year-old budding gardener begged her Mum, busy parent to four girls, Rachel Williams, to give her room a ’wildlife’ makeover, bringing the outside in. Frustrated by the cost
West Kirby Grammar School has saluted its latest crop of A level students who are celebrating another year of outstanding results. As the results were announced yesterday, it emerged that every student who entered gained three or more A level qualifications. Boys and girls will be going on to top
West Kirby’s newly formed Friends of Sandlea Park swung into action this week to tackle the neglected flower beds in front of Sandlea House. Sandlea is the only park in West Kirby without a Green Flag award, and the aim of the Friends group is to bring it up
