A seal which was rescued after getting into difficulty near Hilbre Island has sadly died. A team from the RSPCA, Wirral Coastguard and Wirral Council rangers rescued the seal, which had become stranded by Little Eye - the smallest of the three islands off the coast of West Kirby. The struggling
Caldy-Based theatre group, Off the Ground Youth Theatre, is beginning its 20th year with a new performance of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. The production takes place at Heswall Hall, Telegraph Road, Heswall, from February 4th-6th. Off the Ground Theatre, which is based at Calday Grange Grammar School,
A major refurbishment of West Kirby United Reformed Church has started on site. Fences have recently been erected around the church, on Meols Drive, as phase one of the building work gets underway. The development includes a new glazed front entrance, a lounge, toilets, a quiet room and a small
A new running group has been launched in Hoylake after one of the region's leading race organisers relocated to the town. BTR, which are responsible for organising the Vitality Liverpool Half Marathon, Mersey Tunnel 10k and the Wirral Half Marathon, have relocated to Hoylake from Liverpool city centre.
Time is running out to make your views known to Wirral council about its planned shake-up of parking arrangements in Banks Road, West Kirby. As we revealed last month, the council is planning to introduce a series of new measures aimed at helping local businesses by making it easier
Hoylake-based race organisers, BTR, have announced the launch of a new 10-mile road race, which will take place in Liverpool. The event will run alongside the Vitality Liverpool Half Marathon on Sunday, 13 March – the 23rd consecutive year the half marathon has taken place. Last year, more than
A 12-strong team is taking on a 100km challenge to walk from London to Brighton in memory of a popular West Kirby woman. Lorraine Dean, a data administrator at Upton Group Practice, passed away last year only 6 weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. Her son, Sam Dean, an
A local hero came to the rescue of a beautiful white swan today after she was cut off from her Meols home by a busy main road - probably having been blown off course by Storm Gertrude. Gertrude the swan was stranded in Birch Road, Meols, cut off from her mate
Storm Gertrude is set to hit the West Kirby and Hoylake coastline early tomorrow morning, bringing gales gusting at up to 60 mph and potential heavy rain. The Met Office has issued a yellow alert for Wirral and much of the north west from 1am on Friday, and the journey
The latest stage production by Hoylake-based director Gemma Bodinetz is to open at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre next month. “The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary!” is a comic but thoughtful take on Gustave Flaubert’s 1856 debut novel and literary masterpiece. Gemma, the artistic director of the Liverpool Everyman
West Kirby promenade was closed to traffic today after Storm Jonas battered the Wirral coastline. The promenade was partially flooded after the Met Office issued a weather warning for north west England, as the remnants of the US snow storm hit the UK. Met Office Chief Operational Meteorologist, Will Lang
A planning application has been submitted for a new housing development on the site of a luxury car showroom. Newhall Cars, on Caldy Road, is set to relocate to a purpose-built showroom and state-of-the-art workshop on a 1.5 acre site in Prenton, just off junction
A new exhibition celebrating the modern history of St Bridget’s Church is the latest attraction drawing visitors to West Kirby Museum. The exhibition, which includes ceramics, stained glass, photographs and other artefacts depicting the history of the church, opened this month, and will be on display for three months.
A plan to protect West Kirby from flooding by introducing a new flood defence on the promenade has been given the thumbs up by local residents. Wirral Council is now in the process of applying for a grant from the Environment Agency to fund the scheme. The exact design of
Would you like to make West Kirby beach your office this summer? Does that sound like the best summer job ever? The hunt is on for a new recruit who will be paid to spend the summer patrolling our shoreline as a Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeguard. The RNLI is
Running is a great way to get fit, and joining the West Kirby running group is one of the best ways to do it, offering safety, motivation and support. That is the advice of Fiona Hanik, a group leader for Run in Wirral, an initiative launched in 2010 which now
