West Kirby couple Stuart and Rosie Treasurer originally contacted Channel 4's Grand Designs programme as a bit of a joke. Whenever they told friends and family about their dramatic plans for remodelling their 1960s dormer bungalow, they were always greeted with the same response, "you should go
The Coroner’s office is appealing for the family of an elderly man who died at home in West Kirby to contact them. Jeffrey Stuart Lightfoot was found dead at his home address on Greenbank Road on Friday, November 25. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
West Kirby Grammar School and Calday Grange Grammar School have been ranked in the top 150 schools in the UK. According to the Sunday Times, the schools were ranked 110th and 131st in the whole of the country. This 24th edition of the Parent Power guide identifies the 2,000
A workman was released home tonight, just hours after being airlifted to hospital by helicopter after a wall collapsed on a construction site in West Kirby. The man was working on a new site alongside Redcliff, a five bedroomed detached home being built opposite Calday Grange Grammar School, in Grammar
The lead singer of rock band, The Virginmarys, is to perform a free gig in West Kirby exchange for food donations. Ally Dickaty will perform at his The People Help The People gig, which takes place at West Kirby Arts Centre on Sunday December 4 from 3pm-6pm. The event is
A hit-and-run driver who left a 16 year-old boy with serious brain injuries after knocking him over in West Kirby has been given a suspended prison sentence. Simon Smith, who had drunk two pints of beer earlier, hit the boy as he crossed the road outside the Wro pub in
St Bridget's C of E Primary School in West Kirby has been ranked as one of the best state primary schools in the UK. According to the Sunday Times, the primary school is ranked 176th in the UK, making it the best performing state primary school in the
A 62-year-old man was taken to hospital after he was slashed in the face on his doorstep in West Kirby. The man was attacked after answering his door in Abbots Way just before 4pm on Friday November 4. His attacker knocked at the address before assaulting the occupier, who was
A West Kirby florist has unveiled her famous "Santa's List" 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 names of over 100 lucky local children. There is huge demand to
Eight motorists were caught speeding in West Kirby today - and hauled before a 'court' of the children whose lives they risk. The motorists were pulled up after driving too fast along Caldy Road, West Kirby, outside Avalon School, and were immediately brought up before a kids'
Work is underway on a new outlet of the sandwich chain Subway in West Kirby. The shop, which will be based on the site of the former Coral betting shop, on Banks Road, is currently undergoing a refit. The store is advertising a number of new local jobs and a
The Hoylake lifeboat was called out last night to rescue a 46 tonne catamaran which broke down near the Mersey Bar. The high speed vessel, the Dalby Humber, was carrying six people who had been working on the Burbo offshore wind farm extension when it lost propulsion in one of
A well-known Wirral retailer has come out of retirement to launch a new, discount furniture and gift shop in Hoylake. Barry Crossman, who ran the “Barry’s Convenience Stores” across Wirral for almost 30 years, has recently opened Quadrant Furniture. The shop stocks new, painted and French reproduction furniture from
Wirral Council has announced free parking after 3pm in all its car parks throughout the whole of December. All Council-operated car parks will be free to park in after 3pm every day in December, giving residents and visitors the chance to go Christmas shopping without paying to park. As well
Detectives investigating the murder of a man in the Aigburth area of Liverpool have issued an appeal for information about a car stolen from West Kirby. Blake Brown was gunned down on Monday October 24 and died in hospital having been found in Southwood Road. The white Range Rover Evoque,
It has been billed as the most spectacular supermoon since 1948. The moon will appear bigger and brighter than usual this evening as the distance between it and earth reaches its shortest point. According to the space agency NASA, we won't see another moon like this until 2034.
