DWP workers based in Great Western House, Birkenhead have raised more than £4,500 to send members of the Hoylake Wildcats basketball team to the Special Olympics. The cheque was presented to the Hoylake Wildcats on Tuesday (May 17) after the basketball team, which consists of players with learning difficulties,
An open air cinema season is being launched at West Kirby's Ashton Park this summer. Recent releases and cult classics will be screened for film lovers, who are invited to pull up a deckchair on the grass for the 'Moonlight Flicks' event, which takes place over
A rare bird has been spotted on Hilbre Island for the first time in 48 years. The Nightjar is rarely seen in this part of the UK and is described by the RSPB as having a "supernatural reputation" due to their silent flight and their mythical ability to
It is the final day of racing for the world class sailors taking part in the British Open Team Dinghy Racing Championships at West Kirby. The 67th Wilson Trophy, which is the largest, most prestigious event in the international dinghy team racing calendar, has been taking place at the Marine
An exhibition will take place in Hoylake next week as construction work begins to extend the Burbo Bank wind farm, which lies 7km off the Wirral coast. The wind farm is due to be extended by 40 km² with the introduction of an extra 32 wind turbines, which each measure
Bands from across the UK will descend on the Wirral this June for the first-ever West Kirby Live music festival. The event replaces the popular Hoylake Oxjam annual music festival, which last took place in 2013 and raised thousands of pounds for Oxfam. West Kirby Live is also a
The chairman of Hoylake and West Kirby RNLI lifeboats, James Lodder, is to retire after more than 30 years of dedicated work for the charity, it was announced today. James Lodder is to be succeeded by another local RNLI stalwart, John Curry, who is retiring as lifeboat operations manager at
The crew of West Kirby lifeboat took part in a training exercise this morning with the coastguard's new search and rescue helicopter. Early morning walkers at the marine lake watched as the distinctive red and white Sikorsky Rescue 936 helicopter joined the exercise off the Wirral coast just
An enterprising West Kirby couple have turned their shared love of a nice cup of tea into an exciting new business. Gary and Hannah Shannon have launched Lucky Cup Tea to help satisfy the UK’s growing enthusiasm for innovative new blends of the nation’s favourite drink. Liverpool-born
West Kirby and Hoylake are set to be as warm as Milan as a heatwave arrives in Wirral this weekend. Temperatures are predicted to soar to highs of possibly 25C on Sunday and Monday as the barbecue weather rolls in. Rain is forecast for Saturday but by Monday it is
Coastguards have warned people to avoid the cliffs around the Hilbre Islands after a series of collapses in recent weeks. Wirral Coastguard Rescue Team was called to reports of a cliff collapse on Middle Eye, one of three remote islands off West Kirby, on Sunday May 1. The team found
Walkers have been advised to avoid part of Middle Eye - one of the three islands which make up Hilbre Islands - after a rock fall. Members of Wirral Coastguard alerted the Wirral Council rangers after noticing there had been some recent subsidence. The area has been fenced off to the public
The 4th annual Wirral Walking Festival takes place throughout May with more than 200 events planned. Highlights include a 9 mile walk taking in Thurstaston and the Wirral Way and a charity dog walk between Meols and West Kirby, in aid of The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. Ranger
Lawyer Lee Quinn is getting back into the normal routine of West Kirby life after completing the toughest physical and mental challenge of his life. Lee, 40, ran an astonishing 257 kilometres in six days last month to complete the Marathon des Sables, a brutally difficult endurance test through the
Building work is well underway on the site of TV chef, Simon Rimmer's new West Kirby pub - The Viking Pub & Bakehouse. A major refurbishment is taking place at the pub, which is due to open in June, on the site of The Hilltop, on Blackhorse Hill. The
A junior rugby tournament in Hoylake which regularly attracts over 1000 attendees from across the region has been cancelled due to bad weather. The 29th annual Mini 7s tournament was due to tale place at Hoylake RFC on Sunday May 1 with 700 young players due to take part. A
