Review: The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary - Everyman Theatre, Liverpool Gustave Flaubert's tragic heroine Madame Bovary is not, on the face of it, the most promising subject for anarchic comedy. Imagine this great 19th century literary character parachuted into the middle of a Marx Brothers movie, and you
West Kirby lawyer Lee Quinn is preparing to put himself through what is widely acknowledged as the toughest endurance foot race in the world. Lee is to take part in the Marathon des Sables(MdS), the gruelling six day, 160 mile ultra-marathon through the Sahara desert, this April. More
To celebrate Pancake Day, a local ice cream, crêperie and waffle parlour has created a special dish inspired by West Kirby beach. Staff at Rubens Parlour, on Banks Road, developed the crêpe complete with biscuit crumb sand, bubblegum sauce sea, whipped cream clouds and a lemon sun. Leon Kearney, manager
More than two thirds of the visitors who attended last year's public consultation sessions on plans for a new Hoylake Golf Resort have given it their support, Wirral council revealed today. An outline of the plan to create two new golf courses, an academy, hotel complex and private
Firefighters were called to a road traffic collision on Column Road in West Kirby, Wirral, around 4.45pm on Sunday, February 7. Two fire engines attended the incident, together with the Search and Rescue team. A car driven by a 64-year-old male carrying a 58-year-old female
Road restrictions to protect a weak railway bridge just outside West Kirby station are set to begin on Monday. Signs are now in place alerting motorists that Bridge Road is to be closed to all traffic on Monday and Tuesday, after which it will become a one-way street for
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
